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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)445final
Brussels,6September 1979
COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TO-THE
COUNCILCONCERNING THEFINALESTIMATES
FORTHE1977/78WINE-GROWING YEAR
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
concerning thefinal estimates forthe1977 /78wine-growing year
Pursuant toArticle 5(3)ofRegulation (EEC)N°337/79,"Foreach wine-
growing year ,theCommission shall provide theCouncil with final estimates
ofCommunity resources anduses inthepreceding wine-growing year ".
Thefinal estimates forthe1977 /78wine-growing year areannexed tothis
Communication .
Compared with the1976 /77estimates ,itcanbeseen that :
-overall production declined byabout 20.1 million .hi;
-imports from non-member countries increased by0.4million hi;
-processing declined byabout 6.8million ha;
-stocks attheendofthewine-growing year declined byabout 7.1million hi.
TheCommunity harvest of128.288.000 hiintheautumn of1977 was8.613.000 hi
less than total domestic uses .
Total domestic uses ,including quantities distilled pursuant toRegulation
(EEC)N°337/79,dropped byabout 8.6million hi.
Excluding thequantities affected bythedistillation measures ,total domestic
uses declined by4.3million hi,ofwhich 1.8million hifordirect human
consumption .

Finalestimatesforthe1977/78wine-growing year
(in'000hl>
HEADINGSTotal
volumeRedand
RoséWhite
1»Totalproduction 128.795
2.Partoftheproduction usedforthe
preparation ofgrapejuice 507
3.Productionusedforwine-making J128.288 74.586 53.702
4.Stocksatthebeginningofthewine-gro-{81.583 51.451 30.132
-heldbygrowers wingyear 44.584 30.575 14.009
I-heldbythetrade 'j36.999 20.876 16.123
5.Availabilities atthebeginningofthe
wineyear(3+4) 209.871 126.037 83.834
I6.Imports 5.872
I7.Totalavailibilities(5+6) 215.743
8.Totaldomesticuses 136*901
-directhumanconsumption 125.237
I-processing 10.922
I-distiHing 10.190
-vinegar-making 732
-production losses 195
-tradelosses 547
9.Exports 4.407
10.Stocksattheendofthewineyear 74.435 42.582 31.853
11.ChangesinStocks(10-4) -7.148-8.869♦1.721
12.Degreeofself-supply %
(3:8)(1) 94,4
13.Annualpercapitaconsumption
(litres) 48,3
Source sEUR0STAT
(1)Excludingquantitiesdistilledunderintervention measures(1.030.000hi).