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COMMISSION CFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)32 final
Brussels ,6February 1978
COMMISSION REPORT TOTHECOUNCIL
onthesituation regarding theproduction andmarketing
ofhops:1977harvest
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION' (EEC)
layingdown,inrespectofhops,theamountofthe
aidtoproducers forthe1977harvest
(submitted totheCouncilbytheCommission )
COI.lt7S)32final

Commission report totheCouncil onthesituation
regarding theproduction andmarketing ofhops :
1977 harvest
INTRODUCTION
Under Council Regulation (EEC)No1696 /71of26July 1971 onthecommon
organization ofthemarket inhops ,theCommission each year before
30April presents totheCouncil areport onthesituation regarding the
production andmarketing ofhops andconcludes bysubmitting proposals
foraid inrespect oftheharvest oftheprevious calendar year .This
report concerns the 1977 harvest .
Given thedifficulties encountered onthemarket in1977 ,which was
characterised byreduction inprices andproducers' incomes ,theCommission
drafted this report ,inaccordance with thewishes expressed bytheCouncil ,
onthebasis ofprovisional information communicated bytheMember States ,
dealing with thevarieties bygroups inaccordance with theamendments made
tothebasic regulation onhops byCouncil Regulation (EEC )No1170 /77
of17May 1977 .

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I.WORLDSITUATION (Tables 1,6)
a)Marketstructure
Sincethereisaverylargevolumeofinternational tradeinhops,hopprices
arestrongly influenced bytherelationship between supplyanddemandat
worldlevel.
Theworldmarketcanbedividedintofiveroughly homogeneous sectors :
1.EEC:netexporter of30%ofitsproduction
2.USA:netexporter of33%ofitsproduction
3.COMECON :netimporter of5-10%ofitsrequirements
4.Othermajorproducer countries :
netexporters of5-10%oftheirproduction
5.Othermainlynon-producer countries :
netimporters of95%oftheirrequirements .
Thisstructure doesnotexclude considerable tradewithin eachsector and
betweensectors,especially intheEEC-USA-COMECONtriangle .
Inthisstructure sevencountries arenethopexporters andthequantities
available forexportin1977areestimated at
Ztr %Tonnes
AIpha %
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFGERMANY 412.000 491.386 51
USA 188.000 22 696 26
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 140.000 17 282 10
YUGOSLAVIA 64.000 8 206 8
AUSTRALIA 22.000 3 115 4
SPAIN
POLAND 8.000 1 20 1
834.000 100 2.705 100
Itclearly emerges fromthesefiguresthattherearetwomajorexporting
countries ,theFederalRepublic ofGermany andtheU.S.A.

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ThegreaterpartofAmerican production (about95/.)isusuallycontracted
forinadvance,whiletheFederalRepublic ofGermanysellsalargepro­
portionofitsproduction ontheopenmarket (normally about20-30X;
in1977:38%).Whenthereisaworldsurplus thereduction inpricesis
reflected particularly ontheopenmarketandthusaffectstheFederal
Republic ofGermanyfirst.
b)1977harvest
TheCommission notesthat,inspiteofthereduction inareasincethe1974
harvest,aworldsurplusstillexistsbecausetheareaunderhopsisstill
toolarge,production istoogreatandstocksareataveryhighlevel.
Despitethereduction duetothedroughtin1976,stocksareestimated to
havebeen35%abovenormalatthebeginning ofthe1977harvest .
In1977worldproduction wasabout115.800tonnesfromanareaof78.044ha,
whichisarecordyield.Asaresulttherewasalargesurplusofhopsand
alphaacid,thehighestsince1973.
TheCommission estimates thattheunsoldstocksheldbygrowers areasfollows
Ztr
EEC 6.000
USA
CSECH0SL0VAKIA 10.000
YUGOSLAVIA
AUSTRALIA 500
SPAIN
Following thepurchase oflargequantities ofthe1977harvestatlowprices
bytheworldbrewingindustry,itcanbeexpected thatstockswillincrease
andreachalevelofabout50%abovenormal.
Priceson thefreemarkethavefallentoaverylowlevelcompared with
previous years:
./.

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VARIETYPrice/Ztr
1975Freemarket
1976 1977u.a
Hallertauer 66,1
Northern Brewer 61,7
Brewers Gold 59,2
Hersbrucker Spät65,789.0
72.1
76,4
84,7
98,738,4
39,1
40,3
33,9
44,6 Tettnanger 74,4
c)Medium-term forecasts -World
Forthe1978harvest areduction ofabout 1200haintheworldareaunder
hopsisexpected .Thisshouldfollowfromareduction ofabout 1200in
theEEC,anincrease ofabout400haintheCOMECONcountries andareduc­
tionofabout400haintherestoftheworld.Despitethisreduction and
intheeventofanormalyield,asituation ofbalance canbeexpected or
evenaslightsurplusinrelation todemand.Giventhesizeofthestocks
ontheworldmarket(seeabove),itisprobablethatthepriceofhopswill
remaintoolowtoassuregrowers'profitability .
Inthemediumterm,everything willdependonimproved controlofthearea
underhops.Despite anincreaseof3.5%peryearinworldbeerproduction ,
demandforhopsincreases byonly1-1.5 %onaccountoftheirhigheralpha
acidcontent.Theincrease inconsumption isthusnotenough':to reducestocks
inthenearfuture.ForthisreasontheCommission considers thatafurther
reduction inareaisneededatworldlevel.

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II.SITUATION INTHE COMMUNITY
a)Situation in1977 (Tables 7,8)
In1977 ,the EECaccounted for35%oftheworld area under hops and 41 V.
ofworld production .TheCommission hasnoted atrend away from aromatic
varieties andtowards varieties with ahigh alpha acid content .In1971
therespective figures were 29%and70%ofEECproduction ;in1977 the
figures were 47%and 50%.
Community exports were lower in1976 /77than from 1973 to1975 because of
the bad harvest inthe Community ,the world surplus and the financial diffi­
culties ofThird World countries .Community exports are expected toimprove
slightly in1977 /78asaresult ofthegood harvest in1977 .Imports ,par­
ticularly forprocessing and re-export ,areexpected toincrease because of
thegood harvest inthe rest ofthe world .
The Commission estimates that the stocks held bybrewers and intrade in
the EEC -which were about 20%higher than usual atthebeginning ofthe
1977 harvest -could reach asurplus ofabout 50%asaresult ofthis
year 'sgood harvest .
Community beer production increased slightly in1976 andthis trend should
continue in1977 ;but,given theeffects oftechnical improvements ,demand
for hops will stagnate ormayeven fall slightly .
Advance contract prices remained approximately atthe same level asin1976
while non-contract prices fell steeply .Theproportion ofhops offered on
theopen market wasmuch higher than in1976 onaccount ofthegood harvest
the Federal Republic ofGermany and the fall inproduction intheUnited
Kingdom ,where itwas notpossible tofulfil all the contracts .
Thequantities sold ontheopen market thus reached their highest level
since 1973 :
./.

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ZTR
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973327.000
174.000
203.000
227.000
309.000
Moreover,inviewofthepersisting structural imbalance ontheworldmarket,
advancecontract pricesfor1978and1979arelowerinrealtermsthanthose
for1976and1977.
b)Medium-term forecasts -EEC
Following theimplementation oftheCommunity restructuring programme ,the
areaunderhopsforthe1978harvestisexpected todecline byabout1.200
hectares compared with1977.Evenwiththisreduction inareaandaverage
yield,production maystillbeintheregionof45000tonnes.Sales
underadvancecontract areestimated atabout70%ofproduction ,or32.500
tonnes.Largequantities ofhops(about12.500tonnes)willthusbeoffered
ontheopenmarket,whereprices mayproveinadequate becauseofthepossible
worldsurplusin1978andthehighlevelofstocks.
In1979and1980,theareaunderhopsintheEECshouldtherefore dropbya
further 1.000-1.500ha.However,thestabilization oftheCommunity market
willremaincloselylinkedtothetrendinareaatworldlevel.Forthis
reason,although adropofabout2.000-2.500haislikelyintheEECbetween
1977and1980,anequivalent reduction intherestoftheworldisvitalfor
thestability ofthemarketinthemediumterm.

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III.1977HARVEST
a)Areaunderhops(Table9)
In1977theareaunderhopsintheEECfellfrom27.821 hato27.232 ha.
Thereduction wasgreatest inGermany andLesserinBelgium andFrance.
IntheUnitedKingdom,however,arearemained statu.
Therehasbeenareduction inthefollowing varieties :
Hallertauer
Northern Brewer
Bullion
Tettnanger
Bramling Cross
andanincrease inthefollowing :
Hersbrucker Spät
Challenger
Northdown
Target
Saxon
Thismeansthat,overallaromatic varieties havereduced by525hasince
1976whilebittervarieties havereduced by126ha.
b)Yieldandproduction (Table9)
In1977theaverageyieldintheEEC(34,9Ztr/ha)washigherthanin1976
(28.56Ztr/ha)andin1975«
EECproduction in1977amounted to47.500tonnescompared with39.900tonnes
in1976and44.600tonnesin1975.
c)Newplantings (Table10)
In1977652haintheEEChasbeenplantedtheprevious yearandwerethere­
foreintheirfirstyearofproduction .

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In1976therewere1.281haofnewplantings .
d)Pricesandcontracts (Table11)
Duringthe1977harvest,hoppricesinrelation to1975and1976wereas
follows :
Average EECprices u.a./Ztr
1975 1976 1977 1977/76X1977/75%
Contracts 94.6100.298.2 -2+4
Non-contract 60.2 78.838.4 -51 -36
Pricesforhopsnotmarketed undercontract weremuchlowerin1977than
in1976becauseofthelargequantities marketed inthisway.
Thequantities marketed underadvancecontracts weresmaller becausethe
marketoutlookpointedtoasurplus.
Year Contracts % Non-contract %
1974 731.351 76.3 227.190 23.7
1975 689.378 77.3 202.672 22.7
1976 620.353 78.1 174.172 21.9
1977 623.643 65.6 327.004 34.4
Returnsperhectare (Table13)
In1977adropinincomeperhectare wasgeneral compared with1975and
1976(excluding Community aid):
u.a./ha Areasinfullproduction
(fromthethirdyearofproduction )

(i)bygroupofvarieties
1975 1976 1977 1977/76 1977/75
Aromatic : 2.819 2.703 2.781 +3 -1
Bitter : 3.129 3.084 2.945 -5 -6
Other : 2.382 2.244 2.045 -9 -14
(n)bycountry :
Country 1975 1976 1977 1977/76 1977/75
Germany 3.060 2.737 2.943 +8 -44
France 2.267 2.707 2.365 -13 +4
BeLgium 1.806 2.838 1.813 -36
UnitedKingdom 2.827 3.452 2.999 -13 +6
Ireland 2.793 2.697 3.431 +27 +22
Total2.924 2.872 2.844 -1 -3
Growers *totalreturnsdeclined compared with1975and1976.
u.a.
1975 77282544
1976 76052181
1977 73826338
However,theCommission notesthatin1977therewere7796producers in
theCommunity (ofwhom407weremembersofnon-recognized groupsand351
wereindependent )compared with8.502in1976.Therefore,although the
overallreturnfellby3%compared with1976,theaveragereturnper
growerdeveloped from8.945UAin1976to9470UAin1977.

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CONCLUSION
I.Giventhepersistent imbalance between supplyanddemandonthemarketinhops,
causedinparticular bysurplusstocks,thepolicyofmarketstabilization
begunsomeyearsagoshouldbepursued.Sincethe1974harvest,theCommission
hasappliedtheprovisions ofArticle 12(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No1696/71by
notgranting aidforareasnewlyplanted;bydiscouraging newplanting this
measure hascontributed toadjusting theareasunderhopstomarketrequirements .
Moreover,theCouncil :
-pursuingitsgeneralpolicyofimproving productquality,adoptedgeneral
rulesforthecertification ofhops(Regulation (EEC)No1784/77of
11July1977)whichwillapplyforthefirsttimetothe1978harvest,
-implemented ,pursuant toArticle 9ofthebasicRegulation andRegulation
((EEC)No2253/77of11October 1977,anumberofmeasures withregardto
production structures andproviding for:
a)abanonextending areasunderhopsintheEECfortwoyears,
b)aprogramme ofaidofupto1800u.a./hectare,togroupsofproducers for
thereorganization ofhopgardens andvarietal conversion operations ,
involving areduction ofatleast40%intheareaplanted.
II.Themarketanalysis giveninthisreportdemonstrates that,inspiteofthe
surpluses ontheworldandCommunity markets (lowprices),theaveragereturn
perhectare waspractically thesameasin1976(-1%)owingtothegood
harvestin1977.Furthermore ,thedifference betweenthereturnobtained from
thetwomaingroupsofvarieties (bitterandaromatic )reducedconsiderably ,
inparticular following thereduction inreturnsforthebittervarieties (-5%).
Asregardsthefixingofaidforthe1977crop,theCommission proposal is
designed tomeetthefollowing objectives :
1)Toprovide asubstantial supplement toproducer incomes,whichremain
unsatisfactory becauseoflowprices,whilebearinginmind:
a)theneedtopursue apolicyofestablishing overallequilibrium between
supplyanddemand,
./.

11
b)thefinancial effectontheCommunity budget;
2)Tovarytheaidbetweenvarietygroupsinsuchawayastoorientate production
inabetterdirection inviewoftrendsonboththeEuropean andtheworld
III.TheCommission proposal,onthebasisoftheabovecriteria,willmeanthatthe
EECaverage amountofaidwillincrease from299u.a./hectarefor1976to
320u.a./hectareforthe1977harvest.Asregardvariety groups :
aidtoaromatic varieties willchangefrom342u.a./hectareforthe1976harvest
to360u.a./hectare,whileaidtobittervarieties willchangefrom243u.a.to
270u.a.andaidtoothervarieties from548u.a.to500u.a.
IV.Pursuant toArticle 12(4)ofRegulation 1696/71,theCommission proposes that
areasunderhopsinthefirstandsecondyearofproduction in1977,shouldnot
qualifyfortheCommunity aidperhectare,giventhepersistance ofastructural
surplussituation ontheworldmarket.
Onthebasisoftheabovecriteria,theCommission proposes thefollowing
amounts :markets
Groupofvarieties Aidu.a./ha
Aromati c
Bitter
Others360
270
500

houblon-hopfem-hops t KONDE-WELT-WORLD TAB.1
PAYS/I.A"D/COIJ.'iTRTHA
1975ZTR
1975HA.
1976ZTR
1976HA
1977IZTR
|1977
L :
RH.DLOJTSCHLAÎiD 20.212 698.760 !19.680 !567.747 19.250 735.024
KiiAKCS 1.191!42.9121
\ 1.083 !34.124
11.01033.761
Bill,GjK/JW'.LGIQUE 1.167 35.062I
!1.068 35.424 98236.003
Ui.'J'iW)KINGDOMi6.410I65.464I
i 5.925i159.473I5.925144.161
IHKLA.7) !65,!1•389]i
!65!L-12P:LZZôs11.674
' ■I!
iI
!
I 11»LJC 29.045i 1
893.5911 27.8211
797.986J 27.232 950.623
I|'I !Η
U*S.A. !12.990507.284] 12.505 I524.ne! 12.380 493.000
iAIJSTHAL1A j|1.101jj48.980 1.086 j39.000 95042.000
jijcœuviJA 3.829 i93.554 3.373 86.000 3.212 87.OOO
ESPANA 1.841 I47.073 1.841 51.206 1.841 40.000
03Γ;ΠI
9,659j238.726 10,074L-12.4_.222 !_JL0.20QΓ
L_2A5.0GQ
M)iî I2.197 57.2781
1 53.410 i2.20057.000
jP0L3KA 2.409 54.740 2.305I50.840Γ
jΓ2.32852.000
IHl'îiGARY 639 5_.95_2 L481LZJL.934 Γ5018,000
,Iii-B+IK5LA.VD '63.710 1927,178 61.616 1<6M._723 60.844 1.974-62
|.TAPANI1.374 43.680 1.307_Λ4.400 !.1,300I._ΛΔ.000_
i
!11.300 218.000 11.300 230.000 Γ11.300 220.000
!κοκαγ.ία 80011.000 1.100 13.200 1.600ί14.000
»BULGAR1A 1.220 16.240 1.220 19.400 j1.400 19.500
SOTHivrS '2.18AL5I1202 1.654ί0&λ221 I.A5,.COQ
!1
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j8O.584 £270.000i
J78.197 i2160.000 78.044315.1231
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1
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6.399 ]6.502 6.5146.585 IIUJI
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POLSKA
CSSR
HUNGARY
MONGOLIA
CUBACANADA
ARGEN­
TINA
JAPAN
AUSTRALI -
NEW *
ZEALAND
ESPAÑA
YUGO -
SLAVIAf

HOUbLCN/HOPfEN/HOPS :MARCHEMONDIAL/WELTMARKT/WORLDMARKET TAB.5
COLTE/Cinrii./HARVEST 1977
■■■7^3 1'""rs--
CEE
EU6
EEC|USA
II
I
!COM-
IECONGROUPE
GRUPPE
GROUP
4AUTRES
ANOERE
OTHERSMONDE
WELT
WORLDI
I
I
f
I.
!PROUUCiiCN HIïRE/b1E3 ,
er7rLir-i-:r"ô/nnerproduction JMML 242 ■|206 175 116 147 859
CON!t.'.u/r.:.it.II.
(V..\jTf-NT[G/ML9,25,5 18,7 6,6 7,1 7,6Γ.
I
BtSOJfJ/hr.DARF . I
REOl)IRFMF'.'T ALPHAIT2.231 f1.132 I1.523 7621.M7 6.6951
I
rK«JL'Ull H/iJMUUJLUK /hUP
ERZEUGUNG HOPFEN |000T47,524,7 30,8 11,8 t1,0115,8
CONU.iiu/A.-UtJl/
rONTENT :ALPHA7. 7,17,44,617,3 6,5 6,51
.'RODUCTICNrroi '•ALPHAlR/tnnL,i-ift Lj 3.373 1.828 i1.417 856 657.539
I"I
SuKrHOi #AIPMA
ÜBERSCHUHS (DEFIZIT )"L11.142 696 (106)I_94(982L...84/1
av,nr:1SEPT:ALPHAΤ1.129 1.664 508 390ι ι■
436 !4.127
NOIS/.'XNATE/KONTHSMj17,6-1
4 i6,1 5 7.4:L
V j
1lI
'I
siorK <;
OESTANDF :N0RMAL-:ALPHAΤ 929 943 508 338 350 3.068
MOIS/MONATE/MONTHS5 10 45,25 4Γ
I
I*•••
»Surplus (deficit)_stocks
LlFlF.K.r»r.HUS,r.fnF.F,I7TI3 !.liFSTflmxJτ 200 721 !52 861.059
%SURPLUS/UBKRSCHUSS 22%76% 15%25%35?>Π Γ
i
_ ι
.1
i
-I
1
*Ar-.'NEEPROCHAINE
FOLGENDES JAHR
FOLLOWING YEAR|
i
; I
i– 11. „1USSR
ROMANIA
BULGARIA
DDR
POLSKA
CSSR
HUNGARY
MONGOLIA
CUBA
j
!CANADA
ARGEN-.
TINA
JAPAN
AUSTRAL Ifi
NEW
7EALAND
ESPAÑA
YUGO- j
SLAVIA
1
I

WELTKETTO-EXPORTUti.Dr -R - SCHÄTZU«DERKKTTO-SXZSUKISÖ uh^AUSFUHR I1Q77 6
WORLDNETEXPORTING CO'JiiTRIES .- ESTIMATEDPRODUCTION AM)EXPORTS _1977
HOUBLON-H0PF2ÎÏ-HOPS
HA
'1977
βRecoite
Ernte
Crop/•>
AlphaProduc­
tion
Erzeu-
gungDe~-ar.de
interne
Eigenve>
braudc -
InternalExpor­
tciti2.on
Ausfu.hr
Export
Netptatioi
.'Lwoiuar
licr;>r­>
1 L_!H IAlphaLj?AlphaIA1?haI·
iI
I000
T ! τ000
Τ τ000
T !,
1 •
1BRDEUTSCHLAID* !
19.244 i
I36,7 6,7
I2.458
I
I!
i16.1 1.072 20,6 49 1.365i51
2•U.S.A. 12.330 24,7 7,41.828 15,3 1.132
i9,4 22I
6$5\25
3C3SH 10.200 12,3
a*4 492 5,3 210 7,0 171
232 10
4JUG0SLA.VIJA • 3.212e
4,46,5.286 1.2 80 3,2 8 205 3
DAUSTRALIA 950 2,110,5 220 1.0 105 1,1 3 115 4
6POLSKA 2.328 2,6 5 130 2.2 110 0.4I
I
I1 20I
I
!1
7ESPANA
I[1.841
iJ
2,01!
8 160|
I
2,0 160I
i
II
1
3I
;TOTAL
Ia-;,8 5.574 43,1 2.869 41,7 100 2.705
»100
I
i*oauvrorécolté 1977-•GeringeErnte1977-Poorharvest1977 jii- • 4

HOUBLON-HOPFEN-HOPSCEE/EWG/EEC. TAB.7
-MAH1CT-1-VUîKET 1972-76
ANNEE
JAHR
YEAR
priotuetion»i«.«t/rier­
•'AhAli/JLJAmi <
1jcor,11NO/AÌ:"ILIL
rr.;;TevX
ι}ιιϊ·»/ο'*αΓALPHA
jixuismij .--alpha
r'ROULSC liOfJ
iR7jiiqjirj^*
CONiTTjiI/afÎTÉIL
rcfj".'rî.'TALPHA
?pi;or.iir .rioN
iR/ii^ur.'G alpha
SURPLUS /"*DEFICIT)
JlfjF.RSCMisn/Jtlij.£JZ.lXL"sURPLUs7CDi:FICIT>
Jiai^xcuuaxin£i -U-LIJLALPHAI
JUtJL-
X
GRMS/HL
000τ1972
224
.5,6
10,5
EXPORTATIONS/AUSHJHR
EXPORTS
IMPORTATICNS/EINFUHR
jiin.QriLx -
EXPORTAT ior*/AUSFUHR
EXPORT ;HNET000Τ
OCOT
000Τ2.352
42,8
6,2d
2.6541973
227
2Λ
10,3
2.338
52,61974
229
1.0
10,1
2.3131975
236
3,0
9,81976
239
M.
9,4
Ρ.315
7,33
3.853
3021.515
4,9
14,1
000Τ
NET:ALPHA
TÜRPLÜS7TD i:FlClt)
UftERSCHUß /fDEFIZIT )ALPHA
SURPLUS /(DEFICIT )
STOCKS
BESTANDEs1SEPTiALPHA
STOCKS
BFSTA'JDE5M 1ALPHA
SiCjlK'S
BESTANDE+(-) ALPHA
SUPERFICIE/FLACHEN/AREA
"TTAR~A*37jf JAfirt/PF.RYEAR "
ili'f.ZY:.:-:.'.T7L<VTR/,G7YILL'£000τ7,7
6,4
373
(71)
(1,1)
980
980
000HA
7HA20,7
17,5
7,3
10,2
808
707
9,6
909
974
(65)
11.329,5
6,247,9JlxL2.2561977
242
1,5
9,2
2.231
Jld.
6,4*
3.105 2.910
792
12,2
18,7
8,16,52
595.
9,1
20,0
9,25,53
2.206
(50)
(0,9)
18,4
9,0
10,6
685
107
1,7
1.616
96410,8
706
(111)
(1,7)
1.723
965
652 758
29,3 29,09,4
433
(483)
(7,3)
1.612
9401.129
929
672 200
27,8 27,2
l.YÎ.1,79(0,42(1,0)14,5 (1,3
1,64
»AtiNCLSUIVANTE /FOLGENOES JAHR/fOLLOWlN -1,54 1,44
J.1,7'
HOUBLON/HOPS/MOPfEN

MOUBLON-HOPFEN-HOPS J CEE/EW6/EEC.
RB(30I.TK/:';U.a-a/H.\RVE3T1977:ALTERNATI VES/ALTKrUTATI VE
I
>
îAriijil 1■mu-TUT-j
3i
1
ANNEE "
JAHR
YEAR1
1977 1976 1977 1978
I
ιI
PRODUCTION BIERE/HIER-
^ΡΑί\ΑΝ/υΕ.ν!ΛΗΚ
– Γ>γγ?νρΛΡ*
_JLiiL
%2/12246 242 246
1,5 1,5 1,5 1,5
,... 1>.■>-Il.My.. i■»■j
CCNTfclJU/AfJTEILALPMA
ΓΛΜΤΓΜΤ * .ΙGRMS/ |9,2 9,0 9,2 9,0j
:x; ■i.■ ■■ i**jtjc.o.OIf*/ticDAKF#ALPHA IDrvirprMff'T #Lτ2.231 2.214 I 12.231 2.214I
I
■iI
I
t
PriOt>iJC1ION,^ j000TI47,51 47,5
CON!ENU/ANTE1L;ALPHA X
ΓΟΜΤΓΓ'Τ .7,o 7,1i
tPRODUCTION aiDUAITiFttltIJGL'NG :ALPHA .*_P
13.325 3,373
ι|SURPLUs7TDEFICIT).A.PMaIRf
(mrrn:i.T/rr^rFT7TTl* ! \I1T094 1.142 !I
I
1surplus/("dcficit >.hj
nnrPcnii /.'necî7ÎT'I « .I1000TΓ15,6i16,3
1I
Π
Iexportai ions/ausfuhr
exporta •. :..000T19,0 19,0
.IMPORTATIOUS /EINFUHR -.
TiJonoTC '7
000TI8,4 8,4
EXPORTATION /AUSFUHR .N£T
PXPORT :H000T10,6 10,6
IPlNET:ALPHAm7«4 803
1 Ίi
[•"TürpCüsTTöTrrCm .ApH,
IUBtRSCHUfJ /(DEFIZIT >*1––
IT310 339
1
SURPLUS/(DEFICIT )
1int-.n<;rhiif»/cnFFi7TTJ "000T
-mM M.M.I fa..»-» IPilli Hiiwi 1
.
aL'•1SEPT•'ALPHAΠ 1.129 1.439 1.1291.468 i
:5M SALPHA i929 923 929 923
TTSnp «*<->:Al-PHADESTANDET 200 51b 200r545iL
1
SUPERFICIE /FLACHEN/AREA 000HA27,2 27,2
+PARAN/JEJAHR/PERYEAR
r-11,8) (1,8) I
1 ίΓκΤΠΤΓΓ.Τ^Τ7Ι^Χ(Γ7ΤΓίΠ )/HA 1,74 1,74
_____1II.
*ANNEESUIVANTE/FOLGENDES JAHR/FOLLOWING YEAR J^=^^BLON/HOPS/HOPFEN 1

Souroo:OSCE/Quelle:SAEO/Origin sSOEC TAB.9
Evolution dooeuperfioiea ,durendement etdelaproduction duhoublondans laC*E*E*
Entwicklung dorFlächen ,ErträgeundderErzeugung vonHopfeninderE.W.G#
Involution ofarea,yeldoandproduction ofhopsintheE.B.C.
ANNEE
JAJ1R
ÏEAR1975 1976 1977 •
: I: _ » ––– : t
Deutschland
Franco
Bolgië/Belgiquo
UnitedKingdom
IrolandI
SUPER :
20212
1191'
1167
6410
65––––– .
FICIE/FLECHEN/AREA(ha)
19680 19250 ;
1083 1010
1068 982
5925 5925 ;
65.j 65|
Eur.-9
Deutschland
France
België/Belgique
UnitedKingdom
Ireland1
29045
Rendent *
32,02
36,05
30,04 !
25,82 1
21,4427.821 !
ent/Ertrag/Yield (
28,67 !
31,54
33,17
26,92 •
18,7727232
[50kg)
38,2
33,4
36.7
24,3-
25.8
Eur.-9
I
i
|Deutschland .
jFrance
!België/Belgique
jUnitedKingdom
IIreland
I
I30,73 •28,56
Production/Erzeu/runc/Proc1
34,9
iuction(Ztr.)
647219 564284
42916 .: -34124
35062 j 35424
165464 j159473
1389 ; 1220
I'.j
735024
33761
36003
144161
1674
Eur.-9
1892050 794525 950623

NOUVELLES PLANTATIONS
NEUFLACHKN 1977
MEWPLANTINGS 19771977
TAB.10
Variétés
Sorten
VarietiesD Ρ
I I
1: !UK •ICEfJ
EWG
EEC
ΗΠHailertauerI293 32
2Hersbrucker Spat 95 95
3
4HullerBitterer
iSpalter I26
426
; 4
5ITettnanger I
6Progreas !<
.I2I 2
7PugrlesI
!12IJ- 12
0Goldinga ! 29! 29
9WGV
ι18 18
10|Tutshami
i
Bramling Cross
12Challenger ί77
Γ77
13 lSaaz .i
14Strissoxspalti
l
15Bourgognei
III i
i !I
16tStari
17
18Northern Brewer
Brewera Gold29
461
9'11 •5
i35
60
19Bullion 1 1
20Target 91 I
!91
21K.Midseaaon1
1
22!Northdown 71■
i71
23îReoord j3 1 4
24Viking 8 8
25ISaxon 87'487
■2^1
IAutres/Andere
Others
i1
1
.TOTAL 232 16 404 652j
l

« POURCENTAGE DEK0U3L0II VENDUSOUSCONTRAT ETRELATION 7PRIXHORSCONTRAT-SO'JSCONTRAT
TAB.:11 •PROZENTSATZ VOITVERTRAGSHOPI-SS UI®VERHALTIÜS PREISEFREIHOPPEN-VERTRAGSHOPFSN *
PERCENTAGE OPHOPSSOLDUNDERCONTRACT ANDRELATION PRICESWITHOUT CO.NTRACT-UNDERCONTRACT
/
horscontrat
Freihopfen
withoutcontraot
1souscontrat
Vertragshopfen
undercontract
.2souscontrat
Vertragshopfen
undercontract
3horscontrat
Preihopferi
withoutcontract
4souscontrat
Vertrag3'nopfen
undercontract
5
&)CE
1974
1975
1976
1977227.190
202.672
174.172
327.043731.351
689.378
620.353
623.64376
77
78
66U.C.
65,56
60,22
78,73
38,42U.C.
91,94
94,40
100,49
98,23
B)CE
H«Â«
France
Belgique
RoyaumeUni
Irlande279.213
14.216
33.614455.811
19.608
2.389
144.161
1.67462
58
7
100
10037,2
48,08
44,494,4
84,7
100,5
111,7
132,5

KiMILOdU i)l-:1-4UIW!Iy/ff
iiK'JJOMKM ))WfcMQ »1977 TAU*12
IKCJIOMS OF'l'HEEBC!197?
REGIONfiN»
|Erploita–
HAItione
1977|Betriobe
gHoldings
01977pHA
Exploit­
ation
Betrieb
Holding
1977HA
1976N°
Exploita­
tions
Betriebe
Holdings
1976HA
Exploita­
tion
Betrieb
Holding
1976
ni|| ■■ i■■
1llallertau I162904735|!165624969 3,33
2Spalt |932 8191,13|
!11001
!90i
3Hersbrucker 244 248 0,96L286298i0,95
- 1
4Jura I540 170 3.03 533 182 2,92
5Tettnang 1221 617 1,98J1269682
6RHW 0,23Γΐ0,23 i2 4 0,5
7Badenrii|14 0,79I1317 !
i0,76
8Pfalz 12 52,4s138 11,62 i
9Alsace 623 407 1,531<!° 626:1,1
10Bourgogne 67 24 2,8J26 :2,34|
|11Nord301 634,78 331 67 14,94
12Aalßt 254 88 2,881300105 ;!
J13Poperingo 698 174 4»0I738181 4,08
j14Vodelee30 47,5 4
j15Kent+SE.3678 245 15,0 3689 254 14,5
j16WestMidlands 2247j170 13,21S2230172 13,0
17kilkenivy 65 4 I
116,3«416,3
*7 7796 it;>:iHzi H>02

TAB.13CALCUL DELARECETTE :
ERTRAOSERLOSE BERECllNUNG :
CALCULATION OPTHERETURN s1977
1977
1977
VARIETES
SORTEN
VARIETIES, HA
TP
1977HA
NP
1977HA
NP
1976HA
TP
1977RCT
TP
1977RCT
PP
1977
.Hallert axier 4394 32 61430127982829
!Hersbrucko Spät 2980 95200268527522904
HullerBitterer 1699 26185148824142548
Spalter 374 4 536523132349
Tettnanger 939 393625602561
Progress 139 2 113629002938
Fur/ries 657 12 464127192781
Coldings 481 291443837924035
WGV 331.18 231129943151
Tuts/iam 5 528202820
Braniling Cross 510 51020652065
Challenger 717 776557526432905
Sétaz 21 2112351235
Strisaelspalt 293 29322452245
Bourgogne 12 1211671167
Star 6 612331233
Aroma 13558 29554012723 26952781
Northern Brewer 7089 35200685427892924
Brewers Gold 3330 6041322928472926 •
Bullion 418 1 41729492956
Target 1.990 9122767225493080
K*Mideeason 181 18120602060
Nortrfdovm 909 7112471429103322
AmèiyBitter .12917 2585921206727892945
Record '543 44549423692039
Viking 18 89 110601794
Saxon 183 8792 49352853
Autres 744 9914649919852045
CEE/EWC/EKC 27219 652127825289 27202845

Council Regulation (EEC)
layingdown,inrespectofhops,theamountoftheaidto
Droducers forthe1977harvest
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
inparticular Article 43thereof.
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1696/71of26July1971onthe
commonorganization ofthemarketinhops(1),aslastamended byRegulation (EEC)
No1170/77(2)sandinparticular Article 12*(6)and(7)thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean Parliament (3),
WhereasArticle 12ofRegulation (EEC)No1696/71providesforthepossibility
ofgranting aidtohopproducers toenablethemtoachieve afairincome;whereas
theamountofthisaidisfixedperhectare anddiffersaccording togroups
ofvarieties ,takingintoaccounttheaveragereturnontheareasinfull
production incomparison withtheaveragereturnsforprevious harvests,the
currentposition ofthemarketandpricetrends;
Whereasthestudyoftheresultsofthe1977harvestgivesrisetothefixing
ofaidforcertaingroupsofvarieties ofhopscultivated intheCommunity ;
Whereasthemarketsituation isstillcharacterized bypoorpricelevelsdueto
thepersistence ofstructural suspluses ;whereasthissituation musttherefore
beremedied byapplyingArticle 12(6)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No1696/71
whichallowstheareasunderhopswhichareintheirfirstandsecondyears
ofproduction tobedeclaredineligible foraid,.
(1)0JNoL175,4.8.1971,p.1
(2)0JNoL137,3.6.1977 ,p.7

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.Forthe1977 harvest ,aidshall begranted totheproducers ofhops culti­
vated intheCommunity forthegroups ofvarieties setout intheAnnex .
2.The amount ofthe aid shall bethat set out intheAnnex .
3.Theaidgranted foreach group ofvarieties shall belimited toareas
registered in1977 which were under each variety in1975 .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing itspublication
intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirely anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .This Régulation
inthe Officiai
Done at For the Council
The President

ANNEX
Amount8of"theaidgranted ,tohopproducers forthe1977harvest
Groupofvarieties Aidu.a./hectare
Aromatio 360
Bitter 270
Others 500

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
DATEl16.1.1978
I.BUDGETLINSCOIICHUJED »Art.732(hopsinterventions )
2.ACTIONIProposalforaRegulation oftheCouncillayingdowninrespectof
hops,theamountofaidtoproducers forthe1977harvest.
3.LECALBASIStArt.12ofRegulation 1676/71oftheCouncil.
4.OBJECTIVES >
Granting ofanaidtohopproducers forthe1977harvestthattheymay
receive afairincome.
5.FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE
5.0EXI'EIJDITUHE
-CHARGED TOTiD?ECBUDGET
R«*>WiC5 «< «St
x)(KQ«£K^sajcaa.»>®8Sies )«
XJ«KT>tH:KULXfpOHT®MJ^ranKO YEAHIiiliutnfJIWMM–WWB–BB8WMWBWW
CURRENT FINANCIAL TEAR IFOLLOWINGFINANCIAL YEAR
(78) J ()
8,0MUA 8,0MUA
THAR•««««»••«»««•»! YEAR•»••&•*•»••••••• TSAR
5.0.1fLURIANNUALPATTERHOFEXPENDITURE Measure concerning 1978budget
5.2METHOD OFCALCULATION
Groups Area/ha
Aromattes
Bitters
Others
TOTAL12.723
12.067
499
25.289AmountAid
UA/ha
360
270
500TotalMua
4,6
3,2
0,2
8,0
6.0FINANCING POSSIBLE WITHCREDITS INSCRIBED INRELEVANT CHAPTER OFCURRENT BUDGET? YES/Xa
#x*ElftWWWäc tfS^SSWtftfxm^K'RftSÄJtmxwiAmeKXffXÄRaeHE^MÄaesjyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxyra /iJCK
6„2NECESSITY FORASUPPLEIUSKTAFLY BUDGET ? W3/N0
*X&S%*XW^#X*WMXWK%>FKWJ&:P^W)&KÎUXX ;XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXSB »***
i^thregardtofinancial consi'-rations,itshouldbenotedthatthe
application regulation requiresthattherequestforaidispresented bythe
producer duringaperiodoffivemonthsfollowingthedateofpublication in
theO.J.oftheregulation fixingtheamountoftheaid.
Asaresult,thefullamountofth«?aidforthe1977harvestwillbetotally
coveredbythe1978budget.Theforec<-*sforthe1978budgettookaccount
ofthis.