WRITTEN QUESTION E-3320/00

by António Campos (PSE) to the Commission

(25 October 2000)

Subject: Common agricultural policy

Would the Commission please supply the following data:

1. Total area under cereals in the 15 Member States;

2. Total number of cereal producers in the Union;

3. Average labour-force density per hectare in cereal production;

4. Total EAGGF-Guarantee spending on cereals;

5. Average amount per producer received under the EAGGF-Guarantee;

6. Average amount received under the EAGGF-Guidance per worker per hectare in cereal production;

7. The percentage of Union agricultural production represented by cereals;

8. The export/import balance in the 15 Member States in the cereal sector;

9. Area occupied by the fruit and vegetable sector in the 15 Member States;

10. Total number of fruit and vegetable producers in the Union;

11. Average labour-force density per hectare in fruit and vegetable production;

12. Total EAGGF-Guarantee spending on the fruit and vegetable sector;

13. Average amount spent per fruit and vegetable producer, including the sector as a whole, under the EAGGF-Guarantee;

14. Average amount received under the EAGGF-Guarantee per worker per hectare in fruit and vegetable production throughout the Union;

15. The export/import balance for the Union's fruit and vegetable sector;

16. The percentage of the Union's agricultural production represented by fruit and vegetable production?

Supplementary answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(17 January 2001)

The Honourable Member will find below the information available for 1997.

1. Area under cereals in the Community: 38 105 000 hectares (ha).

2. Total number of cereal producers in the Community: 2 995 000 (number of holdings with cereal enterprises).

3. Average labour-force density per hectare in cereal production: the Commission does not have this information. However, the figures collected by the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) show that, for all holdings specialised in arable crops, the average amount of labour used is 1,97 work units/year per 100 hectares of total utilised agricultural area (i.e. including crops other than cereals and oilseeds).

4. Total expenditure on cereals by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guarantee Section: 12 160,5 million.

5. Average total payment received per cereal producer from the EAGGF Guarantee Section: 4 060,3 per holding.

6. Average total appropriation received per worker per hectare in cereal production from the EAGGF Guarantee Section: as with point 3, the Commission does not have this information.

7. Percentage of Community agricultural production represented by cereals: 9,4 %.

8. Community trade balance for cereals: + 2 503 million.

9. Area under fruit and vegetables in the Community: 4 999 000 ha (including citrus fruit).

10. Total number of fruit and vegetable producers in the Community: 1 620 000 (total number of holdings with either fruit or vegetable enterprises).

11. Average labour-force density per hectare in fruit and vegetable production: the Commission does not have this information. However, the figures collected by the FADN show that, for all holdings specialised in fruit and vegetables, the average amounts of labour used are respectively 21,94 and 17,41 work units/year per 100 hectares of total utilised agricultural area (i.e. including land used for other purposes than fruit and vegetables).

12. Total EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure on fruit and vegetables: 1 553,3 million.

13. Average total appropriation spent per fruit and vegetable producer under the EAGGF Guarantee Section: 959 per holding.

14. Average total payment received per worker per hectare in fruit and vegetable production from the EAGGF Guarantee Section: as with point 11, the Commission does not have this information.

15. Community trade balance for fruit and vegetables (Chapters 7 and 8 of the Combined Nomenclature): 6 885 million.

16. Percentage of Community agricultural production represented by fruit and vegetables (including citrus fruit): 15,2 %.