EEC milk production figures
The Minister gave estimated EEC milk production and Ireland’s shares for 1981 and 1982, but said supplier numbers by production band were unavailable.
asked the Taoiseach the number of gallons of milk produced in the EEC countries; the number of suppliers of (a) up to 50,000 gallons; (b) over 50,000 to 100,000 gallons; (c) 100,000 to 500,000 gallons and (d) over 500,000 gallons and the equivalent in litres; and this country's percentage of the total EEC production for 1981 and 1982.
Comment on this
, Dún Laoghaire): The quantity of milk produced by dairy herds in the EEC was estimated at 22,321 million gallons in 1981, the latest year for which complete information is available. Ireland's share of the 1981 production was 4.6 per cent.
Provisional indications from the EEC Commission suggest that Community production in 1982 increased to 22,943 million gallons. Ireland's share in 1982 is provisionally estimated at 4.8 per cent.
There is no information available on the number of suppliers in the EEC classified by quantity of milk produced.