| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 9A3 Output, utilisation and prices of principal crops, 1995 to 1997 |
| Unit | 1995 |
1996 (2nd prov) |
1997 (1st prov) |
|
| Total wheat output | (thousand tonnes) | 759 |
769 |
730 |
| Human and industrial usage1 | 622 |
714 |
625 |
|
| Exports2 | - |
- |
- |
|
| Seed | 9 |
9 |
10 |
|
| Stockfeed | 129 |
46 |
95 |
|
| Sales into intervention | - |
- |
- |
|
| Average market price | (£/tonne) | 112.40 |
109.05 |
89.52 |
| Total barley output | (thousand tonnes) | 1,163 |
1,363 |
1,279 |
| Malting and distilling | 742 |
750 |
857 |
|
| Other human and industrial usage1 | 3 |
108 |
14 |
|
| Exports 2 | - |
- |
- |
|
| Seed | 48 |
48 |
55 |
|
| Stockfeed | 369 |
457 |
254 |
|
| Sales into intervention | 1 |
1 |
- |
|
| Average market price | (£/tonne) | 130.99 |
117.98 |
82.95 |
| Total oats output | (thousand tonnes) | 95 |
102 |
104 |
| Oats: | ||||
| Human and industrial usage1 | 81 |
93 |
90 |
|
| Exports | - |
- |
- |
|
| Seed | 7 |
3 |
6 |
|
| Stockfeed | 7 |
6 |
8 |
|
| Average market price | (£/tonne) | 100.12 |
108.09 |
90.42 |
| Total potatoes output | (thousand tonnes) | 955 |
999 |
953 |
| Human consumption - 1st earlies3 | 12 |
13 |
15 |
|
| Maincrop3 | 567 |
600 |
589 |
|
| Seed-Exports | 47 |
53 |
55 |
|
| Other | 329 |
333 |
294 |
|
| Stockfeed (PMB buying programme) | - |
- |
- |
|
| Average market price: | ||||
| 1st earlies | (£/tonne) | 170.70 |
116.67 |
83.56 |
| Ware | 207.03 |
82.48 |
56.10 |
|
| Seed | 222.24 |
167.27 |
111.25 |
Source: SOAEFD Economics and Statistics Unit Branch 2 |
| 1 Includes waste in
distribution. 2 Excludes sales out of intervention. 3 Includes consumption in farm households. |