House of Commons - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence

Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence

Annex 2

FARM TO RETAIL PRICE SPREADS

	1999	2000	2001 (a)
	p per kg
Average farm price	179.7	196.1	202.2
Average retail price	446.3	452.3	487.1
Actual price spread	266.5	256.2	284.8
Per cent price spread	59.7	56.6	58.7
Data for England and Wales only
(a) Data for Jan-Sep only
Source: MLC