Wednesday, 1 August 2012

CAP Subsidies in the UK 1999-2010

This is taken from <http://farmsubsidy.org/GB/browse/>, via the
Wayback Machine. With these numbers, it's not surprising that the
Europhile wing of the "Tory" party is so well funded.

The scale of this is truly staggering.

TATE & LYLE EUROPE (031583) €827,979,239
NESTLE UK LTD 804817 €196,777,997
MEADOW FOODS LTD €129,279,959
Czarnikow Group Limited €129,104,665
PHILPOT DAIRY PRODUCTS LTD € 88,307,975
SIMPSON, D € 69,516,054
MILK SUPPLIES LTD € 49,256,541
DAIRY INGREDIENTS (UK) LTD € 34,804,610
G'S GROWERS LTD € 27,596,347
BRITISH SUGAR PLC € 24,697,012
DAIRY CREST INGREDIENTS € 23,917,598
STRUTT & PARKER (FARMS) LTD € 20,990,299
CWS AGRICULTURE LTD € 20,957,730
European Commission (M) € 19,319,827
HOOGWEGT INTERNATIONAL BV € 19,181,434
PARKE DAVIS & CO LTD T/A ADAMS € 17,869,221
T M C DAIRIES (NI) LTD € 17,441,870
None € 16,791,195
None € 16,577,540
STAPLE DAIRY PRODUCTS LTD € 16,261,197
KRAFT FOODS UK LTD (M1600J) € 16,002,086
AGRESERVES LTD € 15,893,748
KG GROWERS LTD € 15,785,610
BLANKNEY ESTATES LTD € 15,418,139
MURRAY VERNON LTD € 15,315,808
DROMONA QUALITY FOODS LTD € 14,783,985
ALBANWISE LTD € 14,528,857
None € 13,811,269
CADBURY INTERNATIONAL LTD € 13,616,718
PARKERS OF LEICESTER LTD, € 13,244,900

Note the EU Commission itself coming in at #14.
What on earth that is about I can't imagine.