THE Home-Grown Cereals Authority levy rates payable by cereal and oilseed growers and cereal dealers and processors are to remain the same as last year, reports the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. Effective July 1, the rates are as follows:

The cereal grower levy remains at 40p (plus 7p VAT) per tonne on cereals sold into intervention by a grower directly or through an intermediary;

The cereal dealer levy remains at 43.3p (plus 7.5775p VAT) per tonne of cereals marketed;

The standard rate cereal processor levy remains at 8.25p (plus 1.44375p VAT) per tonne on cereals sold and delivered to cereal processors other than animal feed processors;

The reduced rate cereal processor levy remains at 4p (plus 0.7p VAT) per tonne on cereals sold and delivered to animal feed processors;

The oilseed grower levy remains at 65p (plus 11.375p VAT) per tonne on oilseeds sold by growers.