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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what quantity of (a) milk, (b) eggs, (c) beef and lamb, (d) chicken and (e) pork was imported to the UK from (i) the EU and (ii) outside the EU in the last period for which figures are available. [216566] Alun Michael: The following table shows UK imports of milk, eggs, beef, lamb/sheep, chicken, pork/bacon and ham from EU and Non-EU countries over the 12 months to November 2004. UK imports of specified commodities, December 2003-November 2004 t'000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Commodity EU Non-EU Total imports Milk and cream (liquid) 93.2 0.0 93.2 Birds' eggs (in shell) 41.2 0.2 41.4 Beef 324.8 137.3 462.1 Lamb 9.2 19.8 29.0 Sheep 9.2 81.7 91.0 Chicken 361.4 97.3 458.7 Pork 470.5 5.1 475.6 Bacon, ham etc. 301.4 0.0 301.4 Commodity total 1,610.9 341.4 1,952.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Data are subject to amendments until 30 June 2005 Source: HM Customs and Excise Data prepared by Trade statistics, Food Chain Analysis 3, DEFRA Further information on the production and supply of agricultural commodities can be found at: http:// statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/publications/auk/2004/excel. asp.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

216566; 431 c927-8W;431 c923-4W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Dairy products Eggs EU external trade Imports Meat Milk Beef Poultry meat

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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