Written question asked by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 November 2005. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Thursday, 10 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Fruit Growing
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much fruit was grown in England in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by type; and how much was destined for (a) export, broken down by country, and (b) the domestic market in each case.
- Answer
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Production data from 2004 for fruit produced in England and Wales and the UK are summarised in table 1; production data are not available for England only. Information on exports taken from Customs relate only to exports from the UK rather than from England only so are shown against UK production figures. This shows the split of production between exports and produce available for the domestic market.More detailed information on the destination countries for fruit exports as recorded in the overseas trade statistics are shown in table 2.
Table 1: Production and export data for fruit for 2004 Thousand tonnes 2004 data Englandand Wales UK Apples Home Production Marketed 137.6 172.4 Exports — 17.7 Available for domestic market — 154.7 Pears Home Production Marketed 22.7 22.7 Exports — 2.4 Available for domestic market — 20.3 Plums Home Production Marketed 13.6 13.6 Exports — 1.0 Available for domestic market — 12.6 Cherries Home Production Marketed 1.0 1.0 Exports — 0.2 Available for domestic market — 0.8 Strawberries Home Production Marketed 41.2 50.2 Exports — 0.2 Available for domestic market — 50.0 Raspberries Home Production Marketed 6.6 9.1 Exports — 0.0 Available for domestic market — 9.1 Blackcurrants Home Production Marketed 17.3 19.3 Exports — 0.0 Available for domestic market — 19.3 Other soft fruit Home Production Marketed 4.3 5.1 Exports — 0.2 Available for domestic market — 4.9 Notes: 1. Includes re-exports 2. Calculated as home production marketed less exports Table 2: UK exports of fruit for 2004 Description Tonnes Apples Irish Republic 10,794 Netherlands 3,989 Germany 1,462 Belgium 1,117 France 316 Other 45 Apples total 17,724 Plums Irish Republic 615 Netherlands 360 Other 8 Plums total 983 Cherries Irish Republic 116 Netherlands 33 Germany 31 Other 33 Cherries total 213 Pears Irish Republic 1,777 Netherlands 305 Belgium 198 Other 106 Pears total 2,387 Other soft fruits Barbados 70 Spain 39 Cayman Islands 14 Dubai 14 Other 48 Other soft fruits total 157 Raspberries Hungary 21 Irish Republic 17 Other 0 Raspberries total 38 Strawberries Irish Republic 159 Hungary 13 Other 6 Strawberries total 177 Grand total 21,678
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 24954; 439 c675-6W;439 c675-6W
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Agriculture Exports Fruit Production
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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