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Milk

Answer

[holding answer 4 July 2006]: It is not possible to provide overseas trade estimates for the different milk products in liquid milk equivalent. It is a complex calculation which can lead to double counting as different components of liquid milk can be used to manufacture different products. The following table shows the UK trade in milk products in tonnage and value for 2003 to 2005.

		2003	2004	2005
Trade	Description	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000
Imports	Cheese	315,622	743,898	334,654	810,598	352,411	850,668
	Yoghurt	193,255	137,888	181,110	139,889	154,200	126,651
	Butter	118,387	281,102	113,694	278,869	128,620	309,407
	Buttermilk	56,602	48,609	87,409	68,181	111,127	96,253
	Ice cream	76,779	129,736	89,304	142,482	82,317	127,658
	Condensed milk	19,628	17,770	25,134	22,913	32,911	33,221
	Whey	26,827	18,715	25,029	16,071	22,303	17,293
	Other	1,334	1,716	1,707	2,146	2,079	3,391
	Imports total	808,435	1,379,434	858,043	1,481,149	885,968	1,564,543
Exports	Cheese	89,795	179,415	93,286	201,560	96,073	219,079
	Whey	42,647	12,140	56,167	16,812	75,416	27,287
	Ice cream	40,847	47,680	53,219	50,464	50,515	46,763
	Butter	44,366	74,952	34,793	59,235	45,147	73,216
	Yoghurt	9,755	14,831	12,033	21,359	22,317	24,457
	Buttermilk	11,659	6,719	13,056	5,166	20,456	6,328
	Condensed milk	20,471	15,046	17,767	10,756	3,726	6,470
	Other	834	918	11,221	24,456	162	689
	Exports total	260,374	351,701	291,542	389,807	313,813	404,289
Source:
H M Revenue and Customs
Data prepared by Trade statistics, Agricultural Statistics and Analysis Division, DEFRA 2005 data is subject to amendments

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

82489; 448 c1287-8W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Exports Imports Milk

Link

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