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Written question asked by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 October 2006. It was answered by Barry Gardiner (Labour) on Monday, 30 October 2006 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dairy Farming

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much milk was imported into the UK from Poland in the last 12 months; and what projections he has made of future levels of imports of milk from Poland.
Answer

The following table shows the imports of liquid milk from Poland over the last 12 months to August 2006 as recorded in the Official Trade Statistics. Imports of liquid milk were recorded for five of these months as shown in the table. There were no recorded imports for the other months in this period.For the period January to August 2006 the total liquid milk imported from Poland accounts as 0.02 per cent. of total imports of liquid milk into the UK.

2006¹
Tonnes £000
January 0.7 0.2
March 2.0 0.1
April 4.3 1.1
May 0.9 0.7
August 0.3 0.1
Grand total 8.2 2.1
¹ 2006 data are subject to amendments
Source:
HM Revenue and Customs

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
95651; 451 c57W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Milk Poland
Link
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