Written question asked by Michael Meacher (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 October 2007. It was answered by Gareth Thomas (Labour) on Monday, 29 October 2007 on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

Overseas Trade: Milk

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much milk was (a) exported to and (b) imported from the Netherlands in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

Overseas trade statistics data give the following figures for UK trade in milk and cream with the Netherlands:

Thousand tonnes
	UK exports of milk and cream to the Netherlands	UK imports of milk and cream from the Netherlands
1997	64.6	5.4
1998	31.1	6.8
1999	28.6	8.0
2000	22.9	8.0
2001	19.2	7.0
2002	41.3	7.5
2003	23.0	13.1
2004	13.3	15.2
2005	6.1	19.6
2006	11.5	29.3

Secondary information