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Written question asked by Nigel Evans (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 March 2010. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Milk: Imports

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many litres of milk a day were imported on average in each of the last five years.
Answer

[holding answer 15 March 2010]: Imports of liquid milk are shown in the tables.Liquid milk is imported into the UK in two forms, as raw milk for processing by dairies (table 1), or as liquid drinking milk (e.g. pasteurised or UHT milk) (table 2).Raw milk is only traded across the Irish border; imports come from the Republic of Ireland for processing by dairies in Northern Ireland.

Table 1: UK imports of raw milk for processing, 2005 to 2009 (all imports across the Irish border)
Imported per year (1,000 litres) Average imported per day (1,000 litres)¹
2005 45,589 125
2006 33,278 91
2007 57,109 156
2008 48,516 133
2009 82,774 227
¹ Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000 litres.
Source:
DARDNI
Table 2: UK imports of liquid drinking milk, 2005 to 2009¹
Imported per year (1,000 litres) Average imported per day (1,000 litres)²
2005 47,066 129
2006 84,406 231
2007 87,668 240
2008 134,068 366
2009¹ 89,420 245
¹ 2009 data is subject to amendments.
² Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000 litres.
Source:
H M Revenue and Customs

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c898-9W; 322357
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Imports Milk
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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