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Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Wednesday, 12 October 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 October 2011. It was answered by James Paice (Conservative) on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 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 much of the UK's milk was imported in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answer

In 2010, the UK imported 88 million litres of raw milk and 125 million litres of liquid drinking milk.The figures in the following table show the UK production and supply of all milk products on a liquid milk equivalent basis expressed in litres for 2009, the latest year for which these figures are available on this basis. All imports and exports of milk products are included here other than milk products in composite products, e.g. baked goods.

UK liquid milk production (billion) Whole milk equivalent of milk and milk product imports (billion) Whole milk equivalent of milk and milk product exports (billion) Total new supply (billion) Production as % of new supply
2009 13.2 6.24 2.84 16.61 80
Source:
DEFRA Overseas Trade Statistics

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
74923; 536 c310W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Imports Milk
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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