Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Thursday, 6 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 November 2003. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Thursday, 13 November 2003 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many litres of champagne were imported from France in each year since 1992. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many litres of champagne were imported from France in each year since 1992. [138102] Mr. Mike O'Brien: Data on UK imports of champagne are given in the table. UK Imports of champagne from France _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992 11,097,820 1993 14,327,108 1994 17,805,364 1995 14,029,225 1996 15,633,002 1997 16,361,152 1998 18,145,100 1999 24,201,937 2000 14,836,442 2001 17,245,344 2002 24,398,314 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Champagne is defined as code 22041011 of the harmonised commodity coding system. Source: HM Customs and Excise data

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