Written question asked by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 May 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 May 2004. It was answered by Alun Michael (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 May 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of (a) apples, (b) pears, (c) strawberries and (d) raspberries grown in the UK was for the UK market in the last year for which figures are available. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of (a) apples, (b) pears, (c) strawberries and (d) raspberries grown in the UK was for the UK market in the last year for which figures are available. [173765] Alun Michael: UK production and supply of apples, pears, strawberries and raspberries are given in the following table: UK production and supplies of selected fruit 2003 Thousand tonnes _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Apples Pears Strawberries Raspberries Production 123.6 29.6 41.8 8.0 Imports 473.4 116.6 35.9 4.7 Exports 12.5 3.0 0.2 0.0 Total supply1 584.5 143.2 77.5 12.7 UK production for the UK 89.9 89.9 99.5 99.8 market as percentage2 UK production as percentage 21.1 20.7 53.9 63.1 of total supply _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Production plus imports less exports. 2 Production less exports as a percentage of production.

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