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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the balance of trade in each dairy product for which figures are available by (a) quantity and (b) value has been in each year since 1995. [207476] Alun Michael: The following table provides details of the imports, exports and balance of trade for dairy products by quantity (thousands and tonnes) and value (£ million) for the period 1995 to 2003. Quantity thousand tonnes _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Liquid milk: Imports 178 117 154 193 138 126 93 49 38 Exports 161 47 88 160 209 160 65 69 198 Balance -17 -70 -66 -33 71 34 -28 20 160 Butter: Imports 114 114 111 105 114 118 115 116 118 Exports 54 51 74 65 56 45 41 39 44 Balance -60 -63 -37 -40 -58 -73 -74 -77 -74 Cream: Imports 4 5 11 11 8 10 18 15 15 Exports 79 95 92 101 96 82 85 91 114 Balance 75 90 81 90 88 72 67 76 99 Whole milk powder: Imports 8 10 10 10 10 11 8 9 13 Exports 76 75 106 106 92 102 86 102 117 Balance 68 65 96 96 82 91 78 93 104 Skimmed milk powder: Imports 14 13 13 11 14 13 23 17 32 Exports 57 20 45 34 60 112 30 29 56 Balance 43 7 32 23 46 99 7 12 24 Condensed milk: Imports 13 10 13 13 14 15 14 12 20 Exports 65 58 63 64 51 31 22 30 21 Balance 52 48 50 51 37 16 8 18 1 Cheese: Imports 213 239 240 257 277 255 275 285 316 Exports 56 59 53 55 62 58 68 83 90 Balance -157 -180 -187 -202 -215 -197 -207 -202 -226 Yoghurt: Imports 56 54 71 82 69 132 148 142 193 Exports 4 5 6 7 3 6 9 9 10 Balance -52 -49 -65 -75 -66 -126 -139 -133 -183 Ice cream: Imports 32 33 45 54 58 63 64 76 77 Exports 31 27 28 32 40 42 35 37 41 Balance -1 -6 -17 -22 -18 -21 -29 -39 -36 Other dairy products: Imports 72 68 43 46 50 50 57 56 84 Exports 89 43 38 53 36 45 52 64 54 Balance 17 -25 -5 7 -14 -5 -5 8 -30 Total quantity: Imports 672 663 711 782 752 793 815 777 906 Exports 641 480 593 677 705 683 493 553 745 Balance -31 -183 -118 -105 -47 -110 -322 -224 -161 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Value £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Liquid milk: Imports 60 41 47 46 34 29 26 16 14 Exports 43 17 22 34 47 36 20 21 48 Balance -17 -24 -25 -12 13 7 -6 5 34 Butter: Imports 242 232 216 211 230 235 245 254 281 Exports 142 129 144 126 105 83 80 71 75 Balance -100 -103 -72 -85 -125 -152 -165 -183 -206 Cream: Imports 7 9 14 14 13 13 15 15 16 Exports 113 123 103 109 92 82 83 89 120 Balance 106 114 89 95 79 69 68 74 104 Whole milk powder: Imports 16 20 17 15 13 16 13 11 17 Exports 134 127 155 152 115 123 117 106 147 Balance 118 107 138 137 102 107 104 95 130 Skimmed milk powder: Imports 23 23 21 18 25 22 26 20 28 Exports 100 34 56 41 53 64 31 34 65 Balance 77 11 35 23 28 42 5 14 37 Condensed milk: Imports 18 11 12 12 12 16 16 11 18 Exports 42 39 42 41 32 22 16 17 15 Balance 24 28 30 29 20 6 1 6 -3 Cheese: Imports 553 621 590 611 630 601 655 647 744 Exports 144 153 122 126 137 130 148 153 180 Balance -409 -468 -468 -485 -493 -471 -507 -494 -564 Yoghurt: Imports 57 59 63 61 56 68 75 103 138 Exports 6 6 8 8 5 6 12 13 15 Balance -51 -53 -55 -53 -51 -62 -63 -90 -123 Ice cream: Imports 70 65 80 90 102 106 112 129 130 Exports 45 49 47 49 55 58 46 52 48 Balance -25 -16 -33 -41 -47 -48 -66 -77 -82 Other dairy products: Imports 103 48 67 79 88 88 112 130 150 Exports 72 27 21 26 24 30 36 32 18 Balance -31 -21 -46 -53 -64 -58 -76 -98 -132 Total value: Imports 1,079 1,113 1,094 1,116 1,156 1,146 1,228 1,259 1,454 Exports 796 704 720 712 665 634 589 588 731 Balance -283 -409 -374 -404 -491 -512 -639 -671 -723 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

207476; 429 c646-50W;429 c644-8W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Dairy farming Dairy products Exports Imports Milk Butter Cream Condensed milk

Contains statistics

Yes

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