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Written question asked by Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour) on Thursday, 12 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 October 2017. It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Friday, 20 October 2017 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Apples

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to encourage farmers to increase the production of apples for (a) home markets, (b) export to the EU and (c) export to non-EU countries.

Answer

HMRC trade data is unable to identify Royal Gala apples by name. The following table shows the volume of apples exported from the UK to EU member states, at the greatest level of detail available, in the last 5 years for which full data is available:

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Apple type

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Cider

123

27

1,658

1,328

1,456

Other

20,608

21,113

15,886

19,745

16,277

Total

20,731

21,140

17,544

21,074

17,733

Table Source: HMRC


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
107448
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Apples
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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