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
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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
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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:
tonnes
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
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- 2017-10-20 15:35:58 +0100
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