Written question asked by Damian Hinds (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 October 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 October 2020. It was answered by Baroness Prentis of Banbury (Conservative) on Friday, 16 October 2020 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Oilseed Rape

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in (a) acreage of oilseed rape, (b) imports of oilseed rape and (c) imports of oilseed rape substitutes in the last 10 years.

Answer

The Oilseed rape area increased from 269 thousand hectares in 1984, reaching a peak of 756 thousand hectares in 2012. Since then the area has decreased each year (apart from 2018 when an increase to 583 thousand hectares was seen). The provisional figure for 2020 shows a further decrease to 388 thousand hectares.

Total area planted for Oilseed rape in hectares for the last ten years

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Thousand hectares	705	756	715	675	652	579	562	583	530	388*

*2020 figure is current estimate based on Defra survey

Total Oilseed rape imports over the same period are shown below

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Thousand tonnes	64	18	177	87	87	63	345	206	354

Total other Oilseed (excl Rape but including Soya, Nut, Sunflower, Linseed) imports over the same period are shown below

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Thousand tonnes	1,016	991	842	1,013	998	903	954	1,012	851

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Type: Written question
Reference: 100347
Session: 2019-21
Subjects: Imports Oilseed rape
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Oilseed Rape

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