§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will set out the cost and quantity of tinned meat imported into the United Kingdom during each of the last five years, and the comparable earnings from the export of live food animals for slaughter during each of the last five years.
§ Mr. BishopThe information requested is set out below.
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF TINNED MEAT (excluding tinned products which are only partially meat) Quantity (000 tons) Value (£000 c.i.f.) 1970 … … 114.0 58,201 1971 … … 119.8 69,270 1972 … … 124.7 74,702 1973 … … 133.2 105,135 1974 … … 108.2 108,010
UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS OF LIVE CATTLE SHEEP AND PIGS EXCLUDING BREEDING ANIMALS Value (£000f.o.b.) 1970 … … … … 19,459* 1971 … … … … 10,771* 1972 … … … … 21,261* 1973 … … … … 23,271 1974 … … … … 9,712 * Including any pigs for breeding. These were not separately distinguished until February 1973. Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.
54WThere have also been sales of beef from intervention stocks in the same period, but these have been to private traders who are free to sell wherever they can find a market. Consequently the final destination of these disposals is not known.