EXPORT OF LIVE ANIMALS

HL Deb 13 April 1981 vol 419 cc859-60WA

Lord Houghton of Sowerby

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the statistics for the years 1978 and 1979 corresponding with those given for earlier years in Annexes B, E, F, and G of the report of the agriculture departments in the United Kingdom 1978 on the export of live animals for slaughter and further fattening.

Earl Ferrers

The information requested is as follows:

ANNEX B
Exports of Live Animals (excluding Breeding Animals and Animals exported to the Irish Republic)
	1978	1979	1980*
Adult Cattle
Belgium	2,180	488	171
France	297	136	349
Germany (FRG)	240	22	10
Italy	—	—	29
Netherlands	28	14	48
Total	2,745	660	607
Value £'000	1,141	264	241
Calves ('000 head)
Belgium	37.5	9.9	13.0
France	240.9	196.2	179.3
Germany (FRG)	0.5	0.5	0.2
Italy	79.0	104.5	64.2
Netherlands	34.8	31.4	19.9
Total	392.9	342.5	276.6
Value £'000	39,294	35,491	25,427
Sheep and Lambs ('000 head)
Belgium	202.6	34.5	35.5
France	14.8	3.8	8.5
Germany (FRG)	52.3	160.1	179.9
Italy	—	—	—
Netherlands	—	0.1	—
Total	269.7	198.5	226.9
Value £'000	7,601	6,774	7,475
Pigs
Belgium	—	20	130
France	494	1,269	2,223
Germany (FRG)	11,220	9,469	9,216
Italy	397	576	2,491
Netherlands	828	1,721	1,302
Total	12,939	13,055	15,362
Value £'000	550	635	964

Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.

^*Provisional.

ANNEX E
Exports and Imports of Carcase Meat ('000 Metric Tonnes)
	1978	1979	1980*
Exports
Sheepmeat to EEC	38.1	36.6	33.3
Total	41.5	40.9	36.9
Value £'000	56,412	58,199	55,467
Beef and Veal to EEC	92.5	88.8	126.8
Total	94.6	92.4	152.1
Value £'000	150,206	144,968	201,211
Imports
Sheepmeat to EEC	0.3	0.1	0.2
Total	225.5	207.9	191.5
Value £'000	182,209	173,078	170,458
Beef and Veal to EEC	240.1	230.6	204.7
Total	274.7	271.9	232.7
Value £'000	271,928	321,129	293,865

Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the UK.

^*Provisional.

ANNEX F
Calf Slaughterings in the United Kingdom
	1977	1978	1979	1980
Calves ('000 head)
Light (up to 64 kgs)	231.3	126.5	122.7	115.0
Heavy (65–127 kgs)	32.4	28.0	21.8	23.3
Total	263.7	154.5	144.5	138.3

SourceMAFF Statistics.

ANNEX G
Exports and Imports of Hides and Skins ('000 Metric Tonnes)
	1978	1979	1980*
Exports
Bovine and Equine	55.3	62.3	75.8
Calf	4.5	2.5	5.4
Sheep and Lamb
—with wool	2.9	3.5	8.2
—without wool	5.4	7.0	9.3
Imports
Bovine and Equine	28.4	25.4	28.2
Calf	2.6	2.3	2.0
Sheep and Lamb
—with wool	13.8	13.5	8.7
—without wool	9.0	9.4	8.0

Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the UK.

^*Provisional.

House adjourned at ten minutes before ten o'clock.