HC Deb 01 March 1990 vol 168 cc331-3W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list by volume, value and country of origin imports of veal into the United Kingdom for each of the last four years.

Mr. Curry

The following table shows imports of veal into the United Kingdom between 1986 and 1989 by country of consignment. Figures for 1988 and 1989 exclude cuts of veal because of changes in the commodity coding.

County Number of participants farms Total area set-aside (hectares) Average area per farm (hectares)
Hampshire 37 3,640.71 98.40
Hereford/Worcs 31 839.64 27.09
Hertfordshire 24 1,044.52 43.52
Humberside 24 924.49 38.52
Isle of Wight 3 130.02 43.34
Kent 58 2,301.57 39.68
Lancashire 6 95.74 15.96
Leicestershire 19 1,059.44 55.76
Lincolnshire 76 1,942.10 25.55
Merseyside — — —
West Midlands 3 88.36 29.45
Norfolk 64 2,263.35 35.36
Northamptonshire 33 2,000.00 60.60
Northumberland 13 555.22 42.71
Nottinghamshire 12 348.96 29.08
Oxfordshire 66 3,912.43 59.28
Shropshire 9 241.62 26.85
Somerset 15 493.34 32.89
Staffordshire 15 542.01 36.13
Suffolk 86 1,943.11 22.59
Surrey 16 1,062.38 66.40
East Sussex 30 956.29 31.88
West Sussex 27 2,164.53 80.17
Tyne and Wear 4 179.70 44.92
Warwickshire 27 758.07 28.08
Wiltshire 38 1,572.17 41.37
North Yorkshire 36 1,326.40 36.84
South Yorkshire 5 44.19 8.84
West Yorkshire 4 28.17 7.04
Total England 1,157 46,378.72 40.09

Note: Figures are provisional.

Tonnes £000
1986
France 42 112
Netherlands 3,699 12,648
Federal Republic of Germany 76 154
Irish Republic 248 441
Denmark 38 85
Uruguay 12 21
1987
France 11 22
Netherlands 2,925 10,954
Federal Republic of Germany 9 27
Irish Republic 294 599
Australia 27 59
1988
France 300 713
Netherlands 1,066 4,630
Federal Republic of Germany 290 585
Italy 57 104
Irish Republic 4,071 10,418
Denmark 22 70
Bahrain 2— 1
Australia 12 51
Canada 2 5
United States of America 104 277

Tonnes £000
19891
France 208 668
Belgium/Luxembourg 8 18
Netherlands 765 3,095
Federal Republic of Germany 167 335
Irish Republic 3,734 10,437
Denmark 14 60
Spain 19 38
Sweden 2— 2—
Australia 6 32
United States of America 22 76

Source: Customs and Excise

1 Figures are provisional and cover the period January to November (the latest for which data in this detail are readily available).

2 denotes less than half units shown.