§ Mr. GillTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what tonnage of beef bones are currently being
UK imports of flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal (inc.tankage) unfit for human consumption: greave Unit: tones 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 EC Belgium-Luxembourg 172 337 312 275 447 — 5 138 891 2,191 Denmark 2,177 2,139 1,164 654 1,456 1,014 987 6,558 419 105 France 325 320 371 — 299 274 1 32 365 1,630 Germany 203 31 1,362 2,514 2,813 2,200 2,812 3,351 2,466 2,078 Greece — — — — — — — 631 — — Irish Republic 28,189 13,058 17,594 15,219 21,989 13,885 17,745 15,329 9,863 4,088 Italy 120 60 16 — — — — 0 — 2,155 Netherlands 4,358 4,743 3,143 2,806 2,890 1,871 1,414 3,854 1,344 3,250 Spain — — — — — — — 727 0 1,470 EC total 35,544 20,689 23,962 21,468 29,895 19,244 22,964 30,621 15,349 16,968 Non-EC Sweden 2,894 4,310 1,575 — 19 — — — — — New Zealand 176 139 68 63 66 194 563 725 1,001 1,029 Iceland — — 450 — — — — 884 — — USA 164 — 1 215 195 60 57 88 107 79 Canary Islands — — — — — 502 — — — — Switzerland — — — — — — 0 2 86 141 Canada — — — — — — — — 3 219 Indonesia 21 — — — — — — — 129 — Australia 18 — — — — — 40 — — — Israel — — — — — — — — 43 — Brazil — — — — — — 23 — — — Taiwan — — 3 15 — — — — — — Poland — — — — — 6 4 7 — — South Africa — — — — — — 0 — — — Chile — — — — — — — 0 — — Non-EC total 3,272 4,449 2,097 293 279 763 687 1,706 1,368 1,467 Grand total 38,816 25,138 26,059 21,761 30,174 20,007 23,651 32,326 16,717 18,435 Notes: 0 = small values which round down to zero. 1996 and 1997 data are provisional and subject to amendment.