Meat Imports from South Africa

HL Deb 10 April 2001 vol 624 c167WA

Baroness Blatch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much meat and derivatives have been imported per month from South Africa since September 1999. [HL1411]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Baroness Hayman)

Overseas trade statistics show that the quantity of meat and meat products imported per month from South Africa between September 1999 and February 2001 were as follows:

Tonnes
			of which:
Year	Month	Total imports	Beef and veal	Beef meat and offal preparations
1999	September	0	0	0
	October	0	0	0
	November	0	0	0
	December	0	0	0
2000	January	17	0	17
	February	15	15	0
	March	0	0	0
	April	58	58	0
	May	4	4	0
	June	17	0	17
	July	0	0	0
	August	0	0	0
	September	0	0	0
	October	72	56	17
	November	0	0	0
	December	34	0	34*
2001	January	34	0	34*
	February	34	0	34*
Total		285	133	152
Source: HM Customs and Excise.
Note: *Refers to canned meat, originally from Zimbabwe but shipped to the United Kingdom from South Africa and therefore recorded by Customs and Excise as a South African import.