Egg Imports

HC Deb 23 January 2002 vol 378 cc930-1W

Mr. Pickthall

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many(a) egg products and (b) shell eggs were imported; and how many egg products were imported from the USA in each of the last three years. [28188]

Mr. Morley

[holding answer 22 January 2002]: Overseas trade statistics show that the UK imports of (a) egg products and (b) shell eggs over the past three years were as follows:

Thousand cases
	1998	1999	2000
(a) Egg products1	1,468.8	1,601.8	1,470.5
(b) Shell eggs	610.1	707.9	1,652.2
1 Converted to shell egg equivalent

Of the (a) egg products shown in the previous table, the following were imported from the USA during the same period.

Thousand cases
	1998	1999	2000
(a) Egg products from USA1	36.3	30.2	63.7
1 Converted to shell egg equivalent

Source:

HM Customs and Excise

Data prepared by Statistics (Commodities and Food) Accounts and

Trade, ESD, DEFRA