HC Deb 18 March 2003 vol 401 cc637-8W
Mr. Wiggin

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how man(a) chickens and (b) eggs were imported from 2002(i)Holland, (ii) German and (iii) Ital in the last year for which figures are available. [102370]

Mr. Morley

2002 is the latest year for which figures are available on the imports of chickens and eggs from Germany, Holland and Italy. The provisional figures are as follows:

Number of live chicks and chickens (of the species Gallus Domesticus) imported to the UK in 2002 (thousand head)
From Number
Netherlands 92.6
German 1,236.6
Ital nil

Number of eggs imported to the UK in 2002 (million dozen)1
From Number
Netherlands 22.4
German 14.3
Ital 0.2
1 Estimates based on the value and volume of trade and the average weight per dozen eggs.