HC Deb 21 May 1969 vol 784 c91W
Mr. Oakes

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the amount and value of bones and hides for industrial purposes imported from countries where foot-and-mouth disease is endemic in each of the last five years.

Mr. Dell

Imports of bones and hides from countries from which imports of meat were temporarily suspended on 4th December, 1967, were:

Bones*
tons £'000
c.i.f.
1964 60,942 2,031
1965 71,958 2,738
1966 59,862 2,889
1967 64,492 2,885
1968 74,910 3,501
Hides
tons £'000
c.i.f.
1964 21,515 4,384
1965 22,342 4,398
1966 21,654 5,078
1967 16,884 3,666
1968 16,999 4,006
* Including bone meal and powder.
† Bovine and equine hides; excludes calf and other skins.