§ Mr. Shersbyasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the tonnage of 291W horse meat exported from Great Britain for each of the last five years; and which countries were the principal importers of this meat.
§ Mr. Meacher,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 5th July 1978; Vol. 953, col. 209], gave the following information:
Following is the available information on exports from the United Kingdom of fresh, chilled or frozen horsemeat:
Tons 1973* 246 I974 1,060 1975 1,382 1976 4,507 1977* 7,292 Over 99 per cent of these exports were consigned to the Netherlands, Belgium-Luxembourg, and France.
*Figures for 1973 and 1977 may include negligible quantities of the meat of asses, mules and hinnies.
Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics, SITC(R) 011.5.