§ Mr. Proctorasked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much agricultural produce was imported from the Republic of Ireland in each of the first six months of 1982 and 1981.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe value of agricultural produce imported into the United Kingdom from the Republic of Ireland for each of the months January to June 1981 and January to March 1982, is given in the following table. I regret that information for the months of April to June 1982 is not yet available.
United Kingdom Imports of Agricultural Produce* from the Republic of Ireland £ million 1981 1982 January 37.7 39.6 February 39.7 49.7 March 40.8 54.5 April 31.7 NA May 52.8 NA June 44.0 NA NA=Not Available Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom * Agricultural Produce: Section O, section 4, division 22 and parts of divisions 21, 26, 29, 51, 53, 55 and 59 of the United Nations Standard International Trade Classification (revision 2).