§ Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in the Official Report the total imports into the United Kingdom of pigmeat from European Community countries for each
United Kingdom imports of pigmeat from EC countries 1981 (d) by country of origin (tonnes) Pork carcase meat Bacon and ham salted or in brine Bacon and ham dried or smoked Sausages Other prepared or preserved France — 257 18 210 1,310 Belgium and Luxembourg 17 3,638 192 471 549 Netherlands 302 52,436 4,030 4,393 14,950 Federal Republic of Germany 34 3,225 330 5,153 358 Irish Republic 511 27,732 462 1,997 901 Italy — — 338 749 11 Denmark 28,379 198,600 4,691 4,187 39,837 Greece — — — — — United Kingdom — 3 — — — Total 29,243 285,891 10,061 17,160 57,916
United Kingdom imports of pigmeat from EC countries 1981 (b) by month of import Pork carcase meat Bacon and ham salted or in brine Bacon and ham dried or smoked Sausages Other prepared or processed January 1,996 23,224 850 1,196 3,966 February 1,746 21,524 852 1,224 3,922 March 3,027 23,095 834 1,360 5,374 April 3,345 22,567 853 1,229 5,241 May 2,604 13,693 731 1,215 3,041 June 3,907 29,773 907 1,653 6,121 July 2,930 28,239 1,061 1,531 6,160 August 3,189 24,688 1,019 1,268 4,228 September 1,894 25,765 751 1,721 5,230 October 1,321 25,235 772 1,692 5,071 November 1,840 25,875 792 1,660 5,109 December 1,443 22,149 645 1,417 4,456 Yearly total 29,243 285,891 10,061 17,160 57,916 Note: The monthly quantities may not add to the annual totals because the totals include amendments which cannot be assigned to specific months.