§ Mr. Eadieasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the imports of broilermeat and chickenmeat in Scotland, England and Wales in the years 1983, 1984, 1985 and to the nearest available date in 1986; and if he will give the ports of entry.
§ Mr. Gummer[pursuant to his reply, 11 March 1986, c. 437]: The table shows the information requested.
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1983 1984 1985 Ports of entry Tonnes £'000 Tonnes £'000 Tonnes £'000 Dover 11,918 9,506 11,213 9,690 8,730 8,192 Folkestone 27 29 85 103 60 84 Newhaven 34 41 72 66 6 10 Portsmouth 38 30 1,242 1,025 1,528 1,238 Southampton — — 16 13 3 8 Poole 857 805 2,111 1,960 4,865 4,294 Weymouth 19 15 — — 91 74 Plymouth 1,094 977 4,895 4,177 9,706 8,107 Newport 27 15 293 207 104 63 Dundee — — — — 20 20 Greenock — — — — 42 34 Grangemouth 1,622 1,477 1,247 1,229 666 669 Fishguard — — — — 11 8 Leith — — 403 396 1,614 1,663 Blyth — — 17 15 — — Fleetwood 19 16 — — — — Tyne 1,616 1,271 783 669 2,300 1,964 Middlesborough 490 444 57 51 — — Hull 1,198 973 2,756 2,614 2,532 2,435 Immingham 157 129 281 255 375 340 Grimsby 4,584 3,871 2,686 2,467 1,993 1,792 Felixstowe 8,118 6,696 7,083 6,377 5,907 5,676 Great Yarmouth 239 190 — — — — Ipswich 16 14 437 389 73 69 Harwich 8,555 7,078 5,841 5,228 6,553 5,762 Liverpool — — 9 8 12 11 Holyhead 14 11 — — — — Guernsey 151 134 144 139 134 123 Jersey 332 310 329 323 365 360 Irish Land Boundary 1,104 928 754 670 684 657 Heathrow — — 2 4 — — Other air ports — — 8 8 10 6 Total 42,514 35,202 43,259 38,520 48,862 44,105 Notes:
1. No information is available for 1986.
2. Figures for broiler meat and chicken meat are not recorded separately.
3. Imports into Scotland, England and Whales are not recorded separately but only by mainland port of entry.
Source: UK Trade Statistics.