HC Deb 02 November 1989 vol 159 cc315-6W
Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in theOfficial Report the total tonnage of cereal substitutes imported into the United Kingdom for each of the last five years, indicating the country of origin where possible.

Mr. Curry

The total tonnages of cereal substitutes imported in to the United Kingdom in each of the last five years (1984–88) were set out in columns 284–85 of theOfficial Report for 10 April 1989 in response to an earlier question.

The 1988 total tonnage has now been revised to 1,108,000 tonnes. Nearly half of the total consists of maize gluten feed, almost all of which comes from the United States of America.