HC Deb 04 April 1990 vol 170 cc626-7W
Mr. Robert Banks

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which are the volumes and values of the top five agricultural products exported from England and Wales in the last financial year.

Mr. Curry

The following table, based on provisional data, shows the five main agricultural products, by value, exported from the United Kingdom during the calendar year 1989. Data for financial years are not readily available and information for England and Wales cannot be separately identified.

Value (£'000) Volume (000s tonnes)
Alcoholic beverages 1,767,980 745
Meat (other than from bovine animals) and edible meat offal for human consumption; fresh, chilled or frozen 358,025 227
Cereal preparations and preparations of flour or starch of fruits or vegetables 343,027 514
Wheat (including spelt) and meslin, unmilled 326,247 3,278
Meat of bovine animals; fresh, chilled or frozen 303,698 138
Source: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.