HC Deb 24 January 1991 vol 184 cc314-5W
Mr. Bellotti

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentages of(a) cattle, (b) sheep and (c) pigs are (i) exported live for slaughter, (ii) exported as carcases and (iii) consumed within the United Kingdom; and if he will give the most recent figures available for each category.

January to September 1990
Beef and Veal Mutton and Lamb Pork, Bacon and Ham
Thousand tonnes (dressed carcase weight) Percentage of United Kingdom home-fed production Thousand tonnes (dressed carcase weight) Percentage of United Kingdom home-fed production Thousand tonnes (dressed carcase weight) Percentage of United Kingdom home-fed production
1. Live exports1 10.8 1.5 15.3 5.5 6.0 0.9
2. Carcase exports 81.6 11.5 54.2 19.4 41.2 5.9
3. Remaining amounts available for consumption in the United Kingdom2 709.7 87.0 279.9 75.1 699.4 93.2
1 Total live exports (other than pure.bred). A split is not available between animals exported for immediate slaughter and animals exported for further fattening.
2 Home.fed production minus exports. Includes quantities sold into intervention.

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