HC Deb 22 February 1994 vol 238 c184W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will list the countries that currently ban imports of British(a) bovines, (b) beef and (c) dairy products.

Mr. Soames

The countries for which we are aware such import bans exist are as follows:

  1. (a) Bovines
    • Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Finland, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Japan, Malaya—Sarawak only—Mexico, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, United States of America and the former USSR;
  2. (b) Beef
    • Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, China, Egypt, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Mexico, Paraguay, Poland Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Taiwan, UAE and former Yugoslavia;
  3. (c) Dairy Products
    • Argentina, China, Jordan, Libya, Syria.