HC Deb 23 March 1995 vol 257 cc333-4W
25. Ms Corston

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the number of live farm animals exported from the United Kingdom for slaughter in other EU member states in(a) 1979 and (b) 1994. [13903]

Mrs. Browning

Official trade statistics for the total number of livestock, in thousand head, exported from the United Kingdom to other EU member states are as follows;

1979 January to November 1994
Cattle 505 463
Sheep 445 896
Pigs 37 172
Poultry 3,731 19,642

These statistics do not distinguish animals for slaughter or for fattening. Figures for 1979 include exports to Spain, Greece and Portugal which joined the EU after this date, but all figures exclude exports to the member states that joined the EU in 1995. Figures for 1994 are provisional and are thought to under-record the true level of exports.