HC Deb 23 November 1995 vol 267 c240W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many sheep and lambs have been exported to date this year to(a) the Netherlands and (b) Belgium; and how many sheep and lambs were exported to each of these two countries in (i) 1993 and (ii) 1994. [1604]

Mr. Boswell

For the purposes of trade statistics, Belgium and Luxembourg are treated as one single entity. Official overseas trade statistics for the number of live sheep and lambs exported from the United Kingdom to the Netherlands and Belgium-Luxembourg are as follows:

Thousand head
1993 11994 1995 January to July 1,2
Netherlands 41 95 12
Belgium-Luxembourg 109 128 17
1 Provisional.
2 Exports of live sheep and lambs to the Netherlands and Belgium-Luxembourg are highly seasonal. Therefore January to July figures, the best available, should not be considered indicative of the eventual annual totals for 1995.