§ Sir Cranley OnslowTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much beef for 523W human consumption has been imported into the United Kingdom from other EC countries in each month since 1 January 1995. [31009]
§ Mrs. BrowningThe table shows UK imports of beef from other member states since January 1995. Information concerning trade since the BSE scare will not be available for a few weeks.
UK imports of beef for human consumption UK reported-imports statistics (C and F) tonnes UK reported-imports statistics (C and F) £000s 1995 January 7,837 17,406 February 7,721 19,357 March 10,407 19,854 April 6,563 17,326 May 8,303 18,860 June 10,942 29,730 July 8,011 23,079 August 8,484 26,108 September 9,691 31,660 October 9,971 29,562 November 7,009 17,956 December 6,036 16,374 1996 January 4,879 13,612 February 4.988 12,848 Source: MAFF, statistics (commodity and food).
Unit: as indicated.