§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the cash value of(a) imports and (b) exports of beef meat and beef meat products for the United Kingdom in each of the last three years for each trading partner. [29622]
§ Mrs. Browning[holding answer 16 May 1996]: I very much regret that the hon. Member has had to wait so long for a reply.
Total imports and exports of beef meat and beef meat products, as recorded in the overseas trade statistics, and for the United Kingdom's top 10 trading partners for each of the last three years, are as follows:
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Exports of meat and meat offal of bovine animals £ thousand 1993 19941 19951 Total all countries 389,634 500,744 604,525 of which to: France 183,443 221,674 251,952 Italy 48,280 59,892 92,224 Netherlands 51,180 58,747 66,679 Irish Republic 19,516 43,736 55,876 South Africa 3,956 9,440 23,834 Spain 11,654 20,851 18,318 Denmark 5,301 7,719 17,263 Belgium/Luxembourg 11,478 12,965 17,150 Germany 10,441 10,348 9,144 Portugal 991 2,985 8,356 Other 43,394 52,387 43,729 1 Provisional.
Exports of prepared and preserved beef £ thousand 1993 19941 19951 Total all countries 8,273 12,179 11,711 of which to: Irish Republic 3,779 4,237 4,221 Germany 1,440 2,708 2,088 France 555 1,060 1,158 Netherlands 438 466 640 Greece 42 693 616 Portugal 1 714 432 Spain 316 346 406 Sweden 131 205 310 Denmark 31 203 279 Belgium/Luxembourgg 220 235 241 Other 1,319 1,310 1,323 1 Provisional.
Imports of meat and meat offal of bovine animals £ thousand 1993 19941 19951 Total all countries 406,719 323,456 400,187 of which from: Irish Republic 180,262 136,836 158,787 France 29,258 23,980 32,841 Zimbabwe 31,764 20,137 30,296 Australia 30,921 24,256 25,623 Argentina 7,138 10,442 24,006 Netherlands 28,541 27,032 23,535 Uruguay 12,514 11,808 22,796 Botswana 17,417 12,457 17,682 Namibia 14,394 16,117 17,544 Brazil 13,992 9,542 11,740 Other 40,519 30,851 35,338 638W
Imports of prepared and preserved beef £ thousand 1993 19941 19951 Total all countries 159,841 148,905 201,602 of which from: Brazil 86,036 68,793 85,533 Argentina 20,457 22,121 40,270 Irish Republic 24,652 24,945 35,837 Mauritius 3,180 7,678 8,215 Zimbabwe 8,536 6,770 8,085 Uruguay 4,511 5,119 7,674 Netherlands 1,199 3,225 6,262 Switzerland 0 0 2,137 Botswana 2,075 1,931 1,945 United States of America 77 618 1,477 Other 9,118 7,705 4,167 1 Provisional. Bovine meat which is not separately identifiable is excluded. Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of their components due to rounding.