§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many beef meat animals, under industry defined categories, separately, were exported(a) live and (b) in carcase form to each (i) European Union country and (ii) non-EU country in each of the last two years. [29618]
§ Mrs. Browning[holding answer 16 May 1996]: I very much regret that the hon. Member has had to wait so long for a reply.
Provisional figures for exports of live beef meat animals as recorded in the overseas trade statistics are as follows:
Number: Thousands 1994 1995 EC Countries France 238 227 Netherlands 161 138 Belgium/Luxembourg 79 55 Irish Republic 1 1 Non EC countries 0 0 The number of beef meat animals exported in whole carcase form are not separately available. However provisional figures for the weight and value of exports of whole and half carcases as recorded in the overseas trade statistics, are as follows:
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1994 1995 Tonnes £000s Tonnes £000s EC countries Belgium/Luxembourg 87.8 101.3 181.3 379.1 Denmark 137.9 301.7 132.0 321.8 France 2,755.7 5,108.9 6,466.6 14,267.8 Germany 79.3 154.6 37.2 87.1 Greece 3.3 7.6 11.6 28.4 Irish Republic 6,563.5 13,326.2 8,457.1 16,658.3 Italy 4,816.7 10,774.0 7,358.1 17,565.9 Netherlands 103.5 237.8 516.1 1,119.0 Portugal 861.7 1,956.4 2,038.5 4,829.6 Spain 1,457.9 3,275.6 2,001.9 4,283.4 Non-EC countries Albania 0.0 0.0 16.0 8.1 Japan 2.5 5.6 0.0 0.0 New Zealand 0.0 0.0 35.8 44.3 Pakistan 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.6 Russia 0.5 2.3 0.0 0.0
1994 1995 Tonnes £000s Tonnes £000s Singapore 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 Sri Lanka 0.2 2.2 0.0 0.0 Switzerland (including Liechtenstein) 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4 1.9 0.0 0.0 Venezuela 0.4 0.9 0.0 0.0