§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much beef and of what value was imported into the United Kingdom in each month of 1995 and 1996 to date. [863]
§ Mr. BaldryImports of beef1 into the United Kingdom during 1995 and 1996, as recorded in the overseas trade statistics, are as follows:
Year Month £ million Tonnes (thousand) 1995 1 34 15 1995 2 35 15 1995 3 43 20 1995 4 42 17 1995 5 54 24 1995 6 68 28 1995 7 62 26 1995 8 55 22 1995 9 69 26 1995 10 60 24 1995 11 44 19 1995 12 39 17 1996 1 38 16 1996 2 31 13 1996 3 34 14 1996 4 43 20 1996 5 44 20 1996 6 44 20 All figures are provisional. Branch C, Statistics (Commodities and Food) Division, Economics and Statistics Group. 1 Beef includes the following; beef carcass meat, bovine offal and preparations of beef meat and bovine offal.