Lord Lucasasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether meat and bone meal was imported from Africa between 1970 and 1985; and if so, what was the amount and origin of the imports.
UK imports of Greaves; flours and meals of meat, offals, fish, crustaceans or molluscs unfit, for human consumption1 From Africa 1970–1985 (tonnes) as recorded in Official Overseas Trade Statistics. Country 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Botswana — — — 290 — — — — Egypt — — — — 20 18 — — Ghana — 5 — 1 — — — — Ivory Coast — — — — — — — — Kenya — — 4 — — — — — Mauritania — — — 550 — — — — Mauritius — — — 550 — — — — Morocco — — — — — — 798 — Portuguese East Africa — — 472 — — — — — South Africa — — — — 8,059 10,022 2,465 202 Republic of South Africa 73,560 39,535 19,619 25,634 — — — — South West Africa — — — — 14,797 13,972 322 — South West Africa Territories 89,182 13,780 50,221 23,313 — — — —
Country 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Botswana — 300 — — — — — — Egypt — — — — — — — — Ghana — — — — — — — — Ivory Coast — 550 — — — — — — Kenya — — — — — — — — Mauritania — — 15,451 18,908 2,311 — — — Mauritius — — 751 — — — — — Morocco — — — — — — — — Portuguese East Africa — — — — — — — — South Africa 43 53 36 — — — — — Republic of South Africa — — — — — — — — South West Africa — — — — — — — — South West Africa Territories — — — — — — — — 1 Meat and bone meal are not specifically identified in the Combined Nomenclature. The classification used is that which approximates most closely with meat and bone meal.