HC Deb 23 February 1998 vol 307 c96W
Mr. Paice

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what volume of poultry meat has been imported from(a) Thailand and (b) Brazil, in each of the last three years. [30942]

Mr. Rooker

The volumes (tonnes) of poultry meat dispatched to the UK from Thailand and Brazil, as recorded in the Overseas Trade Statistics, are shown in the table.

Volume in tonnes
Thailand Brazil
1995 1996 19971 1995 1996 19971
Poultry carcase meat 135 4,769 3,232 543 7,552 9,681
Poultry meat and offal preparations 385 593 2,320 76 4,909 6,132
Total 520 5,362 5,551 619 12,461 15,813
1 January-November

Data for 1996 and 1997 are provisional and subject to amendment.

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