HL Deb 13 July 1999 vol 604 cc26-7WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the total tonnage of poultry and poultrymeat imported to the United Kingdom from each European Union country for each month since June 1998. [HL3335]

Lord Donoughue

The latest UK Overseas Trade Statistics available are for March 1999. The tables below show the total tonnage of poultry and poultrymeat imported from European Union countries between June 1998 and March 1999 as recorded in the Overseas Trade Statistics.

The data are subject to a degree of statistical error. The overall level of errors is low, but these errors have a much greater proportional effect on countries with small values or volumes of trade. Therefore care: is needed when interpreting the data.

UK imports of live poultry* from EU countries June 1998 to

March 1999
Tonnes France Irish Republic Denmark Germany All EU countries
1998
June 18 5 1 — 24
July 13 38 1 ** 53
August 54 10 1 — 66
September 16 18 — ** 35
October 43 2 — — 45
November 12 4 — ** 16
December 14 16 — ** 31

UK imports of poultrymeat from EU countries June 1998 to March 1999
Tonnes Netherlands France Irish Republic Germany Denmark Belgium Italy Spain Greece Sweden Austria All EU countries
1998
June 9,363 8,193 2,188 979 1,074 989 311 958 ** 8 — 24,062
July 10,819 9,877 1,857 1,487 1,312 1,204 395 748 29 4 — 27,734
August 9,768 9,850 1,358 1,510 1,036 975 344 656 28 9 — 25,533
September 10,659 10,294 2,302 1,765 1,322 813 438 561 30 24 29 28,237
October 10,996 9,141 2,058 1,713 1,470 1,044 487 416 29 30 — 27,384
November 9,295 10,335 2,980 1,734 1,374 1,171 1,038 170 — 2 ** 28,100
December 10,008 7,544 4,463 1,197 749 1,190 1,539 301 — — — 26,992
1999
January 10,561 7,010 3,044 1,308 1,061 1,316 523 683 — 2 1 25,509
February 9,611 5,592 2,368 1,404 1,340 1,059 455 530 — — — 22,359
March 9,339 7,377 1,764 1,330 1,150 1,146 360 598 — 20 — 23,084
All months 100.419 85,213 24,382 14,426 11,888 10,907 5,890 5,622 117 99 31 258,995
** Less than 0.5 tonnes