§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the numbers of overseas produced turkeys that will be imported into the UK during the Christmas period. [98451]
§ Ms QuinForecasts of turkey imports for the Christmas period are not produced. However, imports of fresh and frozen whole turkeys into the United Kingdom totalled between 8,000 and 10,000 tonnes in the fourth quarters of the last three years. In addition, imports of turkey cuts, which are not subject to the same level of seasonality, totalled between 5,000 and 6,000 tonnes in the same quarters.