§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many tonnes of beef have been imported into the UK in each year since 1990 from(a) Argentina, (b) Uruguay, (c) Paraguay, (d) Brazil, (e) USA and w Canada. [105652]
§ Ms Quin[holding answer 19 January 2000]: The table shows the volume of beef and veal, beef offal and beef preparations (i.e. corned beef, canned meats, etc.) imported into the UK from (a) Argentina, (b) Uruguay, (c) Paraguay, (d) Brazil, (e) USA and (f) Canada between 1990 and 1998 and January and November 1999 as recorded in the Official Overseas Trade Statistics.
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UK imports of beef 1990–991 Tonnes 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 19992 Imports of beef from Brazil 39,629 54,330 76,114 58,211 41,072 45,342 36,226 41,632 43,062 53,644 of which: Beef preparations3 36,505 50,327 69,249 52,916 37,991 42,181 32,235 36,893 38,146 43,330 Beef and veal 2,985 4,002 6,758 5,181 3,041 3,049 3,809 4,575 4,794 10,156 Beef offal 139 — 107 114 39 112 183 164 123 159 Imports of beef from Argentina 31,476 18,036 15,565 14,285 14,917 28,289 22,754 23,121 10,636 9,387 of which: Beef preparations3 24,485 15,375 13,932 12,672 12,279 20,043 14,756 15,201 9,228 7,159 Beef and veal 6,815 2,398 1,486 1,425 2,286 7,154 7,455 7,659 1,253 2,000 Beef offal 177 262 148 188 352 1,092 543 260 155 228 Imports of beef from Uruguay 11,633 8,985 8,381 7,708 7,575 13,219 12,127 18,165 12,616 9,303 of which: Beef preparations3 3,720 3,409 3,566 2,980 3,419 4,410 3,851 4,741 4,906 4,780 Beef and veal 7,827 5,503 4,698 4,628 3,780 8,535 8,115 13,364 7,677 4,419 Beef offal 86 73 117 99 376 274 162 61 32 104 Imports of beef from U.S.A. 742 607 1,827 2,260 2,768 4,281 3,992 1,958 1,636 939 of which: Beef preparations3 104 194 329 49 374 866 394 489 40 19 Beef and veal 151 163 566 493 696 1,901 2,847 1,394 1,580 920 Beef offal 487 250 932 1,718 1,698 1,515 752 75 16 0 Imports of beef from Canada 230 20 514 138 115 103 5 3 20 — of which: Beef preparations3 7 — — — — — — — 2 — Beef and veal 24 — — 6 9 8 5 3 17 — Beef offal 199 20 514 132 106 96 — — 0 — Imports of beef from Paraguay 82 34 133 34 12 150 115 64 13 12 of which: Beef and veal 82 34 133 34 12 150 115 64 13 12 1 Overseas trade statistics are subject to a degree of error. Although the overall level of errors is low, small values are affected disproportionately. Care should therefore be taken when interpreting such data. 2 January to November 3 Principally corned beef