HL Deb 24 April 2002 vol 634 cc39-42WA
Lord Pearson of Rannoch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Whitty on 25 March (WA 21–23), what are the values of the exports and imports totals given in that Answer. [HL3652]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)

The attached table shows the monthly value of UK trade in meat and meat preparations between January 2000 and December 2001. The monthly data for February cannot be split before and after the foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak. Monthly data are provided so that normal seasonal patterns of trade can be taken into account and to show the effects of the gradual lifting of the export ban.

UK trade in Meat and Meat Preparations (2000–01)
(£ million)
Trade Type Product Month 2000 2001
Exports Bovine January 1 2
February 2 3
March 2 2
April 2 2
May 4 2
June 3 3
July 2 1
August 2 2
September 2 2
October 2 2
November 2 2
December 2 2
Bovine Total 27 24
Pigmeat January 14 15
February 16 14
March 18 3
April 14 3
May 16 3
June 17 4
July 16 4
August 17 5
September 14 4
October 15 4
November 16 8
December 15 6
Pigmeat Total 187 73
Poultrymeat January 13 21
February 14 19
March 18 19
April 14 17
May 15 17
June 15 17
July 15 18
August 15 16
September 16 18
October 16 20
November 16 19
December 18 18
Poultrymeat Total 186 219
Sheepmeat January 17 24
February 17 14
March 19 0
April 14 1
May 11 1
June 13 3
July 15 4
August 18 5
September 17 5
October 17 4
November 20 6
December 24 10
Sheepmeat Total 202 79
Other January 1 1
February 1 1
March 1 0

UK trade in Meat and Meat Preparations (2000–01)
(£ million)
Trade Type Product Month 2000 2001
April 1 0
May 1 1
June 1 1
July 1
August 1 1
September 1 1
October 1 1
November 1 1
December 1 1
Other Total 12 10
Exports Total 615 404
Imports Bovine January 32 43
February 31 37
March 37 53
April 38 43
May 43 45
June 48 45
July 40 40
August 43 47
September 44 41
October 39 46
November 40 42
December 38 47
Bovine Total 473 529
Pigmeat January 57 82
February 55 81
March 73 127
April 58 67
May 72 83
June 82 92
July 79 75
August 73 71
September 80 84
October 72 92
November 78 93
December 77 88
Pigmeat Total 854 1,035
Poultrymeat January 60 65
February 55 63
March 61 73
April 56 60
May 64 63
June 71 70
July 63 66
August 65 68
September 65 63
October 63 70
November 69 71
December 66 70
Poultrymeat Total 759 801
Sheepmeat January 16 16
February 16 17
March 25 29
April 20 24
May 19 20
June 17 15
July 14 15
August 15 12
September 13 16
October 16 12
November 15
December 21 16
Sheepmeat Total 207 204
Other January 9 II
February 7 13
March 10 14
April 9 13

UK trade in Meat and Meat Preparations (2000–01)
(£ million)
Trade Type Product Month 2000 2001
May 10 15
June 9 16
July 11 14
August 10 15
September 10 15
October 9 16
November 15 15
December 14 17
Other Total 123 176
Imports Total 2,417 2,744

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