HC Deb 21 November 2002 vol 394 cc292-4W
Andrew George

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many tonnes of(a) sheep, (b) cattle, (c)pig and (d) poultry offal have entered the UK from (i) Latin America, (ii) Africa, (iii) South Asia, (iv) East Asia, (v) North America, (vi) the EU, (vii) non-EU Europe and (viii) Australasia in each of the last 10 years. [81571]

Mr. Morley

The table shows the UK imports of sheep, bovine, pig and poultry offal from(i) Latin America (ii) Africa (iii) South Asia (iv) East Asia (v) North America (vi). The EU (vii) non-EU Europe and (viii) Australasia between 1992–2001, as recorded in the Official Overseas Trade Statistics.

Type of offal 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Africa
Bovine 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0
Pig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poultry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheep 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
Total 0 16 0 0 18 0 0 17 0 0
Australasia
Bovine 6,350 6,782 5,357 4,969 2,919 1,305 2,337 1,458 775 225
Pig 0 71 0 19 18 2 1 1 4 0
Poultry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheep 12,685 11,789 10,591 13,343 12,585 9,819 9,863 10,998 11,609 12,561
Total 19,035 18,641 15,948 18,331 15,552 11,126 12,201 12,457 12,388 12,786
East Asia
Bovine 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0
Pig 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poultry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheep 0 0 0 0 0 18 207 0 0 0
Total 1 3 0 0 128 18 207 0 0 0
EU
Bovine 21,139 20,027 16,411 13,868 9,021 13,360 9,457 11,243 12,731 11,418
Pig 25,066 18,935 20,932 21,348 16,465 16,569 18,187 18,609 28,028 22,939
Poultry 1,122 2,167 3,900 5,195 5,671 11,359 5,115 5,935 4,926 9,147
Sheep 978 717 503 453 650 358 315 372 249 375
Total 48,305 41,864 41,746 40,863 31,806 41,646 33,074 36,158 45,934 43,879
Latin America
Bovine 372 402 768 1,477 888 485 311 570 827 546
Pig 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poultry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 42
Sheep 203 141 184 60 96 33 61 79 139 47
Total 575 542 952 1,550 983 518 372 672 967 635
Non-EU Europe
Bovine 36 33 87 19 0 0 0 0 14 41
Pig 0 1 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
Poultry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
Sheep 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 28
Total 36 34 90 19 0 0 25 0 14 89
North America
Bovine 1,446 1,850 1,804 1,610 752 75 16 0 0 0
Pig 4,748 3,091 3,313 2,872 1,914 479 596 227 176 133
Poultry 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheep 35 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 6,228 4,956 5,153 4,482 2,666 554 612 227 176 133
South Asia
Bovine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poultry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Grand Total 74,180 66,039 63,889 65,246 51,123 53,861 46,491 49,531 59,479 57,523

Source:

HM Customs and Excise

Data prepared by Statistics (Commodities and Food) Accounts and Trade, ESD, DEFRA