§ Nick HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the contribution of agriculture to the national GDP was in each of the past 10 years(a) in total, (b) by region, and (c) by farm type. [104910]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 25 March 2003]: The information is currently available only at the total level; this is given in the following table:
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(a) UK Agriculture percentage contribution to total economy Gross Value Added (Current prices) Percentage 1993 1.6 1994 1.5 1995 1 1996 1 1997 1 1998 1 1999 0 2000 0 2001 0 2002 (provisional) 0 (b) Regional gross value added estimates were withdrawn by the Office for National Statistics in December 2002 following the discovery of errors in the Annual Business Inquiry data. Revised estimates are due to be released later in the spring.
(c) The information is not available by farm type.
§ Nick HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what quantity of food products, in real market value, were(a) exported from and (b) imported to the UK in each of the past 10 years. [104912]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 25 March 2003]: The following table shows the value of UK trade (exports/imports) of food, feed and drink products, in real market value (at 2002 prices) for 1993 to 2002.
£ billion Exports Imports Trade Gap 1993 10.2 17.2 -7.0 1994 11.1 18.1 -7.1 1995 11.9 19.3 -7.4 1996 11.6 20.5 -8.9 1997 11.2 19.3 -8.1 1998 10.0 18.4 -8.5 1999 9.5 18.3 -8.9
Percentage Beef and Veal Mutton and Lamb Liquid milk Butter Cheese Cream Condensed milk Skimmed milk powder 1993 100 116 100 71 72 136 127 148 1994 112 111 100 69 69 142 125 152 1995 114 110 100 69 70 136 141 157 1996 89 102 100 68 68 147 130 107 1997 77 97 100 79 67 144 130 141 1998 83 101 100 78 64 151 136 127 1999 80 104 100 71 63 146 127 180 2000 79 100 100 64 63 137 111 -527 2001 72 78 100 63 66 134 105 111 2002 72 84 100 69 68 148 114 117 Note:
Consumption includes products placed in store and therefore products released from the store count as negative consumption. The exceptional figure shown for Skimmed Milk Powder in 2000 resulted from high levels of stocks moving out of intervention for export.