§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the levels of imports of poultry meat from(a) Thailand, (b) Pakistan, (c) Indonesia, (d) Vietnam and (e) other countries in South East Asia were in each of the last 24 months for which records are available. [151965]
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§ Mr. Bradshaw[holding answer 30 January 2004]: The importation into the EU of poultry meat from third countries must be in accordance with European Community legislation. The exporting country must be approved to export to the EU, there must be agreed animal and public health conditions in place and the meat must be produced in EU approved establishments.
The levels of imports of poultry meat from the following countries as follows:
Units: Tonnes Thailand Indonesia Hong Kong Singapore 2001 November 2,639 — — — December 2,936 — — — 2002 January 2,783 — — — February 2,656 — — — March 3,170 — — — April 1,218 — — — May 3,077 — — — June 2,412 — — — July 2,919 — — — August 3,377 — 1 — September 3,103 — — — October 2,255 — — 44 November 2,450 — — 87 December 4,404 24 — 66 2003 January 4,593 — — 107 February 4,194 — — 88 March 4,099 — — 69 April 2,142 — — 86 May 3,010 — — — June 3,267 — — 17 July 3,472 — — — August 4,281 — — 34 September 2,818 — — 57 October 4,772 — — 106 Source:
HM Customs and Excise
The information in the table shows imports of poultry meat (includes fresh/frozen and cooked meat) from Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore from which imports of poultry meat are permissible.
Our records also show imports of poultry meat have come from Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Imports are not permitted from these countries but we believe that these represent consignments which have been exported from GB, rejected and returned or goods where the incorrect Customs code has been entered:
Number Japan 8 South Korea 73 Taiwan 22