§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much beef was imported in each of the last five years, broken down by country of origin. [155333]
§ Alun MichaelThe attached table shows the level of beef meat and meat products imported into the UK for the years 1998–2002 broken down by the country of despatch.
The data is subject to a degree of statistical error. The overall level of errors is low, but these errors have a much greater proportional effect on countries with small values or volumes of trade. Therefore, care is needed when interpreting the data.
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UK imports of beef meat/products, 1998–2002 Thousand Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Irish Republic 76 97 113 135 160 Brazil 43 59 66 74 72 Netherlands 12 14 13 17 20 Argentina 11 10 10 6 24 Uruguay 13 10 9 9 15 Botswana 6 6 6 11 6 Australia 10 8 6 6 5 Germany 5 3 5 12 9 Namibia 6 7 6 9 7 France 4 8 6 7 7 Zimbabwe 7 7 6 5 0 Denmark 1 3 3 3 4 Belgium/Luxembourg 1 2 2 3 5 Italy 1 1 2 5 4 New Zealand 6 2 1 1 0 Others 6 4 5 4 4 Grand Total 208 240 257 306 343 source: HM Customs and Excise Data prepared by Statistics (Commodities and Food) Consultancy Trade & IT, ESD, DEFRA