HC Deb 20 July 2004 vol 424 cc124-5W
Mr. Steen

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many litres of liquid milk were imported into the UK from EU countries in each of the last five years, broken down by country of origin. [172935]

Alun Michael

[pursuant to his reply, 20 May 2004, c. 1110W]: My answer referred to a table showing UK imports of liquid milk from the EU 15 member states in

UK imports of liquid milk from EU15 countries, 1999–2003
Thousand litres
Country 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Grand total
Irish Republic 60,342 60,199 54,835 26,233 19,494 221,103
Denmark 30,334 25,166 9,421 795 425 66,140
Germany 17,078 19,531 11,196 5,629 3,888 57,323
France 13,288 8,514 9,667 10,299 8,600 50,368
Belgium 6,786 6,922 3,811 2,345 3,759 23,624
Netherlands 3,620 462 919 2,198 1,027 8,227
Austria 2,844 1,355 4,200
Italy 114 214 91 101 70 590
Portugal 0 40 40
Spain 23 14 37
Sweden 1 1
EU 15 total 134,431 122,378 89,940 47,6011 37,303