§ Mr. SteenTo 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 MichaelThe following table shows UK imports of liquid milk from the EU 15 member states in each of the last five years to 2003, broken down by country of despatch.
UK imports of liquid milk from EU 15 countries, 1999–2003 Thousand litres Country 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Grand total
Irish Republic 60,342 60,199 54,835 26,233 135,719 337,328 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 47,600 153,527 547,877 Note:
2003 data are provisional and subject to amendment.
Source: HM Customs and Excise.
Data prepared by Statistics (Commodities & Food) Consultancy, Trade & IT, ESD, DEFRA.