HC Deb 25 May 2004 vol 421 cc1500-1W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of honey produced in the UK was for the UK market in the last year for which figures are available. [173764]

Alun Michael

UK production and supply of honey in 2003 is given in the following table.

UK honey production and supply 2003
Thousand

tonnes
Production 7.5
Imports1 22.0
Exports1 1.1
Total supply2 28.4
UK production for the UK market as percentage3 85.9
UK production as percentage of total supply 26.3

UK production and supplies of selected fruit 2003
Thousand tonnes
Apples Pears Strawberries Raspberries
Production 123.6 29.6 41.8 8.0
Imports 473.4 116.6 35.9 4.7
Exports 12.5 3.0 0.2 0.0
Total supply1 584.5 143.2 77.5 12.7
UK production for the UK market as percentage2 89.9 89.9 99.5 99.8
UK production as percentage of total supply 21.1 20.7 53.9 63.1
1 Production plus imports less exports.
2 Production less exports as a percentage of production.