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Sir Bernard Braine
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will set out the cost and quantity of tinned meat imported into the United Kingdom during each of the last five years, and the comparable earnings from the export of live food animals for slaughter during each of the last five years.
Mr. Bishop
The information requested is set out below.
| UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF TINNED MEAT (excluding tinned products which are only partially meat) | ||||
| Quantity (000 tons) | Value (£000 c.i.f.) | |||
| 1970 | … | … | 114·0 | 58,201 |
| 1971 | … | … | 119·8 | 69,270 |
| 1972 | … | … | 124·7 | 74,702 |
| 1973 | … | … | 133·2 | 105,135 |
| 1974 | … | … | 108·2 | 108,010 |
| UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS OF LIVE CATTLE SHEEP AND PIGS EXCLUDING BREEDING ANIMALS | |||||
| Value (£000f.o.b.) | |||||
| 1970 | … | … | … | … | 19,459* |
| 1971 | … | … | … | … | 10,771* |
| 1972 | … | … | … | … | 21,261* |
| 1973 | … | … | … | … | 23,271 |
| 1974 | … | … | … | … | 9,712 |
| * Including any pigs for breeding. These were not separately distinguished until February 1973. | |||||
Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.
There have also been sales of beef from intervention stocks in the same period, but these have been to private traders who are free to sell wherever they can find a market. Consequently the final destination of these disposals is not known.