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Lamb (Imports)

Volume 976: debated on Tuesday 20 November 1979

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Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what were the import figures of lamb into Great Britain from (a) New Zealand, (b) Yugoslavia and (c) France for the period from January 1979 to October 1979.

Mr. Eyre

The latest available information is as follows for imports into the United Kingdom of fresh, chilled or frozen lamb in the period January-September 1979:

Thousand kilogrammes£ thousand c.i.f.
New Zealand168,614·3New Zealand139,447
France19·4France24
Note: There were no imports from Yugoslavia in this period.

Source:United Kingdom overseas trade statistics, ex sub-group 011·2.