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Food Imports

Volume 981: debated on Wednesday 26 March 1980

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asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of the food consumed in the United Kingdom during each of the past 10 years has had to be imported; and what has been the cost.

The information requested is as follows:

FOOD IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
As a percentage of total United Kingdom food consumptionCost
£ m.
1968–69*47·91,556
1969–70*47·01,589
197046·51,605
197146·51,738
197245·51,800
197345·92,288
197446·92,718
197545·63,104
197645·43,727
197747·94,558
197848·14,840
Notes:
*July June years; figures not available for calendar years before 1970.
Figures for 1979 are not yet available.These figures do not indicate the trend in the United Kingdom's self-sufficiency in food. Under the definition used in an article in

Economic Trends in October 1979—where United Kingdom food production is expressed as a percentage of food consumption—self-sufficiency rose from 49 per cent. to 56 per cent. between 1970 1978.