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Mr. Bellotti
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentages of (a) cattle, (b) sheep and (c) pigs are (i) exported live for slaughter, (ii) exported as carcases and (iii) consumed within the United Kingdom; and if he will give the most recent figures available for each category.
| January to September 1990 | ||||||
| Beef and Veal | Mutton and Lamb | Pork, Bacon and Ham | ||||
| Thousand tonnes (dressed carcase weight) | Percentage of United Kingdom home-fed production | Thousand tonnes (dressed carcase weight) | Percentage of United Kingdom home-fed production | Thousand tonnes (dressed carcase weight) | Percentage of United Kingdom home-fed production | |
| 1. Live exports1 | 10·8 | 1·5 | 15·3 | 5·5 | 6·0 | 0·9 |
| 2. Carcase exports | 81·6 | 11·5 | 54·2 | 19·4 | 41·2 | 5·9 |
| 3. Remaining amounts available for consumption in the United Kingdom2 | 709·7 | 87·0 | 279·9 | 75·1 | 699·4 | 93·2 |
| 1 Total live exports (other than pure·bred). A split is not available between animals exported for immediate slaughter and animals exported for further fattening. | ||||||
| 2 Home·fed production minus exports. Includes quantities sold into intervention. | ||||||