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Mr. Gill
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what tonnage of beef bones are currently being
| UK imports of flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal (inc.tankage) unfit for human consumption: greave | ||||||||||
| Unit: tones | ||||||||||
| 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | |
| EC | ||||||||||
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 172 | 337 | 312 | 275 | 447 | — | 5 | 138 | 891 | 2,191 |
| Denmark | 2,177 | 2,139 | 1,164 | 654 | 1,456 | 1,014 | 987 | 6,558 | 419 | 105 |
| France | 325 | 320 | 371 | — | 299 | 274 | 1 | 32 | 365 | 1,630 |
| Germany | 203 | 31 | 1,362 | 2,514 | 2,813 | 2,200 | 2,812 | 3,351 | 2,466 | 2,078 |
| Greece | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 631 | — | — |
| Irish Republic | 28,189 | 13,058 | 17,594 | 15,219 | 21,989 | 13,885 | 17,745 | 15,329 | 9,863 | 4,088 |
| Italy | 120 | 60 | 16 | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | 2,155 |
| Netherlands | 4,358 | 4,743 | 3,143 | 2,806 | 2,890 | 1,871 | 1,414 | 3,854 | 1,344 | 3,250 |
| Spain | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 727 | 0 | 1,470 |
| EC total | 35,544 | 20,689 | 23,962 | 21,468 | 29,895 | 19,244 | 22,964 | 30,621 | 15,349 | 16,968 |
| Non-EC | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 2,894 | 4,310 | 1,575 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — |
| New Zealand | 176 | 139 | 68 | 63 | 66 | 194 | 563 | 725 | 1,001 | 1,029 |
| Iceland | — | — | 450 | — | — | — | — | 884 | — | — |
| USA | 164 | — | 1 | 215 | 195 | 60 | 57 | 88 | 107 | 79 |
| Canary Islands | — | — | — | — | — | 502 | — | — | — | — |
| Switzerland | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 86 | 141 |
| Canada | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 219 |
| Indonesia | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 129 | — |
| Australia | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | — |
| Israel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — |
| Brazil | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — |
| Taiwan | — | — | 3 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poland | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | 7 | — | — |
| South Africa | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| Chile | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| Non-EC total | 3,272 | 4,449 | 2,097 | 293 | 279 | 763 | 687 | 1,706 | 1,368 | 1,467 |
| Grand total | 38,816 | 25,138 | 26,059 | 21,761 | 30,174 | 20,007 | 23,651 | 32,326 | 16,717 | 18,435 |
| Notes: | ||||||||||
| 0 = small values which round down to zero. | ||||||||||
| 1996 and 1997 data are provisional and subject to amendment. | ||||||||||