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David Burnside
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total tonnage of beef exports from the United Kingdom was in each of the last seven years. [115267]
Mr. Morley
The following table shows the volume of beef exports from the United Kingdom for each of the last seven years (1996–2002).
| Tonnes million | |
| Year | Total |
| 1996 | 75 |
| 1997 | 10 |
| 1998 | 13 |
| 1999 | 9 |
| 2000 | 9 |
| 2001 | 8 |
| 2002 | 8 |
Note:
From 1997 onwards exports are mainly from the UK as country of dispatch and not as country of origin.
Source:
HM Customs and Excise, Data prepared by Statistics (Commodities and Food) Accounts and Trade, ESD, DEFRA, 2002 data is provisional and subject to amendment