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Adam Price
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what tonnage of legally imported meat was imported to the UK from (a) France, (b) Argentina and (c) Uruguay in 2002. [118022]
Mr. Morley
I have been asked to reply.Community legislation does permit imports of meat from France, Argentina and Uruguay. The table shows the tonnage of imported meat and meat preparations to the UK from
(a) France, (b) Argentina and (c) Uruguay in 2002. Data on illegal imports are not available.
Tonnage thousands
| |
Country
| 2002
|
| France | 143,276 |
| Argentina | 24,652 |
| Uruguay | 16,592 |
Note:
2002 EU data is provisional and subject to amendment.
Source:
HM Customs and Excise. Data prepared by Statistics (Commodities and Food) Accounts and Trade, ESD, DEFRA