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Meat Imports

Volume 448: debated on Wednesday 12 July 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much beef was imported into the UK from Brazil in (a) May, (b) June, (c) July and (d) August of each year since 2000. (82899)

The following table shows imports of beef and beef products into the UK from Brazil for the months May to August for the years 2000 to 2005.

Beef productBeef (frozen)Beef (fresh or chilled)

Tonnes

£000

Tonnes

£000

Tonnes

£000

2000

May

4,567

5,433

1,922

2,713

467

1,497

June

4,425

5,839

3,188

4,199

582

1,941

July

4,990

6,517

1,090

1,661

367

1,006

August

4,590

6,521

1,584

2,220

560

1,602

2001

May

4,554

6,185

1,205

1,534

166

484

June

4,388

6,193

978

1,186

80

206

July

4,139

5,735

1,320

1,813

348

833

August

4,795

6,643

1,646

2,109

927

2,085

2002

May

4,871

6,260

857

1,096

657

1,586

June

4,434

5,753

1,076

1,366

501

1,108

July

4,147

5,345

730

1,086

634

1,363

August

4,358

5,166

1,039

1,231

540

1,146

2003

May

5,005

4,993

2,557

2,496

1,191

2,424

June

3,878

4,180

1,592

1,734

1,075

2,429

July

4,965

4,856

802

827

1,196

2,789

August

4,520

5,038

1,549

1,706

956

2,736

2004

May

4,201

4,987

1,875

2,312

1,202

3,414

June

3,071

3,878

2,434

3,157

1,796

4,894

July

4,615

5,710

1,842

2,310

1,631

4,033

August

5,452

6,702

1,965

2,524

1,879

4,408

2005

May

3,699

4,580

2,279

2,817

1,625

4,289

June

4,466

5,956

2,424

3,313

1,672

4,618

July

4,177

6,053

988

1,375

1,524

3,643

August

6,306

9,391

832

1,345

1,602

3,571

Source:

H M Revenue and Customs Data prepared by Trade statistics, Agricultural Statistics and Analysis Division, DEFRA 2005 data is subject to amendments