The following table shows the volume of UK imports of soya bean meal, maize and derivatives from 2001 to November 2007 by country of despatch. It is not possible to separately identify commodities from GM crops in the official overseas trade statistics.
Tonnes Short description Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 42007 1— France 1,143,881 1,226,021 1,178,052 1,049,825 1,164,396 900,435 784,875 1— Argentina 233,180 205,310 191,814 161,063 47,358 154,833 179,582 1— Irish Republic 28,773 74,028 99,501 51,680 72,464 100,590 83,557 1— Brazil 1 2 20,728 33,360 6 27 270,846 1— Belgium 133,258 38,841 6,313 7,798 8,504 15,114 13,781 1— Spain 12,647 21,265 17,443 13,349 106,639 26,240 17,041 1— Germany 28,022 20,628 18,642 20,954 26,814 19,296 17,384 1— Netherlands 28,945 17,354 10,374 11,114 18,449 19,447 22,101 1— U.S.A. 15,670 13,286 8,270 18,532 6,916 7,661 7,448 1— Italy 5,681 5,323 10,090 1,977 3,830 6,115 20,166 1— Canada 6,605 5,010 2,473 2,585 2,966 2,783 2,047 1— Denmark 567 4,839 972 1,131 1,235 2,586 1,440 1— South Africa 1,103 1,552 1,245 1,445 1,981 2,452 2,270 1— Romania — — 11 — — 0 8,427 1— Finland 820 234 535 4,762 689 55 1— Other 3,912 5,644 8,553 7,109 6,624 7,236 13,036 2— U.S.A. 45,081 27,576 22,803 20,503 37,376 67,457 10,392 2— Irish Republic 20,441 24,697 37,121 36,354 32,679 46,033 25,084 2— Netherlands 24,808 26,121 40,866 36,175 6,081 6,858 4,649 2— France 11,714 14,895 10,212 18,625 7,957 21,736 21,824 2— Spain — — 1,161 1,343 4,664 31,693 6 2— Germany 2,113 264 502 31 341 2,316 2,313 2— Belgium 123 3 183 3,141 532 13 174 2— Italy — — 994 — — 238 —- 2— South Africa — — 100 — — — — 2— Canada — — — 1 — — 66 2— Denmark — — — — 1 2 — 2— Other 6 1 30 1,999 170 688 851 3— Brazil 933,020 921,417 1,078,338 911,632 861,645 698,952 520,987 3— Argentina 80,784 133,005 250,711 233,968 178,620 702,193 1,002,172 3— Netherlands 274,146 238,070 404,765 437,119 376,502 268,486 207,200 3— U.S.A. 38,813 46,213 8,900 121 29,604 68,398 25,264 3— British Virgin Islands — — — 70,752 41,283 40,682 31,498 3— Germany 24,901 22,373 11,511 650 17,700 18,115 37,294 3— Irish Republic 13,901 16,701 23,053 17,652 18,375 16,006 10,746 3— Switzerland — — 10,976 47,269 25,851 — 28,051 3— Belgium 30,532 11,148 8,850 35,293 11,797 2,254 10,627 3— Uruguay 7,403 29,757 7,687 — 31,517 — — 3— China 4 21 22 6 39,673 4,217 12,883 3— Malaysia — 1,074 — 19,082 10,989 5,317 — 3— Antigua and Barbuda — — 10,500 1,025 10,664 — 1,204 3— Norway 11,058 4,689 — — — 1 600 3— Canada — — — — 58 1,634 6,075 3— Other 2,020 473 5,517 2,488 5,319 7,795 1,138 1 Maize (excluding Sweetcorn) for human consumption, including whole, rolled, flaked, hulled, pearled, clipped, sliced or kibbled; Flour, Groats and Meal of Maize; Seed Maize; prepared foods obtained form the swelling or roasting of maize. 2 Maize feedingstuff for animals—residues of starch manufacture and similar residues from Maize; Bran; Sharps and residues of Maize. 3 Soya bean meal: Oil—cake and other solid residues, resulting from the extraction of Soya-bean oil. 4 January to November Source: H M Revenue and Customs Data prepared by Trade statistics, Agricultural Statistics and Analysis Division, DEFRA 2007 data is subject to amendments ©Crown Copyright