The following tables show the volume of imports of meat to the United Kingdom from 2002 to November 2007 by country of despatch.
Thousand tonnes 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 January-November 2007 Irish Republic 122.0 149.4 159.6 136.5 145.0 130.8 Brazil 19.1 32.1 34.6 32.2 28.4 24.5 Netherlands 13.9 20.2 17.1 12.7 12.9 13.9 Germany 6.7 10.9 10.1 9.2 11.0 11.9 Argentina 18.3 9.4 8.6 9.2 5.1 3.2 Uruguay 11.7 6.3 5.6 6.9 7.6 8.5 Namibia 6.7 6.6 6.2 5.9 3.5 4.5 France 4.5 12.3 6.8 3.8 2.7 2.4 Australia 5.5 4.3 5.3 4.7 6.2 3.1 Botswana 5.5 5.2 4.8 3.5 2.4 3.8 Italy 3.8 3.1 9.1 4.0 2.3 1.4 Belgium 3.6 2.7 4.8 3.9 2.4 2.4 Denmark 2.1 1.7 2.7 2.1 1.7 1.4 Poland 0.3 0.2 2.7 3.4 1.5 1.5 Spain 1.0 3.3 1.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 Other 1.4 1.6 0.8 1.3 2.5 2.4 Total 226.1 269.4 280.6 239.9 235.7 216.4
Thousand tonnes 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 January-November 2007 Irish Republic 32.9 52.6 53.1 76.5 65.8 44.1 Brazil 52.6 53.5 58.7 53.2 50.3 55.5 Argentina 5.3 5.9 8.9 7.3 4.9 6.6 Uruguay 3.3 4.4 4.2 5.0 4.8 3.1 Netherlands 3.1 3.4 2.8 3.4 2.6 2.4 Denmark 1.7 1.7 3.6 2.0 2.2 2.0 France 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.7 3.2 2.9 Belgium 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.5 2.1 2.2 Germany 0.8 0.6 0.8 2.0 2.6 2.3 Botswana 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 Other 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.2 Total 104.5 126.0 136.7 153.9 140.1 122.7
Thousand tonnes 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 January-November 2007 Denmark 112.3 130.2 142.3 182.2 204.7 171.1 Netherlands 30.6 68.4 59.1 51.8 57.2 49.3 Germany 25.1 45.5 42.1 41.1 51.7 51.1 Irish Republic 46.6 42.9 36.7 38.9 34.6 33.5 France 30.2 41.7 40.8 43.8 35.4 32.9 Belgium 20.8 31.4 34.6 40.9 41.3 42.1 Spain 6.4 12.3 17.4 23.4 21.8 17.5 U.S.A. 1.7 3.3 4.2 3.0 4.5 3.1 Poland 0.0 0.2 1.6 2.1 3.5 5.7 Italy 1.3 1.2 0.7 1.0 1.3 2.5 Other 1.0 3.4 4.1 3.7 2.6 3.7 Total 275.9 380.5 383.5 432.0 458.8 412.7
Thousand tonnes 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 January-November 2007 Netherlands 139.2 150.2 158.9 140.4 118.3 122.4 Denmark 115.5 114.2 97.9 95.7 91.3 77.9 Germany 2.5 4.4 9.5 17.6 29.6 29.5 France 21.0 16.5 15.4 10.9 7.4 6.2 Italy 4.3 6.9 10.8 9.8 10.6 7.9 Irish Republic 5.9 6.3 5.3 3.6 3.2 2.4 Belgium 2.7 4.2 3.3 2.4 2.6 2.2 Spain 0.5 0.4 0.5 2.5 0.7 0.5 Poland — — 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.6 Portugal — 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 Other 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 Total 291.6 303.2 301.7 283.4 264.0 249.7
Thousand tonnes 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 January-November 2007 New Zealand 76.8 81.0 82.1 79.2 83.2 80.9 Australia 12.1 12.3 13.3 13.3 13.6 11.8 Irish Republic 2.4 4.5 7.6 8.4 6.5 7.0 Spain 1.8 1.6 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.5 Netherlands 3.8 4.7 3.5 0.1 0.3 0.2 France 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.4 2.2 1.3 Uruguay 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 Argentina 0.3 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.2 0.9 Germany 0.7 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.6 Belgium 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.5 Other 0.5 1.2 1.7 1.1 1.2 1.8 Total 101.8 111.5 116.2 110.1 113.8 108.5
Thousand tonnes 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 January-November 2007 Netherlands 145.0 146.6 155.9 158.6 164.0 157.8 France 54.1 45.5 46.9 50.9 45.8 32.8 Germany 23.8 25.4 27.3 26.5 28.3 29.1 Brazil 15.5 18.8 39.9 51.2 19.7 11.2 Belgium 16.3 18.4 18.5 24.1 25.3 19.9 Irish Republic 13.8 16.3 22.8 19.7 22.5 25.4 Poland 1.0 5.9 16.2 22.5 23.7 27.7 Denmark 16.9 16.2 11.4 10.6 9.9 9.6 Italy 10.8 8.9 9.3 13.9 14.6 7.3 Portugal 0.2 12.3 22.8 4.4 4.5 2.2 Chile 1.0 3.8 4.5 8.4 8.7 8.0 Hungary 2.4 5.4 6.6 6.5 8.1 4.9 Spain 7.8 7.4 6.5 4.5 2.4 2.0 Thailand 7.1 11.3 2.6 0.0 — — Argentina 0.5 1.8 1.3 1.8 1.2 2.8 Other 0.7 2.7 3.9 2.9 2.9 3.5 Total 317.1 346.6 396.4 406.4 381.7 344.3
Thousand tonnes 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 January-November 2007 Thailand 26.7 34.8 43.4 69.3 86.8 91.1 Irish Republic 28.1 39.1 37.5 37.1 35.6 38.4 Netherlands 18.5 17.3 19.6 27.1 28.2 27.1 Brazil 16.1 20.5 10.4 11.1 9.4 13.4 Belgium 9.5 10.0 10.9 12.4 12.1 10.3 France 9.3 9.4 12.9 9.6 11.8 9.1 Germany 5.6 9.3 11.5 13.3 10.1 7.3 Hungary 1.5 1.1 2.1 4.4 12.1 7.6 Portugal 0.0 1.1 4.3 2.9 3.1 3.7 Italy 0.8 3.7 2.6 1.2 1.3 1.7 Poland 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.8 2.7 5.0 Denmark 1.1 1.6 2.7 0.8 1.0 0.5 Croatia 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 Sweden 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.9 2.1 Chile 1.4 1.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 Other 3.1 2.7 2.0 0.7 1.1 1.4 Total 122.8 153.3 161.7 192.3 217.4 219.8
Thousand tonnes 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 January-November 2007 Irish Republic 6.8 25.4 20.4 24.3 20.9 14.4 Denmark 12.6 13.9 15.4 14.7 14.0 10.1 New Zealand 10.1 11.9 11.4 13.2 11.1 10.8 Netherlands 4.7 5.5 6.1 5.1 4.2 4.1 France 2.7 2.7 2.0 2.3 2.7 2.1 Germany 2.5 2.0 2.4 2.9 3.2 1.2 Australia 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 1.8 Belgium 0.4 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 Italy 0.0 2.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Sweden 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 Other 1.1 0.9 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.1 Total 42.6 67.5 61.7 65.9 58.9 46.5
Thousand tonnes 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 January-November 2007 Netherlands 16.3 15.4 17.6 15.9 34.4 17.6 Germany 11.4 17.0 16.6 16.7 17.4 20.8 Brazil 28.8 11.9 5.7 16.3 Irish Republic 6.1 6.8 10.3 8.4 12.8 13.1 France 15.2 6.9 8.7 8.2 9.1 4.8 Denmark 2.4 2.6 6.0 5.9 5.0 5.6 Italy 6.6 3.5 2.1 2.2 3.2 2.9 Belgium 2.0 2.1 1.3 2.1 3.8 4.9 Spain 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.7 Poland 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.4 3.3 4.7 Other 10.3 3.1 1.1 1.1 2.2 1.4 Total 100.3 70.8 66.0 63.6 99.0 94.8
Thousand tonnes 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 January-November 2007 Denmark 19.7 16.2 17.1 18.5 16.2 10.9 Irish Republic 11.2 10.9 16.6 13.0 15.5 13.5 Netherlands 8.0 6.8 7.1 5.7 6.5 4.6 Germany 2.0 3.4 5.2 5.4 5.8 7.2 Belgium 3.3 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.1 5.0 France 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.4 3.9 3.3 Poland 1.8 2.0 2.6 1.4 2.0 11.0 Italy 0.9 0.9 1.9 2.8 3.2 5.8 Sweden 0.5 0.7 0.4 2.3 1.3 0.5 Thailand 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 Other 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.0 3.1 Total 52.9 50.5 60.8 58.8 61.3 65.5 Source: H M Revenue and Customs. Data prepared by Trade statistics, Agricultural Statistics and Analysis Division, 2007 data is subject to amendments.