Milk: Imports

Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much milk was imported in each of the last 10 years; and from which countries such milk was sourced. (227607)

[holding answer 16 October 2008]: The following table shows the volume of liquid milk imported into the UK from 1997 to 2007, by country of dispatch, as recorded in the Official Trade Statistics.

*UK imports of liquid milk, 1997 to 2007, by country of dispatch*
Million litres
Country	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Irish Republic	81	88	60	60	55	26	19	24	8	19	19
Germany	24	27	17	20	11	6	4	8	15	20	18
France	20	20	13	9	10	10	9	10	11	15	14
Denmark	11	40	30	25	9	1	0	1	1	0	0
Belgium-Luxembourg	14	11	7	7	4	2	4	11	9	24	24
Netherlands	1	0	4	0	1	2	1	0	3	7	13
Austria	0	—	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
Other countries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All countries	150	188	134	122	90	48	37	55	47	84	88
Source: HM Revenue and Customs. Data prepared by Trade Statistics, Agricultural Statistics and Analysis Division, DEFRA.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much milk was produced in England in each of the last 10 years. (227608)

[holding answer 16 October 2008]: The volume of milk produced in England is shown in the following table.

*Production of milk in England*
	Million litres
1998	9,843
1999	10,645
2000	9,951
2001	9,518
2002	9,590
2003	9,622
2004	9,291
2005	9,128
2006	9,071
2007	8,791
Source: DEFRA.

Volume 481: debated on Monday 20 October 2008