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Poultry: Feathers

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what quantity of poultry feathers were imported from each East Asian country in each of the last five years. (291912)

The following table provides details of the imports of bird feathers from East Asian countries as recorded, in the Official Overseas Trade Statistics, for the period 2004 to 2008.

UK imports of bird feathers from East Asian countries for 2004 to 2008

Tonnes

Description

Country

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Bird Feathers

Bangladesh

1

China

1,867

1,268

1,389

1,965

1,775

Hong Kong

21

1

78

15

1

India

1

0

0

0

0

Pakistan

13

Singapore

0

Taiwan

817

992

1,163

1,247

1,189

Vietnam

52

Bird Feathers Total

2,771

2,262

2,630

3,228

2,966

Notation:

0 = quantity less than half the unit shown.

— = nil values.

Source:

HM Revenue and Customs

Data prepared by Trade Statistics, Economics and Statistics Programme, DEFRA.