asked Her Majesty's Government:What was the total tonnage of poultry and poultrymeat imported to the United Kingdom from each European Union country for each month since June 1998. [HL3335]
The latest UK Overseas Trade Statistics available are for March 1999. The tables below show the total tonnage of poultry and poultrymeat imported from European Union countries between June 1998 and March 1999 as recorded in the Overseas Trade Statistics.The data are subject to a degree of statistical error. The overall level of errors is low, but these errors have a much greater proportional effect on countries with small values or volumes of trade. Therefore care: is needed when interpreting the data.
UK imports of live poultry* from EU countries June 1998 to
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Tonnes
| France
| Irish Republic
| Denmark
| Germany
| All EU countries
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1998
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| June | 18 | 5 | 1 | — | 24 |
| July | 13 | 38 | 1 | **
| 53 |
| August | 54 | 10 | 1 | — | 66 |
| September | 16 | 18 | — | **
| 35 |
| October | 43 | 2 | — | — | 45 |
| November | 12 | 4 | — | **
| 16 |
| December | 14 | 16 | — | **
| 31 |
UK imports of poultrymeat from EU countries June 1998 to March 1999
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Tonnes
| Netherlands
| France
| Irish Republic
| Germany
| Denmark
| Belgium
| Italy
| Spain
| Greece
| Sweden
| Austria
| All EU countries
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1998
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| June | 9,363 | 8,193 | 2,188 | 979 | 1,074 | 989 | 311 | 958 | **
| 8 | — | 24,062 |
| July | 10,819 | 9,877 | 1,857 | 1,487 | 1,312 | 1,204 | 395 | 748 | 29 | 4 | — | 27,734 |
| August | 9,768 | 9,850 | 1,358 | 1,510 | 1,036 | 975 | 344 | 656 | 28 | 9 | — | 25,533 |
| September | 10,659 | 10,294 | 2,302 | 1,765 | 1,322 | 813 | 438 | 561 | 30 | 24 | 29 | 28,237 |
| October | 10,996 | 9,141 | 2,058 | 1,713 | 1,470 | 1,044 | 487 | 416 | 29 | 30 | — | 27,384 |
| November | 9,295 | 10,335 | 2,980 | 1,734 | 1,374 | 1,171 | 1,038 | 170 | — | 2 | **
| 28,100 |
| December | 10,008 | 7,544 | 4,463 | 1,197 | 749 | 1,190 | 1,539 | 301 | — | — | — | 26,992 |
1999
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| January | 10,561 | 7,010 | 3,044 | 1,308 | 1,061 | 1,316 | 523 | 683 | — | 2 | 1 | 25,509 |
| February | 9,611 | 5,592 | 2,368 | 1,404 | 1,340 | 1,059 | 455 | 530 | — | — | — | 22,359 |
| March | 9,339 | 7,377 | 1,764 | 1,330 | 1,150 | 1,146 | 360 | 598 | — | 20 | — | 23,084 |
| All months | 100.419 | 85,213 | 24,382 | 14,426 | 11,888 | 10,907 | 5,890 | 5,622 | 117 | 99 | 31 | 258,995 |
** Less than 0.5 tonnes | ||||||||||||