Meat Imports Mr. Roger Williams To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much beef was imported into the UK from Brazil in (a) May, (b) June, (c) July and (d) August of each year since 2000. Mr. Bradshaw The following table shows imports of beef and beef products into the UK from Brazil for the months May to August for the years 2000 to 2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Tonnes|£000 |Tonnes|£000 |Tonnes|£000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May |4,567 |5,433|1,922 |2,713|467 |1,497| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June |4,425 |5,839|3,188 |4,199|582 |1,941| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |July |4,990 |6,517|1,090 |1,661|367 |1,006| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |August |4,590 |6,521|1,584 |2,220|560 |1,602| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May |4,554 |6,185|1,205 |1,534|166 |484 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June |4,388 |6,193|978 |1,186|80 |206 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |July |4,139 |5,735|1,320 |1,813|348 |833 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |August |4,795 |6,643|1,646 |2,109|927 |2,085| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May |4,871 |6,260|857 |1,096|657 |1,586| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June |4,434 |5,753|1,076 |1,366|501 |1,108| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |July |4,147 |5,345|730 |1,086|634 |1,363| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |August |4,358 |5,166|1,039 |1,231|540 |1,146| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May |5,005 |4,993|2,557 |2,496|1,191 |2,424| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June |3,878 |4,180|1,592 |1,734|1,075 |2,429| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |July |4,965 |4,856|802 |827 |1,196 |2,789| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |August |4,520 |5,038|1,549 |1,706|956 |2,736| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May |4,201 |4,987|1,875 |2,312|1,202 |3,414| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June |3,071 |3,878|2,434 |3,157|1,796 |4,894| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |July |4,615 |5,710|1,842 |2,310|1,631 |4,033| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |August |5,452 |6,702|1,965 |2,524|1,879 |4,408| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May |3,699 |4,580|2,279 |2,817|1,625 |4,289| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June |4,466 |5,956|2,424 |3,313|1,672 |4,618| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |July |4,177 |6,053|988 |1,375|1,524 |3,643| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |August |6,306 |9,391|832 |1,345|1,602 |3,571| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Source:H M Revenue and Customs Data prepared by Trade statistics, Agricultural Statistics and Analysis Division, DEFRA 2005 data is subject to amendments| | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------