Meat Products: Imports Mr. Paice To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what volume of meat of each type was imported from each country of despatch into the UK in each of the last five years. Jonathan Shaw 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.| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------