Poultry: Feathers

Tim Farron
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.

Jim Fitzpatrick
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.

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|Description                                                                                                                                                                  |Country   |2004|2005|2006|2007|2008|
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|Bird Feathers                                                                                                                                                                |Bangladesh|—|—|—|—|1|
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|                                                                                                                                                                             |China     |1,867|1,268|1,389|1,965|1,775|
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|                                                                                                                                                                             |Hong Kong |21|1|78|15|1|
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|                                                                                                                                                                             |India     |1|0|0|0|0|
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|                                                                                                                                                                             |Pakistan  |13|—|—|—|—|
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|                                                                                                                                                                             |Singapore |0|—|—|—|—|
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|                                                                                                                                                                             |Taiwan    |817|992|1,163|1,247|1,189|
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|                                                                                                                                                                             |Vietnam   |52|—|—|—|—|
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|Bird Feathers Total                                                                                                                                                          |2,771     |2,262|2,630|3,228|2,966||
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|Notation:0 = quantity less than half the unit shown.— = nil values.Source:HM Revenue and CustomsData prepared by Trade Statistics, Economics and Statistics Programme, DEFRA.|          ||||||
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