Milk: Imports Mr. Evans To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many litres of milk a day were imported on average in each of the last five years. Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 15 March 2010]: Imports of liquid milk are shown in the tables. Liquid milk is imported into the UK in two forms, as raw milk for processing by dairies (table 1), or as liquid drinking milk (e.g. pasteurised or UHT milk) (table 2). Raw milk is only traded across the Irish border; imports come from the Republic of Ireland for processing by dairies in Northern Ireland. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Imported per year (1,000 litres)|Average imported per day (1,000 litres)1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |45,589 |125 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |33,278 |91 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |57,109 |156 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008 |48,516 |133 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2009 |82,774 |227 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000 litres.Source:DARDNI| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Imported per year (1,000 litres)|Average imported per day (1,000 litres)2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |47,066 |129 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |84,406 |231 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |87,668 |240 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008 |134,068 |366 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20091 |89,420 |245 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 2009 data is subject to amendments.2 Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000 litres.Source:H M Revenue and Customs| | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------