Written question asked by James Paice (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 June 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 July 2006. It was answered by Barry Gardiner (Labour) on Thursday, 6 July 2006 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Milk

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much (a) liquid milk and (b) milk powder was (i) imported and (ii) exported in each of the last three years.

Answer

[holding answer 4 July 2006]: The following table shows exports from the UK and imports into the UK of liquid milk and milk powder for 2003 to 2005.

		2003	2004	2005
Trade	Type	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000
Exports	Liquid Milk	198,464	48,130	258,101	58,404	499,481	100,479
	Milk Powder	172,745	212,035	185,647	219,429	99,828	114,924
Imports	Liquid Milk	37,755	13,641	56,170	13,886	48,116	16,313
	Milk Powder	45,319	44,975	67,898	52,170	76,897	65,184
Source:
H M Revenue and Customs
Data prepared by Trade statistics, Agricultural Statistics and Analysis Division, DEFRA 2005 data is subject to amendments

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