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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

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Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the food imports from each European Union country over the last 12 months, broken down by product. [23712] Mr. Morley: The table shows the value of food, feed and drink imports from each of the European Union countries, over the most recent 12 months for which data are available, broken down by product. UK Imports of food, feed and drink from EC countries: October 2000-September 2001{ 1} £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Product group/type France Netherlands Irish Germany Spain Italy Denmark Republic Beverages Beer 30 35 51 54 11 7 1 Cider and other fermented 1 3 5 7 0 0 0 beverages Mineral water 99 43 34 17 3 8 5 Other spirits 78 12 56 4 4 89 0 Whisky 1 2 10 0 0 0 0 Wine 613 8 1 81 135 187 2 Total 822 103 158 163 153 291 8 Cereals and Cereal Preparations Barley, unmilled 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 Bread, crispbreads, savoury 52 41 76 54 6 22 20 biscuits Cereal, milled 12 1 2 1 0 2 0 Cereal, rolled or flaked 21 12 1 14 4 0 1 Mixes and doughs for baking 7 6 5 4 0 0 4 Other cereal (including 103 4 2 4 0 0 0 maize), unmilled Pasta uncooked 0 2 1 1 0 53 0 Rice 8 21 1 4 14 21 0 Sweet biscuits 34 19 20 25 6 21 2 Wheat, unmilled 28 4 4 10 0 5 5 Total 267 110 116 116 31 126 32 Coffee, Tea, Cocoa and Spices Chocolate 43 53 108 54 2 7 3 Cocoa 10 47 0 4 1 0 1 Coffee 15 18 3 68 5 7 3 Spices 3 7 1 4 4 0 0 Tea 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 Total 73 127 113 132 11 15 7 Dairy Products and Birds Eggs Butter 9 4 46 3 0 0 110 Cheese 101 31 190 55 6 56 70 Condensed milk 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 Eggs and egg products 12 14 3 9 1 2 2 Ice cream 52 3 5 11 8 5 0 Milk and cream 6 1 18 7 0 1 5 Milk powder 5 13 15 6 0 0 0 Other milk products 7 7 10 15 0 0 2 Yogurt 14 0 4 27 2 0 3 Total 206 74 290 141 17 65 191 Feedingstuffs for Animals Dog or cat food for retail 42 26 23 20 4 1 5 Flours, meals and pellets 1 3 6 9 0 0 3 of meat, offal or fish Oil cake 4 53 3 17 0 0 0 Other animal feedingstuffs 7 23 15 10 1 1 1 Total 54 105 46 56 6 2 8 Fish and Fish Preparations Crustaceans 15 7 10 6 3 1 28 Fish and crustaceans 6 13 4 12 17 1 17 prepared or preserved Fish fresh or chilled 10 3 17 0 0 0 17 Fish frozen 3 15 2 27 7 0 55 Fish live 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 35 39 33 45 29 2 116 Meat and Meat Preparations Bacon and ham 30 232 14 8 1 13 230 Beef and veal 5 25 157 10 2 6 5 Beef products (inc. corned 4 3 46 4 0 0 2 beef) Edible offal and other meat 3 4 4 2 0 0 6 Lamb and mutton 3 2 5 1 3 0 0 Other meat products 35 57 94 11 1 8 48 Pork 33 42 31 29 6 1 149 Poultrymeat (inc. poultry 93 270 21 44 16 13 26 offal) Sausages and related 13 15 6 29 3 16 7 products Total 219 651 376 138 31 57 473 Miscellaneous Edible Products Infant food for retail 7 3 66 5 1 0 0 Margarine 0 12 15 1 0 3 1 Other food products and 55 42 137 56 5 18 11 preparations Pasta, cooked or stuffed 4 1 3 5 0 25 0 Sauces, condiments, 15 71 9 17 4 30 0 seasonings Total 82 129 231 85 11 75 13 Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruits Oil seeds and oleaginous 27 8 3 35 0 1 3 fruits Total 27 8 3 35 0 1 3 Oils and Fats Animal oils and fats, not 4 8 4 5 0 2 9 chemically modified Processed fats and waxes 3 13 1 23 1 2 8 Vegetable oils and fats, 36 122 2 10 24 23 2 soft, crude, refined or fraction Total 44 143 6 38 25 27 19 Sugars, Sugar Preparations and Honey Honey 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Molasses 0 17 1 1 0 1 0 Other beet or cane sugar 21 4 23 5 0 0 1 Other sugars 28 13 0 6 0 1 0 Raw beet or cane sugar 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 Sugar confectionery 16 18 14 25 32 5 1 Total 69 54 39 39 32 7 3 Vegetables and Fruit Apples, fresh 85 11 1 2 2 11 0 Apricots, cherries, 15 1 1 1 38 32 0 peaches, plums and sloes (fresh) Bananas 29 14 7 1 0 0 0 Grapes, fresh or dried 6 9 1 2 23 8 0 Jams 17 16 2 29 20 24 12 Juice 47 58 18 45 9 10 1 Lemons and Limes 1 1 0 0 16 1 0 Lettuce and chicory, fresh 16 7 0 0 73 6 0 or chilled Mushrooms and truffles, 4 25 79 0 0 0 0 fresh or chilled Nuts 1 2 0 14 3 6 0 Oranges and Mandarins etc. 1 6 0 3 98 1 0 Other citrus fruit 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Other fruit 29 24 0 8 65 15 0 Other vegetables, fresh or 55 142 7 5 188 17 1 chilled Other vegetables, prepared 36 23 2 13 12 33 1 or preserved Pears and quinces fresh 2 25 0 0 2 6 0 Potato products 5 105 4 10 0 3 4 Potatoes, fresh or chilled 21 19 2 3 10 5 0 (inc. seed) Tomatoes, fresh or chilled 3 79 0 1 144 4 0 Tomatoes, prepared or 1 0 0 3 6 82 0 preserved Vegetable, frozen or 16 38 9 3 16 1 1 provisionally prepared Total 392 606 134 145 726 266 20 Total Food, Feed and Drink 2,287 2,148 1,546 1,133 1,072 934 894 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Product group/type Belgium Greece Portugal Austria Sweden Finland Luxembourg Beverages Beer 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cider and other fermented 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 beverages Mineral water 18 0 0 55 1 0 0 Other spirits 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 Whisky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wine 5 2 39 0 0 0 0 Total 39 2 40 56 5 0 0 Cereals and Cereal Preparations Barley, unmilled 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bread, crispbreads, savoury 56 0 1 0 5 3 0 biscuits Cereal, milled 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cereal, rolled or flaked 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 Mixes and doughs for baking 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 Other cereal (including 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 maize), unmilled Pasta uncooked 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rice 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sweet biscuits 17 0 0 4 0 0 0 Wheat, unmilled 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 109 22 2 4 9 4 0 Coffee, Tea, Cocoa and Spices Chocolate 57 0 0 0 4 0 0 Cocoa 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coffee 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 Spices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 68 0 0 2 4 0 0 Dairy Products and Birds Eggs Butter 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 Cheese 62 6 0 5 0 0 0 Condensed milk 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eggs and egg products 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ice cream 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 Milk and cream 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Milk powder 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 Other milk products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yogurt 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 Total 94 12 0 6 6 1 0 Feedingstuffs for Animals Dog or cat food for retail 29 1 2 9 0 0 0 Flours, meals and pellets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 of meat, offal or fish Oil cake 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 Other animal feedingstuffs 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 45 1 4 9 0 0 0 Fish and Fish Preparations Crustaceans 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fish and crustaceans 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 prepared or preserved Fish fresh or chilled 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 Fish frozen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Fish live 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 10 5 9 0 12 0 0 Meat and Meat Preparations Bacon and ham 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beef and veal 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 Beef products (inc. corned 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 beef) Edible offal and other meat 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Lamb and mutton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other meat products 26 0 0 0 2 0 0 Pork 19 0 1 0 1 0 0 Poultrymeat (inc. poultry 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 offal) Sausages and related 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 products Total 78 1 1 1 4 0 0 Miscellaneous Edible Products Infant food for retail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Margarine 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 Other food products and 21 1 0 1 2 0 0 preparations Pasta, cooked or stuffed 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sauces, condiments, 14 1 4 0 2 0 0 seasonings Total 45 1 4 1 5 3 0 Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruits Oil seeds and oleaginous 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 fruits Total 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oils and Fats Animal oils and fats, not 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 chemically modified Processed fats and waxes 5 0 0 0 1 7 0 Vegetable oils and fats, 14 4 0 0 2 0 0 soft, crude, refined or fraction Total 22 4 0 0 3 7 0 Sugars, Sugar Preparations and Honey Honey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Molasses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other beet or cane sugar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other sugars 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 Raw beet or cane sugar 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sugar confectionery 16 1 0 0 2 1 0 Total 33 1 0 0 2 3 0 Vegetables and Fruit Apples, fresh 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 Apricots, cherries, 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 peaches, plums and sloes (fresh) Bananas 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grapes, fresh or dried 1 43 0 0 0 0 0 Jams 10 14 1 0 0 0 0 Juice 17 0 1 14 0 0 0 Lemons and Limes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lettuce and chicory, fresh 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 or chilled Mushrooms and truffles, 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 fresh or chilled Nuts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oranges and Mandarins etc. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Other citrus fruit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other fruit 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 Other vegetables, fresh or 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 chilled Other vegetables, prepared 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 or preserved Pears and quinces fresh 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 Potato products 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 Potatoes, fresh or chilled 10 0 3 2 0 0 0 (inc. seed) Tomatoes, fresh or chilled 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 Tomatoes, prepared or 0 15 18 0 0 0 0 preserved Vegetable, frozen or 44 0 2 1 0 0 0 provisionally prepared Total 183 84 41 20 1 0 0 Total Food, Feed and Drink 730 116 100 99 51 19 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} 2000-01 EU data are provisional and subject to amendment Source: HM Customs and Excise: Data prepared by Statistics (Commodities and Food) Accounts and Trade, ESD, DEFR

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Type

Written question

Reference

377 c746-52W;377 c750-8W; 23712

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Animal feed EU countries Food Imports

Contains statistics

Yes

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