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
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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
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£ million
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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
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{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