Beef: Imports

(asked on 18th June 2014) - View Source
Questioner
Jim Cunningham Portrait
Jim Cunningham
(Labour - Coventry South)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity and value of beef was imported to the UK from each importing country in the last year.

Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 23rd June 2014

The following table provides details of UK imports of beef and veal as recorded in the Official Overseas Trade Statistics for the period May 2013 to April 2014. This is the latest available data.

May 2013 - April 2014

Country of dispatch

Quantity (Thousand Tonnes)

Value (£million)

Irish Republic

168

629

Netherlands

15

56

Germany

9

29

Poland

8

30

Australia

8

49

Namibia

6

24

Brazil

5

20

Uruguay

4

22

Spain

2

8

New Zealand

4

17

Botswana

5

16

Italy

3

16

France

3

9

Denmark

2

8

Belgium

2

10

Austria

1

5

Argentina

<0.5

1

Chile

<0.5

<0.5

U.S.A.

<0.5

<0.5

Hungary

<0.5

<0.5

Portugal

<0.5

<0.5

Switzerland

<0.5

<0.5

Nauru

<0.5

<0.5

Greece

<0.5

<0.5

Beef and veal imports Total

246

949

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Source: HM Revenue and Customs

2013 and 2014 data is subject to amendments

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