Eggs and Poultry: Imports
(asked on 21st November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government from which countries (1) eggs, and (2) poultry, have been imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last four years; and what are the respective quantities from each country.
The tables below provide the numbers and countries within the EU and third countries from which live poultry and hatching eggs have been imported:
EU imports of live poultry and hatching eggs | ||||||||||||||
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 (to 26 Nov) | |||||||||||
Country | Number of Eggs | Poultry Number of birds | Number of Eggs | Poultry Number of birds | Number of Eggs | Poultry Number of birds | Number of Eggs | Poultry Number of birds | ||||||
Belgium | 63950 | 412750 | 7200 | 371264 | 112400 | 221472 | 5040 | 187325 | ||||||
Czech Rep | 8640 | 5000 | 0 | 17380 | 5760 | 47760 | 0 | 40780 | ||||||
Germany | 1025482 | 627798 | 1007850 | 401274 | 1126806 | 701409 | 1291524 | 388139 | ||||||
Denmark | 1000 | 0 | 2500 | 0 | 285960 | 0 | 126100 | 0 | ||||||
Spain | 590000 | 0 | 329460 | 0 | 399026 | 0 | 203800 | 2768 | ||||||
Finland | 75240 | 0 | 67250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2000 | 0 | ||||||
France | 14242537 | 1972197 | 16479078 | 1988591 | 16753060 | 1750953 | 15793874 | 1209422 | ||||||
Hungary | 257284 | 4000 | 324982 | 4000 | 214214 | 0 | 169887 | 0 | ||||||
Ireland | 27786675 | 9574151 | 33551712 | 8474460 | 36863359 | 6847264 | 40434677 | 7309954 | ||||||
Italy | 1157760 | 0 | 3634560 | 0 | 15962400 | 32500 | 1695600 | 0 | ||||||
Netherlands | 4816640 | 2188437 | 2298680 | 1750349 | 9084440 | 1556067 | 20083325 | 1229405 | ||||||
Norway | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Poland | 72000 | 0 | 6480 | 0 | 125500 | 0 | 356560 | 0 | ||||||
Portugal | 1526400 | 0 | 558000 | 0 | 302400 | 0 | 1568160 | 0 | ||||||
Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23400 | 0 | 20000 | 0 | ||||||
Slovenia | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Third country imports of live poultry and hatching eggs | ||||||||||||
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||||||||
Country | Number of Eggs | Poultry Number of birds | Number of Eggs | Poultry Number of birds | Number of Eggs | Poultry Number of birds | Number of Eggs | Poultry Number of birds | ||||
Brazil | 13320 | 0 | 61920 | 8968 | 65880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Canada | 0 | 0 | 6000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25200 | 0 | ||||
Russia | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
USA | 3382620 | 143445 | 3056220 | 157677 | 1742475 | 163940 | 1227700 | 92577 | ||||