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Meat Imports

Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) volume and (b) value of each meat product imported from (i) Argentina, (ii) Botswana, (iii) Brazil, (iv) China, (v) Democratic Republic of Congo, (vi) Ecuador, (vii) Egypt, (viii) Israel, (ix) Palestinian Autonomous Territories, (x) Russia, (xi) South Africa, (xii) Turkey and (xiii) Vietnam was in each of the last five years; and what the (A) volume and (B) value of such imports has been in 2006-07 in each case. [105707]

Barry Gardiner: The following table provides details of the imports of meat and meat products from the specified countries as recorded in the official overseas trade statistics for the period 2001 to September 2006.

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UK imports of meat and meat products from selected countries for 2001 to September 2006
			2001		2002		2003
Description	Type	Cut	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes
Brazil	Beef	Meat and offal (other than liver)	71,235	52,062	66,055	52,573	57,616	53,541
		Boneless	35,085	21,907	31,684	19,089	52,855	32,058
		Edible offal	115	133	129	144	46	64
		Carcases and half carcases	—	—	—	—	—	—
		Other cuts with bone in
	Chicken	Boneless	32,961	18,929	19,109	14,222	21,679	16,761
		Meat, meat offal or blood	14,681	7,071	15,127	8,512	17,909	9,901
		Whole	635	880	727	1,260	945	1,759
		Bone in	19	25	26	24	112	95
	Other (not stated elsewhere	Meat	—	—	33,710	28,647	12,739	11,927
		Edible offal	—	—	132	120	—	—
		Meat, meat offal or blood	15	7	—	—	—	—
	Turkey	Meat, meat offal or blood	7,287	4,353	8,619	7,618	12,310	10,563
		Boneless	232	123	30	24	215	142
	Sheep and goat	Edible offal	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Lamb	Carcases and half carcases	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Sheep	Bone in	36	17	—	—	—	—
	Poultry	Meat, meat offal or blood	—	—	—	—	4	1
Argentina	Beef	Boneless	3,476	1,138	31,995	18,269	21,796	9,372
		Meat and offal (other than liver)	6,915	4,797	7,207	5,262	7,139	5,881
		Edible offal	255	154	227	182	128	127
		Other cuts with bone in	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Chicken	Boneless	311	166	736	513	2,057	1,393
		Whole	—	—	—	—	—	—
		Bone in	5	2			383	376
		Meat, meat offal or blood	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Lamb	Carcases and half carcases			30	19	1,820	1,123
		Boneless	280	111	314	142	297	178
	Sheep	Bone in	19	5	155	83	105	62
		Boneless	3	3	78	39	—	—
		Meat, meat offal or blood	53	8	183	30	—	—
	Sheep and goat	Edible offal	52	34	10	10	6	2
	Other (not stated elsewhere	Meat	—	—	84	66	—	—
		Edible offal	—	—	29	24	—	—
	Turkey	Meat, meat offal or blood	—	—	15	12	—	—
Botswana	Beef	Boneless	29,984	10,983	17,251	5,495	16,091	5,202
		Meat and offal (other than liver	520	182	1,178	583	319	130
Israel	Turkey	Meat, meat offal or blood	1,709	978	1,168	777	1,094	566
		Boneless	—	—	—	—	58	35
		Whole	6	5	2	2	18	13
		Edible offal	2	2	1	1	—	—
		Bone in	2	2	—	—	1	1
	Chicken	Meat, meat offal or blood	32	9	41	11	81	24
		Bone in	10	6	59	31	31	13
		Whole	3	2	36	21	—	—
		Boneless	2	1	33	13
		Edible offal	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Poultry	Meat, meat offal or blood	—	—	—	—	61	14
	Sausages and similar products	Meat, meat offal or blood	—	—	—	—	29	9
	Beef	Edible offal	5	1	—	—	—	—
	Other (not stated elsewhere	Meat, meat offal or blood	—	—	—	—	—	—
South Africa	Beef	Meat and offal (other than liver)	446	287	95	67	—	—
		Boneless	79	29	—	—	—	—
	Game (not stated elsewhere	Meat and edible meat offal	22	2	115	14	9	1
	Other (not stated elsewhere	Meat and edible meat offal	—	—	5	1	17	14
	Chicken	Meat, meat offal or blood	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Poultry	Meat, meat offal or blood	—	—	—	—	—	—
China	Chicken	Meat, meat offal or blood	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Rabbit	Meat and edible meat offal	89	72		—	—	—
	Sheep	Bone in	—	—	30	11	—	—
		Boneless	—	—	8	2	—	—
	Poultry	Meat, meat offal or blood	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Lamb	Boneless	—	—	—	—	—	—
Turkey	Beef	Meat and offal (other than liver)	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Chicken	Boneless	16	9	—	—	—	—
	Turkey	Bone in	14	7	—	—	—	—
	Pig	Meat	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Goose	Whole	6	3	—	—	—	—
	Duck	Whole	1	1	—	—	—	—
	Sheep	Meat, meat offal or blood	1	1	—	—	—	—
Russia	Pig	Hams, shoulders and cuts, bone in	23	23	—	—	—	—
Vietnam	Frogs’ legs	Meat and edible meat offal	—	—	2	1	10	4
	Poultry	Meat, meat offal or blood	—	—	—	—	—	—
Egypt	Chicken	Meat, meat offal or blood	—	—	—	—	0	0
		Boneless	—	—	—	—	0	0

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