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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what volume in tonnes of (a) shelled eggs and (b) whole egg powder was imported into the United Kingdom in the last 10 years for which figures are available; and from which countries. [138076] Mr. Bradshaw: The following table shows UK imports of (a) shell eggs and (b) whole egg powder between 1993 and 2002. UK imports of birds' eggs, in shell and powdered, 1993-2002 Tonnes _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Product/coun 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 try Eggs in shell Netherlands 7,797 12,421 9,240 10,864 8,775 5,098 7,905 17,946 10,952 14,865 Germany 2,544 2,389 2,256 3,300 2,292 2,934 3,792 10,807 14,621 9,011 France 1,382 2,642 3,118 3,338 2,217 2,443 1,513 2,845 6,809 8,723 Irish 714 1,875 2,216 1,359 1,774 1,472 865 1,801 2,245 1,981 Republic Spain 42 68 99 115 -- -- -- 32 4,440 9,499 Belgium-Lux 1,350 2,954 2,447 1,681 663 169 681 1,320 1,039 934 Denmark 935 1,313 1,649 993 527 664 816 761 698 1,000 Finland -- -- 278 1,398 1,282 674 122 309 132 392 USA 2 6 3 4 83 53 130 864 1,087 2,020 Italy 4 1 1 -- 68 -- 10 31 1,591 103 Sweden -- 0 -- 248 -- 16 160 36 11 120 Austria -- -- 74 -- -- -- -- -- 65 85 Portugal -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 104 Other 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 28 Eggs in 14,771 23,670 21,382 23,299 17,681 13,522 15,997 36,760 43,692 48,864 shell total Egg powder France 1,375 1,679 1,305 1,688 1,879 2,472 2,122 2,015 1,961 3,027 Netherlands 983 1,305 1,561 1,601 1,813 1,807 2,020 1,709 2,030 1,531 Belgium-Lux 222 182 273 287 178 198 523 273 337 1,717 USA 98 169 151 225 295 482 184 473 313 186 Denmark 155 138 100 192 229 224 195 211 535 541 Italy 4 56 197 147 334 243 75 44 45 50 Germany 156 107 150 50 98 113 108 97 78 154 Sweden 12 2 3 2 -- 5 56 135 187 107 Austria -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 -- -- 214 Other 61 0 0 28 181 42 16 40 2 37 Egg powder 3,065 3,639 3,741 4,219 5,007 5,586 5,299 4,997 5,488 7,563 total _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: HM Customs and Excise Data prepared by Statistics (Commodities and Food) Consultancy Trade and IT, ESD, DEFRA

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

413 c1209-10W;413 c1206-8W; 138076

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Eggs Imports

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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