Milk: Imports
Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many litres of liquid milk were imported into the UK from (a) Ireland, (b) EU member states and (c) other countries in the latest period for which figures are available.
Jane Kennedy (Minister of State (Farming and the Environment), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Liverpool, Wavertree, Labour)
Liquid milk imports are shown in the following tables. Liquid milk is imported into the UK in two forms, as raw milk for processing by dairies in the UK, or as liquid drinking milk (e.g. pasteurised or UHT milk).
Imports of raw milk come from the Republic of Ireland for processing by dairies in Northern Ireland.
| Imports of raw milk for processing into the UK—2008 | |
| Million litres | |
| Irish Republic | 41.3 |
| Source: DARDNI | |
Liquid drinking milk is imported mainly from the Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, France and Germany. There were no recorded imports of liquid milk from Non-EU countries during 2008.
| Imports of liquid drinking milk into the UK from the EU—2008 | |
| Million litres | |
| Irish Republic | 54.4 |
| Belgium | 27.4 |
| Netherlands | 21.6 |
| France | 17.2 |
| Germany | 12.8 |
| Other EU countries | 0.6 |
| Total UK imports from EU countries | 134.1 |
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Annotations
Davia Broome
Posted on 13 Jun 2009 1:41 pm (Report this annotation)
Why do we import so much milk when we should be supporting our own dairy industry? Do we export any milk to EU countries or Ireland?
Davia Broome.