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Kerry McCarthy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2015-01-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which countries rabbit meat sold in the UK in each of the five most recent years for which data is available was produced.

George Eustice

Rabbit meat was imported into the UK from the following countries. We have no data on whether this meat was then sold in the UK.

Country

Volume and Value

2010

2011

2012

2013

Jan to Nov 2014

Belgium

Tonnes

19

38

42

137

108

£000s

77

160

160

556

428

France

Tonnes

237

232

225

475

334

£000s

905

848

838

1,221

794

Germany

Tonnes

1

0

£000s

4

6

Irish Republic

Tonnes

1

22

72

87

£000s

3

67

227

301

Italy

Tonnes

6

11

14

14

9

£000s

22

41

41

40

26

Netherlands

Tonnes

2

75

170

84

£000s

5

119

984

817

Poland

Tonnes

0

£000s

1

Portugal

Tonnes

5

4

6

9

8

£000s

24

15

21

22

26

Spain

Tonnes

12

75

54

£000s

43

284

191

Crown Copyright

Source: HM Revenue and Customs