Lord Kilclooney – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2016-09-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the value of agricultural produce imported from the Republic of Ireland in the last year for which figures are available.

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

In 2015, according to the latest HMRC data, the UK imported approximately £4 billion of goods relating to food, animal feed and drinks, as detailed in the table below:

UK imports of food, feed and drink from Republic of Ireland, 2015.

SITC
Division
Code	Description	£ million
01	Meat	1 384
02	Dairy	648
03	Fish	38
04	Cereals	285
05	Fruit and Veg	250
06	Sugar	41
07	Coffee, tea, etc.	184
08	Animal feed	188
09	Misc.	653
11	Drink	273
22+S4	Oils	39
	Total	3 983

Defra’s aggregate ‘Food, Feed and Drink’ is composed of the following divisions from the Standard International Trade Classification:

01 Meat: meat from cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, poultry, horses etc.

02 Dairy: includes milk, milk products, and all types of eggs.

03 Fish: All types of edible marine life excluding mammals.

04 Cereals: includes rice, wheat, barley, oats, maize etc.

05 Fruit and vegetables: includes fruit and vegetables, nuts (exc. groundnuts), juices, jams, marmalades etc.

06 Sugar: includes sugar and sugar confectionery (exc. chocolate or cocoa), honey and liquorice.

07 Coffee, tea, etc.: includes all types of coffee and tea, cocoa, chocolate and spices.

08 Animal feed: includes hay, fodder, bran, sharps, and all types of pet or animal food.

09 Miscellaneous: includes margarine, sauces, vinegar, soups, yeasts, cooked/stuffed pasta and baby food.

11 Drink: includes alcoholic drinks of all kinds and natural or artificial waters.

22+S4 Oils: includes animal/vegetable oils, fats and waxes; groundnuts (peanuts), soya beans and seeds.

Source: HMRC

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