Apples: Imports

(asked on 12th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) Royal Gala and (b) other types of apples were imported to the UK from EU member states in each of the last five years.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 20th October 2017

HMRC trade data is unable to identify Royal Gala apples by name. The following table shows the volume of apples exported from the UK to EU member states, at the greatest level of detail available, in the last 5 years for which full data is available:

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Apple type

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Cider

123

27

1,658

1,328

1,456

Other

20,608

21,113

15,886

19,745

16,277

Total

20,731

21,140

17,544

21,074

17,733

Table Source: HMRC

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