Food: Exports
(asked on 27th January 2020) - 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 much and what proportion of exports of (a) beef, (b) sheep meat, (c) pork, (d) dairy and (e) poultry products were attributable to each devolved nation of the UK in each of the last three years.
Data at the level of detail requested is not available.
According to Defra analysis of HM Revenue & Customs regional trade statistics, UK exports by region over the last three years (2016 to 2018) were as follows:
Meat and meat preparations:
UK region | export value (16-18) | Share of exports |
England | £3.3bn | 63% |
Wales | £310m | 5.9% |
Scotland | £310m | 5.9% |
Northern Ireland | £970m | 18% |
Unallocated regional trade | £342m | 6.5% |
Dairy and eggs:
UK region | export value (16-18) | Share of exports |
England | £2.4bn | 48% |
Wales | £319m | 6.4% |
Scotland | £141m | 2.8% |
Northern Ireland | £1.4bn | 28% |
Unallocated regional trade | £706m | 14% |