Meat: Imports
(asked on 4th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the amount of (a) pork, (b) beef, (c) chicken and (d) lamb consumed in the UK is imported.
This question was answered on 21st January 2022
In tonnage terms, imported pigmeat accounted for 53% of UK supply in 2020. For beef and veal the equivalent figure was 29%, for poultrymeat 24% and for mutton and lamb 28%. Imports of meat in composite products such as ready meals are not accounted for. UK supply excludes home production that is exported.