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Food Supply

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 5 November 2024UIN 11996

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of food consumed in the UK that is produced domestically.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

In 2023, 58% of domestic consumption came from UK production (based on unprocessed value at farmgate), 24% from the European Union and the remaining 18% from the rest of the world. Data for 2024 will be published in Defra's ‘Agriculture in the United Kingdom’ report in mid-2025.

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