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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Prosser: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) live sheep and (b) live pigs have been exported from the United Kingdom to date in 2002 for (i) slaughter, (ii) further fattening and (iii) breeding; and how many (A) sheep and (B) pigs in each of these categories were exported to each individual country of destination. [77508] Mr. Morley: The total number of live sheep and live pigs certified for export from the United Kingdom between 1 January 2002 and 1 November 2002 for slaughter, fattening and breeding are shown in the following tables. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Live Sheep Country of destination Slaughter Fattening Breeding Austria 0 0 22 Belgium 0 0 4 France 49,476 3,040 158 Germany 4,129 0 5 Isle of Man 0 0 11 Italy 29,244 0 0 Netherlands 456 0 55 Republic of Ireland 166,865 385 92 Totals 250,170 3,425 347 Live Pigs Country of destination Slaughter Fattening Breeding Belgium 0 0 3,888 Denmark 0 0 47 France 0 0 47 Germany 0 0 3,628 Greece 0 0 171 Isle of Man 0 0 71 Italy 0 0 1,194 Netherlands 0 0 9,038 Philippines 0 0 75 Poland 0 0 701 Spain 0 0 1,607 Republic of Ireland 20,951 0 22 Totals 20,951 0 20,489 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

77508; 392 c551-2W;392 c563-4W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Agriculture Exports Livestock Location Pigs Livestock industry Transport Slaughterhouses Sheep Countries

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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