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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 24 April 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 April 2018. It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Friday, 4 May 2018 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Pigs: Imports

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live pigs were imported by country of import origin in each year between 2012 and 2017.

Answer

The number of live pigs imported into the UK between the years 2012 and 2017 and their countries of origin are as follows:*

Country of origin

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Belgium

88

13

38

39

12

3

Canada

177

247

1

357

30

1837

Czech Republic

0

0

0

0

0

20

Denmark

499

1630

2244

1948

1442

1453

France

269

2

0

24

0

2

Germany

10

0

978

751

101

1

Norway

0

0

0

16

0

46

Sweden

190

382

333

172

0

0

The Netherlands

13

4

29

67

133

75

United States of America

0

167

120

303

151

159

*This excludes data for Republic of Ireland

TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System) is a European Commission system employed by EU member states to facilitate and record animal/animal product movements into and throughout the EU.

The information that we have provided is a true reflection of the information that we have access to, and was correct at the time the information was obtained from TRACES. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data, as we can only rely on the information that has been input into TRACES by a third party.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
137544
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Imports Pigs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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