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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 Wednesday, 9 May 2018 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Pigs: Republic of Ireland

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live pigs were (a) imported and (b) exported between the UK and the Republic of Ireland in each year between 2012 and 2017.

Answer

The number of live pigs exported to the Republic of Ireland between the years 2012 and 2017 are as follows:

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

6278

15008

12114

13139

8973

8917

The number of live pigs imported from the Republic of Ireland to the United Kingdom between the years 2012 and 2017 are as follows:

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

683684

675279

618635

601895

457516

444450

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
137546
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Pigs Overseas trade Republic of Ireland
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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