§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many sheep and other animals are being imported annually for slaughter; from where; and to which destinations.
§ Mr. SoamesData on the imports of live sheep for slaughter are not available separately from the total of all
Numbers of live animals imported into the United Kingdom during 1992 All bovines Of which: fat1 Sheep Goats Pigs All horses Of which: for slaughter Other live animals France 2,948 202 261 — — 515 — 2 Belgium-Luxembourg 11 59 — — 416 — 15 Netherlands 5,115 538 392 — — 393 1 35 Germany 212 35 5 — — 354 — 4 Italy 19 — — — — 104 — — Irish Republic 112,506 40,385 204,230 71 109,280 4,359 — 202 Denmark 420 91 — — — 214 — 1 Greece — — — — — 13 — — Portugal — — — — — 15 — — Spain — — — — — 11 — 3 Iceland — — — — — 20 — — Norway — — — — — 6 — — Sweden — — — — — 27 — 5 Finland — — — — — 3 — — Switzerland — — — — — 20 7 Austria — — — — — 25 — — Turkey — — — — — 2 — — Poland 187 — — — — 122 — — Czechoslovakia 250 — — — — 2 — — Hungary — — — — — 55 — — Former USSR — — — — — 83 — — Canada 234 — — — — 13 — 1 USA — — — — 12 488 — 41 Austral-Oceania 29 — — — — — — — Puerto Rico — — — — — 1 — — Nicaragua2 163 30 730 — — 1 — 29 Colombia — — — — — 1 — — Chile — — — — — 7 — — Argentina — — — — — 4,116 — — Barbados — — — — — 3 — — Sudan — — — — — 2 — — Jordan — — — — — 8 — — Kuwait — — — — — 5 — — Guyana — — — — — — — 5 Israel — — — — — — — 2 Senegal — — — — — — — 3 Guinea — — — — — — — 1 Ghana — — — — — — — 2 Cameroon — — — — — — — 2 South Africa — — — — — — — 1 Namibia — — — — — — — 6 Dubai — — — — — 3 — — Japan — — — — — 1 — — Australia — — — — — 12 — 1 New Zealand — — — — — 41 — — Hong Kong — — — — — 1 — 1 Malaysia — — — — — — — 1 China — — — — — — — 3 Philippines — — — — — — — 10 Indonesia — — — — — — — 2 Iran 30 15 340 — — — — — Total 122,124 41,296 206,017 71 109,292 11,462 1 385 Source: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.
1Recorded as "fat" and covers heifers and steers for slaughter.
2 Sheep import data estimated on weight of animals concerned.
628Wlive sheep imports. For other animal types, data on live imports for slaughter are only separately available from the total of live imports for bovines and horses.
It is not possible to state the destination for the animals once they have been imported into the United Kingdom.
The table gives the total number of live imports by animal type for 1992, the latest year for which annual data are available. In addition, the second column gives the number of imports of live bovines for slaughter and the seventh column gives the number of imports of live horses for slaughter.