§ Dr. PalmerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many(a) live sheep and (b) live pigs were exported from the United Kingdom in 1997 for (i) slaughter, (ii) further fattening and (iii) breeding; and
Numbers of sheep and pigs certified for export from the United Kingdom in 1997 Sheep Pigs Country Slaughter Further fattening Breeding Slaughter Further fattening Breeding Belgium — 17,677 144 300 4,876 32,747 Canada — — — — — 600 Chile — — — — — 270 China — — — — — 795 Czech Republic — — — — — 564 Denmark — — — — — 1,064 Falkland Islands — — — — — 25 France 28,294 201,540 413 — — 22,735 Germany — 14,561 1 253 7,219 43,041 Greece — — — — — 689 Hungary — — — — — 94 Italy — 1,815 — 2,561 321 8,687 Japan — — — — — 750 Latvia — — — — — 151 Malaysia — — — — — 338 Mexico — — — — — 1,070 Netherlands — 168,510 82 2,009 — 18,700 Nigeria — — — — — 46 North Korea — — — — — 70 Philippines — — — — — 340 Poland — — — — — 113 Portugal — — — — — 83 Republic of Ireland 1,212 — 177 78,270 326 2,119 Romania — — — — — 217 Russia — — — — — 350 Slovakia — — — — — 111 South Korea — — — — — 684 Spain 6,689 669 350 — 2,050 18,379 Taiwan — — — — — 70 Thailand — — — — — 545 United States of America — — — — — 122 Vietnam — — — — — 874 Total 36,195 404,772 1,167 83,393 14,792 156,443