Horses (Imports and Exports)

HC Deb 27 July 1954 vol 531 c32W

Mr. Lewis

asked the President of the Board of Trade the value in pounds sterling of the imports and exports of stallions, mares and geldings during 1952 and 1953; and what proportion of the value is accounted for by the import and export of racehorses.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

The values of imports and exports of horses, not for food, including horses imported or exported temporarily, for example, for racing, were:

	Imports	Exports
	1952	1953	1952	1953
	£	£	£	£
Stallions	1,529,751	1,500,189	1,519,198	1,755,240
Mares	3,300,856	3,039,586	3,212,948	2,782,954
Geldings	1,103,404	1,040,385	831,558	713,590

Imports and exports of racehorses (included in the above figures) are not separately recorded in the trade statistics.