§ 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.
§ Mrs. Browning[pursuant to his reply, 21 April 1994, column 625-26]: The table included in my predecessor's reply showed imports of small numbers of live animals from Nicaragua and Iran. Subsequent investigation by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise has established that in all cases these imports were in fact from the Irish Republic but had been miscoded.
A revised table, included other revisions, follows.
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Numbers of live animals imported into the United Kingdom during 1992 All bovines Sheep Goats Pigs All horses of which 1fat France 2,746 202 261 — — 515 Belgium-Luxembourg 11 — 59 — — 416 Netherlands 4,577 538 392 — — 393 Germany 177 35 5 — — 354 Italy 19 — — — — 104 Irish Republic2 72,269 40,430 205,300 71 109,652 4,360 Denmark 329 91 — — — 214 Greece — — — — — 13 Portugal — — — — — 15 Spain — — — — — 11 Iceland — — — — — 20 Norway — — — — — 6 Sweden — — — — — 27 Finland — — — — — 3 Switzerland — — — — — 20 Austria — — — — — 25 Turkey — — — — — 2 Poland 187 — — — — 122 Czechoslovakia 250 — — — — 2 Hungary — — — — — 55 Former USSR — — — — — 83 Canada 234 — — — — 13 USA — — — — 12 488 Austral-Oceania 29 — — — — — Puerto-Rico — — — — — 1 Colombia — — — — — 1 Chile — — — — — 7 Argentina3 — — — — — 116 Barbados — — — — — 3 Sudan — — — — — 2 Jordan — — — — — 8 Kuwait — — — — — 5 Guyana — — — — — — Israel — — — — — — Senegal — — — — — — Guinea — — — — — — Ghana — — — — — — Cameroon — — — — — — South Africa — — — — — — Namibia — — — — — — Dubai — — — — — 3 Japan — — — — — 1 Australia — — — — — 12 New Zealand — — — — — 41 Hong Kong — — — — — 1 Malaysia — — — — — — China — — — — — — Philippines — — — — — — Indonesia — — — — — — Total 80,828 41,296 206,017 71 109,664 7,462 Source:
Her Majesty's Customs and Excise
Notes:
1 Recorded as "fat" and covers heifers and steers for slaughter.
2 Some sheep import data estimated from weight of animals concerned.
3 Some horse import data estimated from weight of animals concerned.