HC Deb 05 May 1998 vol 311 c303W
Dr. Palmer

To 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

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