§ Dr. PalmerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many equines were exported from the UK in 1997, and to which individual countries of destination,(a) for slaughter, (b) for breeding, (c) for competition purposes and (d) for use as saddle horses. [40831]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Overseas Trade Statistics show that a total of 6,247 horses were exported from the UK in 1997. None of these were exported for slaughter.
It is not possible separately to identify horses exported for competition purposes or as saddle horses. The table shows the recorded destinations of exported horses.
The data will be subject to a degree of statistical error. The overall level of errors will be low, but these errors will have a much greater proportional effect on countries with small volumes of recorded trade. Therefore great care is needed when interpreting the data in this table as it will inevitably include a number of errors.
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Countries Pure bred breeding horses Other horses Total Irish Republic 1,331 1 1,332 Belgium-Luxembourg 3 667 670 U.S.A. 300 318 618 Netherlands 29 578 607 Germany 84 322 406 Abu Dhabi 291 51 342 Italy 311 1 312 Switzerland 32 217 249 Saudi Arabia 164 10 174 Australia 134 27 161 Turkey 134 0 134 France 117 10 127 Japan 112 5 117
Countries Pure bred breeding horses Other horses Total Norway 63 54 117 Macao 52 49 101 Canada 62 35 97 Kuwait 45 52 97 Hong Kong 54 21 75 India 70 0 70 Sweden 58 10 68 Ukraine 37 12 49 Malaysia 30 12 42 Denmark 21 15 36 Poland 33 1 34 Czech Republic 25 7 32 Yugoslavia 23 0 23 Russia 7 8 15 South Africa 4 8 12 Pakistan 10 0 10 Other 98 22 120 Grand total 3,734 2,513 6,247 Note:
All data are provisional and subject to amendment