§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farm animals, by species, were imported live to the UK for
UK Exports of live farm animals by species 1994 to 2003 Number of head Type Poultry Porcines (pig) Ovines (sheep) Bovines (beef) Other live animals (horse)
Caprines (goat) 1994 6,002,194 72,909 152,433 26,126 2,474 7 1995 7,450,440 120,939 112,637 16,808 2,474 8 1996 4,748,591 457,332 102,414 6,452 2,649 — 1997 6,017.532 185,243 109,391 10,064 5,288 — 1998 6,157,693 198,418 96,785 3,430 3,446 — 1999 9,134,640 180,251 127,697 3,036 3,124 13 2000 7,681,502 267,511 169,999 6,242 6,579 — 2001 11,005,083 63,895 24,292 34,157 3,581 — 2002 5,002,415 231,427 21,743 23,128 3,828 — 2003 6,333,253 330,810 34,593 11,221 4,118 41 Note: 2003 data is provisional and subject to amendment Source: HM Customs and Excise/Defra Data prepared by Statistics (Commodities and Food), Branch C & D, ESD, DEFRA