Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Intra Trade Animal Health Certificates were issued for dogs entering the UK in 2020; which countries those dogs originated from; and how many dogs were imported under the Pet Travel Scheme during the same period.
45,447 Intra Trade Animal Health Certificates (ITAHCs) were issued for dogs entering the UK in 2020 from the following countries:
Country of Origin | ITAHCs |
Austria | 8 |
Belgium | 13 |
Bulgaria | 16 |
Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) | 135 |
Cyprus | 4,277 |
Czech Republic | 108 |
Denmark | 2 |
Estonia | 8 |
Finland | 7 |
France | 13 |
Germany | 86 |
Greece | 355 |
Hungary | 3,739 |
Ireland | 2,804 |
Italy | 230 |
Latvia | 6 |
Lithuania | 94 |
Malta | 4 |
Poland | 3,415 |
Portugal | 242 |
Romania | 24,499 |
Slovakia (Slovak Republic) | 83 |
Slovenia | 4 |
Spain | 5,268 |
Sweden | 12 |
Switzerland | 1 |
The Netherlands | 18 |
There were 165,890 dogs imported under the Pet Travel Scheme during the same period. Figures for December 2020 will be confirmed once all relevant information has been submitted by pet checkers and carriers.