Animals: Republic of Ireland

(asked on 17th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals entered the UK from the Republic of Ireland in each month from January 2020 to February 2021 inclusive.


Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 26th March 2021

The number of live animals imported from the Republic of Ireland to the UK from January 2020 to February 2021 are as follows:

Month

Total Number of Live Animals

Jan 2020

1,250,272

Feb 2020

406,040

Mar 2020

7,757,702

April 2020

9,117,860

May 2020

7,263,557

June 2020

2,868,940

July 2020

1,108,790

Aug 2020

1,341,426

Sept 2020

620,357

Oct 2020

207,214

Nov 2020

793,702

Dec 2020

725,924

Jan 2021

2,107,612

Feb 2021

2,649,697

This data was extracted from the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES). TRACES is a European Commission system employed by EU member states to facilitate and record animal/animal product movements into and throughout the EU.

This response has been compiled by the Animal and Plant Health Agency from data provided by third parties, and as such is reliant on the providers for the accuracy of the information.

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