Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pheasant (a) eggs for hatching and (b) live birds were imported from each (i) EU country and (ii) third country in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
For imports of pheasant eggs for hatching and live pheasants from EU countries in the last 12 months, the information is in the tables below:
Country | Number of Consignments | Number of pheasant eggs for hatching |
Denmark | 1 | 22000 |
France | 66 | 300366 |
Hungary | 3 | 78840 |
Poland | 7 | 113000 |
Spain | 9 | 193280 |
Grand Total | 86 | 707486 |
Country | Number of Consignments | Number of live pheasants |
France | 9 | 165100 |
Hungary | 2 | 7500 |
Poland | 3 | 10400 |
Republic of Ireland | 7 | 121716 |
Grand Total | 21 | 304,716 |
The data above covers the period from 26 October 2021 to 26 October 2022 and was extracted from the Post Import Management System.
There have been no imports of pheasant eggs for hatching and live pheasants from third countries in the last 12 months. This data was extracted from the Import of products, animals, food and feed system (IPAFFS).