Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 14 May 2009.
Gwyn Prosser
Labour, Dover
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many live (a) calves, (b) adult cattle and (c) lambs and sheep were exported to each country of destination for (i) slaughter and (ii) further fattening in 2008.
Jane Kennedy
Minister of State (Farming and the Environment), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Table 1 as follows gives the number of live sheep recorded as exported from the UK in 2008 as recorded in HMRC official overseas trade statistics. These are provisional figures and subject to amendments.
Please note these figures are obtained using VAT records and will exclude some EU trade for businesses which are below the VAT threshold. As a result, actual trade levels may be higher than those given, particularly for trade with mainland Europe.
Table 2 gives information on GB exports in cattle from the GB Cattle Tracing System. The Cattle Tracing System is updated on a daily basis and hence these figures can be subject to amendments.
It is not possible to identify those animals which are for slaughter or further fattening from either data source.
| Table 1: UK exports in live sheep by country of destination, 2008 | |||
| Short description | Long description | Destination | Number |
| Sheep live | Lambs (up to a year old) | Irish Republic | 8,767 |
| sheep other than pure-bred breeding animals and lambs up to a year old | Irish Republic | 33,607 | |
| Note: 2008 data is subject to amendments. Source: HM Revenue and Customs. Data prepared by Trade statistics, ESP, DEFRA. | |||
| Table 2: GB exports in live bovine by country of destination, 2008 | |||
| Country of destination | Calves (under 12 months) | Adult cattle (12 months and over) | All bovine |
| Belgium | 13,881 | 241 | 14,122 |
| Denmark | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| France | 11,935 | 54 | 11,989 |
| Germany | 35 | 85 | 120 |
| Hungary | — | 16 | 16 |
| Italy | 986 | 1,830 | 2,816 |
| Netherlands | 17,424 | 69 | 17,493 |
| Poland | — | 50 | 50 |
| Republic of Ireland | 285 | 3,065 | 3,350 |
| Spain | 1,924 | 170 | 2,094 |
| Total | 46,474 | 5,583 | 52,057 |
| Note: 2008 data is subject to amendments. Source: GB Cattle Tracing System. | |||
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