Animals: Exports

(asked on 2nd December 2020) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total value was of UK live animal exports by (a) country and (b) region to (i) the EU and (ii) all other countries in each financial year since 2015.


Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 7th December 2020

The following table shows UK exports of live animals to EU and non-EU countries in each financial year since 2015.

Financial year

EU

Non-EU

2015/16

£302m

£138m

2016/17

£359m

£185m

2017/18

£356m

£178m

2018/19

£337m

£201m

2019/20 (provisional)

£352m

£211m

The data provided for live animal exports includes farm animals (cattle, sheep, pigs etc.) as well as non-farm animals (exotic animals, race horses etc). Both breeding and non-breeding animals are included. Country and regional level trade data is not readily available, and has not been provided.

Data source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics

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