Pet Travel Scheme: Dogs

(asked on 11th February 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 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.


Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 22nd February 2021

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.

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