Pheasants: Imports
(asked on 3rd May 2019) - 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 pheasant (a) eggs for hatching and (b) live birds were imported into England from each (a) EU country and (b) third country in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The number of pheasant hatching eggs and live birds imported into England from the EU in 2018 was:
| Country of Origin | Total | |
| Hatching Eggs | France | 13,070,875 |
| Poland | 1,211,480 | |
| Portugal | 15,000 | |
| Spain | 943,620 | |
| Hatching Eggs Total | 15,240,975 | |
| Live Birds | Belgium | 12,000 |
| France | 5,943,220 | |
| Live Birds Total | 5,955,220 | |
The number of pheasant hatching eggs and live birds imported into the UK from third countries in 2018 was:
Hatching eggs – 91,560
Live birds – 5,250
All imports were from the USA.
The Animal and Plant Health Agency is not able to determine how many of the above imports from third countries were imported into England.