Dogs: Imports

(asked on 1st June 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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2020 to Question 46162 on Dogs: Imports, how many Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificates were issued for dogs entering the UK in each month from February 2019 to May 2020.


Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 8th June 2020

Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) is a European Commission system employed by EU member states to facilitate and record animal and animal product movements into and throughout the EU.

The below data regarding the number of Intra-Trade Animals Health Certificates (ITAHCs) issued for dogs entering the UK was extracted from TRACES.

Month

ITAHCs issued

Feb-19

2037

Mar-19

2393

Apr-19

1895

May-19

2244

Jun-19

1929

Jul-19

2081

Aug-19

1954

Sep-19

2623

Oct-19

3244

Nov-19

2287

Dec-19

2025

Jan-20

2580

Feb-20

2373

Mar-20

1321

Apr-20

660

May-20

3220

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