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Date lodged:
26 June 2003
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Current status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many live (a) sheep and lambs and (b) pigs were exported in (i) 2000, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2002 for (1) slaughter, (2) further fattening and (3) breeding, broken down by destination country.
Information on numbers of live sheep and pigs certified for export from the UK is given in the following tables:
| 2000 | Live Sheep |
| Country of destination | Breeding | Fattening | Slaughter |
| Belgium | 178 | 593 | 0 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2,170 |
| France | 1,233 | 199,327 | 0 |
| Germany | 86 | 30,003 | 0 |
| Greece | 0 | 4,350 | 0 |
| Republic of Ireland | 255 | 3 | 120 |
| Italy | 0 | 51,912 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 39 | 304,809 | 0 |
| Portugal | 0 | 3,800 | 300 |
| Spain | 20 | 32,769 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 376 | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan da Cunha | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2,282 | 627,566 | 2,590 |
| 2001 | Live Sheep |
| Country of destination | Breeding | Fattening | Slaughter |
| France | 7 | 51,300 | 0 |
| Republic of Ireland | 0 | 825 | 120,208 |
| Belgium | 0 | 3,850 | 0 |
| Germany | 0 | 10,132 | 0 |
| Italy | 0 | 1,679 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 18,344 | 390 |
| Spain | 0 | 770 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 86,900 | 120,598 |
| 2002 | Live Sheep |
| Country of destination | Breeding | Fattening | Slaughter |
| Austria | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 9 | 0 | 540 |
| France | 604 | 20,917 | 75,533 |
| Germany | 5 | 0 | 6,414 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 34,036 |
| Netherlands | 70 | 0 | 456 |
| Republic of Ireland | 78 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 788 | 20,917 | 116,979 |
| 2000 | Live Pigs |
| Country of destination | Breeding | Fattening | Slaughter |
| Austria | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 13,454 | 0 | 0 |
| Canada | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 336 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 150 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark | 121 | 0 | 0 |
| France | 2,458 | 0 | 0 |
| Germany | 40,158 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 716 | 0 | 0 |
| Republic of Ireland | 1,261 | 200 | 61,393 |
| Italy | 5,498 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan | 2,285 | 0 | 0 |
| Latvia | 1,736 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 731 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | 529 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 16,898 | 0 | 0 |
| Poland | 252 | 0 | 0 |
| Portugal | 404 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 418 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| South Korea | 1,235 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 8,861 | 0 | 0 |
| Thailand | 1,200 | 0 | 0 |
| United States of America | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo | 617 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 99,434 | 200 | 61,393 |
| 2001 | Live Pigs |
| Country of destination | Breeding | Fattening | Slaughter |
| Republic of Ireland | 512 | 0 | 28,370 |
| Belgium | 1,629 | 0 | 0 |
| Germany | 7,357 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 410 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 2,254 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 542 | 0 | 0 |
| Thailand | 63 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 12,776 | 0 | 28,370 |
| 2002 | Live Pigs |
| Country of destination | Breeding | Fattening | Slaughter |
| Belgium | 4,751 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| France | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| Germany | 4,314 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 171 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 1,490 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 9,429 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 1,834 | 0 | 0 |
| Philippines | 105 | 0 | 0 |
| Poland | 888 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 23,076 | 0 | 0 |