UK Import Licences for Animal Origin Products in Research, 2015

APHA issued licences for importing products of animal origin for research purposes in 2015. The dataset includes the application date, country of origin, product amount, port of entry in England, and licence issue date. This data is provided by the UK Government Digital Service under Crown Copyright.

Use Cases

• Analyze import volumes and trends for animal-derived research materials based on the amount of product imported.
• Map supply chains and origin countries for research products based on the country of origin field.
• Monitor regulatory processing timelines based on the application received and licence issued dates.
• Assess geographic distribution of research imports in England based on the port of entry.

Strengths

• Covers a specific regulatory process for the year 2015.
• Includes several key administrative fields such as dates, origin, and port of entry.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK Government.

Collection Method

Licences issued by the regulatory authority.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Data covers 2015; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Imports to England, with specified countries of origin.