Plant Import Consignment Inspection Status Records for 2013

Consignment status records for plant import trades following inspections conducted in 2013. The dataset includes fields such as inspection ready date and time, location, commodity details, country of origin, and weight. It is provided by the UK Government Digital Service, with attribution to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Use Cases

• Analyzing inspection outcomes and compliance rates based on the listed consignment status.
• Mapping trade flows and common origins for plant commodities based on the country of origin field.
• Identifying seasonal or locational patterns in import inspections based on the inspection ready date and location.
• Assessing the volume of imports by commodity type based on the total weight and unit numbers.

Strengths

• Includes specific temporal coverage for the year 2013.
• Contains multiple structured fields such as commodity, origin, and weight for analysis.
• Sourced from an official government agency (APHA), suggesting authoritative collection.

Limitations

• Row count is 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

Government Digital Service, UK (Animal and Plant Health Agency - APHA)

Collection Method

Likely collected through official import inspection procedures.

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Data covers 2013; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Import inspection locations within the UK, with countries of origin globally.