EU Import Inspection Statistics for Controlled Plant Goods in 2010

Controlled plant goods are subject to formal health controls, including mandatory phytosanitary certificates. This dataset summarizes 2010 import inspection statistics for the EU, including fields for inspection type, botanical name, consignment counts, weights, and failure rates. The data is attributed to Crown Copyright and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) from 2016.

Use Cases

• Analyze inspection failure rates based on botanical name and inspection type mentioned in the description.
• Model risk profiles for plant imports based on the 'Type of Inspection' categories (Mandatory, Controlled, Reduced).
• Assess the correlation between document checks and physical inspection failures using the provided percentage fields.
• Track the volume and weight of controlled plant goods movements requiring a Plant Health Movement Document (PHMD).

Strengths

• Includes specific inspection categories (Mandatory, Controlled, Reduced) with defined risk levels.
• Contains multiple calculated percentage fields for checks and failures, providing derived metrics.
• Description explicitly defines key terms like 'Phytosanitary Certificate' and 'PHMD'.

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

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK, via Government Digital Service and eu_open_data.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official EU member state import inspection records.

Time Range

2010

Freshness

Data covers the year 2010; metadata last referenced in 2016.

Geography

European Union