EU Import Inspection Statistics for Controlled Plant Goods in 2010
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Description
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
License details are unknown; requires review for commercial use. Attribution to Crown Copyright and APHA is required.