EU Import Inspection Statistics for Controlled Plant Goods, 2014

EU data from 2014 summarizing plant health import inspections for controlled goods requiring phytosanitary certificates. The dataset includes fields for inspection type, botanical name, consignment counts, weights, and various check and failure rates. Attribution is given to the UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and Crown Copyright.

Use Cases

• Analyzing inspection failure rates by botanical name to identify high-risk plant commodities.
• Comparing the outcomes of mandatory, controlled, and reduced inspection regimes.
• Studying the relationship between Plant Health Movement Document (PHMD) provision and inspection outcomes.
• Modeling trade volumes and inspection workloads for controlled plant goods.

Strengths

• Includes multiple inspection outcome metrics, such as physical, document, and ID check failure percentages.
• Distinguishes between three formal inspection types: Mandatory, Controlled, and Reduced.
• Provides data on consignment counts and total weights for controlled plant goods.

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 plant health inspection records for imports into the EU.

Time Range

2014

Freshness

Data is from 2014; last update is unknown.

Geography

European Union