EU Import Inspection Statistics for Controlled Plant Goods in 2015

EU Open Data provides a summary of import inspection statistics for controlled plant goods from 2015. The dataset includes fields for inspection type, botanical name, consignment counts, weights, and failure rates for physical, document, and ID checks. Attribution is given to the UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and Crown Copyright from 2016.

Use Cases

• Analyze inspection failure rates based on botanical name and inspection type.
• Model risk profiles for plant commodities based on the mandatory, controlled, and reduced inspection categories.
• Audit the correlation between Plant Health Movement Document (PHMD) provision and inspection outcomes.
• Compare the volume and weight of consignments against reported inspection percentages.

Strengths

• Dataset explicitly defines key concepts like 'Controlled goods', 'Phytosanitary Certificates', and 'PHMD'.
• Includes multiple percentage metrics for different check types (Doc %, ID check %, Failed physical %).
• Specifies three distinct inspection regimes: Mandatory (100%), Controlled, and Reduced.

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.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official EU member state import control records.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Data is from 2015, with an attribution date of 2016.

Geography

European Union