Import Inspection Statistics for High-Risk Plant Goods, 2015

2015 summary data for mandatory plant goods import inspections, which have a 100% inspection rate due to high phytosanitary risk. The dataset includes fields for inspection type, botanical name, consignment counts, and various check and failure percentages. Attribution is given to the UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and Crown Copyright.

Use Cases

• Analyze failure rates for different botanical commodities based on the reported 'Failed physical %' and 'Failed doc %' fields.
• Compare inspection outcomes across risk categories (Mandatory, Controlled, Reduced) based on the 'Type of Inspection' field.
• Model the relationship between document provision and inspection outcomes using the 'PHMD supplied?' and 'Consignment corrected total for PHMD' fields.

Strengths

• Explicitly defines a 100% inspection rate for the mandatory goods category, indicating a complete census for high-risk items.
• Includes multiple percentage metrics for different check types (Doc %, ID check %, Total failed %), allowing for granular analysis.
• Provides clear attribution to a government plant health authority (APHA), suggesting an official source.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the description after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified and data is specific to the year 2015.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK Government

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official plant health import inspection records.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Data is from 2015; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Coverage is not explicitly stated but likely relates to UK import inspections or EU-wide data.