Regulated Plant Imports by Commodity and Country of Origin for 2013

Regulated plant imports for 2013, subject to formal plant health controls requiring phytosanitary certificates. The dataset includes fields such as Botanical Name, Country of Origin, and Total Weight. It is provided by the UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) under Crown Copyright.

Use Cases

• Analyzing import volumes and trends for regulated plant commodities based on total weight and number of consignments.
• Mapping the geographic origins of regulated plant imports based on the Country of Origin field.
• Studying the diversity of regulated plant species in trade based on the Botanical Name field.
• Monitoring compliance with phytosanitary regulations for specific plant commodity types mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Includes specific regulatory context for plant health controls and phytosanitary certificates.
• Contains structured fields for botanical name, country of origin, and quantitative measures like total weight.
• Sourced from an official government agency (APHA).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is limited to a single year (2013); temporal coverage is narrow.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK Government

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official import records and phytosanitary certificate data.

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Imports into the UK, with countries of origin specified.