Summary of Unregulated Plant Imports for 2014 from the UK Animal and Plant Health Agency

APHA's 2016 dataset summarizes checks on unregulated plant imports conducted in 2014. The Animal and Plant Health Agency's Plant Inspectors checked consignments not subject to formal EU phytosanitary controls to identify new risks. The data includes fields for Botanical Name, Country of Origin, Year, and Number of consignments.

Use Cases

• Identify high-risk plant species based on Botanical Name and Country of Origin.
• Analyze import volumes and pathways for unregulated plant materials based on the Number of consignments.
• Support phytosanitary policy review by highlighting consignments checked outside formal EU targets.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the UK government's Animal and Plant Health Agency, an authoritative body.
• The dataset provides a specific temporal focus on the year 2014.

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

Inspections of plant import consignments not subject to formal EU controls.

Time Range

2014

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown; data is from 2014 with a 2016 attribution.

Geography

Likely focuses on imports to the United Kingdom, with a Country of Origin field.