Data collected from the EU Commission's Trade Control Expert System (TRACES) indicate that the following numbers of live cattle, sheep, goats and pigs were certified by official veterinarians as meeting the intra-Community trade rules for dispatch from the United Kingdom to other EU member states for either further fattening or slaughter during 2008:
Livestock type Fattening Slaughter Total Cattle 84,484 17,597 102,081 Sheep 58,416 256,447 314,863 Goats 4 1 5 Pigs 2710 26,001 28,711 Total 145,614 300,046 445,660
Information on whether any of these animals were unweaned at the time of dispatch is not captured on TRACES, therefore these data are not available.
The number of animals certified for export from the United Kingdom to countries outside of the EU is not recorded centrally, meaning that it is not possible to provide these data.