To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of consignments which will be subjected to the Border Target Operation Model sanitary and phyto-sanitary controls in each of the next three years, broken down by each risk category.
Answered on
9 February 2024
Please see summary tables below for figures by risk category; these tables show the volume of goods that would be assigned to each category based on April 2021 to March 2022 customs declaration data.
To note, whilst the consignments below are in scope for the new TOM risk-based approach, some of the consignments are already in scope for SPS controls and so do not represent the net effect of the TOM bringing consignments into scope for controls. Already in scope items include imports from non-EU countries, live animal imports from the EU, and some plant products.
POAO consignments by risk level
Low risk | Medium risk | High risk | Total | |
EU | 1.4m to 2.4m | 400k to 1.7m | Under 10k | 2.8m to 3.0m |
Non-EU | 90k to 100k |
Source: Defra analysis of April 2021 to March 2022 HMRC customs declaration data.
Figures may not sum due to rounding. *
P&PP consignments by risk level
Article 72 low risk | Article 73 | Article 72 high risk | Total | |
EU | 1.4m | 780k | 190k | 2.4m |
Non-EU | 160k | Under 10k | Under 10k | 160k |
Source: Defra analysis of April 2021 to March 2022 HMRC customs declaration data.
Figures may not sum due to rounding. *
*All figures are rounded to the nearest 10,000.