Prior to an earlier temporary ban started in late October 2005, the EU was importing about two million live birds a year, about 90% of the international market: hundreds of thousands of these were parrots.
Antes dunha prohibición temporal inicial que empezara en outubro de 2005, a Unión Europea estaba importando uns dous millóns de aves vivas por ano, o que supoñía un 90% do mercado internacional; centos de miles destas eran papagaios.