Written Answers. - Food Exports to UK.

Wednesday, 20 February 1991

Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 405 No. 4

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  53.  Mr. Hogan  Information on Philip Hogan  Zoom on Philip Hogan   asked the Taoiseach  Information on Charles J. Haughey  Zoom on Charles J. Haughey   (a) the quantity and (b) the value of exports of food to the United Kingdom for each of the years between 1987 and 1990 inclusive.

The Taoiseach: Information on Charles J. Haughey  Zoom on Charles J. Haughey  The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following tables. The latest period for which information is availble is January to October 1990.

Description 1987 1988 1989 Jan-Oct 1990
Tonnes
Meat and meat preparations 178,961 153,485 138,659 121,390
Dairy products and birds' eggs 112,908 134,260 114,086 107,891
Fish, crustaceans and molluscs and preparations thereof 41,115 37,317 26,230 16,966
Cereals and cereal preparations 318,514 274,371 289,645 255,345
Vegetables and fruit 51,833 58,341 75,697 61,465
Sugar, sugar preparations and honey 60,308 59,764 48,415 44,914
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof 59,243 56,772 68,240 67,684
Miscellaneous edible products and preparations 38,157 38,989 47,560 44,671
Total 861,040 813,298 808,533 720,326

Description 1987 1988 1989 Jan-Oct 1990
£ million
Meat and meat preparations 320.9 315.3 301.5 241.2
Dairy products and birds' eggs 147.2 194.9 188.3 192.8
Fish, crustaceans and molluscs and preparations thereof 21.2 24.4 23.5 16.1
Cereals and cereal preparations 60.2 58.1 64.9 54.3
Vegetables and fruit 32.2 37.0 55.8 51.0
Sugar, sugar preparations and honey 37.4 36.6 33.3 29.5
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof 104.1 106.0 119.1 115.4
Miscellaneous edible products and preparations 142.4 153.0 195.7 179.2
Total 865.6 925.3 982.0 879.5

Commodity detail from external trade statistics does not include: (a) transactions (non-dutiable) of less than £200; (b) trade by firms operating in Shannon Free Airport; (c) postal packages not covered by customs entries.

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