Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 March 2020
985. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries from which Ireland imported food and drink products in 2018 and 2019; the breakdown in volume terms and in value of total imports and as a percentage of total imports, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3894/20]
View answerIn 2018, €9.8 billion of agri-food products were imported from some 180 countries worldwide. Preliminary figures indicate that this figure reached €10 billion in 2019. Along with traditional food and beverage products, these figures include non-edible products such as forestry, animal foodstuffs and animal hides.
A breakdown of the countries of origin and the value & volume of goods for 2018 & 2019 based on CSO data is available at the following link.
The 2019 import data is provisional with final data expected to be available in mid-March.
