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Report on the contamination of Irish pork products - First Report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

The significance of the Irish pigmeat sector to the Irish economy generally and the Irish agri-business sector in particular should not be underestimated. In 2007, some 188,000 tonnes of pigmeat product were produced here of which 129,000 tonnes were exported to over 30 countries. Those exports were valued at €368 million. The UK market accounted for €271 million of that while the other principal EU outlets were Germany and France. The main non-EU markets were Russia, Japan, the US and China. The total value of the output of the sector, including value added products, exceeds €1 billion.

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