asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state in respect of tea and sugar (a) the quantity of each imported into Éire in each of the years 1937 and 1938, (b) the average annual quantity of each imported in the five years 1934-1938, and (c) the quantity of each imported this year from the 1st January to the 1st September, and in each week since the week ending 2nd September last.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Importation of Tea and Sugar.
The answer is in the form of a tabular statement which I am circulating with the Official Report.
The following is the statement:—
|
Period of Import |
Tea Imported |
Sugar Imported |
|
lb. |
cwt. |
|
|
Year 1937 |
25,251,282 |
376,956 |
|
,, 1938 |
22,676,447 |
769,766 |
|
Average annual imports 1934-38 |
23,167,692 |
758,589 |
|
Eight months, January to August, 1939 |
13,848,950 |
783,261 |
|
1st and 2nd September, 1939 |
129,754 |
4,140 |
|
Week ended: |
||
|
9th September, 1939 |
567,891 |
2,441 |
|
16th,, ,, |
133,903 |
3,999 |
|
23rd,, ,, |
78,951 |
61 |
|
30th,, ,, |
375,840 |
400 |
|
7th October, 1939 |
489,603 |
8,000 |
|
14th,, ,, |
282,870 |
22,504 |