asked the Taoiseach if he will state the tonnage of merchandise and the number of live stock cleared at border "road stations" during the last financial year, and the amount of each carried by vehicles registered in (a) the Twenty-Six Counties, and (b) the Six Counties.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Border Road Traffic.
Imports and exports in the last financial year were not brought to account by reference to the port or place of Customs clearance and it would, I regret, be an impracticable task to compile the statistics required from the Customs documents passed for each consignment. Particulars were, however, complied for external trade by port or place of Customs clearance for the year 1954 and I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the principal commodities imported and exported over the land frontier by road in that year.
Following is the statement:—
QUANTITY and Value of the principal commodities imported and exported over the land frontier by road in 1954.
|
Description |
Unit of Quantity |
Quantity |
Value |
|
|
£ |
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|
Imports: |
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|
Horses permanently imported |
No. |
80 |
11,010 |
|
|
Horses temporarily imported, etc. |
,, |
927 |
392,800 |
|
|
Other live animals |
value |
27,475 |
||
|
Fruit, nuts and vegetables |
,, |
80,182 |
||
|
Articles of food, n.e.s. |
,, |
53,243 |
||
|
Drink |
,, |
48,784 |
||
|
Coal |
ton |
11,721 |
68,428 |
|
|
Other non-metalliferous mine and quarry products |
value |
52,593 |
||
|
Iron and steel |
,, |
82,689 |
||
|
Machinery: |
||||
|
Agricultural |
,, |
33,103 |
||
|
Metal working |
cwt. |
1,063 |
33,429 |
|
|
Mechanical handling equipment |
,, |
3,323 |
42,072 |
|
|
Crushing, stonebreaking, etc. |
,, |
14,349 |
111,150 |
|
|
Textile |
,, |
10,202 |
136,006 |
|
|
Food and drink |
,, |
3,222 |
68,694 |
|
|
Other |
value |
114,359 |
||
|
Electrothermic apparatus |
,, |
59,939 |
||
|
Other electrical goods and apparatus |
,, |
43,257 |
||
|
Road motor vehicles |
,, |
73,885 |
||
|
Agricultural tractors (except steam) |
No. |
137 |
37,754 |
|
|
Other vehicles |
value |
42,743 |
||
|
Wood, timber and cork |
,, |
57,903 |
||
|
Sheep's and lamb's wool |
cental |
5,195 |
115,341 |
|
|
Textile yarn and thread |
lb. |
347,184 |
95,619 |
|
|
Woven piece goods |
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|
Cotton |
sq.yd. |
2,034,848 |
307,763 |
|
|
Rayon |
,, |
897,973 |
57,877 |
|
|
Other |
,, |
154,049 |
34,230 |
|
|
Other textiles |
value |
70,584 |
||
|
Paper and cardboard |
,, |
78,285 |
||
|
Kerosene |
gall. |
568,215 |
38,486 |
|
|
Motor spirit |
,, |
1,471,652 |
114,764 |
|
|
Other oils, fats, resins, gums, etc. |
value |
52,583 |
||
|
Fertilisers |
ton |
3,212 |
56,622 |
|
|
Medical and pharmaceutical products |
value |
64,888 |
||
|
Other chemicals, drugs, perfumery, etc. |
,, |
45,793 |
||
|
Miscellaneous articles, n.e.s. |
,, |
137,519 |
||
|
Temporary transactions (excluding live animals) |
,, |
247,040 |
||
|
TOTAL IMPORTS |
,, |
3,188,892 |
||
|
Domestic Exports: |
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|
Live animals, permanently exported: |
||||
|
Cattle |
No. |
82,179 |
4,188,439 |
|
|
Sheep |
,, |
89,345 |
436,565 |
|
|
Horses |
,, |
2,425 |
73,024 |
|
|
Horses, temporarily exported, etc. |
,, |
939 |
396,908 |
|
|
Eggs in shell |
gt.hnd. |
157,344 |
213,278 |
|
|
Other foodstuffs of animal origin |
value |
229,752 |
||
|
Chocolate crumb |
cwt. |
46,345 |
250,953 |
|
|
Other chocolate preparations |
,, |
11,174 |
186,639 |
|
|
Other articles of food, drink and tobacco |
value |
219,226 |
||
|
Non-metalliferous mine and quarry products |
,, |
232,343 |
||
|
Motor cars including taxis |
No. |
3,217 |
687,923 |
|
|
Textiles |
value |
196,636 |
||
|
Paper and cardboard |
cwt. |
62,812 |
205,113 |
|
|
Potatoes for seed |
,, |
263,256 |
199,349 |
|
|
Miscellaneous articles, n.e.s. |
value |
428,013 |
||
|
Temporary transactions (excluding live animals) |
,, |
350,235 |
||
|
TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS |
,, |
8,494,396 |
||
|
Re-Exports |
TOTAL |
,, |
151,532 |