asked the Taoiseach if he will state the quantity and the value of (a) carcase meat, and (b) tinned and open pack meat exported to date in 1957.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Meat Exports.
I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing, by reference to the commodity descriptions in the official export list, the quantity and value of domestic exports of meat and meat preparations in the first nine months of 1957. These descriptions afford the fullest statistical information available on types of packing used.
Following is the statement:—
Domestic Exports of Meat and Meat Preparations January-September, 1957.
|
Description |
Quantity |
Value |
|
cwt. |
£ |
|
|
Meat, fresh, chilled or frozen Beef and veal |
||
|
Fresh or chilled |
180,070 |
1,981,836 |
|
Frozen, bone-in |
13,986 |
120,370 |
|
Frozen, boneless |
134,934 |
1,669,899 |
|
Mutton and lamb, fresh or chilled |
76,336 |
1,065,681 |
|
Mutton and lamb, frozen |
168 |
2,355 |
|
Pork |
9,630 |
134,900 |
|
Poultry, dead |
||
|
Turkeys |
2,311 |
29,244 |
|
Geese |
250 |
3,101 |
|
Ducks |
475 |
4,489 |
|
Guinea fowl |
589 |
10,284 |
|
Chickens |
7,221 |
122,447 |
|
Old fowl |
28,688 |
356,128 |
|
Rabbits, dead |
224 |
1,871 |
|
Game, dead |
238 |
2,646 |
|
Edible offals except sausage casings and gut |
39,438 |
378,732 |
|
Other |
82 |
743 |
|
Meat, dried, cured, salted smoked or cooked |
||
|
Pig products |
||
|
Bacon |
146,910 |
2,059,829 |
|
Hams |
32,568 |
628,117 |
|
Other |
— |
— |
|
Beef and veal |
474 |
12,213 |
|
Other, including offal |
22 |
636 |
|
Sausages of all kinds not in airtight containers |
||
|
Pork |
26,258 |
300,879 |
|
Other |
4,694 |
97,417 |
|
Meat and meat preparations in air-tight containers |
||
|
Beef, only |
109,746 |
1,481,994 |
|
Ham, only |
2,319 |
64,271 |
|
Other |
22,341 |
338,840 |
|
Natural sausage casings and gut therefor |
6,517 |
65,973 |
|
Meat preparations, n.e.s. |
7,557 |
101,033 |