Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 22 Jul 1959

Vol. 176 No. 12

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Destination of Exports.

4.

Mr. Russell

asked the Taoiseach if he will state for each year 1948 to 1958 the principal countries to which cattle, foodstuffs, raw material, and manufactured goods (other than foodstuffs) were exported.

Donnchadh Ó Briain

I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report two statements covering the years 1948 to 1958, one showing the values of domestic exports of live cattle and the other showing the values of domestic exports of foodstuffs and of other raw materials and manufactured goods, distinguishing in each case the principal countries of destination.

Following is the statement:—

I. VALUE of Permanent Domestic Exports of Live Cattle to principal countries in each of the years 1948 to 1958.

	Country of Destination
Year	Great Britain	The Six Counties	Belgium	Germany (Federal Republic)	France	Netherlands	Switzerland	Italy	Other Countries	Total
	£000
1948	9,172	3,310	550	—	7	1,555	330	130	—	15,055
1949	14,919	3,703	574	18	—	1,128	49	58	3	20,452
1950	16,579	3,919	—	183	—	1,300	286	12	1	22,280
1951	15,489	5,332	71	292	12	792	543	433	42	23,006
1952	15,201	7,083	316	42	582	822	354	125	15	24,550
1953	14,880	9,248	601	—	170	228	—	11	8	25,146
1954	24,661	8,414	522	70	—	200	9	1	19	33,897
1955	29,130	6,550	249	76	—	151	5	2	1	36,164
1956	24,550	7,546	371	856	1,817	1,113	21	135	2	36,411
1957	31,614	12,178	398	343	611	334	—	126	106	45,710
1958	26,869	10,500	385	509	109	93	—	—	3	38,468

II. VALUE of Domestic Exports of Foodstuffs and of Other Raw Materials and Manufactured Goods to principal countries in each of the years 1948 to 1958.

	Country of Destination
Year	Great Britain	The Six Counties	France	United States of America	Germany (Federal Republic)	Belgium	Netherlands	Spain	Italy	Other Countries	Total
	£000
	Foodstuffs (a)
1948	11,490	309	1	7	14	5	1	—	—	148	11,974
1949	16,349	315	13	8	154	24	27	—	—	124	17,013
1950	21,874	478	178	163	824	5	6	—	—	904	24,433
1951	24,552	593	131	2,071	341	122	42	310	57	949	29,167
1952	39,173	924	189	2,010	238	12	568	732	25	956	44,827
1953	49,946	1,883	69	697	88	45	51	56	3	1,223	54,062
1954	35,966	2,036	140	360	848	71	109	278	2	1,535	41,346
1955	24,901	1,704	227	346	310	9	18	450	5	791	28,761
1956	20,234	1,410	1,018	467	639	14	119	573	32	1,012	25,519
1957	21,891	3,747	759	1,042	2,118	32	212	1,202	267	1,991	33,260
1958	26,179	4,087	477	4,226	1,547	46	169	574	88	1,477	38,868
	Other Raw Materials and Manufactured Goods (b)
1948	5,287	1,766	27	267	19	303	161	172	44	704	8,749
1949	3,689	1,907	72	307	161	213	237	214	48	962	7,810
1950	5,967	1,629	77	784	421	371	552	163	82	1,078	11,125
1951	8,191	2,511	88	814	513	497	300	300	82	1,405	14,701
1952	7,196	2,116	89	801	500	574	255	96	132	1,237	12,996
1953	9,010	1,873	66	991	727	289	318	156	152	1,345	14,927
1954	11,453	2,628	66	756	738	362	283	77	276	1,726	18,367
1955	13,397	3,291	190	1,528	898	534	238	229	335	1,626	22,266
1956	12,935	2,759	285	1,198	699	775	443	299	483	1,985	21,860
1957	15,635	2,887	174	2,003	721	489	376	134	502	3,132	26,054
1958	14,946	3,059	171	1,947	686	186	323	471	405	2,881	25,075

(a) Including foodstuffs of animal origin, cereals and feedingstuffs and miscellaneous articles of food.

(b) Excluding live animals, food, drink and tobacco parcel post and temporary transactions.