asked the Taoiseach if he will state the value of imports from and exports to South Africa for the latest five-year period for which figures are available; and if he will give separate details of the nature and value of goods imported and exported in respect of each year.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Trade with South Africa.
6.
I propose, with the permission of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report statements showing the value of imports originating in and of total exports to the Union of South Africa in each of the years 1954 to 1958, inclusive, and indicating the nature of the goods traded in each case.
Following are the statements:—
(1)—VALUE of Imports originating in the Union of South Africa in each of the years 1954 to 1958.
|
Description |
1954 |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
1958 |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Fish in airtight containers |
5,078 |
1,843 |
4,327 |
494 |
1,280 |
|
Maize |
739,894 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Fish meal |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1,190 |
|
Fruit, nuts and preparations: |
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|
Fruit, fresh: |
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|
Oranges, tangerines and mandarines |
275,374 |
265,762 |
144,574 |
327,788 |
273,208 |
|
Grapefruit |
12,546 |
9,450 |
8,311 |
5,549 |
3,581 |
|
Lemons, limes and citrous fruit n.e.s. |
562 |
659 |
2,114 |
2,262 |
649 |
|
Bananas and plantains |
— |
— |
— |
— |
11,160 |
|
Apples |
64 |
27,621 |
35,765 |
— |
57,139 |
|
Grapes |
43,070 |
45,041 |
38,134 |
23,728 |
10,506 |
|
Pears |
24,223 |
32,242 |
38,733 |
29,391 |
17,131 |
|
Plums |
21,190 |
22,683 |
22,275 |
20,333 |
23,756 |
|
Other |
3,225 |
22,397 |
2,725 |
1,188 |
1,671 |
|
Nuts, edible |
697 |
2,102 |
3,775 |
3,830 |
2,747 |
|
Fruit, dried |
1,320 |
66 |
314 |
12 |
8,688 |
|
Fruit, tinned or canned in syrup |
48,939 |
1,447 |
952 |
100 |
177 |
|
Fruit, candied, drained, glacé or crystallized |
12,346 |
12,359 |
8,148 |
6,728 |
7,806 |
|
Fruit juices, unfermented |
3,534 |
1,505 |
2 |
3,414 |
1,110 |
|
Other |
1,516 |
772 |
2 |
131 |
49 |
|
Vegetables: |
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|
Beans |
— |
10,398 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Hops |
— |
10,253 |
5,432 |
5,652 |
— |
|
Other |
1,621 |
138 |
30 |
973 |
— |
|
Tea |
— |
— |
— |
— |
4,459 |
|
Wine, still |
6,253 |
10,878 |
7,621 |
15,718 |
12,331 |
|
Tobacco, unmanufactured |
809 |
31,942 |
15,235 |
— |
7 |
|
Asbestos (including fibre) |
— |
4,724 |
23,478 |
23,943 |
20,310 |
|
Excavating, mining, peat harvesting and road construction machinery |
— |
— |
66 |
— |
6,362 |
|
Electrothermic apparatus |
1,138 |
1,500 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Wood and timber |
3,041 |
540 |
2,321 |
6,201 |
4,249 |
|
Textiles: |
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|
Sheep's and lambs' wool: |
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|
Merino |
11,098 |
27,879 |
34,281 |
22,922 |
30,346 |
|
Crossbred |
8,710 |
26,624 |
12,574 |
17,422 |
38,786 |
|
Other |
— |
257 |
532 |
858 |
1,163 |
|
Wool tops |
6,710 |
17,402 |
18,973 |
5,568 |
6,531 |
|
Wool noils |
120 |
3,647 |
4,251 |
2,360 |
773 |
|
Other |
357 |
1,150 |
256 |
423 |
34 |
|
Footwear |
— |
— |
1,121 |
1,864 |
1,183 |
|
Hides, skins and leather: |
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|
Sheep skins and lamb skins, undressed |
1,622 |
1,966 |
1,065 |
3,271 |
264 |
|
Other |
40 |
582 |
3,827 |
— |
137 |
|
Oil seeds, oil nuts and oil kernels |
— |
— |
503 |
2,777 |
3,885 |
|
Ground nut oil |
17,347 |
6,464 |
20,357 |
15,838 |
— |
|
Chemicals and chemical products, drugs, perfumery, dyes and colours: |
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|
Tanning extracts |
87,130 |
17,526 |
35,383 |
26,893 |
14,107 |
|
Other |
3,255 |
2,230 |
1,208 |
2,257 |
1,768 |
|
Appliances and fittings sanitary, plumbing and hygienic purposes |
— |
1,930 |
2,665 |
599 |
172 |
|
Vegetable saps and extracts |
28 |
714 |
— |
1,400 |
410 |
|
Miscellaneous articles |
2,884 |
2,541 |
4,692 |
1,418 |
3,597 |
|
Parcel post |
1,496 |
2,836 |
2,868 |
2,443 |
951 |
|
Total |
1,347,237 |
630,070 |
508,890 |
585,748 |
573,673 |
(2)—VALUE of exports to the Union of South Africa in each of the years 1954 to 1958
|
Description |
1954 |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
1958 |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Domestic exports: |
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|
Horses |
2,350 |
3,275 |
4,750 |
— |
5,020 |
|
Foodstuffs |
1,536 |
1,055 |
113 |
289 |
1,410 |
|
Alcoholic beverages |
162 |
866 |
2,061 |
1,380 |
1,408 |
|
Non-metalliferous mine and quarry products and manufactures thereof |
411 |
1,318 |
1,573 |
1,097 |
759 |
|
Metalliferous ores, metals and manufactures thereof (excluding cutlery and machinery) |
931 |
1,139 |
825 |
7,006 |
7,339 |
|
Cutlery, hardware, implements, instruments, machinery and electrical goods and apparatus |
17 |
19,177 |
1,382 |
1,399 |
5,299 |
|
Wood, timber and cork and manufactures thereof |
2,103 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Textiles: |
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|
Sheep's and lambs' wool |
— |
— |
— |
— |
2,115 |
|
Woven fabrics: |
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|
Cotton |
8,838 |
5,084 |
1,154 |
1,366 |
1,199 |
|
Woollen and worsted |
6,379 |
1,546 |
1,632 |
449 |
948 |
|
Cotton towels |
14,455 |
4,993 |
2,076 |
1,566 |
550 |
|
Other |
5,314 |
1,429 |
1,351 |
1,774 |
3,100 |
|
Personal clothing and wearing apparel |
845 |
3,776 |
6,193 |
10,466 |
3,941 |
|
Leather, dressed |
5,462 |
2,398 |
2,611 |
2,064 |
5,660 |
|
Oils, fats, soap, fertilisers, chemicals, dyes, colours and perfumery: |
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|
Vegetable oils |
22,994 |
34,849 |
17,424 |
11,879 |
1,203 |
|
Other |
1,921 |
3,397 |
711 |
1,367 |
10,371 |
|
Miscellaneous articles |
3,071 |
561 |
558 |
21,167 |
9,586 |
|
Parcel post |
5,002 |
6,846 |
9,117 |
6,861 |
6,050 |
|
Total Domestic Exports |
81,791 |
91,709 |
53,531 |
70,130 |
65,958 |
|
Re-exports |
108 |
201 |
78 |
2,405 |
10,649 |
|
Total Exports |
81,899 |
91,910 |
53,609 |
72,535 |
76,607 |