Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 18 Apr 1961

Vol. 188 No. 4

Written Answers. - Imports and Exports of Apples.

22.

Mr. Corish

asked the Taoiseach if he will give the figures for each of the years 1950-59 of (a) imports and (b) exports of apples, together with the countries of origin of the imports and the countries of destination of the exports, and, in the case of the exports, the ports through which they were sent.

The Taoiseach

The quantity and value of (a) imports and (b) exports of apples, together with the countries of origin of the imports and the countries of destination of the exports, for each of the years 1950-1959 are as follows:—

QUANTITY and Value of Apples imported and exported in each of the years 1950-1959

Article and Country (Origin for Imports Destination for Exports)	QUANTITY
1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
	cwt.
IMPORTS
Apples, fresh, Total	55,047	50,640	29,896	40,798	85,413	155,482	89,718	85,531	161,985	226,925
Great Britain	456	604	1,987	4,078	9,515	18,014	13,783	15,538	42,088	53,620
The Six Counties	12,462	34,114	27,893	36,680	45,252	47,820	36,267	53,009	38,526	83,500
France	—	—	—	—	14,750	69,291	6,621	—	38,664	7,383
Netherlands	—	872	1	—	1	105	2,882	2,537	3,006	7,156
Italy	—	219	—	17	—	—	1,663	3	748	15,660
Union of South Africa	17,857	8,072	—	11	16	5,846	7,013	—	10,471	7,902
United States of America	—	3	4	—	70	9,606	3,693	—	11,352	7,956
Argentina	—	402	—	—	—	60	2,813	3,794	376	27,136
Australia	24,269	6,354	10	2	15,709	4,451	12,583	9,281	13,762	14,096
New Zealand	2	—	—	—	—	124	2,132	1,335	1,266	2,377
Austria	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	160	—
Canada	1	—	1	—	—	22	189	—	1,036	9
Chile	—	—	—	—	—	54	—	34	517	—
Other	—	—	—	10	100	89	79	—	13	130
Apples, preserved in water without sweetening matter, Total	*	1,773
The Six Counties	*	1,086
Belgium	*	299	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Union of South Africa	*	304
France		84
EXPORTS
Apples, fresh, Total	1	712	1,883	2,351	2,013	20	71	2,544	2,856	37
Great Britain	1	667	1,881	2,351	1,991	20	71	1,515	2,807	24
The Six Counties	—	45	2	—	22	—	—	1,029	49	13

Article and Country (Origin for Imports Destination for Exports)	VALUE
1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
	£'s
IMPORTS
Apples, fresh, Total	184,279	106,431	34,549	55,989	157,812	289,919	291,426	222,088	436,309	681,652
Great Britain	644	1,194	6,559	15,029	34,896	79,094	64,827	66,103	107,920	217,303
The Six Counties	11,071	32,531	27,904	40,760	47,907	66,601	61,924	62,428	59,810	116,320
France	—	—	—	—	9,588	45,038	4,303	—	17,473	3,267
Netherlands	—	4,884	1	—	4	589	12,563	13,532	18,715	28,655
Italy	—	968	—	60	—	—	7,362	20	3,386	68,361
Union of South Africa	80,000	27,128	3	73	64	27,621	35,765	—	57,139	33,385
United States of America	—	10	26	—	393	42,294	17,858	—	65,784	25,224
Argentina	—	2,874	—	—	—	224	9,784	19,051	2,279	114,312
Australia	92,553	36,842	50	15	64,816	27,125	65,597	53,014	86,742	64,806
New Zealand	8	—	—	—	—	757	10,232	7,706	7,469	9,687
Austria	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,057	—
Canada	3	—	6	—	2	122	862	4	5,910	62
Chile	—	—	—	1	—	302	—	230	2,572	—
Other	—	—	—	51	142	152	349	—	53	270
Apples, preserved in water without sweetening matter, Total		9,357
The Six Counties		5,775
Belgium	*	1,551	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Union of South Africa		1,560
France		471
EXPORTS
Apples, fresh, Total	2	2,157	4,125	6,279	5,460	51	325	6,734	14,530	150
Great Britain	2	2,095	4,120	6,279	5,406	51	325	3,196	14,310	98
Six Counties	—	62	5	—	54	—	—	3,538	220	52

*Not available.

Particulars of external trade by Ports were compiled at five yearly intervals in 1954 and 1959 for certain commodities and groups of commodities. Apples were not separately distinguished and accordingly particulars of exports of apples through the ports are not available.