asked the Taoiseach the latest trade balance figures with each country with which Ireland has trading relations.
Written Answers. - Trade Balance Figures.
137.
It is presumed that what the Deputy has in mind is the balance of merchandise trade of this country with each country with which it carries on such trade. The following table shows for the year 1961, the import excess or export excess of this State in respect of its merchandise trade with each country for which the total value of imports or exports exceeded £50,000:
IMPORT or Export Excess of Merchandise Trade with certain countries in the year 1961.
|
Country |
1961 |
|
|
Import Excess |
Export Excess |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Great Britain |
7,895,846 |
|
|
The Six Counties |
9,329,779 |
|
|
Channel Islands |
57,833 |
|
|
Iceland |
138,403 |
|
|
Belgium |
4,211,170 |
|
|
Denmark |
1,695,853 |
|
|
Norway |
371,345 |
|
|
Luxembourg |
203,173 |
|
|
Germany (Federal Republic). |
8,802,395 |
|
|
Austria |
308,699 |
|
|
France |
4,299,433 |
|
|
Netherlands |
4,899,808 |
|
|
Sweden |
3,023,565 |
|
|
Switzerland |
908,249 |
|
|
Greece |
199,293 |
|
|
Italy |
1,583,042 |
|
|
Portugal |
410,003 |
|
|
Turkey |
294,950 |
|
|
Spain |
1,144,320 |
|
|
Malta and Gozo |
144,273 |
|
|
Poland |
1,997,806 |
|
|
Czechoslovakia |
282,153 |
|
|
U.S.S.R. |
1,396,498 |
|
|
Germany, Eastern. |
629,421 |
|
|
Finland |
4,148,877 |
|
|
Yugoslavia |
18,087 |
|
|
Iraq |
8,232,899 |
|
|
Saudi Arabia |
2,181,058 |
|
|
Israel |
363,454 |
|
|
Lebanon |
377,664 |
|
|
Bahrein |
117,296 |
|
|
Cyprus |
7,599 |
|
|
Burma |
211,789 |
|
|
Ceylon |
878,784 |
|
|
India |
3,929,027 |
|
|
Pakistan |
877,206 |
|
|
China |
332,021 |
|
|
Indonesia |
265,535 |
|
|
Japan |
3,376,503 |
|
|
Philippines |
31,098 |
|
|
Thailand |
115,388 |
|
|
Singapore |
44,037 |
|
|
Federation of Malaya. |
721,785 |
|
|
British Borneo |
198,190 |
|
|
Hong Kong |
138,875 |
|
|
Sudan |
5,991 |
|
|
Ethiopia and Eritrea. |
1,502 |
|
|
United Arab Republic (Egyptian Region). |
56,727 |
|
|
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. |
217,000 |
|
|
Union of South Africa. |
566,423 |
|
|
Canary Islands |
478,568 |
|
|
Morocco |
1,374,420 |
|
|
Ghana |
977,975 |
|
|
Algeria |
230,582 |
|
|
Tunisia |
91,174 |
|
|
Congo (Leopoldville). |
149,183 |
|
|
Portuguese East Africa. |
159,583 |
|
|
British East Africa. |
662,346 |
|
|
Federation of Nigeria |
581,994 |
|
|
Senegal |
224,618 |
|
|
United States of America. |
6,951,450 |
|
|
Canada |
4,604,095 |
|
|
Cuba |
60,438 |
|
|
Mexico |
76,225 |
|
|
Nicaragua |
67,485 |
|
|
Dominican Republic |
13,034 |
|
|
Dutch West Indies. |
560,567 |
|
|
British West Indies. |
89,847 |
|
|
Bermuda |
8,656 |
|
|
Argentina |
1,975,914 |
|
|
Brazil |
482,170 |
|
|
Chile |
89,522 |
|
|
Peru |
354,465 |
|
|
Colombia |
27,974 |
|
|
Venezuela |
730,488 |
|
|
Australia |
4,530,820 |
|
|
New Zealand |
593,689 |
|
|
United States Forces Overseas. |
874,937 |
|
|
Shannon Free Airport. |
2,379,953 |