Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Imports and Exports of Whiskey. – Dáil Éireann (17th Dáil) – Wednesday, 31 Oct 1962

Dr. Browne

andMr. McQuillan asked the Taoiseach in respect of each year since 1954 the quantity and value of (a) exports and (b) imports of whiskey, indicating the countries of destination and origin, respectively.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach (Mr. J. Brennan)

I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the quantity and value of domestic exports and imports of whiskey classified by countries of destination and origin respectively.

Following is the statement:—

(a) Domestic exports of whiskey by country of destination in each of the years 1954-1961.

Description and Country of Destination	Quantity (Proof gall.)	Value (£)
1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961
Whiskey, home-made:
Great Britain	40,498	28,725	23,702	31,286	32,908	31,022	34,114	21,913	58,406	45,985	39,010	51,562	53,082	47,741	54,303	39,318
The Six Counties	52,743	59,496	61,726	90,309	52,787	47,372	42,968	42,163	85,534	100,855	116,267	178,003	120,452	130,165	118,855	123,782
Belgium	101	49	58	404	1,343	1,877	1,716	1,845	148	73	82	649	2,044	2,943	3,702	3,452
Denmark	192	343	1,206	17	1,267	1,861	495	1,706	244	485	664	49	1,592	856	772	1,440
Norway	—	—	—	16	—	3,568	6,118	15	—	—	—	23	—	1,085	2,156	18
Germany (Federal Republic)	22	1,753	1,925	2,030	2,775	2,860	1,342	1,205	71	2,288	2,842	3,076	4,244	4,591	2,621	2,468
France	433	38	356	2,060	2,871	1,185	753	222	1,069	100	971	4,846	6,520	2,486	1,864	537
Netherlands	34	169	428	6,512	174	497	479	638	76	307	820	3,719	503	1,088	1,334	1,583
Italy	468	83	91	30	116	8,269	274	501	1,060	126	239	82	241	3,287	440	1,267
Spain	778	452	520	588	527	715	1,119	28	2,061	825	1,524	1,469	1,071	1,752	2,335	80
Czechoslovakia	—	—	1,437	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2,945	—	—	—	—	—
Japan	—	300	525	376	120	953	32	159	—	376	709	477	154	1,229	102	271
Republic of South Africa	—	349	720	348	412	331	666	657	—	866	1,362	655	786	518	1,458	1,343
French West Africa	650	462	731	769	678	1,689	239	—	1,521	794	1,590	1,845	1,369	3,651	545	—
Congo-Leopoldville	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	756	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2,156
Algeria	282	—	43	144	410	84	111	30	596	—	99	261	1,022	164	238	42
United States of America	22,550	39,513	39,888	39,074	38,196	57,801	52,118	51,571	50,705	86,724	90,509	90,274	89,397	128,791	114,444	109,754
Canada	915	2,583	4,215	4,846	5,653	4,591	4,501	4,751	2,659	3,681	7,834	8,108	9,992	7,657	7,974	8,607
Australia	30	43	—	55	194	327	186	626	44	76	—	137	367	556	418	1,270
United States Forces Overseas	—	—	—	—	—	—	3,305	1,048	—	—	—	—	—	—	4,719	1,470
Shannon Free Airport	6,033	8,000	10,299	11,904	12,648	10,456	11,067	10,467	16,969	22,029	28,031	32,413	35,439	28,119	29,072	27,219
Other Countries	1,437	1,772	2,586	2,907	3,740	4,151	4,446	3,249	3,323	2,815	4,549	5,009	6,894	7,691	8,826	6,394
TOTAL	127,166	144,130	150,456	193,675	156,819	179,109	166,049	143,550	224,486	268,405	300,047	382,657	335,169	374,370	356,178	332,471

(b) Imports (including re-imports) of whiskey by country of origin in each of the years 1954-1961.

Country of Origin	Quantity (Proof gall.)	Value (£)
1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961
Great Britain	50,481	65,761	70,670	68,073	79,357	99,485	107,042	137,913	123,287	152,463	182,990	174,688	214,521	284,980	316,863	415,893
The Six Counties	4,516	5,037	4,049	3,887	3,813	3,691	4,485	5,449	18,534	18,642	16,104	14,646	14,283	18,574	20,267	26,808
United States of America	71	129	266	591	602	738	340	373	234	485	1,109	2,045	2,767	3,382	1,337	1,506
Canada	895	2,206	1,783	1,764	2,449	1,540	3,028	3,166	2,153	4,934	4,145	4,345	6,876	4,074	7,012	7,336
Other Countries	1	—	183	12	16	—	—	3	10	—	236	39	46	—	—	6
Re-imports	31,014	17,977	20,785	29,728	10,370	16,834	42,081	28,627	34,198	21,132	22,964	37,349	12,818	19,262	37,162	31,369
TOTAL	86,978	91,110	97,736	104,055	96,607	122,288	156,976	175,531	178,416	197,656	227,548	233,112	251,311	330,272	382,641	482,918