asked the Taoiseach the value of this country's exports reckoned as a percentage of imports from each country with which Ireland has trading relations during each of the years 1950 to 1963 inclusive.
Written Answer. - Value of Exports.
43.
Following is the information:—
EXTERNAL TRADE—TOTAL EXPORTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF IMPORTS
|
Country |
Year |
|||||||||||||
|
1950 |
1951 |
1952 |
1953 |
1954 |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
1958 |
1959 |
1960 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
|
|
EUROPE:The Six Counties |
355.2 |
405.8 |
557.3 |
715.8 |
606.3 |
488.1 |
437.6 |
259.9 |
249.9 |
213.2 |
274.3 |
167.9 |
202.0 |
207.2 |
|
Great Britain |
66.3 |
62.0 |
86.0 |
95.6 |
87.9 |
75.8 |
66.7 |
82.4 |
77.0 |
76.7 |
89.1 |
93.3 |
83.7 |
78.5 |
|
Austria |
32.5 |
27.4 |
14.5 |
6.9 |
14.1 |
5.4 |
5.7 |
8.2 |
13.7 |
17.3 |
32.4 |
16.9 |
21.0 |
25.0 |
|
Belgium |
22.0 |
23.8 |
39.5 |
34.2 |
51.4 |
42.5 |
64.6 |
43.9 |
29.3 |
23.0 |
27.8 |
24.7 |
16.7 |
23.8 |
|
Czechoslovakia |
14.1 |
2.5 |
1.3 |
37.6 |
36.1 |
13.0 |
16.2 |
47.0 |
25.0 |
52.1 |
26.7 |
12.4 |
98.7 |
70.8 |
|
Denmark |
23.7 |
4.6 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
7.1 |
8.1 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
5.1 |
10.5 |
29.5 |
12.7 |
7.3 |
6.6 |
|
Finland |
2.0 |
5.3 |
5.8 |
0.2 |
14.9 |
4.0 |
3.2 |
10.1 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
1.3 |
2.1 |
|
France |
24.5 |
29.9 |
68.3 |
13.9 |
11.7 |
26.3 |
144.9 |
60.4 |
31.4 |
34.3 |
25.6 |
21.3 |
22.1 |
39.5 |
|
Germany (Federal Republic) |
76.5 |
25.8 |
16.5 |
17.4 |
24.3 |
15.1 |
29.1 |
47.1 |
35.2 |
33.3 |
31.0 |
38.9 |
28.5 |
28.6 |
|
Germany, Eastern |
† |
† |
† |
0.6 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
† |
† |
2.8 |
15.9 |
2.2 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
24.2 |
|
Gibraltar |
‡ |
‡ |
62.9 |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
|
Greece |
4.1 |
1.4 |
5.1 |
24.3 |
1.1 |
1.6 |
39.3 |
17.6 |
21.6 |
47.4 |
47.5 |
30.1 |
45.1 |
41.2 |
|
Hungary |
112.5 |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
13.9 |
0.0 |
† |
33.7 |
11.4 |
22.0 |
|
Iceland |
36.1 |
69.6 |
31.4 |
10.8 |
5.1 |
6.9 |
5.8 |
3.9 |
18.4 |
4.2 |
5.9 |
1.4 |
5.3 |
5.9 |
|
Italy |
15.1 |
29.5 |
28.2 |
11.4 |
23.8 |
20.8 |
42.5 |
64.2 |
32.3 |
39.5 |
69.5 |
41.4 |
32.9 |
72.4 |
|
Luxembourg |
† |
0.1 |
† |
† |
0.1 |
1.4 |
3.3 |
† |
† |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
|
Malta and Gozo |
5,171.2 |
9,706.2 |
71,403.5 |
31,565.7 |
‡ |
2,159.1 |
‡ |
61,541.9 |
15,862.5 |
‡ |
22,041.2 |
40,687.8 |
23,494.2 |
183.9 |
|
Netherlands |
68.8 |
23.2 |
26.7 |
7.3 |
13.2 |
11.9 |
37.4 |
22.0 |
11.6 |
17.6 |
18.5 |
29.8 |
22.6 |
20.2 |
|
Norway |
6.4 |
14.6 |
5.1 |
9.2 |
32.2 |
12.9 |
10.0 |
13.8 |
83.7 |
9.9 |
10.6 |
45.6 |
24.3 |
66.6 |
|
Poland |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
2.3 |
17.9 |
0.0 |
7.1 |
5.4 |
10.2 |
17.0 |
|
Portugal |
8.4 |
12.7 |
10.8 |
5.8 |
8.4 |
8.0 |
17.9 |
51.5 |
25.9 |
42.7 |
85.9 |
25.5 |
13.2 |
22.2 |
|
Spain |
17.1 |
41.6 |
61.3 |
14.7 |
37.6 |
63.2 |
82.1 |
159.7 |
122.2 |
20.5 |
30.4 |
21.7 |
30.6 |
39.6 |
|
Sweden |
17.4 |
4.9 |
11.0 |
9.9 |
13.0 |
7.1 |
8.1 |
20.6 |
18.5 |
30.9 |
24.0 |
21.1 |
12.9 |
11.6 |
|
Switzerland |
50.8 |
79.4 |
31.1 |
6.4 |
8.3 |
6.9 |
12.8 |
16.5 |
12.0 |
20.8 |
11.8 |
18.1 |
15.3 |
27.2 |
|
Turkey |
† |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
10.1 |
36.4 |
8.3 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
1.9 |
3.4 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
|
USSR |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
10.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.9 |
13.3 |
|
Yugoslavia |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
163.3 |
41.5 |
† |
4.5 |
116.3 |
0.8 |
|
ASIA:Aden |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
301.3 |
297.7 |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
734.2 |
3.8 |
704.3 |
‡ |
4.892.0 |
1,055.8 |
|
Bahrein |
0.4 |
1.7 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
‡ |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
6.3 |
|
British Borneo |
† |
13.8 |
1.8 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
0.3 |
† |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
2.0 |
|
Burma |
98.2 |
188.3 |
645.9 |
1,328.2 |
12,097.4 |
523.2 |
78.3 |
320.9 |
757.2 |
136.5 |
423.2 |
1,456.4 |
208.7 |
461.4 |
|
Ceylon |
19.0 |
15.6 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
20.2 |
12.3 |
68.1 |
33.5 |
35.1 |
25.6 |
20.1 |
19.9 |
31.9 |
27.7 |
|
China |
† |
† |
† |
3.9 |
† |
† |
0.7 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
† |
0.8 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
8.1 |
|
Cyprus |
3.0 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
8.4 |
7.2 |
14.2 |
6.8 |
32.1 |
61.4 |
32.1 |
49.1 |
94.0 |
143.1 |
136.3 |
|
Hong Kong |
33.8 |
72.4 |
189.8 |
143.5 |
84.9 |
94.2 |
51.9 |
75.5 |
16.1 |
48.9 |
46.8 |
44.5 |
9.9 |
7.9 |
|
India |
1.4 |
1.0 |
1.9 |
3.2 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
5.1 |
4.7 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
2.2 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
|
Indonesia |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
15.4 |
23.0 |
56.8 |
20.6 |
7.6 |
10.7 |
|
Iran |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
12.8 |
45.6 |
89.0 |
23.3 |
22.4 |
8.0 |
101.8 |
391.0 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
|
Iraq |
0.8 |
14.6 |
69.7 |
25.1 |
411.2 |
141.5 |
59.2 |
125.2 |
174.8 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
|
Israel |
65.0 |
4.6 |
42.0 |
16.5 |
6.2 |
11.9 |
7.1 |
5.3 |
5.9 |
9.7 |
5.9 |
20.0 |
18.0 |
11.9 |
|
Japan |
† |
0.5 |
0.7 |
17.8 |
0.5 |
1.4 |
9.0 |
11.7 |
2.9 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
4.3 |
9.1 |
|
Jordan |
31.9 |
29.4 |
† |
31.4 |
64.8 |
17.5 |
6.6 |
22.1 |
18.2 |
22.8 |
69.4 |
105.5 |
88.5 |
54.3 |
|
Kuwait |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
‡ |
‡ |
3.3 |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
|
Lebanon |
— |
‡ |
‡ |
39.9 |
1,894.8 |
1,139.5 |
1,990.7 |
60.1 |
999.3 |
795.2 |
665.1 |
652.7 |
215.3 |
3,180.0 |
|
Malaya, Federation of |
11.0 |
13.6 |
34.1 |
35.8 |
51.3 |
25.6 |
51.2 |
28.2 |
3.3 |
4.2 |
12.4 |
10.9 |
23.1 |
21.3 |
|
Pakistan |
5.5 |
5.8 |
22.2 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
17.4 |
21.9 |
6.9 |
14.7 |
46.3 |
|
Philippines |
† |
† |
0.5 |
7.5 |
12.0 |
39.5 |
45.9 |
115.6 |
82.4 |
105.9 |
38.2 |
58.7 |
122.1 |
107.8 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
141.5 |
2.1 |
2,775.0 |
44.3 |
6,696.4 |
‡ |
0.1 |
0.3 |
4.4 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
|
Singapore |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
5,664.8 |
833.1 |
55.8 |
310.9 |
557.1 |
776.7 |
310.7 |
|
Syria |
2.9 |
3.1 |
1.4 |
12.1 |
65.9 |
8.7 |
349.2 |
311.9 |
704.2 |
13,203.2 |
1,131.6 |
878.1 |
129.8 |
316.4 |
|
Taiwan (Formosa) |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
† |
2.1 |
† |
0.1 |
† |
† |
|
Thailand |
† |
1.4 |
19.1 |
142.6 |
27.9 |
121.1 |
296.2 |
387.2 |
214.7 |
129.6 |
231.7 |
269.8 |
133.2 |
553.0 |
|
AFRICA:Algeria |
2.0 |
† |
† |
4.3 |
0.5 |
† |
0.6 |
146.0 |
3.7 |
10.0 |
11.7 |
2.3 |
13.8 |
40.8 |
|
Angola |
— |
† |
‡ |
198.3 |
‡ |
51.1 |
63.6 |
12.3 |
37.9 |
‡ |
103.8 |
1,321.4 |
216.0 |
75.6 |
|
Belgian Congo and Ruanda- |
0.5 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
† |
† |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
3.3 |
— |
— |
— |
|
British East Africa |
2.1 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
3.6 |
7.1 |
20.9 |
7.1 |
8.1 |
9.3 |
16.7 |
... |
|
British West Africa |
0.6 |
2.5 |
5.0 |
3.8 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
9.8 |
3.5 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
|
Canary Islands |
8.6 |
25.2 |
10.6 |
26.2 |
30.8 |
19.1 |
33.5 |
41.2 |
34.5 |
41.7 |
39.3 |
47.7 |
62.3 |
33.3 |
|
Congo (Brazzaville) |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
1.4 |
† |
0.4 |
|
Congo (Leopoldville) |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
14.3 |
7.9 |
2.8 |
|
Cameroun Republic (French Cameroons) |
— |
77.9 |
44.6 |
131.0 |
603.9 |
113.3 |
‡ |
661.0 |
1,280.7 |
151.4 |
277.2 |
751.4 |
294.8 |
23.4 |
|
Ethiopia and Eritrea |
1.0 |
0.2 |
— |
† |
24.2 |
49.6 |
33.7 |
232.8 |
7.6 |
3.2 |
11.3 |
72.0 |
237.5 |
17.7 |
|
French West Africa |
† |
96.9 |
184.6 |
553.1 |
68.2 |
149.9 |
18.3 |
7.2 |
16.6 |
23.0 |
34.0 |
... |
... |
... |
|
Ghana |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2.3 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
10.6 |
3.0 |
2.5 |
|
Ivory Coast |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
9.1 |
6.7 |
16.4 |
|
Libya |
‡ |
42.6 |
185.9 |
31.9 |
253.3 |
5,206. |
375.3 |
266.5 |
355.4 |
8,081.6 |
‡ |
5,646.9 |
376.8 |
‡ |
|
Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) |
† |
2.8 |
† |
† |
14.9 |
101.1 |
49.8 |
551.5 |
50.8 |
163.1 |
211.3 |
2.9 |
† |
70.1 |
|
Mauritius |
36.2 |
1,189.5 |
361.5 |
‡ |
720.5 |
‡ |
81.6 |
‡ |
5.2 |
29.1 |
‡ |
‡ |
22.3 |
‡ |
|
Morocco |
1.1 |
1.8 |
7.8 |
15.1 |
5.1 |
1.2 |
12.0 |
5.0 |
0.9 |
4.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
|
Niger |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
† |
— |
13.9 |
|
Nigeria, Federation of |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
7.8 |
26.6 |
56.6 |
30.2 |
25.5 |
23.5 |
|
Portugese East Africa |
0.3 |
7.7 |
3.7 |
2.1 |
4.0 |
14.5 |
23.4 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
† |
† |
† |
0.7 |
... |
|
Réunion Island |
— |
— |
— |
— |
‡ |
† |
23.0 |
28.6 |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
|
Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
... |
... |
24.1 |
13.6 |
6.6 |
13.9 |
12.8 |
11.4 |
16.3 |
8.7 |
27.5 |
5.1 |
11.2 |
6.6 |
|
Senegal |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
† |
137.9 |
8.8 |
|
Sierra Leone |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
55.2 |
592.2 |
63.8 |
63.6 |
116.8 |
88.0 |
|
Sudan |
0.5 |
1.4 |
18.6 |
8.6 |
9.3 |
2.5 |
14.5 |
15.8 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
14.8 |
116.6 |
6.8 |
7.7 |
|
Tunisia |
† |
† |
2.9 |
† |
† |
† |
† |
4.4 |
7.5 |
6.9 |
20.8 |
2.6 |
85.4 |
13.3 |
|
Union of South Africa |
9.5 |
23.3 |
9.5 |
12.4 |
6.1 |
14.5 |
10.5 |
12.4 |
13.4 |
14.4 |
9.1 |
11.9 |
8.7 |
18.5 |
|
United Arab Republic (Egyptian Region) |
12.7 |
39.0 |
16.4 |
16.1 |
66.3 |
37.6 |
11.8 |
34.4 |
36.4 |
46.3 |
17.6 |
44.1 |
37.1 |
28.3 |
|
AMERICA:Argentina |
0.3 |
1.1 |
† |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
3.8 |
8.8 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Bolivia |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
† |
149.1 |
‡ |
‡ |
† |
|
Bermuda |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
3,078.9 |
6,749.0 |
895.6 |
229.0 |
398.6 |
|
Brazil |
0.6 |
0.4 |
6.3 |
1.6 |
4.8 |
0.2 |
3.6 |
15.8 |
2.6 |
9.2 |
6.4 |
0.7 |
31.6 |
0.4 |
|
British Guiana |
17.4 |
99.7 |
281.6 |
159.1 |
183.5 |
449.6 |
243.4 |
263.7 |
89.1 |
225.1 |
210.0 |
160.7 |
121.2 |
4.2 |
|
British West Indies |
14.8 |
7.2 |
16.5 |
21.8 |
9.0 |
15.0 |
28.2 |
28.4 |
43.1 |
54.6 |
92.9 |
132.3 |
143.8 |
40.1 |
|
Canada |
1.7 |
4.0 |
2.5 |
6.4 |
15.2 |
4.9 |
9.7 |
21.4 |
14.9 |
23.0 |
24.6 |
26.1 |
27.4 |
43.1 |
|
Chile |
15.6 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
10.0 |
2.3 |
† |
† |
1.7 |
2.5 |
1.2 |
12.2 |
29.1 |
1.4 |
4.8 |
|
Colombia |
1,842.4 |
227.7 |
† |
† |
‡ |
584.9 |
3.8 |
5.5 |
219.8 |
883.4 |
1,123.9 |
10.7 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
|
Costa Rica |
2.6 |
1.9 |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
125.7 |
58.7 |
12.8 |
17.2 |
29.4 |
8.0 |
19.9 |
|
Cuba |
0.0 |
† |
† |
0.2 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
13.8 |
1.7 |
0.8 |
3.3 |
0.8 |
7.6 |
1.7 |
6.4 |
|
Dominican Republic |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
0.0 |
† |
† |
† |
0.1 |
26.9 |
1.4 |
7.0 |
|
Dutch West Indies |
0.0 |
† |
† |
0.0 |
† |
† |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
|
El Salvador |
‡ |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
† |
‡ |
2.2 |
19.5 |
323.1 |
16.9 |
‡ |
‡ |
|
Guatemala |
— |
† |
— |
— |
— |
122.8 |
136.2 |
12.0 |
11.1 |
317.5 |
95.3 |
17.7 |
14.9 |
1.6 |
|
Honduras |
— |
— |
† |
— |
† |
† |
2.5 |
71.6 |
8.4 |
1.9 |
† |
2.4 |
4.3 |
3.4 |
|
Mexico |
2.5 |
5.6 |
7.2 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
68.2 |
34.0 |
1.3 |
7.8 |
|
Nicaragua |
— |
† |
— |
— |
† |
‡ |
18.5 |
8.8 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
76.8 |
11.7 |
31.1 |
0.8 |
|
Panama |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
5,778.9 |
44.9 |
‡ |
21.6 |
111.1 |
108.5 |
† |
888.8 |
216.9 |
‡ |
131.7 |
|
Paraguay |
† |
† |
† |
1.9 |
† |
† |
27.7 |
138.1 |
21.6 |
210.5 |
21.2 |
775.3 |
2,643.5 |
75.2 |
|
Peru |
6.2 |
0.9 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
3.8 |
2.4 |
6.7 |
9.8 |
11.6 |
5.9 |
1.4 |
|
Uruguay |
† |
0.2 |
† |
1.0 |
2.3 |
0.9 |
4.1 |
3.2 |
551.7 |
9.7 |
25.7 |
7.1 |
0.7 |
4.7 |
|
United States of America |
6.5 |
12.6 |
17.4 |
14.4 |
18.0 |
16.7 |
23.4 |
37.8 |
53.4 |
69.8 |
60.3 |
65.3 |
67.4 |
75.4 |
|
Venezuela |
65.1 |
522.7 |
13.7 |
2,403.9 |
1,444.5 |
187.3 |
3.9 |
10.7 |
48.5 |
259.2 |
8,579.4 |
390,735.3 |
‡ |
56,349.9 |
|
OCEANIA:Australia |
7.4 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
3.3 |
6.5 |
3.8 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
3.6 |
1.7 |
4.5 |
4.0 |
6.2 |
3.8 |
|
Fiji |
— |
— |
‡ |
573.0 |
63.6 |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
33.6 |
5.5 |
‡ |
‡ |
3.2 |
|
New Zealand |
2.3 |
1.7 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
2.7 |
8.2 |
2.1 |
6.0 |
8.4 |
6.0 |
25.0 |
23.0 |
9.1 |
15.0 |
|
... Not available |
†Exports nil or less than £100. |
‡Imports nil or less than £100. |
—No Imports or Exports. |