asked the Minister for Finance if he will state in the terms of a reply of 2nd May, 1957, the cost price at Dublin Port for each of the past three years of (a) raspberry pulp, (b) blackcurrant pulp, (c) gooseberry pulp and (d) strawberry pulp; the country of origin in each case; and the quantity of each item imported from each country.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Imports of Fruit Pulp.
5.
The answer is in the form of a tabular statement which, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:—
Imports of certain Fruit Pulps at Dublin Port
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Description |
Country of origin |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
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Quantity Cwt. |
Average Value (C.I.F.) per Cwt. |
Quantity Cwt. |
Average Value (C.I.F.) per Cwt. |
Quantity Cwt. |
Average Value (C.I.F.) per Cwt. |
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|
Raspberry pulp |
Gt. Britain |
7 |
612 |
303 |
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|
Netherlands |
399 |
1,700 |
422 |
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|
Hungary |
— |
591 |
397 |
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Ireland (re-imports) |
— |
60 |
— |
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|
Yugoslavia |
— |
— |
158 |
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|
TOTAL |
406 |
£4 10 7 |
2,963 |
£5 6 9 |
1,280 |
£6 6 11 |
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|
Blackcurrant |
Gt. Britain |
15 |
17 |
— |
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|
pulp |
Netherlands |
501 |
1,513 |
100 |
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|
TOTAL |
516 |
£7 18 2 |
1,530 |
£8 15 0 |
100 |
£11 6 5 |
|
|
Gooseberry pulp |
Netherlands |
1,268 |
1,632 |
2,011 |
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|
TOTAL |
1,268 |
£3 15 4 |
1,632 |
£4 4 10 |
2,011 |
£4 15 4 |
|
|
Strawberry pulp |
U.S.A. |
— |
— |
2 |
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|
Netherlands |
— |
— |
811 |
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|
TOTAL |
— |
— |
813 |
£7 17 10 |