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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 25 Jun 1968

Vol. 235 No. 11

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Irish Trade Statistics.

4.

asked the Taoiseach if he will state in respect of the latest available year the names of the countries with which the Republic trades and with which she has not an adverse trade balance.

I propose with your permission, Sir, to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the information requested by the Deputy and showing also the value of trade in the year 1967 with each country listed.

Following is the statement:—

Value of trade with countries with which there was an export excess in 1967.

Country

Total Exports(f.o.b.)

Imports(c.i.f.)

Export excess

£

£

£

Aden colony and Protectorate

8,828

96

8,732

Bahamas

75,611

34,473

41,138

Bahrein

7,455

42

7,413

Bermuda

55,224

7,051

48,173

Bolivia

5,235

369

4,866

Brunei

312

312

Colombia

45,891

26,490

19,401

Cyprus

273,234

155,075

118,159

El Salvador

11,101

11,101

Ethiopia and Eritrea

4,866

1,162

3,704

French possessions in Oceania

445

445

Gambia

2,133

738

1,395

Gibraltar

28,264

28,264

Greece

278,670

207,701

70,969

Guadeloupe, including Dependencies

52

52

Jordan

29,792

11,800

17,992

Laos

3,473

3,473

Lebanon

86,934

72,953

13,981

Liberia

1,652

1,652

Malta and Gozo

127,556

119,754

7,802

Mauritius

59,087

10,951

48,136

Muscat and Oman

666

37

629

Nepal

1,859

1,859

New Hebrides

47

47

Panama

101,482

1,439

100,043

Philippines

189,540

146,488

43,052

Réunion Island

312

2

310

St. Helena

90

90

Singapore

34,743

20,319

14,424

The Six Counties

35,019,504

17,465,475

17,554,029

Somalia

2,715

2,715

Spanish possessions in Africa

207

207

Syria

28,386

26,774

1,612

Thailand

477,096

72,282

404,814

Trinidad and Tobago

519,269

49,454

469,815

Togo

3,554

3,240

314

Trucial Oman

47,646

47,646

United Arab Republic

137,826

76,326

61,500

U.S. possessions in Oceania

556

556

Upper Volta

660

660

Venezuela

880,994

555,550

325,444

Vietnam South

20,716

20,716

Windward Islands

40,499

26,860

13,639

Yemen

30

30

Zambia

55,820

1,358

54,462

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