Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 19 Jan 1972

Vol. 258 No. 1

Written Answers. - Trade With Europe.

249.

Mr. Cosgrave

asked the Taoiseach the total value of imports from each European country and the total value of exports to each European country in each of the last five years.

The Taoiseach

The following statement contains the information requested by the Deputy.

Trade with European countries in each year 1966 to 1970.

Country	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
		£	£	£	£	£
The Six Countries	Imports	13,935,597	17,518,037	20,095,619	24,582,726	29,830,708
	Total Exports	28,472,847	35,108,852	42,888,288	49,876,456	57,240,962
Great Britain	Imports	179,203,683	179,352,326	233,186,057	285,455,129	319,755,439
	Total Exports	140,821,363	170,408,036	187,943,229	193,232,458	226,926,854
Austria	Imports	466,333	496,706	646,918	1,240,382	1,403,485
	Total Exports	188,911	182,889	318,612	199,964	313,254
Belgium	Imports	5,328,719	5,808,458	6,718,475	7,561,601	9,615,142
	Total Exports	3,879,037	4,318,859	5,189,380	5,137,716	7,136,253
Bulgaria	Imports	19,402	65,106	46,346	93,991	308,737
	Total Exports	104	13,449	4,443	10,811	7,429
Cyprus	Imports	153,680	155,075	205,990	317,168	377,295
	Total Exports	213,207	273,234	330,568	354,843	299,159
Czechoslovakia	Imports	409,386	798,977	1,003,293	1,388,480	1,380,197
	Total Exports	177,580	72,897	224,908	159,403	329,345
Denmark	Imports	3,243,760	3,335,514	4,312,018	5,097,625	8,112,921
	Total Exports	503,281	423,083	571,353	520,559	714,320
Finland	Imports	5,350,556	5,122,042	6,938,439	7,969,066	8,118,799
	Total Exports	180,114	220,410	190,044	274,208	368,539
France	Imports	8,223,077	9,159,395	15,079,349	16,773,922	21,106,204
	Total Exports	7,232,467	6,736,558	9,955,930	13,322,136	13,535,620
Germany (Federal Republic)	Imports	21,950,828	24,814,132	36,284,040	43,367,308	46,045,003
	Total Exports	9,539,472	6,903,476	8,143,171	10,832,002	12,646,088
Germany, Eastern	Imports	1,059,066	1,734,947	927,759	462,047	693,376
	Total Exports	40,229	42,732	81,342	73,740	28,472
Gibraltar	Imports	200	—	230	—	50
	Total Exports	21,093	28,264	26,274	25,406	26,096
Greece	Imports	249,679	207,701	231,525	262,734	266,989
	Total Exports	159,934	278,670	196,812	274,837	666,782
Hungary	Imports	179,226	215,591	279,689	263,586	285,617
	Total Exports	59,724	30,927	20,701	214,836	698,727
Iceland	Imports	467,118	194,187	122,490	163,320	151,009
	Total Exports	40,925	28,560	29,203	13,378	19,665
Italy	Imports	4,907,058	5,276,996	7,635,584	9,952,186	12,944,597
	Total Exports	1,155,784	1,349,300	1,674,181	4,719,285	6,839,843
Luxembourg	Imports	162,971	94,893	165,130	75,380	58,143
	Total Exports	27,467	1,585	10,920	2,478	15,336
Malta and Gozo	Imports	44,232	119,754	120,346	286,535	109,579
	Total Exports	146,663	127,556	197,137	245,048	249,783
Netherlands	Imports	9,928,830	12,039,542	14,689,842	14,207,374	17,533,478
	Total Exports	4,903,249	4,929,321	4,616,802	7,283,455	9,608,726
Norway	Imports	1,528,929	1,636,176	2,985,500	2,519,708	3,169,186
	Total Exports	387,387	264,723	462,641	615,028	1,875,709
Poland	Imports	2,698,356	3,754,154	4,967,517	5,456,671	7,591,110
	Total Exports	251,371	253,052	565,807	1,171,613	2,154,829
Portugal	Imports	709,984	812,899	1,120,338	1,328,921	2,217,887
	Total Exports	222,170	86,653	198,422	210,327	246,608
Romania	Imports	78,010	541,825	563,692	586,469	797,294
	Total Exports	71	19,086	7,073	70,022	48,913
Spain	Imports	2,062,307	2,519,262	2,714,675	3,880,159	4,107,590
	Total Exports	784,150	757,781	1,859,068	3,445,431	2,287,998
Sweden	Imports	5,092,796	6,856,957	8,946,082	10,396,889	11,145,907
	Total Exports	939,880	1,209,931	1,606,276	2,483,148	2,260,057
Switzerland	Imports	1,724,653	1,871,064	3,829,276	5,799,257	4,676,237
	Total Exports	771,814	999,045	924,305	1,885,421	2,001,277
Turkey	Imports	402,193	417,182	715,176	755,069	755,463
	Total Exports	88,777	211,334	87,729	174,385	119,980
United States Forces in Europe	Imports	—	—	—	—	—
	Total Exports	251,564	—	—	3,868	604,502
U.S.S.R.	Imports	1,424,814	2,496,757	2,753,952	1,785,271	1,572,434
	Total Exports	—	47,446	321,921	224,281	20,536
Yugoslavia	Imports	394,730	365,582	99,693	433,144	577,998
	Total Exports	2,144	40,739	534,172	688,021	177,889
Other Countries in Europe	Imports	9	7	1,272	26,322	9,028
	Total Exports	14,165	39,489	137	22,216	2,760