asked the Taoiseach the total volume of all types of footwear imported into this country in each of the years 1973 to 1978 and in each month in 1977 and 1978 to date, together with the country of origin and the value of such imports.
Written Answers. - Footwear Imports.
Information for the years 1973 to 1977 and for January-September 1978 is given in Table A following. The volume and value of footwear imports in each month from January 1977 to September 1978 is given in Table B.
Following are the tables:
Table A
Imports of all types of footwear in each year 1973 to 1977 and in the period January-September 1978
Country of Origin |
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
Jan-Sept'78 |
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Prs. |
£000 |
Prs. |
£000 |
Prs. |
£000 |
Prs. |
£000 |
Prs. |
£000 |
Prs. |
£000 |
|
France |
50,428 |
105 |
186,414 |
295 |
138,852 |
316 |
79,330 |
231 |
95,727 |
327 |
157,846 |
512 |
Belgium/Luxembourg |
28 |
0 |
2,280 |
5 |
3,255 |
9 |
553 |
1 |
— |
— |
16 |
0 |
Netherlands |
4,721 |
6 |
2,116 |
2 |
3,336 |
6 |
5,187 |
16 |
1,502 |
6 |
1,808 |
5 |
Germany |
12,934 |
27 |
24,657 |
69 |
15,146 |
47 |
23,935 |
98 |
22,604 |
101 |
20,338 |
152 |
Italy |
133,376 |
402 |
392,793 |
1,030 |
384,685 |
1,296 |
675,110 |
2,236 |
746,805 |
2,941 |
1,151,792 |
4,139 |
Great Britain |
3,431,820 |
5,981 |
3,904,249 |
8,425 |
3,617,197 |
9,073 |
4,734,612 |
13,891 |
4,568,501 |
16,339 |
3,623,167 |
16,009 |
Denmark |
4,196 |
8 |
17,439 |
38 |
22,213 |
66 |
17,988 |
71 |
4,835 |
22 |
8,638 |
28 |
Northern Ireland |
89,345 |
190 |
71,562 |
194 |
88,345 |
266 |
89,180 |
294 |
87,069 |
280 |
60,520 |
248 |
Sweden |
18,028 |
18 |
27,124 |
39 |
31,241 |
74 |
47,129 |
135 |
30,071 |
87 |
55,962 |
201 |
Finland |
1,770 |
1 |
3,922 |
5 |
5,365 |
15 |
2,695 |
13 |
227 |
3 |
784 |
11 |
Switzerland |
1,244 |
11 |
318 |
4 |
356 |
13 |
386 |
7 |
1,207 |
17 |
3,752 |
29 |
Austria |
17,837 |
27 |
6,713 |
28 |
4,402 |
21 |
10,931 |
57 |
9,957 |
58 |
16,924 |
93 |
Portugal |
9,589 |
16 |
12,715 |
20 |
56,525 |
54 |
2,910 |
12 |
4,980 |
26 |
4,747 |
22 |
Spain |
80,547 |
114 |
103,487 |
162 |
94,284 |
193 |
164,960 |
342 |
107,449 |
305 |
141,611 |
452 |
Yugoslavia |
1,520 |
3 |
12,503 |
32 |
12,005 |
40 |
4,964 |
22 |
17,416 |
88 |
4,796 |
28 |
Greece |
518 |
1 |
144 |
1 |
911 |
3 |
1,181 |
5 |
1,861 |
7 |
2,939 |
27 |
Poland |
8,818 |
7 |
61,207 |
64 |
53,668 |
80 |
35,753 |
60 |
64,809 |
169 |
92,024 |
254 |
Czechoslovakia |
83,028 |
162 |
79,554 |
148 |
94,833 |
163 |
170,322 |
403 |
91,874 |
276 |
63,953 |
301 |
Hungary |
27 |
0 |
— |
— |
1,420 |
3 |
3,430 |
9 |
1,100 |
5 |
948 |
2 |
Rumania |
657 |
1 |
4,129 |
12 |
6,131 |
10 |
5,515 |
32 |
8,772 |
89 |
8,036 |
81 |
S. Africa and Namibia |
— |
— |
25 |
0 |
2,450 |
6 |
1,348 |
4 |
10,386 |
32 |
43,892 |
151 |
U.S.A. |
890 |
3 |
114 |
0 |
9,756 |
12 |
11,304 |
54 |
7,146 |
35 |
2,486 |
25 |
Canada |
430 |
2 |
956 |
5 |
278 |
1 |
1,308 |
6 |
882 |
8 |
1,707 |
12 |
Brazil |
15 |
0 |
987 |
3 |
1,174 |
4 |
7,132 |
31 |
13,886 |
109 |
24,588 |
148 |
Uruguay |
— |
— |
3 |
0 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1,464 |
11 |
Argentina |
— |
— |
142 |
0 |
— |
— |
2,706 |
11 |
6,754 |
31 |
948 |
8 |
Israel |
41 |
0 |
6,000 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
5,472 |
18 |
312 |
2 |
22,018 |
63 |
Cyprus |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1,270 |
2 |
13,885 |
20 |
6,355 |
11 |
13,939 |
22 |
Pakistan |
6,556 |
3 |
3,834 |
4 |
7,110 |
6 |
44,784 |
30 |
21,709 |
16 |
89,089 |
66 |
Bangladesh |
— |
— |
— |
— |
17,065 |
17 |
1,050 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
India |
24,305 |
17 |
25,265 |
17 |
45,881 |
34 |
175,271 |
125 |
322,921 |
278 |
418,546 |
446 |
Thailand |
464 |
0 |
— |
— |
2,400 |
3 |
34,863 |
52 |
5,840 |
13 |
3,040 |
6 |
Indonesia |
1,000 |
1 |
2,250 |
2 |
802 |
1 |
4,660 |
6 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Sri Lanka |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
46,073 |
38 |
61,376 |
54 |
Malaysia |
5,098 |
3 |
12,297 |
16 |
23,861 |
26 |
84,658 |
73 |
100,999 |
107 |
154,715 |
157 |
Singapore |
432 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
480 |
0 |
— |
— |
10,262 |
14 |
4,556 |
11 |
Philippines |
26 |
0 |
144 |
0 |
384 |
0 |
2,184 |
3 |
12,324 |
17 |
66,200 |
203 |
China |
20,914 |
16 |
26,019 |
25 |
2,524 |
3 |
10,562 |
9 |
11,325 |
4 |
23,963 |
21 |
North Korea |
28,563 |
20 |
7,464 |
7 |
4,468 |
4 |
16,516 |
28 |
779 |
1 |
7,335 |
12 |
South Korea |
5,102 |
5 |
34,419 |
57 |
101,365 |
129 |
197,297 |
217 |
295,754 |
580 |
624,652 |
1,041 |
Japan |
9,877 |
7 |
912 |
1 |
781 |
2 |
3,287 |
6 |
90 |
0 |
16,551 |
19 |
Taiwan |
127,337 |
89 |
113,225 |
114 |
199,339 |
198 |
377,761 |
443 |
168,070 |
249 |
56,135 |
87 |
Hong Kong |
41,752 |
39 |
55,575 |
46 |
67,724 |
59 |
184,481 |
143 |
245,344 |
227 |
166,450 |
114 |
Other Countries |
16 |
0 |
2,573 |
2 |
1,421 |
3 |
496 |
2 |
789 |
2 |
3,352 |
12 |
Total |
4,223,249 |
7,284 |
5,205,534 |
10,876 |
5,124,704 |
12,254 |
7,257,096 |
19,221 |
7,154,766 |
22,920 |
7,227,603 |
25,284 |
Table B
Imports of all Types of Footwear in each month January 1977 to September 1978
1977 |
1978 |
|||
Prs. |
£000 |
Prs. |
£000 |
|
January |
414,926 |
1,299 |
626,946 |
1,957 |
February |
679,621 |
2,163 |
703,009 |
2,558 |
March |
839,700 |
2,689 |
1,003,048 |
3,095 |
April |
752,831 |
2,118 |
1,035,374 |
3,428 |
May |
889,425 |
2,139 |
960,469 |
2,657 |
June |
508,924 |
1,345 |
792,892 |
2,475 |
July |
451,923 |
1,495 |
711,268 |
2,924 |
August |
554,652 |
2,152 |
739,960 |
3,218 |
September |
607,517 |
2,356 |
654,637 |
2,972 |
October |
523,028 |
2,021 |
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November |
594,006 |
2,052 |
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December |
339,210 |
1,087 |
1. The sum of the monthly figures may not correspond exactly to the annual totals in Table A which incorporate cumulative amendments.
2. Detailed information classified by commodity and country are published monthly in "Trade Statistics of Ireland".