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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 12 Dec 1978

Vol. 310 No. 7

Written Answers. - Footwear Imports.

208.

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.

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

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

November

594,006

2,052

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".

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