asked the Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism if he will give a breakdown by groupings of the cross-Border trade figures in each direction for 1981 and 1982 to date; and if he will identify the features which account for the adverse movement in the trade balance for 1981 in comparison with the previous four years.
Written Answers. - Cross-Border Trade Figures.
78.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate a table showing a breakdown by groupings of cross-Border trade figures for 1981 and for the January-April 1982 period, the latest date for which a breakdown is available. The principal features which account for the adverse trade balance in 1981 are decreases in our export to Northern Ireland of cereals, raw materials, fuels and metals/metal products coupled with significant increases in our imports from Northern Ireland of live animals, meat, eggs, poultry, dairy produce, iron and steel. Trade figures for the first five months of 1982 suggest a return to a favourable balance in our trade with Northern Ireland.
Following is the table:
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TOTALS CLASSIFIED BY SECTION AND DIVISION |
£million |
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Section and Division |
IMPORTS |
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1981 |
Jan-April'82 |
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FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD |
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|
00 |
Live animals chiefly for food |
87.9 |
25.1 |
|
01 |
Meat and meat preparations |
37.7 |
9.7 |
|
02 |
Dairy products and birds' eggs |
27.6 |
6.3 |
|
03 |
Fish, crustaceans & molluscs & preparations thereof |
2.4 |
1.1 |
|
04 |
Cereals and cereal preparations |
7.7 |
1.8 |
|
05 |
Vegetables and fruit |
6.4 |
3.0 |
|
06 |
Sugar, sugar preparations and honey |
0.5 |
0.1 |
|
07 |
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof |
0.2 |
0.0 |
|
08 |
Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals) |
8.9 |
4.1 |
|
09 |
Miscellaneous edible products and preparations |
1.5 |
0.5 |
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BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO |
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|
11 |
Beverages |
1.9 |
0.4 |
|
12 |
Tobacco and tobacco manufactures |
1.5 |
0.4 |
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CRUDE MATERIALS, INEDIBLE, EXCEPT FUELS |
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|
21 |
Hides, skins and furskins, raw |
3.0 |
0.4 |
|
22 |
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
23 |
Crude rubber (Incl. synthetic and reclaimed) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
24 |
Cork and wood |
1.2 |
0.3 |
|
25 |
Pulp and waste paper |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
26 |
Textile fibres (excl. wool tops) and their wastes |
0.7 |
0.1 |
|
27 |
Crude fertilisers and minerals, excl. coal, petroleum & prec. stones |
2.7 |
1.1 |
|
28 |
Metalliferous ores and metal scrap |
0.7 |
0.2 |
|
29 |
Crude animal and vegetable materials. n.e.s. |
0.9 |
0.3 |
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MINERAL FUELS, LUBRICANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS |
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|
32 |
Coal, coke and briquettes |
1.8 |
0.8 |
|
33 |
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials |
1.8 |
0.4 |
|
34 |
Gas, natural and manufactured |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
35 |
Electric current |
— |
— |
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ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS AND WAXES |
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|
41 |
Animal oils and fats |
1.4 |
0.3 |
|
42 |
Fixed vegetable oils and fats |
0.2 |
0.0 |
|
43 |
Animal and vegetable oils and fats, processed, and waxes |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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CHEMICALS AND RELATED PRODUCTS, N.E.S. |
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|
51 |
Organic chemicals |
0.3 |
0.1 |
|
52 |
Inorganic chemicals |
1.3 |
0.4 |
|
53 |
Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials |
0.6 |
0.3 |
|
54 |
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products |
0.6 |
0.2 |
|
55 |
Essential oils, perfume materials, toilet, cleansing etc. preps. |
0.3 |
0.3 |
|
56 |
Fertilisers, manufactured |
15.1 |
7.3 |
|
57 |
Explosives and pyrotechnic products |
— |
— |
|
58 |
Artificial resins, plastic materials, cellulose esters & ethers |
2.2 |
0.9 |
|
59 |
Chemical materials and products, n.e.s. |
1.3 |
0.3 |
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MANUFACTURED GOODS CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL |
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|
61 |
Leather, leather manufactures, n.e.s. & dressed furskins |
0.9 |
0.3 |
|
62 |
Rubber manufactures, n.e.s. |
0.5 |
0.2 |
|
63 |
Cork and wood manufactures (excl. furniture) |
3.7 |
1.5 |
|
64 |
Paper, paperboard & articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard |
14.1 |
4.5 |
|
65 |
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n.e.s. & related products |
13.7 |
4.8 |
|
66 |
Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.s. |
11.2 |
3.6 |
|
67 |
Iron and steel |
2.5 |
0.8 |
|
68 |
Non-ferrous metals |
0.8 |
0.2 |
|
69 |
Manufactures of metal, n.e.s. |
17.0 |
5.2 |
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MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT |
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|
71 |
Power generating machinery and equipment |
1.6 |
0.6 |
|
72 |
Machinery specialised for particular industries |
6.9 |
2.5 |
|
73 |
Metalworking machinery |
0.5 |
0.2 |
|
74 |
General Industrial machinery & equipment, n.e.s. & parts, n.e.s. |
4.2 |
1.3 |
|
75 |
Office machines and automatic data processing equipment |
0.7 |
0.3 |
|
76 |
Telecommunications and sound recording reproducing equipment |
0.8 |
0.2 |
|
77 |
Electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances, n.e.s. & parts |
2.3 |
1.0 |
|
78 |
Road vehicles |
2.2 |
1.0 |
|
79 |
Other transport equipment |
1.6 |
0.07 |
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MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES |
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|
81 |
Sanitary, plumbing, heating, lighting fixtures & fittings, n.e.s |
0.5 |
0.1 |
|
82 |
Furniture and parts thereof |
2.7 |
1.2 |
|
83 |
Travel goods, handbags and similar containers |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
84 |
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories |
13.3 |
4.5 |
|
85 |
Footwear |
0.1 |
0.0 |
|
87 |
Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus, n.e.s. |
0.5 |
0.2 |
|
88 |
Photographic apparatus, optical goods, n.e.s. watches & clocks |
0.2 |
0.1 |
|
89 |
Miscellanious manufactured articles, n.e.s. |
8.4 |
2.3 |
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TOTAL SECTIONS 5,6,7,8 |
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COMMODITIES AND TRANSACTIONS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE |
2.2 |
0.7 |
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GRAND TOTALS |
333.5 |
103.4 |
Question No. 79 postponed.