Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 18 Jun 1986

Vol. 368 No. 2

Written Answers. - Trade with Morocco.

41.

Mr. Bell

asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of imports and exports in financial terms between Ireland and Morocco for each of the last five years; and if he will list the imports and exports by category and their value.

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr. P. Barry)

The information requested is given in the three following tables:

Table 1: Trade between Ireland and Morocco, 1981-85

Year	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Imports	£3,072,483	£2,606,112	£4,439,570	£3,276,363	£2,352,253
Exports	£4,526,501	£7,071,975	£5,462,292	£4,947,415	£4,220,019

Table 2: Value of Imports by Category

		1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
03	Fish	—	97,929	164,225	187,145	320,457
05	Vegetables and fruit	—	219,842	795,469	609,928	632,010
06	Sugar, sugar prepa- rations and honey	315,496	—	438,549	—	—
08	Feeding stuff for animals	—	—	352,958	373,943	369,875
27	Crude fertilizers and minerals (excl. coal, petroleum and precious stones)	1,363,855	396,954	—	242,439	279,265
56	Fertilizers, manufactured	1,071,197	1,468,303	2,107,480	1,566,686	302,608
65	Textile yarn, fabrics	17,847	—	—	—	4,898
74	General Industrial machinery	—	—	9,200	—	—
84	Clothing	—	183,871	363,471	277,805	363,613
	Other	304,088	239,082	208,218	18,417	79,522
	Total	3,072,483	2,606,112	4,439,570	3,276,363	2,352,253

Table 3: Value of Exports by Category

		1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
00	Live animals, chiefly for food	—	582,474	—	—	—
01	Meat and meat preparations	—	1,583,271	2,547,106	2,654,159	—
02	Dairy products and birds eggs	1,593,129	—	—	—	—
03	Sugar, sugar prepa- rations and honey	1,483	—	—	—	—
09	Misc. edible prod- ucts and prepara- tions	124,964	1,455,362	342,503	278,980	308,005
51	Organic chemicals	95,911	212,381	161,403	—	—
52	Inorganic chemcals	—	617,261	—	283,250	554,070
55	Odoriferous substances	398,922	464,684	236,379	—	221,011
59	Chemical materials and products	—	—	272,380	241,675	321,294
65	Textile yarn, fabrics	189,947	235,603	—	—	380,729
71	Power generating machinery	149,875	961,573	185,034	415,000	1,302,330
74	General Industrial machinery and equipment	235,096	390,208	255,053	—	265,741
75	Office machines and auto data pro- cessing equipment	—	—	240,280	—	—
76	Telecommunications equipment	44,994	—	42,774	—	—
79	Transport equipment excl. road vehicles	—	—	—	234,658	253,418
89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	1,295,746	—	603,975	—	—
	Other	396,434	569,158	575,405	839,693	613,421
	Total	4,526,501	7,071,975	5,462,292	4,947,415	4,220,019