Phil Hogan
Question:53 Mr. Hogan asked the Taoiseach (a) the quantity and (b) the value of exports of food to the United Kingdom for each of the years between 1987 and 1990 inclusive.
Written Answers. - Food Exports to UK.
The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following tables. The latest period for which information is availble is January to October 1990.
Exports of Food to the United Kingdom.
|
Description |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
Jan-Oct 1990 |
|
Tonnes |
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|
Meat and meat preparations |
178,961 |
153,485 |
138,659 |
121,390 |
|
Dairy products and birds' eggs |
112,908 |
134,260 |
114,086 |
107,891 |
|
Fish, crustaceans and molluscs and preparations thereof |
41,115 |
37,317 |
26,230 |
16,966 |
|
Cereals and cereal preparations |
318,514 |
274,371 |
289,645 |
255,345 |
|
Vegetables and fruit |
51,833 |
58,341 |
75,697 |
61,465 |
|
Sugar, sugar preparations and honey |
60,308 |
59,764 |
48,415 |
44,914 |
|
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof |
59,243 |
56,772 |
68,240 |
67,684 |
|
Miscellaneous edible products and preparations |
38,157 |
38,989 |
47,560 |
44,671 |
|
Total |
861,040 |
813,298 |
808,533 |
720,326 |
Exports of Food to the United Kingdom.
|
Description |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
Jan-Oct 1990 |
|
£ million |
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|
Meat and meat preparations |
320.9 |
315.3 |
301.5 |
241.2 |
|
Dairy products and birds' eggs |
147.2 |
194.9 |
188.3 |
192.8 |
|
Fish, crustaceans and molluscs and preparations thereof |
21.2 |
24.4 |
23.5 |
16.1 |
|
Cereals and cereal preparations |
60.2 |
58.1 |
64.9 |
54.3 |
|
Vegetables and fruit |
32.2 |
37.0 |
55.8 |
51.0 |
|
Sugar, sugar preparations and honey |
37.4 |
36.6 |
33.3 |
29.5 |
|
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof |
104.1 |
106.0 |
119.1 |
115.4 |
|
Miscellaneous edible products and preparations |
142.4 |
153.0 |
195.7 |
179.2 |
|
Total |
865.6 |
925.3 |
982.0 |
879.5 |
Commodity detail from external trade statistics does not include: (a) transactions (non-dutiable) of less than £200; (b) trade by firms operating in Shannon Free Airport; (c) postal packages not covered by customs entries.