Ivor Callely
Question:44 Mr. Callely asked the Taoiseach the way food imports in 1990 compares with 1985.
Vol. 409 No. 4
44 Mr. Callely asked the Taoiseach the way food imports in 1990 compares with 1985.
The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following table:
1985 |
1990 |
Percentage change |
|
£m |
£m |
% |
|
Meat and meat preparations |
58.5 |
86.6 |
+48.0 |
Dairy products and birds' eggs |
32.6 |
55.5 |
+70.2 |
Fish, crustaceans and molluscs and preparations thereof |
32.5 |
52.8 |
+62.5 |
Cereals and cereal preparations |
172.7 |
183.5 |
+6.3 |
Vegetables and fruit |
179.5 |
217.7 |
+21.3 |
Sugar, sugar preparations and honey |
64.3 |
68.2 |
+6.1 |
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof |
127.3 |
109.9 |
-13.7 |
Miscellaneous edible products and preparations |
51.2 |
80.1 |
+56.4 |
Total Food |
718.5 |
854.3 |
+18.9 |