Dan Wallace
Question:1 Mr. D. Wallace asked the Taoiseach the total value of food imports during 1995; the five main products and their total values during this period; and the five main countries supplying food imports. [4354/96]
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Food Imports.
The most recent month for which the information is available is September 1995. I will, therefore, give statistics for the nine month period January-September 1995. The total value of food imports in the period was £823.4 million. The five main food categories imported were:
|
£ million |
|
|
vegetables and fruit |
208.0 |
|
cereals and cereal preparations |
182.9 |
|
meat and meat preparations |
99.6 |
|
dairy products |
96.7 |
|
coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof |
86.2 |
The five main countries from which food products were imported were:
|
£ million |
|
|
Great Britain |
387.6 |
|
Northern Ireland |
118.2 |
|
Netherlands |
57.9 |
|
France |
49.6 |
|
Spain |
21.4 |
Overall, approximately 10 per cent of trade is unclassified by commodity. The unclassified trade includes intra-EU estimates, low value transactions and some parcel post and Shannon Free Airport trade.