Vol. 474 No. 8
105 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the export figure for each month of 1996, of live cattle, stores, calves and fats by road, pigs by road, sheep by road, to both the EU and the rest of the world. [4037/97]
Official CSO statistics relating to the export of sheep and pigs are available in July 1996 only and these are given in the following table. Data relating to methods of transportation, and to the various categories of cattle specified by the Deputy, are not available from the CSO.
Table 1 Live Exports of Sheep and Pigs 1996
|
Sheep |
Pigs |
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|
EU |
Third Country |
EU |
Third Country |
|
|
January |
9,471 |
1,993 |
3,926 |
|
|
February |
8,660 |
2,042 |
4,911 |
1 |
|
March |
8,438 |
241 |
5,159 |
|
|
April |
18,797 |
4,607 |
3,958 |
|
|
May |
15,848 |
2,445 |
3,240 |
|
|
June |
10,988 |
3,202 |
5,308 |
|
|
July |
9,222 |
92 |
1,634 |
16 |
|
Fats |
Stores |
Calves |
||||
|
EU |
Third Country |
EU |
Third Country |
EU |
Third Country |
|
|
January |
3 |
13,344 |
1,510 |
— |
— |
— |
|
February |
— |
18,283 |
2.677 |
— |
443 |
— |
|
March |
— |
14,940 |
3,595 |
— |
3,579 |
— |
|
April |
— |
5,866 |
1,210 |
— |
3,324 |
— |
|
May |
60 |
4,199 |
1,647 |
— |
5,581 |
— |
|
June |
6,428 |
1,315 |
— |
5,913 |
— |
|
|
July |
— |
4,842 |
324 |
— |
2,473 |
— |
|
August |
— |
13,306 |
573 |
— |
457 |
— |
|
September |
— |
15,745 |
4,481 |
— |
— |
— |
|
October |
— |
11,446 |
5,582 |
— |
— |
— |
|
November |
— |
11,309 |
6,104 |
2,150 |
— |
— |
|
December |
— |
18,863 |
4,177 |
602 |
— |
— |
