Joe Walsh
Question:66 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Taoiseach the value and volume of food imported into Ireland for the year ending 31 December 1996 under the main product categories. [9891/97]
Written Answers. - Food Imports.
The most recent month for which the information is available is October 1996. I will, therefore, give statistics for the ten months period January-October 1996.
The total value of food imports in the period was £974.8 million, while the total volume was 1,749.3 thousand tonnes.
The main food categories imported were:
|
£ million |
Thousand tonnes |
|
|
Vegetables and fruit |
259.7 |
431.0 |
|
Cereals and cereal preparations |
204.8 |
501.6 |
|
Dairy products |
118.1 |
196.6 |
|
Meat and meat preparations |
116.2 |
67.7 |
|
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof |
106.9 |
50.0 |
Overall, approximately 7 per cent of trade is unclassified by commodity. The unclassified trade includes low value transactions, parcel post, Shannon Free Airport trade and some intra-EU estimates.