Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 9 Jun 1998

Vol. 492 No. 1

Written Answers. - Meat Exports

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

34 Mr. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the value on a county by county basis of exports of meat, including beef, lamb and pigmeat to European Union and non-European Union states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13723/98]

The Taoiseach

Trade statistics are not available at county level. However, the following table contains the information requested by the Deputy for the State as a whole for the year 1997.

Value of Meat Exports 1997

	EU	Non-EU	Total
	£m	£m	£m
Beef	428.5	212.3	640.7
Lamb	116.8	0.1	116.9
Pigmeat	159.2	32.3	191.5
Poultry	76.6	2.1	78.8
Other	17.0	1.4	18.4
Total	798.1	248.2	1,046.3

Overall, approximately 6 per cent of trade is unclassified by commodity. The unclassified trade consists mainly of intra-EU estimates, including estimates for traders below the export survey threshold of £500,000.