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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 25 Nov 1998

Vol. 497 No. 3

Written Answers - Poultry Imports.

Michael Finucane

Question:

53 Mr. Finucane asked the Taoiseach if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 10 November 1998, he will classify the countries under the category of other countries regarding poultry products for each of the years 1996 and 1997 and the period January to July 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25107/98]

The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following table. The latest month for which information is available is July 1998.

Imports of Poultry Products.

1996

1997

Jan.-July 1998

£000

Tonnes

£000

Tonnes

£000

Tonnes

Great Britain

25,323

10,840

30,096

11,777

22,987

10,009

Northern Ireland

14,809

9,024

15,423

6,807

11,870

5,123

Netherlands

3,728

1,367

6,347

2,092

4,987

1,622

Denmark

3,093

1,232

3,516

1,397

1,911

766

France

3,972

1,705

2,237

1,247

1,596

868

Belgium-Luxembourg

1,427

337

1,403

373

707

202

Other countries of which

2,026

877

1,719

842

1,420

593

Italy

1,007

496

932

518

827

367

Germany

274

121

585

249

474

188

Spain

596

206

81

24

69

19

Brazil

112

49

31

16

New Zealand

17

5

4

0

8

1

Dominica

12

3

Estonia

67

20

Iceland

8

2

Greece

3

1

Thailand

3

0

USA

1

1

EU, unknown

52

25

2

1

Total

54,378

25,382

60,743

24,534

45,478

19,183

Note: It should be noted that, overall, approximately 7 per cent of trade is unclassified by commodity. The unclassified trade consists mainly of intra-EU estimates, including estimates for traders below the import survey threshold of £100,000. .te
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