David Stanton
Question:152 Mr. Stanton asked the Taoiseach the amount, value and origin of imports of beef, sheep and pig meat over the past 12 months. [28287/98]
Written Answers. - Meat Imports.
The latest month for which information is available is August 1998. The following tables show the value and volume of meat imports for the year 1997 and for the eight month period January-August 1998.
Value and Volume of Meat Imports
|
1997 |
Beef |
Sheep |
Pigmeat |
1997 |
Beef |
Sheep |
Pigmeat |
|
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
Tonnes |
Tonnes |
Tonnes |
|||
|
Great Britain |
12.0 |
1.5 |
11.0 |
5,893 |
634 |
4,583 |
||
|
Northern Ireland |
4.6 |
0.1 |
13.3 |
3,333 |
54 |
5,521 |
||
|
Denmark |
0.5 |
– |
12.3 |
739 |
– |
4,982 |
||
|
Netherlands |
2.4 |
– |
9.1 |
995 |
– |
3,864 |
||
|
France |
1.0 |
0.0 |
4.8 |
674 |
20 |
1,982 |
||
|
Belgium & Luxembourg |
0.0 |
– |
2.9 |
26 |
– |
849 |
||
|
Germany |
0.2 |
– |
2.2 |
117 |
– |
946 |
||
|
Italy |
1.1 |
– |
0.2 |
375 |
– |
77 |
||
|
New Zealand |
0.3 |
0.9 |
– |
178 |
485 |
– |
||
|
Argentina |
0.8 |
0.0 |
– |
551 |
11 |
– |
||
|
Egypt |
0.7 |
– |
– |
747 |
– |
– |
||
|
Uruguay |
0.6 |
– |
– |
418 |
– |
– |
||
|
Brazil |
0.5 |
– |
– |
372 |
– |
– |
||
|
Sweden |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
112 |
23 |
76 |
||
|
Czech Republic |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
||
|
Other |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
303 |
26 |
267 |
||
|
Total |
25.4 |
2.6 |
56.6 |
14,833 |
1,253 |
23,147 |
Value and Volume of Meat Imports
|
Jan-Aug 1998 |
Beef |
Sheep |
Pigmeat |
Jan-Aug 1998 |
Beef |
Sheep |
Pigmeat |
|
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
Tonnes |
Tonnes |
Tonnes |
|||
|
Great Britain |
6.5 |
1.3 |
7.0 |
3,345 |
616 |
3,540 |
||
|
Northern Ireland |
2.2 |
0.0 |
7.1 |
1,172 |
26 |
3,745 |
||
|
Denmark |
0.1 |
– |
5.4 |
59 |
– |
2,488 |
||
|
Netherlands |
4.3 |
0.0 |
6.4 |
1,537 |
22 |
3,433 |
||
|
France |
0.8 |
0.0 |
4.1 |
632 |
4 |
2,113 |
||
|
Belgium & Luxembourg |
0.0 |
– |
1.8 |
36 |
– |
461 |
||
|
Germany |
0.0 |
– |
2.9 |
19 |
– |
1,367 |
||
|
Italy |
0.0 |
– |
0.2 |
2 |
– |
68 |
||
|
New Zealand |
0.3 |
1.0 |
– |
128 |
550 |
– |
||
|
Argentina |
0.2 |
– |
– |
149 |
– |
– |
||
|
Egypt |
0.6 |
– |
– |
985 |
– |
– |
||
|
Uruguay |
0.3 |
– |
– |
177 |
– |
– |
||
|
Brazil |
0.5 |
– |
– |
175 |
– |
– |
||
|
Sweden |
1.3 |
– |
– |
516 |
– |
– |
||
|
Czech Republic |
0.4 |
– |
– |
115 |
– |
– |
||
|
Other |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
74 |
4 |
268 |
||
|
Total |
17.8 |
2.5 |
35.5 |
9,121 |
1,222 |
17,483 |
Note: It should be noted that, overall, approximately 7 per cent 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.