Michael Finucane
Question:108 Mr. Finucane asked the Taoiseach the level and origin of imports for the period September 1998 to September 1999 for all the EU countries. [21498/99]
Written Answers. - Irish Imports.
The latest month for which information is available is May 1999. The following table shows Ireland's imports from EU countries for the nine month period September 1998 to May 1999 inclusive.
Value of Imports from EU countries September 1998-May 1999
|
1998£m |
1999£m |
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|
Country |
Sept |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
|
Great Britain |
820.4 |
890.2 |
854.5 |
867.9 |
751.8 |
807.4 |
828.2 |
825.1 |
734.6 |
|
Northern Ireland |
75.1 |
73.3 |
73.2 |
64.6 |
63.9 |
68.6 |
76.6 |
71.0 |
76.9 |
|
France |
96.3 |
105.8 |
109.0 |
106.2 |
102.7 |
89.0 |
112.6 |
120.0 |
104.2 |
|
Germany |
146.7 |
140.0 |
169.2 |
161.4 |
157.6 |
172.8 |
204.2 |
168.6 |
155.5 |
|
Belgium/Luxemburg |
30.0 |
32.0 |
33.4 |
27.9 |
33.1 |
29.5 |
41.8 |
37.8 |
52.8 |
|
Denmark |
18.8 |
18.0 |
22.7 |
19.1 |
15.8 |
15.3 |
16.3 |
17.7 |
15.7 |
|
Italy |
53.4 |
54.1 |
52.2 |
58.8 |
51.8 |
59.9 |
60.8 |
53.5 |
58.0 |
|
Spain |
24.9 |
26.2 |
37.1 |
33.6 |
32.7 |
33.5 |
45.2 |
34.4 |
36.9 |
|
Netherlands |
66.1 |
88.1 |
93.7 |
73.2 |
81.0 |
75.0 |
79.7 |
109.5 |
59.0 |
|
Portugal |
7.8 |
7.6 |
7.4 |
6.4 |
6.2 |
6.9 |
7.7 |
7.9 |
7.9 |
|
Sweden |
26.4 |
26.8 |
29.3 |
26.4 |
24.3 |
27.6 |
34.2 |
24.6 |
23.2 |
|
Finland |
23.3 |
24.2 |
22.3 |
14.6 |
17.1 |
17.5 |
21.3 |
21.7 |
16.1 |
|
Austria |
6.3 |
7.9 |
7.5 |
4.6 |
6.9 |
4.3 |
6.4 |
12.6 |
7.5 |
|
Greece |
1.8 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
1.3 |
2.4 |
|
EU Country notspecified |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
16.6 |
21.9 |
18.0 |
16.8 |
19.7 |
|
Total EU |
1,397.9 |
1,496.1 |
1,514.3 |
1,469.1 |
1,363.3 |
1,431.4 |
1,555.0 |
1,522.6 |
1,370.3 |
Note: Overall, approximately 3 per cent of trade is unclassified by country. The unclassified trade consists mainly of intra-EU estimates.
Michael Finucane
Question:109 Mr. Finucane asked the Taoiseach the level of imports from September 1998 to September 1999 for Thailand, Brazil, the Ivory Coast and USA. [21499/99]
The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following table:
Imports from selected countries September 1998-September 1999
|
Thailand |
Brazil |
Ivory Coast |
USA |
||
|
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
||
|
1998 |
September |
15,460.8 |
2,814.9 |
2,174.3 |
350,494.7 |
|
October |
13,461.6 |
2,508.2 |
1,772.5 |
371,716.9 |
|
|
November |
12,022.4 |
2,453.2 |
1,753.6 |
422,572.7 |
|
|
December |
11,719.2 |
1,594.6 |
1,457.9 |
441,259.0 |
|
|
1999 |
January |
9,720.9 |
3,187.0 |
1,358.6 |
423,941.4 |
|
February |
9,174.7 |
3,930.3 |
1,160.2 |
376,770.6 |
|
|
March |
9,003.5 |
7,275.1 |
907.7 |
461,448.4 |
|
|
April |
9,970.0 |
3,214.4 |
1,112.6 |
480,133.1 |
|
|
May |
8,856.1 |
4,602.9 |
992.6 |
431,662.6 |
|
|
June |
8,522.3 |
3,122.2 |
753.1 |
533,670.8 |
|
|
July |
10,004.3 |
3,907.3 |
459.8 |
483,368.1 |
|
|
August |
10,746.4 |
9,233.3 |
619.6 |
414,646.1 |
|
|
September |
8,025.4 |
2,431.9 |
1,038.2 |
561,694.4 |
Total
136,687.6
50,275.3
15,560.7
5,753,378.8