Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 10 Nov 1999

Vol. 510 No. 4

Ceisteanna–Questions. National Accounts Estimates. - Nitrates and Phosphates Imports.

Austin Deasy

Question:

2 Mr. Deasy asked the Taoiseach the quantities of nitrates and phosphates imported in each of the past five years. [22470/99]

Mr. S. Brennan

The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following table. The latest month for which information is available is June 1999.

Imports of Nitrates, Phosphates, Potassium and Mixtures

	Nitrates	Phosphates	Potassium	Mixtures
Year	Tonnes	Tonnes	Tonnes	Tonnes
1994	364,396	84,531	260,430	425,191
1995	539,912	41,215	254,329	638,445
1996	454,824	78,727	331,110	543,116
1997	440,399	51,009	187,890	480,881
1998	392,674	29,599	189,753	622,630
Jan-Jun 99	222,304	13,852	91,314	474,507

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.