Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 11 Oct 2000

Vol. 523 No. 5

Written Answers. - Foreign Trade.

Michael Creed

Question:

159 Mr. Creed asked the Taoiseach the economic value of imports and exports from and to each country in central and southern America for each year since 1990. [21495/00]

The Taoiseach:

The following tables show the value of imports and exports for each central and southern American country for the years 1990 to 1999 and for the seven month period January to July 2000.

Imports with Central and South American Countries

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Country	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Anguilla	–	–	–	–	–
Antigua & Barbuda	1	105	29	–	1
Argentina	8,394	8,942	8,315	7,594	7,267
Aruba	–	–	–	2	25
Bahamas	2,350	1,824	2,155	1,296	2,546
Barbados	46	33	6	12	15
Belize	42	2	25	–	–
Bermuda	82	1	97	10	15
Bolivia	122	64	1	6	7
Brazil	41,665	38,375	43,051	58,307	60,640
British Virgin Islands	94	–	–	–	–
Cayman Islands	3	–	86	1	–
Chile	9,171	10,057	6,154	4,917	4,680
Colombia	29,330	30,389	8,141	7,458	7,153
Costa Rica	2,086	1,891	2,120	2,249	4,154
Cuba	145	199	1,087	758	682
Dominica	–	81	244	35	5
Dominican Republic	473	745	1,139	2,415	2,932
Ecuador	7,793	9,072	8,129	6,343	6,288
El Salvador	8	7	–	16	17
Falkland Islands	–	–	–	1	–
Grenada	–	5	24	1	5
Guatemala	214	986	102	2,115	828
Guyana	57	97	124	59	212
Haiti	35	34	26	2	2
Honduras	984	266	671	1,038	481
Jamaica	431	216	614	445	741
Mexico	8,626	6,876	7,260	7,901	8,239
Montserrat *1	–	–	–	–	–
Netherlands Antilles	–	33	40	1	109
Nicaragua	378	600	567	1,287	396
Panama	2,010	376	214	155	3,618
Paraguay	237	30	11	44	40
Peru	943	1,399	1,528	1,866	2,364
St. Kitts & St. Nevis	–	–	4	–	–
St. Lucia	3	–	6	2	24
St. Vincent	3	1	–	–	–
Surinam	42	97	57	168	34
Trinidad & Tobago	468	1,082	–	–	–
Turks and Caicos Islands	–	–	–	–	–
US Virgin Islands	2.003	2,310	1,344	1,996	1,941
Uruguay	910	570	526	1,566	910
Venezuela	1,277	1,798	303	580	1,262
Other *2	90	148	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	120,516	118,711	94,201	110,645	117,633

Imports with Central and South American Countries

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	Jan-Jul2000
Country	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Anguilla	–	–	–	12	12	–
Antigua & Barbuda	1,337	106	17	–	–	–
Argentina	4,735	18,768	6,679	10,504	18,847	19,684
Aruba	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bahamas	2,136	4,144	1,462	2,165	377	221
Barbados	15	10	14	3.109	2,264	1,456
Belize	221	1,152	4,378	3,464	4,139	2,445
Bermuda	74	46	13	27	53	38
Bolivia	12	28	29	45	1	5
Brazil	57,790	47,160	49,175	33,430	64,667	41,204

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	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	Jan-Jul2000
Country	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
British Virgin Islands	81	–	–	600	43	51
Cayman Islands	2	243	51	18	26	5
Chile	6,812	7,230	9,742	11,611	15,392	10,147
Colombia	6,743	11,782	15,724	12,672	16,603	8,254
Costa Rica	5,491	3,619	6,464	6,958	20,860	18,416
Cuba	287	1,350	704	630	443	428
Dominica	–	206	85	32	1,661	1,312
Dominican Republic	5,442	6.045	556	291	1,013	340
Ecuador	1,069	274	422	418	440	315
El Salvador	40	121	38	50	9	36
Falkland Islands	–	–	–	12	37	2
Grenada	119	54	75	258	607	70
Guatemala	2,374	488	1,552	240	1,317	396
Guyana	179	182	318	176	689	33
Haiti	68	124	28	29	2	1
Honduras	3,115	5,503	7,871	13,167	11,056	8,966
Jamaica	812	948	1,081	902	724	201
Mexico	34,124	64,429	52,032	59,266	53,346	49,774
Montserrat *1	336	1,756	1,930	527	14	3
Netherlands Antilles	114	88	1	60	40	85
Nicaragua	837	737	766	527	1,940	956
Panama	4,489	3,381	2,048	343	1,560	39
Paraguay	37	21	41	201	320	238
Peru	2,917	3,686	4,844	2,711	2,716	1,650
St. Kitts & St. Nevis	–	–	–	–	–	–
St. Lucia	226	13	–	–	–	22
St. Vincent	–	4	38	–	1	–
Surinam	191	337	405	178	283	34
Trinidad & Tobago	–	–	–	–	173	55
Turks & Caicos Islands	149	150	–	53	–	–
US Virgin Islands	1,991	2,187	2,265	1,836	2,517	1,406
Uruguay	738	1,680	2,429	1,199	853	638
Venezuela	1,988	1,928	2,242	3,316	5,075	2,613
Other *2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	147,090	189,976	175,521	171,035	230,119	171,538

Exports with Central and South American Countries

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Country	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Anguilla	1	–	–	163	–
Antigua & Barbuda	101	122	213	2,599	7,164
Argentina	4,375	5,032	11,008	11,158	20,183
Aruba	606	543	2,152	1,103	1,322
Bahamas	7,310	6,233	2,115	2,717	3,694
Barbados	1,604	1,636	1,100	1,503	1,056
Belize	431	274	335	830	717
Bermuda	2,991	13,117	774	1,470	1,134
Bolivia	1,103	908	709	1,761	2,127
Brazil	16,403	40,709	20,523	43,379	51,889
British Virgin Islands	17	11	–	–	–
Cayman Islands	153	347	1,955	450	363
Chile	5,008	12,027	13,432	15,789	21,820
Colombia	2,625	2,760	5,011	5,850	9,215
Costa Rica	1,291	1,893	2,739	5,242	5,697
Cuba	5,845	1,355	210	4,107	2,989
Dominica	94	82	61	30	215
Dominican Republic	239	1,192	1,442	18,635	7,538
Ecuador	2,997	3,024	2,254	2,287	2,997
El Salvador	385	699	923	1,600	1,405
Falkland Islands	14	4	9	–	–
Grenada	235	303	409	338	333
Guatemala	2,644	4,394	3,990	9,752	7,698
Guyana	8	352	690	141	261
Haiti	1,023	1,444	925	97	111
Honduras	409	1,672	1,933	1,739	1,552
Jamaica	928	966	1,348	5,518	3,339
Mexico	80,341	30,554	86,750	77,624	61,654
	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Country	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Montserrat *1	–	–	–	–	–
Netherlands Antilles	878	595	626	1,145	538
Nicaragua	841	459	3,185	464	465
Panama	2,957	2,591	4,411	4,978	5,230
Paraguay	300	988	130	336	396
Peru	1,692	4,572	5,463	3,085	5,959
St. Kitts & St. Nevis	–	–	12	21	62
St. Lucia	516	609	571	485	301
St. Vincent	123	285	111	182	713
Surinam	77	62	109	83	228
Trinidad and Tobago	5,210	6,814	–	–	–
Turks and Cairos Islands	18	39	51	92	114
US Virgin Islands	864	627	1,020	1,449	724
Uruguay	377	447	460	790	1,109
Venezuela	1,439	7,266	9,806	6,355	7.805
Other *2	708	604	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	155,181	157,611	188,965	235,347	240,117

Exports with Central and South American Countries

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	Jan-Jul2000
Country	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Anguilla	–	–	7	9	47	–
Antigua & Barbuda	2,582	350	179	603	423	306
Argentina	32,290	36,589	29,052	37,295	44,393	20,261
Aruba	1,206	843	2,018	1,392	991	170
Bahamas	1,950	1,375	3,102	2,612	2,135	1,579
Barbados	906	801	928	900	1,075	790
Belize	804	793	1,427	503	104	98
Bermuda	1,159	1,832	1,143	984	969	984
Bolivia	1,263	2,162	2,895	1,620	98	132
Brazil	55,468	69,311	91,856	114,738	112,365	88,581
British Virgin Islands	12	6	5	6	3	18
Cayman Islands	295	383	592	15,141	343	251
Chile	22,389	25,756	25,005	25,164	28,200	14,207
Colombia	15,276	10,835	16,314	15,031	14,628	11,400
Costa Rica	4,837	6,216	5,745	10,328	37,363	37,394
Cuba	5,014	105	1,770	2,991	533	856
Dominica	365	91	84	96	89	56
Dominican Republic	648	1,035	4,010	2,122	5,660	4,278
Ecuador	4,702	5,760	4,830	5,311	2,128	3,889
El Salvador	1,425	1,175	2,547	4,592	4,577	4,663
Falkland Islands	2	–	183	130	150	–
Grenada	272	431	353	429	325	62
Guatemala	6,980	7,025	6,952	6,800	4,521	5,460
Guyana	290	746	814	501	440	134
Haiti	200	272	434	397	1,626	330
Honduras	997	1,292	1,597	1,707	954	570
Jamaica	1,776	4,096	3,487	2,876	2,132	1,718
Mexico	79,653	100,787	107,244	129,182	135,880	101,898
Montserrat *1	2	198	–	329	1	1
Netherlands Antilles	383	1,269	1,510	2,421	754	799
Nicaragua	183	330	345	2,655	799	881
Panama	6,255	8,153	11,200	6,533	7,059	4,472
Paraguay	669	626	9,234	16,636	23,020	10,763
Peru	10,868	10,745	8,227	13,208	10,433	6,535
St. Kitts & St. Nevis	12	42	20	37	90	128
St. Lucia	270	152	116	216	187	328
St. Vincent	318	299	383	352	503	285
Surinam	147	186	187	145	232	77
Trinidad & Tobago	–	–	–	–	10,943	10,075
Turks & Caicos Islands	85	28	21	429	13	40
US Virgin Islands	593	615	1,023	1,134	1,042	711
Uruguay	2,879	3,725	5,041	5,844	4,826	2,917
Venezuela	10,898	12,370	11,326	25,924	12,813	19,385
Other *2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	276,321	318,806	363,206	459,325	474,865	357,482

*1 For years prior to 1995 Montserrat was classified with the British Virgin Islands.

*2 The ‘Other' category comprises the remaining countries in Central and Southern America not identified separately in the tables.