Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 20 Feb 2001

Vol. 530 No. 6

Written Answers. - Meat Imports.

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

95 Mr. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the extent to which beef or beef products have been imported, whether from EU or non-EU countries, in each of the years from 1998 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4403/01]

The Taoiseach

The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following tabular statement for the years 1998, 1999 and for the period January-September 2000. September 2000 is the latest month for which information is available.

Imports of beef and beef products

	1998			1999			Jan-Sep 2000
	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes
European Union
Great Britain	10,222	5,215	7,048	4,383	7,018	3,812
Northern Ireland	4,400	2,050	1,539	841	1,058	502
France	1,020	937	421	270	590	283
Belgium*	63	74	123	45	845	237
Netherlands	4,963	1,634	1,980	452	1,966	462
Germany	190	75	105	20	86	32
Italy	27	13	24	10	413	137
Denmark	195	88	154	118	4	2
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	11	13	0	0	0	0
Spain	42	13	238	88	77	15
Sweden	1,271	518	0	0	0	0
Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austria	0	0	1	1	408	381
Total	22,404	10,630	11,633	6,228	12,465	5,863
Non-European Union
Brazil	936	347	2,165	1,113	2,998	1,541
Uruguay	436	285	355	237	450	231
Other	1,842	844	333	171	20	5
Total	3,214	1,476	2,853	1,521	3,468	1,777
Overall Total	25,618	12,106	14,486	7,749	15,933	7,640

*As and from January 1999 Belgium and Luxembourg are accounted for separately.

Note: The "other" category includes the remaining countries not shown in the tables and unclassified trade.

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

96 Mr. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the extent to which poultry or poultry products have been imported in each of the years from 1998 to date; if these imports originated in European Union countries or non-European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4404/01]

The Taoiseach

The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following tabular statement for the years 1998, 1999 and for the period January-September 2000. September 2000 is the latest month for which information is available.

Imports of poultry and poultry products

	1998			1999			Jan-Sep 2000
	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes
European Union
Great Britain	40,598	17,431	49,419	21,423	37,032	15,721
Northern Ireland	17,107	7,225	20,400	11,185	13,442	5,615
Netherlands	8,625	3,070	13,397	5,109	14,300	4,809
Benelux*	1,254	353	2,029	787	5,670	2,306
France	3,364	1,741	5,063	1,887	3,204	1,010
Denmark	4,224	1,587	4,876	1,815	3,140	1,093
Italy	2,325	1,160	4,586	2,181	2,390	916
Spain	153	39	896	392	899	321
Germany	831	288	618	390	807	299
Sweden	27	16	41	19	131	47
Portugal	0	0	2	1	69	20
Greece	223	190	0	0	23	10
Total	78,731	33,100	101,327	45,189	81,107	32,167
Non-European Union
Thailand	96	46	189	71	675	230
Brazil	56	30	220	114	613	215
Other	59	14	229	93	193	71
Total	211	90	638	278	1,481	516
Overall Total	78,942	33,190	101,965	45,467	82,588	32,683

*As and from January 1999 Belgium and Luxembourg are accounted for separately.

Note: The "other" category includes the remaining countries not shown in the tables and unclassified trade. Approximately 3% of overall trade is unclassified by country. The unclassified trade consists of intra-EU estimates.

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

97 Mr. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the extent to which pig meat or pig meat products have been imported in each of the years from 1998 to date; and if these imports were from European Union or non-European Union countries. [4407/01]

The Taoiseach

The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following tabular statement for the years 1998, 1999 and for the period January – September 2000. September 2000 is the latest month for which information is available.

Imports of pig meat and pig meat products

	1998			1999			Jan-Sep 2000
	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes
European Union
Great Britain	10,998	10,787	14,300	9,331	12,931	6,950
Northern Ireland	10,234	5,712	10,250	4,983	6,643	3,607
France	6,392	3,467	4,321	2,173	5,628	2,179
Belgium*	2,341	606	1,400	411	1,205	309
Netherlands	9,618	5,053	15,291	6,594	16,227	5,952
Germany	4,739	2,363	5,874	2,304	5,165	1,762
Italy	426	170	425	292	322	222
Denmark	8,568	4,132	6,602	3,415	6,691	2,598
Greece	0	0	0	0	67	41
Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	25	4	29	7	33	12
Sweden	0	0	0	0	166	56
Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austria	0	0	0	0	6	1
Total	53,341	32,294	58,492	29,510	55,084	23,689
Non-European Union
USA	764	356	730	341	174	71
Argentina	0	0	0	0	427	89
Other	77	56	16	15	397	99
Total	841	412	746	356	998	259
Overall Total	54,182	32,706	59,238	29,866	56,082	23,948

*As and from January 1999 Belgium and Luxembourg are accounted for separately.

Note: The "other" category includes the remaining countries not shown in the tables and unclassified trade. Approximately 3% of overall trade is unclassified by country. The unclassified trade consists of intra-EU estimates.