Seymour Crawford
Question:43 Mr. Crawford asked the Taoiseach the number of tonnes of meat which have been exported to Egypt to date in 2002 and for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13957/02]
Written Answers. - Meat Exports.
The data requested by the Deputy are presented in the following table.
Tonnage of meat exports to Egypt
|
1997Tonnes |
1998Tonnes |
1999Tonnes |
2000Tonnes |
2001*Tonnes |
Jan-Feb 2002Tonnes |
|
|
Beef (excl. live cattle) |
56,556 |
81,798 |
110,432 |
105,375 |
3,763 |
0 |
|
Lamb |
19 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
Poultry |
0 |
0 |
5 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pork |
0 |
57 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Other |
73 |
71 |
53 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
56,648 |
81,926 |
110,549 |
105,418 |
3,763 |
0 |
*This data primarily relate to January 2001 which were late recordings of consignments despatched in December 2000. The CSO has reason to believe that these consignments were later re-imported into Ireland as a result of the embargo on all beef imports from EU countries into Egypt. This view is supported by the 2001 import data as set out in the following supplementary table.
Possible Supplementaries
Tonnage of meat imports from Egypt
|
1997Tonnes |
1998Tonnes |
1999Tonnes |
2000Tonnes |
2001Tonnes |
Jan-Feb 2002Tonnes |
|
|
Beef (excl. live cattle) |
747 |
297 |
0 |
0 |
3,891 |
0 |
|
Lamb |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Poultry |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pork |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
747 |
297 |
0 |
0 |
3,891 |
0 |