Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 25 Mar 2003

Vol. 563 No. 4

Written Answers - Statistics on Imports.

John Deasy

Question:

148 Mr. Deasy asked the Taoiseach the amount and value of tree nursery stock being imported from Holland, Germany and England. [8188/03]

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Ms Hanafin)

The information requested by the Deputy is presented in the following tables for the years 2001 and 2002.

Netherlands

	2001				2002
	€000	Tonnes	€000	Tonnes
Outdoor plants – trees, shrubs and bushes
forest trees	257	148	102	32
rooted cuttings and young plants	148	37	509	115
other trees, shrubs and bushes	1,630	802	2,391	1,756
perennial plants	443	221	558	238
Other	569	242	515	153
Roses
neither budded nor grafted	28	2	0	0
budded or grafted	138	13	256	38
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts
vine slips grafted or rooted	36	9	2	0
Other	132	31	217	37
Unrooted cuttings and slips of vines	17	2	26	3
Other	5	0	43	8
Rhododendrons and azaleas	161	39	123	31
Total	3,566	1,545	4,741	2,412

Germany

	2001				2002
	€000	Tonnes	€000	Tonnes
Outdoor plants – trees, shrubs and bushes
forest trees	130	59	69	6
rooted cuttings and young plants	4	1	57	18
other trees, shrubs and bushes	11	7	15	10
perennial plants	11	9	0	0
other	4	2	0	0
Roses grafted or not
neither budded nor grafted	27	6	369	83
budded or grafted	10	2	2	0
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts
vine slips grafted or rooted	0	0	0	0
Other	24	9	125	44
Unrooted cuttings and slips of vines	0	0	1	0
Other	5	1	25	7
Rhododendrons and azaleas	0	0	8	3
Total	226	95	672	170

Great Britain

	2001				2002
	€000	Tonnes	€000	Tonnes
Outdoor plants – trees, shrubs and bushes
forest trees	329	34	193	40
rooted cuttings and young plants	161	22	1,065	150
other trees, shrubs and bushes	502	183	197	75
perennial plants	149	95	168	44
other	516	114	542	119
Roses grafted or not
neither budded nor grafted	84	7	86	9
budded or grafted	57	7	85	9
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts
vine slips grafted or rooted	3	3	0	0
Other	217	87	134	55
Unrooted cuttings and slips of vines	6	1	7	1
Other	66	11	462	75
Rhododendrons and azaleas	19	3	66	15
Total	2,108	567	3,006	592

Note: It should be noted that, overall, approximately 3% of all trade is unclassified by commodity.