Bernard J. Durkan
Question:86 Mr. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the full extent of the growth of Irish exports in the past five years [8206/04]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 March 2004
86 Mr. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the full extent of the growth of Irish exports in the past five years [8206/04]
View answerThe data requested by the Deputy are presented in the table following. Table 1 shows the total value of exports which increased from €57,321.8 million in 1998 to €82,125.5 million in 2003. Tables 2 and 3 show annual merchandise export data for the years 1998 to 2002 and for the period January to November 2003 broken down by major geographical region and identifying, in particular, the top ten commodity groupings for the period. November 2003 is the latest month for which detailed data are available. Details for December 2003 will be available towards the end of March 2004.
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
|
€(000) |
€(000) |
€(000) |
€(000) |
€(000) |
€(000) |
|
Total |
57,321,815 |
66,956,219 |
83,888,932 |
92,689,909 |
93,610,346 |
82,125,500 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
Jan-Nov 2003 |
|
€(000) |
€(000) |
€(000) |
€(000) |
€(000) |
€(000) |
|
UK |
12,920,617 |
14,690,171 |
18,869,835 |
22,629,829 |
22,453,776 |
13,565,387 |
Other EU |
26,067,093 |
28,768,665 |
33,416,681 |
34,946,145 |
37,443,845 |
32,447,729 |
USA and Canada |
8,088,768 |
10,667,226 |
14,622,342 |
16,286,893 |
17,000,413 |
16,115,544 |
Rest of the world |
10,245,337 |
12,830,157 |
16,980,074 |
18,827,042 |
16,712,312 |
13,196,887 |
Total |
57,321,815 |
66,956,219 |
83,888,932 |
92,689,909 |
93,610,346 |
75,325,547 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
Jan-Nov 2003 |
|
€(000) |
€(000) |
€(000) |
€(000) |
€(000) |
€(000) |
|
Office machines & automatic data processing machines |
12,940,208 |
15,152,684 |
19,616,841 |
21,034,504 |
17,309,437 |
13,222,389 |
Organic chemicals |
9,946,284 |
11,394,108 |
16,897,510 |
17,117,882 |
17,378,629 |
14,247,985 |
Medical & pharmaceutical products |
4,212,398 |
4,815,059 |
5,311,737 |
8,975,123 |
15,669,895 |
12,407,618 |
Electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances nes & parts |
4,212,243 |
5,135,805 |
7,915,994 |
10,164,509 |
10,564,769 |
4,711,309 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes |
4,231,432 |
5,208,985 |
6,121,857 |
6,002,669 |
5,034,547 |
4,420,245 |
Telecommunications & sound equipment |
2,150,444 |
3,582,145 |
3,736,538 |
3,657,620 |
2,635,458 |
1,196,700 |
Essential oils, perfume materials; toilet & cleansing preps |
2,012,419 |
2,448,692 |
2,355,173 |
3,140,932 |
3,160,548 |
3,754,563 |
Chemical materials & products nes |
1,414,116 |
1,862,762 |
1,940,871 |
2,295,191 |
2,223,569 |
2,201,768 |
Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus nes |
1,394,955 |
1,387,281 |
1,703,242 |
1,881,812 |
2,061,755 |
3,004,397 |
Meat & meat preparations |
1,481,651 |
1,770,558 |
1,752,217 |
1,594,127 |
1,744,252 |
1,672,990 |