Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 October 2004
97 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the location and value of dairy exports to EU and non-EU countries in each of the past five years; the extent to which new markets have been established or lost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24835/04]
View answerIreland exports a wide range of dairy products to over 100 countries worldwide. The main dairy exports from Ireland are butter, cheese, skimmed milk powder, SMP, whole milk powder, WMP, and casein. Baby food, liqueurs, dairy spreads and so forth, which contain dairy ingredients, are also exported. The following table sets out the value of the main commodity products during the past five years.
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*2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
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EU €’000 |
non-EU €’000 |
EU €’000 |
non-EU €’000 |
EU €’000 |
non-EU €’000 |
EU €’000 |
non-EU €’000 |
EU €’000 |
non-EU €’000 |
|
|
Butter |
311,961 |
38,887 |
300,547 |
18,594 |
307,178 |
21,898 |
327,167 |
22,194 |
337,321 |
20,872 |
|
Cheese |
253,458 |
42,024 |
327,940 |
28,056 |
362,061 |
24,199 |
269,332 |
19,357 |
254,612 |
15,266 |
|
SMP |
47,357 |
38,616 |
38,906 |
24,298 |
58,946 |
46,963 |
153,588 |
89,942 |
77,906 |
74,080 |
|
WMP |
56,790 |
32,670 |
53,001 |
24,233 |
56,130 |
45,434 |
56,293 |
51,165 |
53,808 |
37,202 |
|
Casein |
69,078 |
86,463 |
60,296 |
102,977 |
79,622 |
110,064 |
66,131 |
114,251 |
48,151 |
86,385 |
|
Total |
738,644 |
238,660 |
780,690 |
198,158 |
863,937 |
248,558 |
872,511 |
296,909 |
771,798 |
233,805 |
*Figures are provisional for 2003.
