Mary Upton
Question:377 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the quantity of oilseed rape and the forms in which oilseed rape was imported into Ireland over the past three years up until December 2005. [3856/06]
View answerTuesday, 7 February 2006
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The following table sets out the quantity of oilseed imported into Ireland for animal feed in the period 2003 to 2005 and the form in which it was imported.
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
Total |
|
|
000t |
000t |
000t |
000t |
|
|
Extracted (removal of oil by solvent) |
144 |
147 |
139 |
430 |
|
Expeller (Removal of oil by mechanical extraction) |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Total |
435 |
Some 86% of the above material was imported from within the EU. No whole grains of oilseed have been imported into Ireland in the period referred to.