Vegetable Imports.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 March 2006

Tuesday, 7 March 2006

Questions (134)

Paul McGrath

Question:

163 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Taoiseach the volume of vegetables which has been imported from Israel in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8827/06]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Mr. Kitt)

The information requested by the Deputy is presented in the following table. For comparative purposes data for the preceding five years is also provided.

Vegetable Imports from Israel	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005*
	Tonnes	Tonnes	Tonnes	Tonnes	Tonnes	Tonnes
Potatoes of which:
New potatoes, fresh or chilled	25			539	846	796
Potatoes main crop, fresh or chilled	40	57	8	13	210	301
Seed potatoes, fresh or chilled				8	2
Potatoes, processed			2
Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled		15	26	2	167	1,094#
Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled	54	275	130	63	227	282
Tomatoes of which:
Tomatoes, fresh or chilled	35	110	202	138	71	55
Tomatoes, frozen		12
Tomatoes, processed					69	24
Other edible root vegetables, fresh or chilled			2	122	115	104
Sweetcorn of which:
Sweetcorn, frozen		45	50	61	109	60
Sweetcorn, fresh or chilled	9	2	3			3
Sweetcorn, processed			66	70	108	129
Sweet potatoes, fresh	22	34	48	51	62	83
Celery (other than celeriac), fresh or chilled	4	1	3	6	18	5
Onions of which:
Onions other than sets fresh or chilled		8	16
Onion sets, fresh or chilled				1
Other vegetables, fresh, chilled, frozen or processed	80	185	123	155	98	45
Total	269	744	679	1,229	2,102	2,981

* Provisional estimates.

# Currently under review.