Arthur Morgan
Question:125 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of exports from foreign owned firms based here in 2009 and for each of the past ten years. [37552/09]
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Arthur Morgan
Question:126 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of exports of foreign owned manufacturing and internationally traded services in 2009 and for each of the past ten years; and the value of exports of Irish owned manufacturing and internationally traded services in 2009 and for each of the past ten years. [37553/09]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 and 126 together.
The Central Statistics Office publishes official data on total merchandise and services exports and the relevant details are shown in the first table. That Office does not differentiate between the exports generated by Foreign-owned and by Irish- owned companies.
|
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 (Jan.-June) |
|
|
Merchandise |
83.9 |
92.7 |
93.7 |
82.1 |
84.4 |
86.7 |
86.8 |
89.2 |
86.4 |
44.3 |
|
Internationally Traded Services |
18.3 |
23.8 |
29.9 |
37.1 |
42.4 |
48.2 |
57.1 |
68.0 |
69.2 |
33.1 |
However, Forfás have undertaken research to provide details of exports by Irish owned companies. This data is available for most of this period and the details are as follows:
|
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 (Jan.-June) |
|
|
Merchandise |
7.6 |
7.5 |
7.3 |
7.1 |
7.0 |
7.4 |
8.2 |
8.7 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Internationally Traded Services |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
2.7 |
3.1 |
N/A |
N/A |