Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 January 2010
151 Deputy David Stanton asked the Taoiseach the volume and value of sugar imported in 2008 and 2009 respectively; the countries of origin of the sugar; the volumes and values from each country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3447/10]
View answerThe information requested by Deputy Stanton is presented in the following table.
The table shows the total quantity of cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose imports by country, for the year January-December 2008 and the most recently available period, namely, January-October 2009.
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Jan-Dec 2008 |
Jan-Oct 2009 |
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Country |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
|
Australia |
4 |
3 |
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|
Austria |
1 |
1 |
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|
Belgium |
2,278 |
3,147 |
604 |
872 |
|
Brazil |
1 |
1 |
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|
Canada |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
China |
26 |
14 |
27 |
23 |
|
Czech Republic |
3 |
3 |
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|
Denmark |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
France |
15,333 |
25,612 |
7,624 |
14,383 |
|
Germany |
9,826 |
13,427 |
8,268 |
12,055 |
|
Ghana |
10 |
2 |
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|
Great Britain |
45,728 |
65,822 |
61,465 |
105,463 |
|
Hong Kong |
1 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
|
Hungary |
1 |
0 |
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|
India |
2 |
2 |
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|
Indonesia |
1 |
1 |
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|
Italy |
246 |
121 |
522 |
170 |
|
Japan |
585 |
194 |
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|
Kenya |
0 |
0 |
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|
Lithuania |
5 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
|
Luxembourg |
2,322 |
3,512 |
4,149 |
6,484 |
|
Malawi |
0 |
0 |
30 |
21 |
|
Malaysia |
0 |
0 |
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|
Mauritius |
3 |
3 |
16 |
11 |
|
Netherlands |
74 |
28 |
101 |
36 |
|
New Zealand |
0 |
0 |
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|
Nigeria |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Northern Ireland |
209 |
379 |
30 |
26 |
|
Philippines |
0 |
0 |
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|
Poland |
47 |
37 |
17 |
22 |
|
Singapore |
3 |
4 |
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|
South Africa |
0 |
0 |
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|
Spain |
5 |
2 |
26 |
19 |
|
Switzerland |
13 |
6 |
88 |
47 |
|
Thailand |
14 |
12 |
18 |
12 |
|
Turkey |
15 |
11 |
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|
United Arab Emirates |
8 |
22 |
73 |
138 |
|
United States |
38 |
23 |
69 |
34 |
|
Grand Total |
76,410 |
112,356 |
84,234 |
140,651 |
