Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 October 2010
132 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Transport the quantity of exports which were transported through each of the main ports for each of the past ten years; the quantity of imports for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35073/10]
View answerThe Central Statistics Office publishes a comprehensive annual report entitled "Statistics of Port Traffic". This report includes details of all goods exported and imported through the ports. The reports for the years 1998 to 2009 are available on www.cso.ie. The Irish Maritime Development Office also publishes shipping traffic statistics, including details of export and import volumes, both on an annual and quarterly basis and these are available on its website www.imdo.ie.
