Martin Ferris
Question:86. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tonnes of beef imported here in 2014. [38422/14]
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Questions (86, 88)
Martin Ferris
Question:88. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the country of origin of the beef imported here in 2014. [38424/14]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 86 and 88 together.
There has been 13,123 tonnes of beef imported into Ireland in the period between January 2014 and July 2014 according to Central Statistics Office data. Bord Bia estimates that more than 470,000 tonnes of beef were exported from Ireland in 2013.
Please see below details of countries of origin and volumes imported.
|
Country |
Import Tonnes Total |
Country |
Import Tonnes Total |
|
Australia |
7 |
Italy |
3 |
|
Austria |
35 |
Lithuania |
103 |
|
Belgium |
18 |
Netherlands |
129 |
|
Brazil |
62 |
New Zealand |
1 |
|
China |
32 |
Northern Ireland |
2255 |
|
Croatia |
5 |
Poland |
106 |
|
Denmark |
19 |
Romania |
14 |
|
France |
67 |
Spain |
21 |
|
Gabon |
1 |
Sri Lanka |
15 |
|
Germany |
162 |
Sweden |
62 |
|
Great Britain |
9997 |
Turkey |
6 |
|
India |
1 |
Uruguay |
2 |