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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 January 2017

Thursday, 19 January 2017

Questions (262)

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

262. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries that Ireland exported food and drink products to in 2015 and 2016 including a breakdown in volume terms and in value of total exports, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2442/17]

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From January to December 2015, Ireland exported 6 million tonnes of agri-food to the value of €11.98 billion. From January to November 2016, it exported 5.7 million tonnes of agri-food to the value of €11 billion.

The countries and the amount exported to them are listed in the following table.

Exports

Exports

Exports

Exports

Jan-Dec 2015

Jan-Dec 2015

Jan-Nov 2016

Jan-Nov 2016

Country

€ 000

Tonnes

Country

€ 000

Tonnes

Afghanistan

2,996

1,861

Afghanistan

4,544

2,875

Albania

775

513

Albania

81

31

Algeria

41,158

14,940

Algeria

37,649

15,008

Andorra

225

69

Andorra

452

70

Angola

6,977

3,741

Angola

5,758

3,225

Antigua & Barbuda

21

1

Antigua & Barbuda

0

0

Argentina

2,475

719

Argentina

2,895

804

Armenia

166

63

Armenia

93

12

Australia

57,567

24,871

Australia

46,852

19,910

Austria

24,044

8,668

Austria

24,633

9,694

Azerbaijan

532

82

Azerbaijan

131

78

Bahamas

1,969

497

Bahamas

1,588

381

Bahrain

8,822

2,563

Bahrain

7,427

2,479

Bangladesh

2,467

1,167

Bangladesh

1,950

1,223

Barbados

705

192

Barbados

478

120

Belarus

1,155

534

Belarus

684

328

Belgium

223,720

87,851

Belgium

195,267

64,589

Belize

52

21

Belize

4

1

Benin

5,142

5,200

Benin

4,273

4,240

Bermuda

311

105

Bermuda

334

109

Bolivia

29

5

Bolivia

42

5

Bosnia & Herzegovina

313

105

Bosnia & Herzegovina

297

71

Botswana

0

0

Botswana

0

0

Brazil

5,460

995

Brazil

5,169

979

Brunei

1

1

Brunei

1

1

Bulgaria

11,577

2,646

Bulgaria

10,976

2,724

Burkina Faso

5,891

3,155

Burkina Faso

5,402

3,020

Burma

35

2

Burma

1,669

1,059

Burundi

2

0

Cambodia

1,778

186

Cambodia

1,067

134

Cameroon

2,195

1,763

Cameroon

22,624

22,694

Canada

96,136

24,490

Canada

92,303

23,243

Cape Verde

195

75

Cape Verde

290

100

Cayman Islands

162

52

Cayman Islands

253

78

Central African Republic

23

14

Central African Republic

50

28

Chad

1,432

845

Chad

1,413

857

Chile

7,686

2,186

Chile

8,643

2,221

China

708,533

401,779

China

611,642

440,396

Colombia

17,687

2,280

Colombia

12,441

2,194

Comoros

110

51

Comoros

68

26

Congo

4,850

3,414

Congo

3,903

1,701

Congo (Dem Rep)

12,277

7,130

Congo (Dem Rep)

13,753

7,437

Costa Rica

3,763

1,419

Costa Rica

4,621

1,667

Croatia

680

221

Croatia

880

318

Cuba

652

309

Cuba

3,345

1,497

Cyprus

4,600

1,455

Cyprus

4,175

1,373

Czech Republic

44,386

14,668

Czech Republic

40,292

11,776

Denmark

120,644

55,459

Denmark

122,199

59,356

Dominican Republic

3,599

646

Dominican Republic

3,616

873

Ecuador

3,965

394

Ecuador

3,029

387

Egypt

52,910

33,385

Egypt

45,064

22,546

El Salvador

3,389

1,177

El Salvador

6,868

2,634

Equatorial Guinea

215

141

Equatorial Guinea

294

167

Estonia

2,724

1,362

Eritrea

4

0

Ethiopia

478

139

Estonia

3,576

1,399

Falkland Islands

74

21

Ethiopia

577

187

Faroe Islands

8

1

Fiji

5

1

Fiji

6

2

Finland

12,776

2,218

Finland

9,827

1,962

France

750,782

206,104

France

694,944

204,830

French Polynesia

326

157

French Polynesia

72

48

Gabon

4,138

2,194

French Southern Terr

96

75

Gambia

1,273

654

Gabon

1,826

1,290

Georgia

2,143

996

Gambia

1,179

698

Germany

615,669

205,154

Georgia

1,611

1,060

Ghana

27,182

22,406

Germany

578,769

173,628

Gibraltar

415

133

Ghana

27,948

22,048

Great Britain

4,365,253

2,115,044

Gibraltar

434

137

Greece

24,482

5,007

Great Britain

3,716,306

2,026,955

Guam

5

2

Greece

21,213

4,845

Guatemala

4,489

800

Greenland

1

0

Guinea

889

511

Guam

8

5

Guyana

81

43

Guatemala

9,259

1,656

Honduras

591

49

Guinea

1,223

829

Hong Kong

144,778

23,272

Guyana

548

221

Hungary

8,124

2,645

Haiti

97

110

Iceland

892

431

High seas

16

251

India

9,741

39,044

Honduras

772

403

Indonesia

20,639

18,818

Hong Kong

153,336

28,470

Iran

4,196

1,855

Hungary

8,403

2,217

Iraq

27,885

13,668

Iceland

883

477

Ireland

46

8

India

8,983

46,395

Israel

28,297

6,080

Indonesia

21,808

25,348

Italy

349,253

110,877

Iran

6,693

2,437

Ivory Coast

7,302

8,399

Iraq

30,150

13,845

Jamaica

1,386

675

Israel

31,031

5,676

Japan

38,640

18,819

Italy

309,181

114,003

Jordan

23,635

4,312

Ivory Coast

8,781

8,562

Kazakhstan

1,878

136

Jamaica

1,564

983

Kenya

3,066

1,650

Japan

50,647

21,719

Kosovo

452

215

Jordan

19,639

4,081

Kuwait

30,985

5,303

Kazakhstan

2,025

93

Laos

29

0

Kenya

1,886

1,052

Latvia

47,284

11,433

Kosovo

106

31

Lebanon

6,970

2,078

Kuwait

23,271

3,664

Liberia

2,594

2,469

Laos

1

0

Libya

8,132

3,213

Latvia

38,881

10,315

Liechtenstein

0

0

Lebanon

7,952

2,692

Lithuania

2,682

1,279

Liberia

2,517

2,293

Luxembourg

3,951

285

Libya

6,351

2,680

Macao

1

0

Liechtenstein

0

0

Macedonia

340

99

Lithuania

2,124

1,013

Malawi

2,791

1,181

Luxembourg

4,273

593

Malaysia

42,769

14,694

Macao

9

1

Maldives

0

0

Macedonia

307

87

Mali

21,680

11,695

Madagascar

0

0

Malta

11,828

2,574

Malawi

3,285

1,737

Marshall Islands

5

0

Malaysia

38,662

13,763

Mauritania

321

129

Maldives

42

45

Mauritius

871

184

Mali

22,818

13,569

Mexico

32,221

6,217

Malta

11,265

2,657

Moldova

13

3

Mauritania

568

330

Mongolia

155

52

Mauritius

1,272

483

Morocco

14,576

4,516

Mexico

55,090

15,546

Mozambique

1,143

1,155

Moldova

0

0

Namibia

372

128

Mongolia

81

74

Netherlands

693,125

326,787

Morocco

16,073

6,495

New Caledonia

93

20

Mozambique

778

1,061

New Zealand

12,678

5,026

Namibia

215

168

Nicaragua

6

0

Nepal

94

50

Niger

93

76

Netherlands

669,026

320,008

Nigeria

169,541

115,056

New Caledonia

10

0

Northern Ireland

749,408

1,333,499

New Zealand

11,302

5,184

Norway

10,403

3,152

Nicaragua

0

0

Occupied Palestine

6,720

607

Niger

2,618

1,505

Oman

9,156

1,662

Nigeria

96,351

58,769

Pakistan

13,387

7,007

Northern Ireland

604,807

1,194,839

Panama

6,609

1,380

Northern Mariana Islands

1

1

Papua New Guinea

12

4

Norway

7,570

2,016

Paraguay

0

0

Occupied Palestine

7,909

772

Peru

11,207

1,822

Oman

10,584

1,387

Philippines

28,955

16,026

Pakistan

8,624

4,782

Poland

158,061

55,665

Panama

6,864

944

Portugal

24,950

7,239

Papua New Guinea

7

2

Qatar

11,072

2,828

Peru

12,931

2,033

Romania

10,754

2,523

Philippines

38,583

22,123

Russia

51,269

16,868

Poland

178,295

59,873

Rwanda

26

13

Portugal

27,780

7,664

Samoa

16

23

Qatar

6,980

2,825

San Marino

29

1

Romania

12,948

3,138

Saudi Arabia

170,528

31,761

Russia

64,523

21,423

Senegal

42,511

23,300

Rwanda

848

150

Serbia

1,047

118

San Marino

14

1

Seychelles

1,148

241

Saudi Arabia

125,912

23,593

Sierra Leone

3

0

Senegal

44,757

27,041

Singapore

26,015

6,632

Serbia

2,025

188

Sint Maarten

559

73

Seychelles

1,009

175

Slovakia

5,616

2,091

Sierra Leone

112

126

Slovenia

1,825

675

Singapore

27,701

8,916

Somalia

396

44

Sint Maarten

287

41

South Africa

54,768

32,515

Slovakia

4,410

1,794

South Korea

41,407

16,984

Slovenia

1,964

694

Spain

226,311

67,142

Somalia

538

212

Sri Lanka

119

58

South Africa

51,773

34,084

Stores & Provisions (Intra EU)

221

55

South Korea

37,199

11,404

Sudan

1,530

659

Spain

229,258

65,263

Sweden

152,348

44,126

Sri Lanka

50

41

Switzerland

50,649

7,158

Stores & Provisions (Intra EU)

42

13

Syria

417

143

Sudan

427

36

Taiwan

17,374

2,349

Surinam

80

3

Tanzania United Rep

3,500

1,801

Sweden

148,546

42,877

Thailand

35,209

11,900

Switzerland

48,106

6,658

Togo

12,672

6,968

Syria

627

705

Trinidad & Tobago

16,060

4,669

Taiwan

21,884

4,718

Tunisia

9,575

2,466

Tajikistan

0

0

Turkey

36,101

9,403

Tanzania United Rep

2,531

1,459

Turkmenistan

4

1

Thailand

15,201

9,497

Uganda

93

45

Togo

11,852

7,637

Ukraine

3,823

697

Trinidad & Tobago

10,288

3,444

United Arab Emirates

54,172

15,651

Tunisia

4,432

1,595

United States

869,757

184,936

Turkey

39,097

12,085

Unknown (Intra EU)

5

2

Turkmenistan

12

7

Unknown (Non-EU)

5,873

5,532

Uganda

65

25

Uruguay

1,864

579

Ukraine

4,574

1,456

US Minor Islands

34

12

United Arab Emirates

54,899

19,695

US Virgin Islands

203

36

United States

926,156

172,182

Uzbekistan

146

5

Unknown (Non-EU)

259

27

Venezuela

4,126

490

Uruguay

2,485

830

Vietnam

39,036

10,326

US Minor Islands

809

51

Yemen

2,767

1,040

US Virgin Islands

253

47

Zambia

1,907

999

Uzbekistan

41

43

Zimbabwe

1,073

554

Vanuatu

68

22

Grand Total

11,984,359

6,038,442

Venezuela

703

148

Vietnam

51,978

13,137

Yemen

4,734

2,679

Zambia

943

547

Zimbabwe

955

565

Grand Total

11,058,615

5,669,050

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