Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 January 2017
263. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries from which Ireland imported food and drink products in 2015 and 2016, including a breakdown in terms of the volume and value of total imports, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2443/17]
View answerFrom January to December 2015, Ireland imported 9.1 million tonnes of agri-food to the value of €8.1 billion. From January to November 2016, it imported 8.8 million tonnes of agri-food to the value of €7.3 billion.
The countries and the amount imported from each are listed in the following table.
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Imports |
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Imports |
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Jan-Dec 2015 |
Jan-Nov 2016 |
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Country |
€000 |
Tonnes |
Country |
€000 |
Tonnes |
|
Afghanistan |
0 |
0 |
Afghanistan |
0 |
0 |
|
Albania |
28 |
13 |
Albania |
118 |
88 |
|
Algeria |
36 |
26 |
Algeria |
6 |
0 |
|
Anguilla |
548 |
225 |
Andorra |
4 |
1 |
|
Antigua & Barbuda |
11,697 |
39,280 |
Argentina |
168,426 |
627,838 |
|
Argentina |
160,048 |
556,674 |
Armenia |
2 |
0 |
|
Armenia |
3 |
0 |
Australia |
38,834 |
19,794 |
|
Australia |
39,796 |
18,037 |
Austria |
24,390 |
22,861 |
|
Austria |
31,304 |
28,360 |
Azerbaijan |
2 |
2 |
|
Bahamas |
4,048 |
572 |
Bahamas |
4,227 |
598 |
|
Bahrain |
0 |
0 |
Bahrain |
53 |
3 |
|
Bangladesh |
1,187 |
160 |
Bangladesh |
407 |
78 |
|
Barbados |
2 |
0 |
Barbados |
9 |
1 |
|
Belarus |
2,734 |
13,068 |
Belarus |
533 |
3,737 |
|
Belgium |
208,721 |
195,894 |
Belgium |
219,526 |
225,552 |
|
Belize |
15,580 |
28,902 |
Belize |
11,530 |
21,858 |
|
Benin |
0 |
1 |
Benin |
19 |
44 |
|
Bermuda |
30 |
5 |
Bermuda |
0 |
0 |
|
Bolivia |
1,898 |
453 |
Bolivia |
1,265 |
482 |
|
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
172 |
68 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
199 |
160 |
|
Brazil |
82,056 |
45,349 |
Botswana |
0 |
0 |
|
Brunei |
4 |
3 |
Brazil |
73,182 |
40,989 |
|
Bulgaria |
19,485 |
82,094 |
Brunei |
0 |
0 |
|
Burkina Faso |
32 |
7 |
Bulgaria |
2,906 |
12,527 |
|
Burma |
219 |
97 |
Burkina Faso |
16 |
14 |
|
Burundi |
47 |
15 |
Burma |
773 |
260 |
|
Cambodia |
88 |
122 |
Burundi |
12 |
3 |
|
Cameroon |
11,804 |
10,705 |
Cambodia |
120 |
132 |
|
Canada |
68,145 |
218,371 |
Cameroon |
11,888 |
11,228 |
|
Cayman Islands |
0 |
0 |
Canada |
60,093 |
222,354 |
|
Central African Republic |
753 |
176 |
Cayman Islands |
0 |
0 |
|
Ceuta |
2 |
0 |
Central African Republic |
938 |
223 |
|
Chad |
0 |
0 |
Ceuta |
10 |
6 |
|
Chile |
64,113 |
22,275 |
Chad |
0 |
0 |
|
China |
48,248 |
20,861 |
Chile |
60,470 |
21,500 |
|
Colombia |
6,069 |
3,737 |
China |
39,840 |
17,079 |
|
Congo |
299 |
264 |
Colombia |
5,354 |
3,879 |
|
Congo (Dem Rep) |
227 |
87 |
Congo |
1,116 |
1,045 |
|
Costa Rica |
27,066 |
45,608 |
Congo (Dem Rep) |
216 |
149 |
|
Croatia |
180 |
81 |
Cook Islands |
7 |
1 |
|
Cuba |
159 |
37 |
Costa Rica |
26,878 |
48,033 |
|
Cyprus |
883 |
471 |
Croatia |
91 |
31 |
|
Czech Republic |
11,555 |
9,367 |
Cuba |
148 |
28 |
|
Denmark |
93,337 |
70,975 |
Cyprus |
1,013 |
2,811 |
|
Djibouti |
1 |
3 |
Czech Republic |
8,488 |
7,734 |
|
Dominica |
20 |
10 |
Denmark |
72,504 |
103,698 |
|
Dominican Republic |
11,205 |
11,923 |
Djibouti |
95 |
667 |
|
Ecuador |
4,306 |
2,570 |
Dominica |
17 |
9 |
|
Egypt |
9,709 |
19,520 |
Dominican Republic |
8,852 |
8,655 |
|
El Salvador |
20 |
5 |
Ecuador |
4,827 |
2,210 |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
0 |
0 |
Egypt |
6,207 |
8,128 |
|
Eritrea |
1 |
1 |
El Salvador |
1,407 |
9,845 |
|
Estonia |
2,341 |
3,126 |
Equatorial Guinea |
0 |
0 |
|
Ethiopia |
748 |
202 |
Eritrea |
0 |
0 |
|
Falkland Islands |
7 |
1 |
Estonia |
1,195 |
1,628 |
|
Faroe Islands |
1,010 |
207 |
Ethiopia |
651 |
236 |
|
Fiji |
2,906 |
1,231 |
Falkland Islands |
29 |
30 |
|
Finland |
35,001 |
43,783 |
Faroe Islands |
2,366 |
1,355 |
|
France |
463,134 |
775,954 |
Finland |
24,192 |
29,440 |
|
French Polynesia |
6 |
5 |
France |
386,196 |
461,986 |
|
Gabon |
8,725 |
3,998 |
Gabon |
1,208 |
564 |
|
Gambia |
8 |
9 |
Gambia |
0 |
0 |
|
Georgia |
111 |
13 |
Georgia |
203 |
186 |
|
Germany |
522,093 |
291,375 |
Germany |
488,099 |
289,216 |
|
Ghana |
738 |
1,296 |
Ghana |
803 |
637 |
|
Gibraltar |
45 |
33 |
Gibraltar |
2 |
0 |
|
Great Britain |
3,257,658 |
2,268,119 |
Great Britain |
2,849,874 |
2,255,228 |
|
Greece |
7,924 |
6,067 |
Greece |
7,257 |
2,863 |
|
Greenland |
4 |
0 |
Greenland |
9 |
1 |
|
Grenada |
19 |
7 |
Grenada |
155 |
57 |
|
Guam |
13 |
19 |
Guam |
26 |
9 |
|
Guatemala |
7,828 |
47,586 |
Guatemala |
3,899 |
16,562 |
|
Guinea |
1 |
0 |
Guinea |
2 |
2 |
|
Guyana |
1 |
0 |
Guyana |
1 |
0 |
|
Haiti |
0 |
0 |
Haiti |
0 |
0 |
|
Honduras |
4,985 |
9,303 |
Honduras |
5,627 |
9,153 |
|
Hong Kong |
992 |
429 |
Hong Kong |
773 |
318 |
|
Hungary |
3,697 |
3,711 |
Hungary |
3,571 |
1,210 |
|
Iceland |
9,188 |
46,395 |
Iceland |
8,522 |
41,235 |
|
India |
30,127 |
19,531 |
India |
33,354 |
23,393 |
|
Indonesia |
17,273 |
64,652 |
Indonesia |
12,826 |
46,840 |
|
Iran |
563 |
301 |
Iran |
399 |
236 |
|
Iraq |
1 |
1 |
Iraq |
1 |
0 |
|
Ireland |
122,557 |
91,726 |
Ireland |
91,031 |
85,607 |
|
Israel |
8,665 |
8,889 |
Israel |
8,749 |
11,535 |
|
Italy |
158,517 |
103,390 |
Italy |
147,494 |
113,236 |
|
Ivory Coast |
12,025 |
5,194 |
Ivory Coast |
12,297 |
4,943 |
|
Jamaica |
594 |
264 |
Jamaica |
258 |
151 |
|
Japan |
1,216 |
256 |
Japan |
1,777 |
524 |
|
Jordan |
49 |
7 |
Jordan |
208 |
59 |
|
Kazakhstan |
5 |
0 |
Kazakhstan |
5 |
0 |
|
Kenya |
20,509 |
6,515 |
Kenya |
18,174 |
6,068 |
|
Kuwait |
0 |
0 |
Kuwait |
0 |
0 |
|
Laos |
8 |
7 |
Kyrgyz Republic |
1 |
1 |
|
Latvia |
25,993 |
98,067 |
Laos |
0 |
0 |
|
Lebanon |
43 |
9 |
Latvia |
24,040 |
87,207 |
|
Liberia |
0 |
0 |
Lebanon |
198 |
71 |
|
Libya |
2 |
0 |
Lesotho |
1 |
0 |
|
Liechtenstein |
27 |
15 |
Liberia |
0 |
0 |
|
Lithuania |
9,848 |
16,982 |
Libya |
8 |
1 |
|
Luxembourg |
5,862 |
5,317 |
Liechtenstein |
7 |
24 |
|
Macao |
28 |
12 |
Lithuania |
9,307 |
22,911 |
|
Macedonia |
67 |
177 |
Luxembourg |
920 |
668 |
|
Madagascar |
14 |
2 |
Macao |
1 |
0 |
|
Malawi |
133 |
87 |
Macedonia |
115 |
189 |
|
Malaysia |
48,393 |
105,085 |
Madagascar |
21 |
5 |
|
Maldives |
4,450 |
918 |
Malawi |
263 |
188 |
|
Mali |
11 |
2 |
Malaysia |
48,293 |
115,417 |
|
Malta |
2,312 |
1,432 |
Maldives |
4,974 |
1,091 |
|
Mauritius |
4,757 |
11,810 |
Mali |
47 |
11 |
|
Mexico |
15,410 |
9,667 |
Malta |
2,993 |
1,278 |
|
Moldova |
78 |
22 |
Mauritania |
3 |
0 |
|
Mongolia |
44 |
64 |
Mauritius |
5,425 |
16,727 |
|
Montenegro |
17 |
4 |
Melilla |
53 |
99 |
|
Morocco |
6,491 |
8,952 |
Mexico |
20,901 |
14,880 |
|
Mozambique |
3 |
1 |
Moldova |
23 |
12 |
|
Namibia |
180 |
94 |
Mongolia |
0 |
0 |
|
Nepal |
3 |
2 |
Montenegro |
6 |
5 |
|
Netherlands |
811,067 |
645,092 |
Morocco |
8,363 |
7,382 |
|
New Zealand |
31,537 |
9,840 |
Mozambique |
8 |
5 |
|
Nicaragua |
3,431 |
6,492 |
Namibia |
224 |
137 |
|
Niger |
1 |
0 |
Nepal |
5 |
1 |
|
Nigeria |
243 |
442 |
Netherlands |
782,715 |
595,758 |
|
Northern Ireland |
567,704 |
1,342,581 |
New Zealand |
33,663 |
11,917 |
|
Norway |
11,102 |
22,626 |
Nicaragua |
2,028 |
714 |
|
Oman |
1 |
1 |
Niger |
1 |
1 |
|
Pakistan |
1,737 |
1,145 |
Nigeria |
1,046 |
9,411 |
|
Panama |
849 |
748 |
Northern Ireland |
484,108 |
1,179,466 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
1,170 |
376 |
Norway |
5,353 |
5,796 |
|
Paraguay |
9,668 |
24,958 |
Occupied Palestine |
2 |
0 |
|
Peru |
14,502 |
8,984 |
Oman |
2 |
0 |
|
Philippines |
2,475 |
864 |
Pakistan |
1,896 |
2,948 |
|
Poland |
143,134 |
105,027 |
Panama |
1,558 |
5,001 |
|
Portugal |
18,752 |
16,490 |
Papua New Guinea |
267 |
96 |
|
Qatar |
96 |
2 |
Paraguay |
12,556 |
31,670 |
|
Romania |
15,967 |
78,266 |
Peru |
13,123 |
6,911 |
|
Russia |
19,048 |
110,090 |
Philippines |
2,691 |
930 |
|
Rwanda |
72 |
38 |
Poland |
132,045 |
87,915 |
|
Saint Barthélemy |
18 |
24 |
Portugal |
18,270 |
15,563 |
|
San Marino |
1 |
0 |
Qatar |
94 |
10 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
922 |
401 |
Romania |
11,827 |
59,536 |
|
Senegal |
55 |
9 |
Russia |
17,435 |
110,116 |
|
Serbia |
298 |
152 |
Rwanda |
13 |
2 |
|
Seychelles |
73 |
14 |
Saint Barthélemy |
86 |
8 |
|
Sierra Leone |
0 |
0 |
Saudi Arabia |
660 |
143 |
|
Singapore |
3,371 |
1,416 |
Senegal |
33 |
18 |
|
Slovakia |
2,196 |
986 |
Serbia |
494 |
204 |
|
Slovenia |
148 |
35 |
Seychelles |
6 |
1 |
|
Somalia |
4 |
3 |
Sierra Leone |
1 |
1 |
|
South Africa |
46,215 |
36,739 |
Singapore |
3,191 |
1,237 |
|
South Korea |
1,433 |
1,105 |
Slovakia |
10,056 |
5,363 |
|
South Sudan |
17 |
6 |
Slovenia |
1,470 |
6,203 |
|
Spain |
203,430 |
142,466 |
Somalia |
7 |
1 |
|
Sri Lanka |
13,376 |
2,215 |
South Africa |
43,721 |
37,429 |
|
St Kitt & Nevis |
0 |
0 |
South Georgia |
10 |
1 |
|
St Lucia |
0 |
0 |
South Korea |
972 |
762 |
|
St Vincent & Grenadines |
0 |
0 |
South Sudan |
4 |
3 |
|
Sudan |
41 |
15 |
Spain |
205,631 |
141,327 |
|
Surinam |
42 |
63 |
Sri Lanka |
12,951 |
2,002 |
|
Swaziland |
454 |
509 |
St Kitt & Nevis |
0 |
0 |
|
Sweden |
37,380 |
68,927 |
St Lucia |
0 |
0 |
|
Switzerland |
30,216 |
10,151 |
St Vincent & Grenadines |
0 |
0 |
|
Syria |
0 |
0 |
Sudan |
2,378 |
16,585 |
|
Taiwan |
1,066 |
201 |
Surinam |
24 |
43 |
|
Tanzania United Rep |
599 |
236 |
Swaziland |
250 |
198 |
|
Thailand |
50,982 |
18,790 |
Sweden |
33,493 |
71,690 |
|
Togo |
19 |
5 |
Switzerland |
32,165 |
8,986 |
|
Tokelau Islands |
0 |
0 |
Syria |
1 |
1 |
|
Trinidad & Tobago |
410 |
68 |
Taiwan |
720 |
157 |
|
Tunisia |
68 |
14 |
Tanzania United Rep |
482 |
134 |
|
Turkey |
16,064 |
10,813 |
Thailand |
51,262 |
20,113 |
|
Turks & Caicos Islands |
63 |
27 |
Togo |
0 |
0 |
|
Uganda |
269 |
89 |
Tonga |
16 |
13 |
|
Ukraine |
53,686 |
298,686 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
275 |
45 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
328 |
416 |
Tunisia |
47 |
17 |
|
United States |
271,676 |
666,420 |
Turkey |
13,391 |
13,605 |
|
Unknown (Intra EU) |
6 |
1 |
Turks & Caicos Islands |
46 |
13 |
|
Unknown (Non-EU) |
5,485 |
3,487 |
Uganda |
308 |
105 |
|
Uruguay |
541 |
475 |
Ukraine |
47,129 |
277,948 |
|
US Minor Islands |
45 |
21 |
United Arab Emirates |
207 |
201 |
|
US Virgin Islands |
44 |
4 |
United States |
284,002 |
932,192 |
|
Uzbekistan |
43 |
39 |
Unknown (Non-EU) |
5,010 |
1,422 |
|
Vanuatu |
10 |
1 |
Uruguay |
750 |
703 |
|
Venezuela |
100 |
5 |
US Virgin Islands |
258 |
9 |
|
Vietnam |
6,146 |
33,396 |
Uzbekistan |
21 |
15 |
|
Yemen |
0 |
0 |
Vanuatu |
10 |
1 |
|
Zambia |
135 |
138 |
Venezuela |
1 |
0 |
|
Zimbabwe |
1,283 |
1,101 |
Vietnam |
5,099 |
17,162 |
|
Grand Total |
8,164,641 |
9,182,535 |
Zambia |
25 |
11 |
|
Zimbabwe |
481 |
368 |
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|
Grand Total |
7,372,293 |
8,799,363 |
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