Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 January 2018
234. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which Ireland exports lamb; the volume and value in 2016 and 2017 of lamb exports by country, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2648/18]
View answerIn 2017 Irish agri-food exports recorded their 8th consecutive year of growth to reach an estimated €13.5 billion. Within that, overall meat livestock exports increased by 8% to an estimated €3.95 billion according to the Bord Bia Performance and Prospects 2017/2018 report which I launched last week.
Sheepmeat exports are estimated to have increased by 12% in value terms to €275 million even though prices were affected by the weakness in Sterling, and by 14% in volume terms to 57,000 tonnes. In 2017 Ireland exported sheepmeat to 39 countries.
In order to provide a breakdown at country level, as requested, it is necessary to use CSO trade statistics. Although CSO trade statistics have not been released for the whole of 2017 yet, the table below provides all the sheepmeat exports for the period from the start of January to the end of November for 2017, compared to the whole year in 2016, in both value and volume terms.
|
- |
Jan - Dec |
2016 |
Jan - Nov |
2017 |
|
Country |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
|
France |
100,490 |
19,465 |
98,519 |
19,420 |
|
United Kingdom |
52,419 |
13,760 |
50,308 |
13,522 |
|
Germany |
29,213 |
4,720 |
27,455 |
4,538 |
|
Belgium |
25,449 |
3,377 |
22,697 |
3,161 |
|
Sweden |
23,048 |
4,511 |
23,963 |
4,827 |
|
Switzerland |
12,714 |
872 |
17,111 |
1,139 |
|
Denmark |
9,337 |
1,127 |
9,892 |
1,235 |
|
Italy |
7,498 |
1,537 |
9,999 |
1,961 |
|
Netherlands |
5,827 |
1,557 |
6,034 |
1,316 |
|
Hong Kong |
2,599 |
1,189 |
5,622 |
2,089 |
|
Poland |
1,356 |
193 |
476 |
124 |
|
Canada |
1,285 |
367 |
3,871 |
972 |
|
Vietnam |
1,005 |
422 |
798 |
293 |
|
Austria |
574 |
70 |
633 |
64 |
|
Ivory Coast |
523 |
1,001 |
738 |
1,025 |
|
South Africa |
466 |
551 |
541 |
561 |
|
Spain |
438 |
63 |
657 |
87 |
|
Malta |
363 |
49 |
267 |
28 |
|
Greece |
315 |
83 |
1 |
0 |
|
China |
269 |
150 |
241 |
120 |
|
Czech Republic |
267 |
32 |
244 |
24 |
|
Portugal |
265 |
22 |
194 |
18 |
|
Hungary |
236 |
49 |
2 |
1 |
|
Georgia |
226 |
301 |
0 |
0 |
|
Luxembourg |
190 |
14 |
212 |
19 |
|
Bulgaria |
102 |
23 |
544 |
64 |
|
Finland |
96 |
16 |
75 |
12 |
|
Ghana |
92 |
99 |
155 |
113 |
|
Norway |
80 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
57 |
4 |
49 |
3 |
|
Gabon |
52 |
22 |
175 |
75 |
|
Slovakia |
45 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Comoros |
43 |
9 |
39 |
8 |
|
India |
38 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
|
Liberia |
35 |
38 |
19 |
20 |
|
Croatia |
31 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mozambique |
30 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lebanon |
16 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
Congo |
11 |
19 |
14 |
20 |
|
Romania |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Angola |
3 |
16 |
6 |
31 |
|
Maldives |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
United States |
1 |
0 |
16 |
17 |
|
Singapore |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Taiwan |
0 |
0 |
307 |
96 |
|
Turkey |
0 |
0 |
70 |
43 |
|
Latvia |
0 |
0 |
36 |
4 |
