Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 January 2018
235. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which Ireland exports pork; the volume and value in 2016 and 2017 of pork exports by country, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2649/18]
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.
Pigmeat exports are estimated to have increased by 14% in value terms to €712 million and by 3% in volume terms to 246,000 tonnes. In 2017 Ireland exported pigmeat to 60 countries worldwide.
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 following table provides all the pigmeat 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-Dec 2016 |
Jan-Nov 2017 |
Jan-Nov 2017 |
|
€000 |
tonnes |
€000 |
tonnes |
|
|
United Kingdom |
411,124 |
103,781 |
405,569 |
105,312 |
|
China |
119,286 |
73,090 |
92,413 |
58,351 |
|
Denmark |
34,173 |
16,044 |
35,050 |
14,104 |
|
Germany |
30,687 |
16,237 |
31,407 |
14,929 |
|
United States |
25,427 |
6,360 |
17,400 |
4,388 |
|
Japan |
14,162 |
4,750 |
23,226 |
7,750 |
|
France |
13,098 |
3,184 |
13,190 |
2,248 |
|
Australia |
12,367 |
5,132 |
15,109 |
4,904 |
|
South Korea |
11,232 |
5,048 |
7,368 |
2,788 |
|
Sweden |
9,085 |
6,249 |
7,432 |
5,859 |
|
Netherlands |
7,199 |
2,921 |
6,766 |
2,100 |
|
Czech Republic |
5,717 |
2,306 |
13,868 |
4,913 |
|
Philippines |
5,363 |
4,601 |
7,421 |
6,598 |
|
Spain |
4,218 |
562 |
7,846 |
1,033 |
|
Poland |
4,200 |
1,720 |
4,560 |
1,612 |
|
Belgium |
2,278 |
2,350 |
2,433 |
2,409 |
|
Hong Kong |
2,272 |
1,677 |
2,131 |
1,422 |
|
Canada |
2,111 |
717 |
5,271 |
1,484 |
|
South Africa |
1,974 |
1,009 |
2,374 |
1,030 |
|
Italy |
1,944 |
728 |
3,794 |
1,452 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
1,647 |
399 |
1,847 |
442 |
|
Portugal |
1,634 |
213 |
2,358 |
199 |
|
Finland |
1,602 |
302 |
1,206 |
227 |
|
Austria |
1,569 |
620 |
959 |
398 |
|
Trinidad & Tabago |
1,516 |
600 |
2,184 |
791 |
|
New Zealand |
1,470 |
659 |
1,667 |
660 |
|
Vietnam |
1,290 |
889 |
405 |
303 |
|
Singapore |
1,153 |
533 |
683 |
383 |
|
Hungary |
917 |
619 |
1,645 |
864 |
|
Estonia |
787 |
492 |
722 |
303 |
|
Jamaica |
376 |
193 |
563 |
204 |
|
Georgia |
373 |
205 |
57 |
25 |
|
Lithuania |
364 |
171 |
695 |
258 |
|
Bahamas |
327 |
126 |
143 |
50 |
|
Ivory Coast |
207 |
433 |
140 |
257 |
|
Bermuda |
143 |
47 |
107 |
36 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
88 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
Malta |
71 |
13 |
123 |
23 |
|
Chile |
68 |
25 |
100 |
50 |
|
Bulgaria |
59 |
52 |
132 |
72 |
|
Congo |
54 |
75 |
22 |
25 |
|
India |
45 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
|
Greece |
37 |
7 |
48 |
17 |
|
Romania |
32 |
20 |
41 |
22 |
|
Gibraltar |
31 |
11 |
23 |
9 |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
30 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
Haiti |
29 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
|
Albania |
29 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
Slovenia |
19 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
Senegal |
16 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
|
Slovakia |
15 |
3 |
24 |
5 |
|
Luxembourg |
12 |
3 |
10 |
2 |
|
Bahrain |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Switzerland |
0 |
0 |
457 |
46 |
|
Guam |
0 |
0 |
275 |
92 |
|
Congo (Dem Rep) |
0 |
0 |
169 |
150 |
|
Serbia |
0 |
0 |
62 |
21 |
|
Barbados |
0 |
0 |
34 |
17 |
|
Brazil |
0 |
0 |
25 |
25 |
|
Colombia |
0 |
0 |
23 |
25 |
|
Liberia |
0 |
0 |
12 |
25 |
|
Angola |
0 |
0 |
9 |
25 |
|
Ghana |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
Latvia |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
Cyprus |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Norway |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
