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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 January 2018

Thursday, 18 January 2018

Questions (236, 237)

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

236. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which Ireland exported food and drinks products in 2016 and 2017; the volume and value of the exports, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2650/18]

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Charlie McConalogue

Question:

237. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries from which food and drinks products were imported in 2016 and 2017; the volume and value of these imports, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2651/18]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 236 and 237 together.

Irish agri-food exports and imports are broken down into 24 categories identified and agreed by my Department and the Central Statistics Office.  Products and Raw goods are categorised using combined nomenclature codes, a European harmonised system used to classify goods for customs and trade purposes.  These categories include items such as Forestry and Animal Hides and Skins, along with traditional Food and Beverage products.

Total agri-food sector imports for 2016 came to €8.17 billion from over 180 destinations worldwide.

Full year figures for 2017 are not yet available, however statistics from January – November indicate total agri-food imports for the period of €7.92 billion from over 180 destinations.

Total exports for 2016 came to €12.19 billion an increase of 1.8% from the previous year, and to over 180 destinations worldwide.

While full year figures are not yet available from the Central Statistics Office, returns indicate that exports for January – November 2017 totalled €12.4 billion.

The following tables provide a full breakdown of import and export destinations in respect of both value and volume of goods based on CSO data.

Total agri-food exports are estimated to reach €13.5 billion in 2017 when non-edible products such as forestry are included.  Bord Bia's performance and prospects report provides valuable insights into the sectors and markets behind a 13% increase in the value of food and drink exports to €12.6 billion in 2017.

Further information in respect of Irish agri-food trade can be found in Chapter 4 of my Department's Annual Review and Outlook, 2016 - 2017.

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Year

Flow

Year

Flow

January  - December 2016

January  - December 2016

Jan-Nov 2017

Jan-Nov 2017

Imports

Imports

Country

€ 000

Tonnes

€ 000

Tonnes

United Kingdom

3,730,984

3,835,189

3,727,877

3,808,994

Netherlands

857,016

639,859

804,238

579,724

Germany

541,547

324,275

569,024

328,170

France

417,791

490,194

385,690

533,518

United States

309,672

1,010,906

255,926

757,150

Belgium

236,202

239,704

225,312

249,220

Spain

223,787

153,353

209,176

136,527

Argentina

184,498

689,994

180,457

687,543

Italy

164,873

121,103

151,650

76,585

Poland

143,778

99,721

140,451

109,473

Unknown

90,984

89,056

20,759

32,826

Denmark

85,263

117,779

84,570

97,838

Brazil

78,887

43,930

118,337

295,520

Australia

71,089

21,842

35,960

19,737

Chile

67,493

23,576

58,428

22,288

Canada

61,982

227,796

82,688

369,561

Thailand

57,335

22,332

48,797

19,802

Malaysia

51,923

119,714

45,592

57,459

Ukraine

49,933

293,657

26,524

156,514

South Africa

48,399

60,418

41,569

36,497

China (incl. Hong Kong and Macao)

45,435

19,062

46,283

18,227

Sweden

38,426

78,783

49,925

95,344

India

36,383

24,012

27,626

7,447

New Zealand

35,403

12,267

35,140

10,760

Switzerland

34,589

9,537

31,652

8,135

Costa Rica

29,423

52,505

26,213

46,489

Latvia

29,215

112,399

32,706

160,059

Austria

26,373

24,073

36,956

24,585

Finland

25,298

31,558

31,614

55,562

Russia

22,005

141,108

26,074

161,041

Mexico

21,576

15,191

20,208

13,371

Portugal

20,641

22,944

21,734

40,931

Kenya

18,864

6,233

21,499

6,703

Sri Lanka

14,307

2,224

14,495

2,181

Turkey

14,291

14,344

12,109

10,159

Peru

14,014

7,109

15,498

8,850

Indonesia

13,652

47,117

16,814

66,584

Paraguay

13,578

34,245

9,124

26,267

Ivory Coast

13,111

5,260

14,455

5,632

Romania

12,295

59,709

6,238

21,794

Belize

12,271

23,189

13,249

24,730

Cameroon

12,248

11,530

12,408

65,607

Lithuania

10,523

26,124

9,365

16,367

Slovakia

10,412

5,924

3,392

4,500

Dominican Republic

9,282

9,027

7,626

7,328

Israel

9,258

11,833

5,996

6,886

Iceland

9,199

45,331

9,762

48,822

Morocco

9,106

8,272

7,341

7,100

Czech Republic

9,082

8,339

8,821

6,604

Unknown (Non-EU)

7,863

1,525

7,116

4,061

Egypt

7,740

8,735

14,302

42,028

Greece

7,685

3,003

8,724

3,477

Norway

6,319

6,041

8,318

17,304

Colombia

5,940

4,337

7,766

5,524

Honduras

5,806

9,424

5,626

5,867

Mauritius

5,742

17,026

3,078

2,625

Vietnam

5,482

17,289

6,130

24,988

Maldives

5,248

1,149

7,528

1,636

Ecuador

4,881

2,334

3,396

1,383

Bahamas

4,228

598

4,030

569

Guatemala

3,975

16,563

5,472

26,029

Hungary

3,969

1,362

6,116

1,766

Singapore

3,577

1,367

3,487

1,312

Malta

3,124

1,335

2,551

1,188

Bulgaria

3,079

12,606

4,756

7,471

Faroe Islands

2,877

1,425

1,430

246

Philippines

2,819

970

3,489

1,058

Sudan

2,378

16,585

1

0

Japan

2,035

590

1,172

141

Nicaragua

2,018

711

5,190

21,242

Pakistan

1,924

2,976

2,641

2,115

Panama

1,677

5,167

976

1,346

Slovenia

1,513

6,230

463

222

Estonia

1,513

2,278

3,942

16,391

El Salvador

1,403

9,844

3,311

22,862

Bolivia

1,310

504

567

222

Gabon

1,239

573

694

382

Congo

1,116

1,045

348

359

Nigeria

1,062

9,447

145

257

South Korea

1,040

842

914

718

Cyprus

1,031

2,833

979

1,247

Central African Republic

983

235

696

186

Luxembourg

972

700

514

301

Ghana

943

735

856

637

Uruguay

827

712

99

78

Ethiopia

806

274

856

203

Burma

776

261

712

430

Taiwan

760

217

642

81

Saudi Arabia

696

152

933

167

Belarus

533

3,737

1,505

8,804

Serbia

526

220

501

184

Zimbabwe

507

373

930

679

Tanzania United Rep

482

133

673

160

Iran

472

266

2,135

12,624

Bangladesh

411

79

182

48

Uganda

332

114

302

103

Trinidad & Tabago

275

45

286

45

Papua New Guinea

267

96

268

96

Malawi

266

191

289

154

US Virign Islands

258

9

6

1

Jamaica

254

142

277

271

Swaziland

250

198

116

92

Namibia

239

140

1,225

113

Congo (Dem Rep)

231

159

808

667

Georgia

226

188

42

35

Jordan

216

60

117

31

United Arab Emirates

207

201

180

226

Bosnia & Herzegovina

200

160

108

77

Lebanon

198

70

185

54

Grenada

155

57

11

3

Cuba

153

29

106

23

Cambodia

152

180

122

138

Albania

119

87

52

35

Macedonia

117

190

30

19

Croatia

104

42

458

213

Djibouti

95

667

0

0

Qatar

94

10

3

1

Saint Barthélemy

87

9

115

37

Bermuda

82

9

1

0

Moldova

77

27

104

31

Tunisia

63

22

62

18

Melilla

53

99

Bahrain

53

3

1

0

Mali

50

12

8

7

Turks & Caicos Islands

47

14

14

5

St Pierre & Miquelon

36

18

196

94

Liechtenstein

36

41

7

2

Ceuta

35

21

370

3,125

Senegal

35

19

8

5

Madagascar

31

7

14

2

Falkland Islands

29

30

Guam

26

9

30

12

Zambia

24

11

16

5

Surinam

24

43

7

2

Uzbekistan

21

15

Benin

19

44

13

23

Dominica

18

9

17

11

Burkina Faso

16

14

5

1

Tonga

16

13

Vanuatu

14

1

3

0

Rwanda

13

2

0

0

Burundi

12

3

Antigua & Barbuda

12

4

0

0

South Georgia

10

1

Barbados

9

1

25

5

Greenland

9

1

17

2

Libya

8

1

42

32

Mozambique

8

5

Somalia

7

1

0

0

Cook Islands

7

1

Seychelles

6

1

27

3

Montenegro

6

5

29

6

Algeria

6

0

0

0

Gambia

5

0

0

0

Nepal

5

1

122

118

Kazakhstan

5

0

9

1

Andorra

4

1

1

1

South Sudan

4

3

2

11

Mauritania

3

0

Occupied Palestine

2

0

0

0

Armenia

2

0

0

0

Gibraltar

2

0

Azerbaijan

2

2

2

0

Oman

2

1

1

0

Guinea

2

2

2

1

Iraq

1

0

2

0

Niger

1

1

5

0

Guyana

1

0

76

44

Venezuela

1

0

1

0

Sierra Leone

1

1

0

0

Lesotho

1

0

Kyrgyz Republic

1

1

Syria

1

1

1

0

Laos

0

0

1

0

Togo

0

0

3

10

Kuwait

0

0

1

0

Eritrea

0

0

4

1

St Lucia

0

0

8

15

Liberia

0

0

9

18

Mongolia

0

0

139

99

Cape Verde

1

0

US Minor Islands

21

1

Wallis & Futuna

14

36

Grand Total

8,170,465

9,672,021

7,929,793

9,599,812

Year

Flow

Year

Flow

Jan - December 2016

Jan - December 2016

Jan-Nov 2017

Jan-Nov 2017

Exports

Exports

Country

€ 000

Tonnes

€ 000

Tonnes

United Kingdom

4,804,528

3,521,417

4,690,751

3,441,337

United States

1,022,184

189,505

1,040,716

171,823

China (Incl. Hong Kong and Macao)

946,118

473,667

907,487

320,919

France

767,107

223,370

790,596

230,552

Netherlands

737,177

346,706

833,231

353,118

Germany

637,558

190,779

689,479

189,459

Italy

340,775

127,454

333,093

126,930

Spain

257,021

70,642

252,374

58,068

Belgium

211,168

68,090

273,576

63,456

Poland

190,790

64,423

158,906

52,780

Sweden

162,638

46,933

149,781

40,159

Saudi Arabia

136,437

26,149

140,510

28,748

Denmark

131,676

60,022

128,546

62,128

Nigeria

105,082

64,947

117,906

81,083

Canada

101,605

25,944

96,505

23,804

Russia

68,545

22,504

69,399

19,123

United Arab Emirates

60,128

21,734

73,879

27,675

Mexico

57,369

15,902

40,958

7,439

Japan

56,909

24,459

86,232

32,374

South Africa

55,519

37,114

73,324

41,806

Vietnam

54,879

14,569

27,784

11,462

Egypt

54,580

34,095

26,770

14,267

Switzerland

53,370

7,233

58,070

8,028

Australia

52,349

21,930

77,855

21,173

Senegal

49,387

29,411

51,668

26,271

Czech Republic

47,308

15,412

53,308

14,074

Philippines

44,864

25,482

78,349

39,997

Algeria

42,214

16,520

64,910

20,304

Malaysia

41,872

15,008

35,713

15,637

Turkey

41,071

12,611

70,897

32,609

South Korea

40,846

13,249

34,087

16,335

Latvia

40,844

10,806

39,284

Table ctg.

Year

Flow

Year

Flow

Iraq

36,207

16,091

42,567

17,187

Israel

33,619

6,136

32,592

5,773

Portugal

31,799

9,039

34,769

7,971

Ghana

30,849

24,556

40,328

28,691

Singapore

30,008

9,861

29,605

11,926

Austria

27,250

10,770

25,925

9,038

Kuwait

27,008

4,094

14,641

2,085

Indonesia

24,793

27,675

19,500

36,228

Greece

24,329

5,433

22,457

4,954

Mali

23,783

14,116

27,568

14,831

Jordan

23,610

4,336

16,116

3,344

Taiwan

22,818

5,529

27,001

28,063

Colombia

18,179

2,402

8,803

1,454

Morocco

16,819

6,680

12,922

3,261

Thailand

16,073

11,600

21,333

19,621

Romania

14,084

3,334

16,251

3,050

Peru

13,601

2,086

16,000

3,658

Congo (Dem Rep)

12,547

7,283

14,324

7,515

Togo

12,326

8,076

12,191

6,637

Malta

12,278

2,815

13,918

3,320

New Zealand

11,859

5,434

15,031

7,616

Bulgaria

11,784

2,884

11,441

2,658

Trinidad & Tabago

11,623

3,900

12,043

3,863

Oman

11,423

1,494

12,095

1,647

Finland

10,926

2,207

12,354

2,175

Libya

10,400

4,217

2,284

897

India

10,049

49,836

19,883

95,205

Ivory Coast

9,632

9,587

15,622

12,634

Guatemala

9,603

1,669

8,249

1,901

Pakistan

9,581

5,256

12,616

6,797

Bahrain

9,173

2,706

9,393

2,530

Lebanon

8,821

3,015

7,791

2,116

Hungary

8,754

2,365

10,536

2,692

Chile

8,426

2,332

7,292

1,920

Occupied Palestine

8,410

813

5,516

612

Norway

8,062

2,119

10,258

2,403

Qatar

7,731

3,092

8,223

2,435

Iran

7,599

2,627

11,401

2,759

Panama

7,122

964

6,860

1,178

Angola

6,372

3,493

7,074

3,348

Burkina Faso

5,759

3,206

9,401

4,347

Slovakia

5,680

5,100

4,274

1,925

Congo

5,500

3,995

9,087

6,048

Brazil

5,314

991

3,454

1,020

Ukraine

5,298

1,833

5,885

3,226

Cyprus

5,051

1,664

4,903

3,051

Tunisia

4,987

1,701

5,631

1,625

Afghanistan

4,815

3,012

6,347

3,121

Yemen

4,734

2,679

6,240

2,507

Benin

4,685

4,549

3,659

2,473

Luxembourg

4,682

621

3,853

312

Ecuador

4,343

435

2,029

229

Costa Rica

4,121

1,566

3,566

998

Dominican Republic

3,745

632

2,949

449

Malawi

3,471

1,833

4,222

1,795

El Salvador

3,389

1,162

3,315

910

Estonia

3,155

1,506

2,364

770

Argentina

3,040

870

8,021

3,044

Liberia

2,832

2,597

2,443

2,819

Niger

2,723

1,557

9,659

4,918

Tanzania United Rep

2,675

1,498

3,746

1,700

Uruguay

2,560

853

2,238

916

Cameroon

2,501

2,099

15,637

16,272

Lithuania

2,443

1,083

3,963

1,231

Kazakhstan

2,202

111

4,640

177

Gabon

2,139

1,518

2,574

1,435

Burma

2,104

1,286

3,912

1,399

Serbia

2,063

211

1,965

217

Kenya

2,044

1,133

3,007

1,642

Slovenia

2,038

743

3,078

941

Bangladesh

1,950

1,223

8,880

6,211

Cambodia

1,894

183

344

49

Jamaica

1,780

1,057

2,800

1,248

Chad

1,762

1,028

1,200

650

Bahamas

1,718

407

1,698

339

Georgia

1,623

1,061

771

278

Guinea

1,508

1,054

2,976

1,732

Gambia

1,379

802

3,441

1,733

Mauritius

1,373

501

1,673

574

Seychelles

1,213

200

778

126

Zambia

1,191

645

1,176

654

Iceland

1,007

519

1,822

523

Zimbabwe

955

565

1,378

731

Rwanda

925

200

274

25

Belarus

830

407

874

450

Mozambique

812

1,078

1,390

1,411

Honduras

809

406

0

0

US Minor Islands

809

51

143

46

Venezuela

703

148

2

0

Croatia

703

234

1,136

286

Cuba

672

319

114

59

Mauritania

664

382

2,680

1,470

Syria

627

705

1,306

1,551

Guyana

627

239

957

304

Somalia

585

176

607

87

Ethiopia

584

151

1,067

103

Barbados

478

120

269

59

Gibraltar

454

141

413

126

Andorra

452

70

287

68

Sudan

427

36

1,013

273

Bermuda

369

121

345

107

Azerbaijan

367

128

117

20

Sint Maarten

356

51

246

41

Macedonia

330

96

364

96

Bosnia & Herzegovina

303

72

312

77

Unknown (Non-EU)

262

27

6

1

Namibia

260

207

810

395

Uzbekistan

256

51

36

48

US Virign Islands

253

47

240

38

Equatorial Guinea

215

141

145

61

Cayman Islands

211

61

243

61

Cape Verde

195

75

631

227

Surinam

178

23

1,163

382

Armenia

175

21

222

26

Sierra Leone

113

126

278

73

Comoros

110

51

97

50

Kosovo

106

31

56

16

Haiti

97

110

24

25

French Southern Terr

96

75

131

75

Nepal

94

50

16

22

Albania

81

31

80

15

Mongolia

81

74

108

59

Falkland Islands

74

21

0

0

French Polynesia

72

48

0

0

Vanuatu

68

22

0

0

Uganda

65

25

57

62

Bolivia

60

7

0

0

Sri Lanka

57

41

78

52

Montenegro

43

1

0

0

Maldives

42

45

33

45

Stores & Provisions (Intra EU)

42

13

41

11

Brunei

31

51

0

0

Central African Republic

23

14

0

0

High seas

16

251

0

0

San Marino

14

1

0

0

Turkmenistan

12

7

8

5

Papua New Guinea

11

3

0

0

New Caledonia

10

0

98

20

Guam

9

5

278

94

Faroe Islands

8

1

9

3

Fiji

6

2

1

0

Aruba

4

1

19

7

Belize

4

1

0

0

Greenland

1

0

0

0

Laos

1

0

0

0

Northern Mariana Islands

1

1

0

0

Botswana

1

0

0

0

Moldova

0

0

2

0

Antigua & Barbuda

0

0

18

2

Madagascar

0

0

323

178

Bhutan

0

0

6

0

Dominica

0

0

168

88

Grenada

0

0

45

16

Guinea Bissau

0

0

35

15

Kyrgyz Republic

0

0

3

0

Marshall Islands

0

0

402

208

Paraguay

0

0

189

31

Saint Helena

0

0

2

0

Grand Total

12,199,045

6,198,393

12,415,734

6,072,420

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