I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 to 207, inclusive, together.
In 2018 Irish agri-food exports reached an estimated €13.6 billion. Within that, overall meat and livestock exports increased by 1% to an estimated €3.97 billion according to the Bord Bia Performance and Prospects 2018/2019 report which I launched last week.
Bord Bia estimates the total value of beef exports, including offal, at just over €2.5 billion in 2018, an increase of 1% overall. The volume of beef exports, excluding offal, rose to an estimated 579,000 tonnes in 2018. The total volume of pigmeat exports is expected to increase to 264,000 tonnes while the value of pigmeat exports declined by 6% to an estimated €666 million. Sheepmeat exports in 2018 were estimated at €315 million, a 15% increase on the 2017 levels.
However, in order to provide a breakdown of exports at country level, as requested, it is necessary to use CSO trade statistics. CSO trade statistics for the whole of 2018 are not yet available. The following tables provide all the beef, pigmeat and sheepmeat exports for the period from the start of January to the end of October for 2018, the latest period for which data is available.
Beef
|
Jan-Oct 2018
|
|
Country
|
€000
|
Tonnes
|
United Kingdom
|
986,815
|
220,418
|
France
|
192,711
|
41,221
|
Netherlands
|
161,404
|
32,130
|
Italy
|
149,940
|
21,474
|
Germany
|
110,518
|
13,807
|
Sweden
|
74,077
|
16,558
|
Hong Kong
|
50,567
|
16,198
|
Belgium
|
45,805
|
4,873
|
Spain
|
45,610
|
8,417
|
Denmark
|
34,100
|
9,096
|
Philippines
|
25,931
|
14,356
|
Switzerland
|
19,050
|
1,692
|
Portugal
|
14,065
|
2,778
|
Czech Republic
|
12,733
|
2,339
|
Poland
|
8,126
|
2,940
|
United States
|
7,749
|
1,766
|
Ghana
|
7,311
|
7,191
|
Malta
|
4,738
|
654
|
Luxembourg
|
3,892
|
297
|
Austria
|
3,887
|
1,24
|
Other
|
33,513
|
17,564
|
Pigmeat
|
Jan-Oct 2018
|
|
Country
|
€000
|
Tonnes
|
United Kingdom
|
390,888
|
95,407
|
China
|
61,319
|
47,352
|
Denmark
|
47,722
|
18,433
|
Japan
|
32,795
|
11,895
|
Germany
|
26,977
|
13,931
|
France
|
16,491
|
2,704
|
Australia
|
14,909
|
5,391
|
United States
|
14,723
|
4,170
|
Czech Republic
|
13,433
|
5,308
|
South Korea
|
11,481
|
5,096
|
Spain
|
11,379
|
1,338
|
Netherlands
|
7,928
|
2,201
|
Philippines
|
6,837
|
7,193
|
Sweden
|
6,288
|
5,397
|
Canada
|
4,491
|
1,344
|
Poland
|
3,331
|
1,369
|
Italy
|
2,951
|
592
|
Belgium
|
2,675
|
2,144
|
Hong Kong
|
2,106
|
1,050
|
Portugal
|
2,033
|
168
|
Other
|
15,355
|
7,917
|
Sheepmeat
|
Jan-Oct 2018
|
|
Country
|
€000
|
Tonnes
|
France
|
85,606
|
15,700
|
United Kingdom
|
44,978
|
11,440
|
Germany
|
32,799
|
5,133
|
Belgium
|
23,565
|
3,216
|
Sweden
|
19,822
|
3,804
|
Switzerland
|
15,368
|
1,032
|
Italy
|
9,473
|
1,679
|
Denmark
|
9,277
|
1,224
|
Netherlands
|
6,048
|
1,308
|
Canada
|
3,611
|
841
|
Hong Kong
|
2,848
|
1,123
|
Austria
|
975
|
143
|
Spain
|
662
|
91
|
South Africa
|
574
|
708
|
Finland
|
553
|
105
|
Ivory Coast
|
526
|
748
|
Poland
|
450
|
139
|
Bulgaria
|
424
|
32
|
Luxembourg
|
421
|
52
|
Portugal
|
282
|
25
|
Other
|
2,0484
|
745
|