Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 March 2019
516. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value in 2018 of total beef exports by country; the percentage of total exports to each country in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12429/19]
View answerIrish beef exports increased from €2,405 million in 2017 to €2,439 million in 2018. The following table provides beef exports from the start of January to the end of December 2018, in both value and volume terms according to the CSO trade statistics.
|
Country |
€000 |
Tonnes |
% Value |
% Volume |
|
Austria |
4,668 |
1,503 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Bahrain |
91 |
13 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Belgium |
54,039 |
5,834 |
2.22% |
1.09% |
|
Benin |
19 |
26 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Bulgaria |
671 |
112 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Canada |
2,179 |
585 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
China (incl Hong Kong) |
65,028 |
20,726 |
2.67% |
3.87% |
|
Comoros |
10 |
20 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Congo |
127 |
151 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Costa Rica |
25 |
25 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Croatia |
670 |
120 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Cyprus |
400 |
36 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Czech Republic |
15,517 |
2,863 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Denmark |
40,367 |
10,799 |
1.65% |
2.02% |
|
Estonia |
320 |
70 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Finland |
2,117 |
343 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
France |
233,146 |
50,174 |
9.56% |
9.38% |
|
Gabon |
125 |
50 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Georgia |
90 |
67 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Germany |
140,588 |
17,786 |
5.76% |
3.32% |
|
Ghana |
9,454 |
9,319 |
<1% |
1.74% |
|
Gibraltar |
60 |
14 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Greece |
911 |
84 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Guinea |
84 |
126 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Guinea Bissau |
28 |
26 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Honduras |
38 |
25 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Hungary |
1,072 |
350 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Iceland |
17 |
3 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Israel |
896 |
155 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Italy |
184,505 |
26,667 |
7.56% |
4.98% |
|
Ivory Coast |
3,586 |
4,834 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Jamaica |
39 |
25 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Japan |
3,626 |
842 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Latvia |
8 |
3 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Lebanon |
91 |
39 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Liberia |
225 |
300 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Libya |
435 |
179 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Lithuania |
450 |
126 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Luxembourg |
4,768 |
362 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Malta |
5,849 |
810 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Morocco |
54 |
15 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Mozambique |
382 |
557 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Netherlands |
200,530 |
40,169 |
8.22% |
7.51% |
|
Norway |
526 |
112 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Papua New Guinea |
38 |
25 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Philippines |
31,692 |
17,674 |
1.30% |
3.30% |
|
Poland |
10,100 |
3,628 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Portugal |
16,119 |
3,155 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Romania |
1,386 |
234 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Saudi Arabia |
58 |
26 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Senegal |
3,214 |
3,935 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Sierra Leone |
35 |
50 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Singapore |
1,024 |
312 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Slovakia |
2,922 |
534 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Slovenia |
167 |
13 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
South Africa |
3,008 |
2,614 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
South Korea |
619 |
188 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Spain |
56,709 |
10,389 |
2.32% |
1.94% |
|
Sweden |
87,540 |
19,669 |
3.59% |
3.68% |
|
Switzerland |
24,624 |
2,103 |
1.01% |
<1% |
|
Togo |
36 |
52 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Trinidad & Tabago |
552 |
141 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
UK (incl Northern Ireland) |
1,206,163 |
269,631 |
49.45% |
50.40% |
|
Tunisia |
377 |
328 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
United Arab Emirates |
622 |
24 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
United States |
9,515 |
2,135 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Vietnam |
4,876 |
1,686 |
<1% |
<1% |
|
Grand Total |
2,439,227 |
534,991 |
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