Brendan Smith
Question:969. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest data on the value of trade with the UK for agrifood products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3698/20]
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The United Kingdom (Great Britain & Northern Ireland) is Ireland’s largest trading partner with 37.7% of total agrifood sector goods exported to the UK and 46.3% of agrifood goods imported from the UK in 2019.
In 2018, total agrifood exports to the UK were €5.6 billion (40.7%), while imports totalled €4.5 billion, (45.8%) giving Ireland a trade surplus with the United Kingdom of approximately €1.1 billion in agrifood goods.
Preliminary figures for 2019 indicate that exports to the UK decreased slightly to €5.47 billion in 2019, while imports from the UK increased to €4.65 billion, giving Ireland a trade surplus with the United Kingdom of approximately €820 million. Ireland’s top exports to the United Kingdom in 2019 were dairy products and beef, each of which accounted for over €1 billion in exports to the country.
The largest imports from the UK in 2019 were cereal and cereal preparations worth €730 million, dairy products at €607 million and beverages at €437 million.
The following table provide a full breakdown of trade with the UK during the period 2018 & 2019 in respect of both value and volume of goods based on CSO data. The 2019 data is provisional with final 2019 data available in mid-March.
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Jan-Dec 2018 |
Jan-Dec 2019 |
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Imports from United Kingdom |
Imports |
Imports |
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|
Agrifood category |
€000 |
Tonnes |
€000 |
Tonnes |
% Total value imports 2018 |
% Total value imports 2019 |
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|
Cereal & cereal preparation |
702,492 |
1,057,944 |
729,935 |
953,089 |
16% |
22% |
16% |
21% |
|
Dairy Produce |
631,579 |
950,817 |
607,372 |
904,854 |
14% |
20% |
13% |
20% |
|
Beverages |
407,390 |
523,541 |
437,127 |
544,219 |
9% |
11% |
9% |
12% |
|
Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices |
323,021 |
68,536 |
355,299 |
79,962 |
7% |
1% |
8% |
2% |
|
Miscellaneous Edible Products & Preparations |
327,911 |
137,482 |
334,220 |
146,567 |
7% |
3% |
7% |
3% |
|
Animal Foodstuffs |
313,183 |
736,474 |
280,226 |
611,409 |
7% |
15% |
6% |
13% |
|
Fruit & Vegetables Based Products |
253,970 |
176,416 |
260,338 |
189,671 |
6% |
4% |
6% |
4% |
|
Live Animals |
180,041 |
2,987 |
253,910 |
3,948 |
4% |
0% |
5% |
0% |
|
Fruit & Vegetables |
198,545 |
225,890 |
238,065 |
213,954 |
4% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
|
Fish |
179,273 |
50,399 |
185,482 |
48,969 |
4% |
1% |
4% |
1% |
|
Poultry |
169,304 |
48,627 |
178,043 |
51,317 |
4% |
1% |
4% |
1% |
|
Pigmeat |
160,705 |
48,453 |
158,696 |
51,583 |
4% |
1% |
3% |
1% |
|
Sugar, Sugar Preparation & Honey |
146,783 |
177,638 |
134,963 |
145,298 |
3% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
|
Beef |
120,904 |
61,977 |
111,733 |
26,145 |
3% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
|
Forestry |
97,799 |
338,909 |
103,576 |
334,004 |
2% |
7% |
2% |
7% |
|
Crude Animal & Vegetable Material |
67,507 |
33,668 |
72,784 |
48,585 |
2% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
|
Wood Based Products |
50,548 |
37,591 |
60,178 |
48,535 |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
Vegetable Oils & Fats |
51,092 |
108,589 |
49,631 |
78,147 |
1% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
|
Sheepmeat |
25,994 |
4,930 |
32,661 |
6,373 |
1% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
|
Oilseeds & Oleaginous Fruit |
15,494 |
37,769 |
15,751 |
35,425 |
0% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
|
Other Meat & Meat Produce |
9,911 |
4,956 |
14,470 |
6,395 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
Egg |
12,320 |
8,987 |
12,796 |
10,598 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
Animal Oils & Fats |
11,988 |
12,665 |
10,439 |
12,947 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
Flax, Wool & Animal Hair |
5,889 |
1,233 |
6,738 |
3,027 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
Animal Skins & Furs |
541 |
21 |
888 |
209 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
Cotton |
34 |
8 |
178 |
113 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
Grand Total |
4,464,216 |
4,856,508 |
4,645,498 |
4,555,344 |