Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
1831. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of pigmeat per county that was imported into Ireland in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1260/23]
View answerAs requested, the attached file contains the details of the total tonnage of pigmeat imports (into Ireland) per Country for the full Calendar year of 2021, as per the information provided by the Central Statistics Office (AgriStats).
The total figure for Imports of pigmeat into Ireland, in 2021, is 79,868 tonnes, with the top three countries being the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands with import figures of 28,158 tonnes, 12,282 tonnes and 11,159 tonnes respectively.
The total amount exported from Ireland was 290,827 tonnes, for the same period.
The full year CSO trade data is generally available by February of the following year. Officials in my Department will issue the requested 2022 figures directly to the Deputy as soon as the data become available.
|
- |
Imports |
% Imports |
|
Country |
Tonnes |
|
|
United Kingdom |
28,157.75 |
35.26% |
|
Germany |
12,281.68 |
15.38% |
|
Netherlands |
11,159.16 |
13.97% |
|
Spain |
7,381.67 |
9.24% |
|
Denmark |
7,362.14 |
9.22% |
|
Poland |
5,403.35 |
6.77% |
|
Italy |
2,043.87 |
2.56% |
|
France |
3,530.56 |
4.42% |
|
Lithuania |
579.04 |
0.73% |
|
Hungary |
451.31 |
0.57% |
|
Romania |
816.11 |
1.02% |
|
Austria |
165.43 |
0.21% |
|
Belgium |
253.80 |
0.32% |
|
Nicaragua |
23.63 |
0.03% |
|
Portugal |
146.69 |
0.18% |
|
Finland |
21.12 |
0.03% |
|
Luxembourg |
26.90 |
0.03% |
|
Sweden |
18.76 |
0.02% |
|
Latvia |
16.31 |
0.02% |
|
Others: <10 Tonnes (22) |
28.23 |
0.04% |
|
79,867.5 |
100.00% |
