Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 March 2023
47. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the total tonnage of throughput at Dublin Port; the total of which was agricultural produce for the years 2017 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10339/23]
View answerThe total tonnage throughput for all the ports is available on the Central Statistics Office websites at:
www.cso.ie/en/statistics/transport/statisticsofporttraffic/
The total tonnage throughput information for Dublin Port is set out in the table below.
|
- |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
CSO Total Throughput all modes |
24,996,000 |
26,332,000 |
26,334,000 |
25,210,000 |
24,485,000 |
|
CSO Dry Bulk |
2,034,000 |
2,335,000 |
1,821,000 |
1,946,000 |
1,974,000 |
|
Cereals/Animal Feed* |
825,438 |
1,057,850 |
844,274 |
778,671 |
803,167 |
*The figures for 'Cereals and Animal Feed' handled annually in 'Dry Bulk Cargo' were provided by Dublin Port Company.
Neither Dublin Port nor the department have information regarding the quantity of agricultural produce contained within the unitised trade as this is information belonging to the importer or exporter of the produce.
