Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 May 2024
495. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity in tonnes or otherwise of lamb or sheep meat exported from the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [21723/24]
View answerBased on data from the Central Statistics Office, the quantity of raw sheepmeat exported from the State for the years 2014 to 2023 is presented in the tabular format below.
The total volume exported for the reference period is 582,701 tonnes yielding an annual average of 58,270 tonnes.
Note that this data excludes small quantities of goatmeat exports which are usually classified under the sheepmeat subheading for customs and statistical purposes.
|
Year |
Volume (metric tonnes) |
|
2014 |
44,448 |
|
2015 |
47,993 |
|
2016 |
55,623 |
|
2017 |
62,185 |
|
2018 |
59,608 |
|
2019 |
60,220 |
|
2020 |
63,971 |
|
2021 |
58,225 |
|
2022 |
66,273 |
|
2023 |
64,154 |
|
Total tonnage 2014-23 |
582,700 |
Source: CSO
