asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state (a) the quantity of jam imported into the Saorstát during the past year; (b) the quantity manufactured in the Saorstát for the past year from a mixture of foreign fruit or pulp and home grown fruit; and (c) the quantity manufactured from homegrown fruit only, during the past year.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Saorstát Jam Statistics.
Figures are not available for the imports or production of "Jams" alone or for the amounts of homegrown or imported fruit, or fruit pulp respectively used in the home production of jams. The imports of "jams, marmalade and fruit jellies" in the year 1930 were 3,614 cwts. valued at £15,592. The total quantity of "jams, marmalade and fruit jellies" made in Saorstát Eireann in the year 1929 (the latest year for which information is available) was 119,690 cwts. valued at £381,282. The quantity of fruit used was—fresh fruit, 48,000 cwts.; dried or preserved fruit, 9,472 cwts.