asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the nature and value of the principal articles (a) imported by the Irish Free State from Belgium; and (b) exported to Belgium from the Irish Free State during the four months ended the 30th April, 1934.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Trade with Belgium.
I propose to take Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10 together. As the reply involves a large number of figures, I am circulating with the Official Report a statement giving the desired information.
Following is the statement:—
Trade with Germany in the four months, January-April, 1934:—
|
£ |
|
|
Total Imports |
717,875 |
|
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES: |
|
|
Wheat |
28,343 |
|
Hops |
6,200 |
|
Sugar refined |
13,318 |
|
Coal |
190,207 |
|
Domestic glazed earthenware |
16,936 |
|
Domestic glassware |
4,640 |
|
Iron and steel, manufactures, constructional, fabricated |
73,139 |
|
Railway wheels, tyres and axles |
8,831 |
|
Hollow-ware wrought enamelled |
5,306 |
|
Tin containers empty |
4,484 |
|
Copper wire in coils |
3,667 |
|
Razors and parts |
3,981 |
|
Engineers' tools |
3,211 |
|
Boilers and boiler-house plant |
37,940 |
|
Cranes, hoists and other lifting machinery |
4,153 |
|
Electrical machinery |
18,377 |
|
Other machinery |
24,987 |
|
Electric lighting accessories, fittings and parts |
4,916 |
|
Electric wires and cables insulated |
19,968 |
|
Other electric goods and apparatus |
17,369 |
|
Locomotives (steam and other) |
6,733 |
|
Cycle parts and accessories |
4,506 |
|
Wood sawn, soft |
7,714 |
|
Jute, raw |
4,617 |
|
Stockings and hose of silk or artificial silk |
4,642 |
|
Newsprint paper, not coated |
3,316 |
|
Packing and wrapping paper— glazed |
7,486 |
|
Mllboard and straw-board |
9,748 |
|
Kainit |
8,399 |
|
Muriate of potash |
3,757 |
|
Sodium compounds |
9,712 |
|
Medicines and medicinal preparations |
3,758 |
|
Seeds for sowing |
23,919 |
|
Total Exports |
56,356 |
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES:
|
Cattle |
28,934 |
|
Pig meat |
372 |
|
Bladders, casings and sausage skins |
444 |
|
Fresh water eels |
545 |
|
Feeding stuffs for animals |
1,205 |
|
Metal scrap |
1,969 |
|
Tractor parts |
341 |
|
Wool, raw |
14,642 |
|
Woollen tissues |
414 |
|
Feathers |
5,969 |
|
Horse hair |
296 |
|
Total Re-Exports |
11,694 |
|
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES: |
|
|
Machines and machinery |
10,012 |
|
Locomotives and carriages |
1,12 |
Trade with U.S.A. in the four months, January-April, 1934:—
|
£ |
|
|
Total Imports |
571,855 |
|
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES: |
|
|
Wheat |
135,523 |
|
Rice |
5,777 |
|
Wheaten flour |
2,211 |
|
Cottonseed cake and meal |
10,707 |
|
Linseed cake and meal |
2,417 |
|
Apples |
2,294 |
|
Fruit preserved without sweetening matter |
5,234 |
|
Fruit preserved with sweetening matter |
14,923 |
|
Glucose |
5,234 |
|
Hops |
84,298 |
|
Sugar |
6,423 |
|
Tobacco |
86,038 |
|
Steel rails |
4,681 |
|
Engineers' tools |
3,654 |
|
Electrical machinery |
5,147 |
|
Typewriters and parts |
3,626 |
|
Other machinery |
13,656 |
|
Wireless receivers |
2,499 |
|
Touring motor cars |
4,954 |
|
Motor parts and accessories |
20,623 |
|
Wood, sawn, hard |
6,941 |
|
Wood, sawn, soft |
10,306 |
|
Staves |
10,413 |
|
Wearing apparel |
32,345 |
|
Gas and fuel oil |
8,589 |
|
Petroleum lamp oil |
7,370 |
|
Lubricating oil |
2,977 |
|
Motor spirit |
20,052 |
|
Paraffin wax |
8,301 |
|
Chemical food preservatives and flour improvers |
2,820 |
|
Pictures and drawings |
5,667 |
|
Total Exports |
57,164 |
|
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES: |
|
|
Horses |
332 |
|
Bacon and hams |
1,536 |
|
Oat products |
788 |
|
Biscuits |
500 |
|
Spirits, home-made |
25,852 |
|
Other beverages containing dutiable ingredients |
1,265 |
|
Tractor parts |
1,243 |
|
Wool, raw |
10,194 |
|
Linen piece goods |
6,859 |
|
Woollen tissues |
4,370 |
|
Gloves, knitted |
927 |
|
Drugs, medicines, etc. |
302 |
|
Antiques |
442 |
|
Total Re-Exports |
891 |
Trade with Netherlands in the four months, January-April, 1934.
|
£ |
|
|
Total Imports |
199,680 |
|
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES: |
|
|
Wheat |
3,219 |
|
Maize |
8,145 |
|
Apples |
8,610 |
|
Pears |
1,094 |
|
Fruit pulp and juice |
3,348 |
|
Onions |
8,856 |
|
Peas, dried |
3,164 |
|
Palm oil |
4,057 |
|
Other vegetable oils |
2,604 |
|
Cocoa butter |
7,646 |
|
Glucose |
4,218 |
|
Sugar |
37,631 |
|
Tea |
11,977 |
|
Yeast |
1,397 |
|
Geneva |
2,026 |
|
Coal |
3,039 |
|
Steel bars |
1,884 |
|
Bolts, nuts and screws |
3,013 |
|
Nails, tacks, rivets and washers |
1,389 |
|
Machinery |
1,700 |
|
Electric wires and cables, insulated |
2,414 |
|
Cotton piece goods |
2,334 |
|
Cotton knitted fabric |
1,077 |
|
Jute sacks, bags, secondhand |
1,054 |
|
Paper, oiled, waxed, and other waterproof wrappings |
2,526 |
|
Millboard and strawboard |
7,350 |
|
Linseed oil, unrefined |
4,165 |
|
Linseed oil, refined |
4,165 |
|
Superphosphates |
5,503 |
|
Compound manures |
2,855 |
|
Bulbs and flower roots |
1,211 |
|
Beet seeds |
23,827 |
|
Total Exports |
16,204 |
|
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES: |
|
|
Horses |
1,660 |
|
Feeding stuffs for animals |
1,881 |
|
Metal scrap |
328 |
|
Wool, raw |
1,922 |
|
Woollen tissues |
320 |
|
Calf hides |
1,055 |
|
Sheep skins, with wool on |
6,746 |
|
Pelts |
358 |
|
Feathers |
376 |
|
Total Re-Exports |
219 |
Trade with Belgium in the four months, January-April, 1934.
|
£ |
|
|
Total Imports |
358,780 |
|
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES: |
|
|
Maize |
18,094 |
|
Sugar |
22,892 |
|
Pipes and tubes of fireclay, stoneware |
2,905 |
|
Plate glass |
2,272 |
|
Sheet glass |
9,290 |
|
Domestic and fancy glassware |
2,768 |
|
Asbestos manufactures |
5,865 |
|
Cement hydraulic |
73,234 |
|
Bars, rods, angles, etc., Iron |
10,918 |
|
,,,,Steel |
19,179 |
|
Steel girders and joists not fabricated |
5,037 |
|
Steel plates and sheets not coated |
4,107 |
|
Galvanised corrugated plates and sheets |
11,791 |
|
Railway wheels, tyres, axles |
3,477 |
|
Railway material, unspecified |
2,046 |
|
Cast iron pipes and fittings |
2,366 |
|
Wire fencing, barbed |
5,926 |
|
,,,,single strand |
4,589 |
|
Bolts, nuts, screws |
7,115 |
|
Nails, tacks, staples, etc. |
17,445 |
|
Wire netting |
8,122 |
|
Cotton piece goods |
11,549 |
|
Other cotton manufactures |
2,127 |
|
Jute piece goods |
3,892 |
|
Dressed upper leather |
3,155 |
|
Pneumatic tyres for motor cars and tractors |
2,398 |
|
,,,,,,cycles |
2,231 |
|
Vegetable parchment and greaseproof paper |
3,272 |
|
Lubricating oil |
2,161 |
|
Kainit |
5,433 |
|
Potash manure salts, 20% |
3,328 |
|
Muriate of potash |
2,048 |
|
Nitrate of soda |
2,170 |
|
Superphosphates |
5,330 |
|
Gelatine |
2,329 |
|
Total Exports |
88,676 |
|
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES: |
|
|
Cattle |
7,048 |
|
Horses |
18,030 |
|
Butter |
26,495 |
|
Eggs in shell |
2,458 |
|
Malt |
384 |
|
Metal scrap |
813 |
|
Wool, raw |
20,811 |
|
Woollen, tissues |
1,155 |
|
Sheep skins, with wool on |
2,011 |
|
Pelts |
2,819 |
|
Rabbit skins |
4,012 |
|
Waste paper |
550 |
|
Feathers |
328 |
|
Total Re-Exports |
187 |