Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 16 Jun 1965

Vol. 216 No. 7

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Trade with South Africa.

4.

Mr. Millar

asked the Taoiseach (a) the volume and value of Irish exports to South Africa for the year ended 31st December, 1964, and (b) the volume and value of imports from that country for the same period.

Mr. Carty

With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the information requested by the Deputy.

Following is the statement:

(a) Exports to the Republic of South Africa during the year 1964.

Description	Unit of Quantity	Quantity	Value
			£
Live animals exported permanently	value		1,800
Fish, dried, salted or smoked but not further prepared, salmon	cwt.	29	2,761
Bakery products	,,	44	587
Malt	,,	13,200	30,903
Other cereals and cereal products	,,	1,185	2,811
Food preparations, other than of dairy origin	value		5,385
Beer (including ale, stout and porter)	std. brl.	427	3,519
Whiskey and other spirits	pf. gal.	800	2,126
Synthetic and regenerated fibres, and their waste	cwt.	245	14,850
Tallow	,,	200	1,024
Oils, fats and waxes, processed	,,	395	2,156
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products	value		1,713
Leather:
Dressed
Upper (for footwear)	sq. ft.	88,277	13,002
Undressed	value		1,194
Veneer sheets	sq. ft.	90,058	605
Paper	value		946
Yarns and thread, other than wool and jute	lb.	68,094	56,105
Woven fabrics:
Silk	sq. yd.	1,849	988
Cotton	,,	6,241	935
Woollen or worsted:
Homespun or handwoven	,,	1,843	1,529
Other woollen	,,	4,385	3,128
Worsted	,,	1,290	1,019
Linen	,,	7,497	1,228
Other	,,	3,658	1,243
Carpets, carpeting, rugs, mats	,,	884	1,519
Building materials	value		928
Glass, glassware and pottery	,,		1,912
Iron and steel:
Bars, rods, angles, shapes, etc.	ton	3	800
Wire products, nails, screws, bolts, etc.	cwt.	38	1,621
Cutlery	value		1,481
Miscellaneous metal manufactures, n.e.s.	,,		692
Agricultural machinery	,,		2,542
Machinery (non-electric)	cwt.	678	7,575
Machinery (electric):
Domestic electrical equipment	,,	115	3,270
Other	value		1,707
Professional, scientific, etc., goods	,,		1,261
Books and pamphlets	cwt.	19	810
Toys and games	value		816
Mechanical lighters and parts	cwt.	11	4,668
Other manufactured articles	value		4,340
Postal packages	,,	1,712	9,003
TOTAL			196,502

(b) Import from the Republic of South Africa for the year 1964.

Commodity	Unit of Quantity	Quantity	Value
			£
Orange	cwt.	78,590	299,906
Lemons and other citrous fruits	,,	11,185	47,563
Apples	,,	7,095	33,462
Grapes	,,	5,293	62,926
Pears	,,	4,854	22,916
Other fresh fruit	,,	3,127	26,854
Dried fruit	,,	927	6,506
Fruit juices, unfermented	,,	4,802	17,144
Fruit, tinned or canned	,,	47,162	272,314
Other fruit preserved, and preparations	,,	848	4,076
Molasses, edible and inedible	,,	6,006	19,577
Other food and food preparations	value		9,280
Drink:
Wine, still	gall.	14,795	13,015
Other	value		570
Tobacco	lb.	197,744	33,594
Hides, skins and waste of leather	cwt.	166	2,600
Ground nuts, green	,,	964	5,534
Wood, lumber and cork	std.	35	4,175
Wood-pulp, sulphate	cwt.	2,000	4,422
Textile fibres:
Sheep's and lambs' wool	cental	1,781	58,785
Wool tops	,,	199	9,270
Asbestos (including raw fibre)	cwt.	13,393	57,952
Chemicals	value		7,407
Furskins, dressed	cwt.	1	1,879
Wood and cork manufactures	value		1,681
Fibreboards and other building boards	cwt.	294	895
Non-metallic mineral manufactures	value		2,495
Machinery (non-electric)	,,		7,231
Electrical machinery	,,		2,261
Automotive electrical equipment	,,		30,800
Road motor vehicles, parts	,,		2,483
Books and pamphlets	,,		2,684
Other miscellaneous manufactures	,,		7,532
Postal packages	,,		16,783
TOTAL			1,096,572