Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 2 Jul 1970

Vol. 248 No. 3

Written Answer. - External Trade.

100.

Mr. L'Estrange

asked the Taoiseach the total exports, imports and adverse trade balance with each of the EEC countries and Great Britain each year from 1954 to the latest available date.

The Taoiseach

The following statement shows the information requested:

External trade with EEC Countries and Great Britain each year 1954 to 1969

Country		1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961
£000
EEC
Belgium	Imports	2,968	3,793	2,979	3,635	3,478	3,945	4,488	5,568
	Total Exports	1,526	1,613	1,901	1,597	1,019	906	1,247	1,375
	Import Excess	1,442	2,180	1,079	2,038	2,458	3,039	3,241	4,193
Luxembourg	Imports	211	210	164	119	139	242	248	204
	Total Exports	0	3	5	—	0	1	0	1
	Import Excess	211	207	158	119	139	242	248	203
Germany, F.R.	Imports	7,348	9,626	7,962	7,017	8,018	10,494	11,964	14,453
	Total Exports	1,788	1,458	2,316	3,305	2,823	3,496	3,707	5,620
	Import Excess	5,560	8,168	5,646	3,712	5,195	6,998	8,257	8,833
France	Imports	3,355	3,074	2,415	3,116	3,183	3,493	4,596	5,504
	Total Exports	391	807	3,498	1,884	1,000	1,217	1,178	1,174
	Import Excess	2,963	2,266	-1,083	1,233	-2,182	2,276	3,418	4,330
Netherlands	Imports	5,334	5,259	4,776	4,614	5,682	6,318	6,040	6,914
	Total Exports	703	627	1,787	1,015	661	1,115	1,119	2,058
	Import Excess	4,632	4,633	2,989	3,598	5,021	5,203	4,921	4,856
Italy	Imports	1,372	1,783	1,583	1,446	1,678	1,963	2,101	2,676
	Total Exports	327	370	673	929	541	775	1,460	1,107
	Import Excess	1,045	1,413	910	517	1,137	1,188	642	1,569
Great Britain	Imports	97,420	107,474	101,360	96,023	103,626	100,954	104,736	118,854
	Total Exports	85,609	81,432	67,620	79,099	79,830	77,445	92,325	110,879
	Import Excess	11,811	26,041	33,740	16,924	23,795	23,510	12,410	7,975

County		1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
£000
EEC
Belgium	Imports	5,869	5,716	7,603	7,142	5,329	5,808	6,718	7,560
	Total Exports	983	1,363	3,573	1,973	3,879	4,319	5,189	5,138
	Import Excess	4,886	4,353	4,030	5,170	1,450	1,490	1,529	2,422
Luxembourg	Imports	350	176	310	293	163	95	165	75
	Total Exports	1	4	1	1	27	2	11	2
	Import Excess	349	172	308	292	136	93	154	73
Germany F.R.	Imports	18,583	20,288	23,812	23,998	21,951	24,814	36,284	42,890
	Total Exports	5,296	5,758	8,955	11,810	9,539	6,903	8,143	10,808
	Import Excess	13,287	14,530	14,856	12,188	12,411	17,911	28,141	32,082
France	Imports	6,958	7,441	7,455	10,664	8,223	9,159	15,079	16,748
	Total Exports	1,537	2,936	4,417	5,664	7,232	6,737	9,956	13,322
	Import Excess	5,421	4,505	3,038	5,000	991	2,423	5,123	3,427
Netherlands	Imports	8,142	10,038	10,749	10,098	9,929	12,040	14,690	13,322
	Total Exports	1,840	2,038	4,974	6,892	4,903	4,929	4,617	7,272
	Import Excess	6,302	8,000	5,775	3,205	5,026	7,110	10,073	6,978
Italy	Imports	3,384	3,566	4,180	4,569	4,907	5,277	7,636	9,897
	Total Exports	1,115	2,587	3,533	2,069	1,156	1,349	1,674	4,719
	Import Excess	2,269	979	647	2,500	3,751	3,928	5,961	5,177
Great Britain	Imports	125,313	142,395	161,786	173,548	179,204	179,352	233,186	285,485
	Total Exports	104,866	111,835	129,055	127,333	140,821	170,408	187,943	192,925
	Import Excess	20,448	30,560	32,731	46,215	38,382	8,944	45,243	92,560