Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 5 Mar 1986

Vol. 364 No. 5

Written Answers. - Import and Export Statistics.

35.

Mr. Browne

asked the Taoiseach the total value and amount of jam imports into Ireland each year since 1980; and the countries of origin.

36.

Mr. Browne

asked the Taoiseach the total value and volume of jam exported from Ireland each year since 1980 and the countries to which it was exported.

The Taoiseach

I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 and 36 together. The available information is given in the following tables:

TABLE 1

Imports of jams and marmalades of citrus fruit**

Country	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000
Great Britain	542	333	441	338	508	488	831	703	333	312	312	288
Northern Ireland	152	63	5	6	15	12	1	1	12	16	12	30
Holland	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	28	37	22	31
Bel/Lux	—	—	1	1	2	2	9	11	2	4	1	3
Others	9	4	3	2	6	8	1	2	37	34	11	11
Total	702	401	450	347	531	510	847	722	412	403	358	363

TABLE 2

Exports of jams and marmalades of citrus fruit**

Country	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000
Great Britain	547	481	443	401	390	461	352	457	425	501	428	537
Northern Ireland	130	75	97	65	180	155	158	149	169	166	274	252
West Germany	24	13	21	30	7	7	3	2	2	2	3	3
USA	35	37	4	6	7	8	15	20	17	24	8	11
Canada	6	4	2	2	17	19	30	35	31	35	102	127
Others	91	76	83	69	7	10	26	37	9	7	15	16
Total	832	686	651	574	608	661	584	700	653	735	829	946

** Jam is not separately identifiable in the Customs and Excise Tariff of Ireland. The available information relates to jams and marmalades of citrus fruit. No separate data is available for jams of non citrus fruit.

37.

Mr. Browne

asked the Taoiseach the total value and tonnage of frozen and preserved strawberries exported from Ireland each year since 1980 and the countries to which they were exported.

38.

Mr. Browne

asked the Taoiseach the total value and amount of frozen and preserved strawberries imported into Ireland since 1980 and the names of the countries involved in this importation.

The Taoiseach

I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 38 together. The available information is given in the following tables

TABLE 1

Imports of frozen and preserved strawberries**

Frozen	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000
To:
Great Britain	40	28	12	12	19	30	19	22	11	11	25	27
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	73	68	98	94	20	18	12	10
Germany FR	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	17	0	0	0	0
Italy	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0
Other	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7
Total	49	34	12	12	92	99	136	133	33	34	39	44
Provisionally Preserved (unsuitable for immediate consumption)
To:
Great Britain	21	18	5	2	31	19	2	1	6	6	18	17
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	147	87	58	35	62	29	36	18
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	10	0	0	0	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	0	0	0	0	13	7	0	0	19	10	0	0
Other	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
Total	21	18	6	3	202	115	78	47	91	47	54	35

TABLE 2

Exports of frozen and preserved strawberries**

Frozen	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000	Tonnes	£000
From:
Great Britain	31	16	67	31	32	24	25	20	55	48	136	101
Northern Ireland	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
Germany FR	31	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	62	33	68	32	33	24	25	20	56	50	136	101
Provisionally preserved (unsuitable for immediate consumption)
From:
Great Britain	1,876	643	1,694	527	1,192	509	876	510	1,037	460	1,058	445
Northern Ireland	9	4	22	9	0	0	0	0	20	10	0	0
Total	1,885	647	1,717	536	1,192	509	876	510	1,057	470	1,058	445

** The information given relates to frozen strawberries and strawberries which are provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in b in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption. The Customs and Excise Tariff of Irelad does not identify separately strawberries which are otherwise preserved.