Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 8 Apr 1986

Vol. 365 No. 1

Written Answers. - Livestock Feedstuffs.

56.

Mr. N. Andrews

asked the Taoiseach the estimated value and quantity of this country's (1) exports to and (2) imports from the Six Counties of the different types of livestock feedstuffs for the years 1982 to 1985.

The Taoiseach

The available information is given in the following tables:

Table 1

Exports of Livestock Feedstuffs to Northern Ireland

	1982	1983	1984	1985
	Tonnes	£'000	Tonnes	£'000	Tonnes	£'000	Tonnes	£'000
Cereal straw, husks, fodder roots, hay, vetches and similar fodder products	11,393	410	9,502	402	8,046	313	21,060	1,210
Bran, sharps, residues of maize or rice and of other cereals	11,610	1,330	6,762	863	8,583	1,218	8,035	1,066
Oil-cake and other residues of soya beans, cotton seeds, other oil seeds and fruits	5,555	719	2,388	380	1,961	329	1,861	309
Greaves, offal and tankage unfit for human consumption	19,967	2,526	20,642	2,839	20,144	3,340	17,624	2,787
Fish meal unfit for human consumption	1,810	473	1,197	378	1,176	421	1,159	381
Beet pulp, bagasse and similar waste and residues	12,917	1,214	9,677	1,038	6,628	589	10,163	717
Sweetened forage and other preparations for animal feed (not elsewhere specified)	13,447	4,673	13,971	5,141	16,294	6,379	20,026	7,639
Barley, unmilled	30,049	3,503	63,156	7,498	36,223	4,882	76,080	10,212
Other cereals, unmilled	3,860	474	4,517	678	4,193	669	3,329	550
Other feeding stuff for animals	1,741	193	1,537	197	1,199	192	1,609	233
Total	112,350	15,515	133,347	19,414	104,448	18,332	160,946	25,104

Table 2

Imports of Livestock Feedstuffs from Northern Ireland

	1982	1983	1984	1985
	Tonnes	£'000	Tonnes	£'000	Tonnes	£'000	Tonnes	£'000
Cereal straw, husks, fodder roots, hay, vetches and similar fodder products	534	37	702	44	757	48	711	65
Bran, sharps, residues of maize or rice and of other cereals	1,238	174	1,908	255	2,693	391	2,560	370
Oil-cake and other residues of soya beans, cotton seeds, other oil seeds and fruits	1,847	306	1,673	276	1,950	482	3,182	667
Greaves, offal, tankage unfit for human consumption	2,171	373	1,836	341	1,026	184	1,281	194
Fish meal unfit for human consumption	1,157	329	346	146	78	29	303	106
Beet pulp, bagasse and similar waste and residues	795	112	811	118	2,703	353	3,466	552
Sweetened forage and other preparations for animal feed (not elsewhere specified)	39,590	9,687	48,493	12,644	38,014	11,451	31,720	10,212
Barley, unmilled	2,889	391	1,209	209	959	156	487	85
Other cereals, unmilled	105	22	1,863	315	593	138	249	80
Other feeding stuff for animals	337	85	90	15	435	68	1,377	173
Total	50,663	11,516	58,931	14,363	49,209	13,300	45,336	12,504