Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 23 Nov 1999

Vol. 511 No. 3

Written Answers. - Meat Imports.

Paul Connaughton

Ceist:

91 Mr. Connaughton asked the Taoiseach the amount, value and origin of imports of beef, sheep, pig and poultry meat for 1998 and the period January to August 1999. [24394/99]

The Taoiseach

The last month for which information is available is June 1999. The following tables show the value and volume of meat imports for the year 1998 and the six month period January to June 1999.

Value of Meat Imports 1998

	Beef	Lamb	Pork	Poultry	Total
Country	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Great Britain	10,219	1,744	10,882	40,634	63,479
Northern Ireland	4,319	110	10,238	17,329	31,996
Netherlands	4,962	81	9,619	8,754	23,416
Sweden	1,271	–	–	29	1,300
France	1,013	70	6,388	3,231	10,702
Brazil	936	–	–	56	992
Egypt	639	–	–	–	639
New Zealand	455	1,100	1	8	1,564
Uruguay	436	–	–	–	436
Czech Republic	402	–	–	–	402
Argentina	248	–	–	–	248
Denmark	195	42	8,568	4,219	13,024
Germany	187	–	4,739	807	5,733
Luxembourg	63	–	2,359	1,251	3,673
Spain	42	6	25	153	226
Italy	27	3	426	2,356	2,812
U.S.A.	3	–	764	–	767
Other	106	82	75	369	632
Total	25,523	3,238	54,084	79,196	162,041

Volume of Meat Imports 1998

	Beef	Lamb	Pork	Poultry	Total
Country	Tonnes	Tonnes	Tonnes	Tonnes	Tonnes
Great Britain	5,225	848	10,717	17,456	34,246
Northern Ireland	2,027	36	5,715	7,295	15,073
Netherlands	1,634	22	5,053	3,140	9,849
Sweden	518	–	–	17	535
France	941	25	3,466	1,730	6,162
Brazil	347	–	–	30	377
Egypt	297	–	–	–	297
New Zealand	204	605	–	1	810
Uruguay	285	–	–	–	285
Czech Republic	115	–	–	–	115
Argentina	161	–	–	–	161
Denmark	88	19	4,132	1,585	5,824
Germany	74	–	2,363	286	2,723
Luxembourg	74	–	610	354	1,038
Spain	13	2	4	39	58
Italy	13	–	170	1,171	1,354
U.S.A.	2	–	356	–	358
Other	78	7	58	250	393
Total	12,096	1,564	32,644	33,354	79,658

Value of Meat Imports January-June 1999

	Beef	Lamb	Pork	Poultry	Total
Country	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Great Britain	2,878	911	5,949	23,630	33,368
Northern Ireland	715	8	4,245	11,898	16,866
Netherlands	588	3	5,918	4,904	11,413
France	158	18	2,202	2,574	4,952
Brazil	1,179	–	–	85	1,264
New Zealand	207	465	–	–	672
Uruguay	187	–	–	–	187
Argentina	42	–	–	–	42
Denmark	99	–	3,580	2,194	5,873
Germany	24	–	2,546	356	2,926
Belgium	81	–	792	491	1,364
Spain	188	–	15	166	369
Italy	21	8	249	1,827	2,105
U.S.A.	–	–	466	–	466
Other	103	27	1,259	587	1,976
Total	6,470	1,440	27,221	48,712	83,843

Volume of Meat Imports January-June 1999

	Beef	Lamb	Pork	Poultry	Total
Country	Tonnes	Tonnes	Tonnes	Tonnes	Tonnes
Great Britain	1,924	406	4,010	12,329	18,669
Northern Ireland	337	4	2,064	8,879	11,284
Netherlands	136	1	2,807	3,020	5,964
France	121	3	1,171	1,033	2,328
Brazil	540	–	–	45	585
New Zealand	121	339	–	–	460
Uruguay	124	–	–	–	124
Argentina	26	–	–	–	26
Denmark	54	–	1,776	841	2,671
Germany	6	–	1,038	278	1,322
Belgium	24	–	237	117	378
Spain	69	–	3	329	401
Italy	9	3	175	948	1,135
U.S.A.	–	–	226	–	226
Other	61	8	817	299	1,185
Total	3,552	764	14,324	28,118	46,758

Note: Overall, approximately 3 per cent of trade is unclassified by country. The unclassified trade consists of intra-EU estimates.