Bernard J. Durkan
Ceist:138 Mr. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value and volume of exports in each of the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3622/02]
Written Answers. - Trade Statistics.
The value and volume of exports for period January to October 2001 are as follows:
|
Exports |
Value |
Volume |
|
€000 |
Tonnes |
|
|
January 2001 |
7,441,605 |
930,239 |
|
February 2001 |
7,232,917 |
908,254 |
|
March 2001 |
8,922,841 |
970,988 |
|
April 2001 |
7,173,662 |
895,736 |
|
May 2001 |
6,940,423 |
1,088,802 |
|
June 2001 |
8,905,022 |
1,034,911 |
|
July 2001 |
7,708,854 |
868,681 |
|
August 2001 |
6,894,030 |
846,968 |
|
September 2001 |
7,998,656 |
1,259,595 |
|
October 2001 |
8,140,600 |
1,044,062 |
Source: CSO.
Export statistics for November and December 2001 are not available at present. Preliminary figures from the CSO indicate that the value of exports in November 2001 was €7.55 billion.
The value of exports in the period January to October 2001 was 14% higher than the corresponding period in 2000.
Bernard J. Durkan
Ceist:139 Mr. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value and volume of imports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3623/02]
The latest trade statistics cover the period January to October 2001. The value of imports for this period totalled €47.7 billion and the volume of imports totalled 25,127,486 tonnes, representing an increase of 4.9% on the same period in 2000.