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Dairy Exports.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 June 2004

Tuesday, 29 June 2004

Ceisteanna (87)

Jim O'Keeffe

Ceist:

85 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Taoiseach the volume and value by commodity of dairy exports for each of the past five years. [18846/04]

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The data requested by the Deputy is presented in the following tables. Table 1 shows the value of dairy exports identified by main commodity type while Table 2 shows the corresponding volumes for these goods. 2003 is the latest complete year for which data are available.

Table 1

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Dairy exports by value

€(000)

€(000)

€(000)

€(000)

€(000)

Butter

361,510

356,408

329,374

319,143

351,320

Cheese

273,424

294,915

388,808

355,994

296,098

of which: unprocessed cheese (i.e. Cheddar, Brie, Edam etc.)

221,379

242,885

333,638

296,491

236,842

Processed cheese, not grated or powdered

31,334

31,788

28,775

25,494

24,558

Fresh cheese including whey cheese, and curd

11,421

10,269

16,745

24,506

22,571

Grated or powdered cheese

9,219

9,964

9,524

9,478

12,030

Milk and cream

291,983

400,376

247,323

176,044

207,026

of which: milk in solid form, with less than 1.5% fat content

154,619

247,881

107,076

63,204

85,740

Milk and cream, in solid form, with fat content exceeding 1.5%

91,257

107,450

101,566

77,237

89,323

Milk and cream, of a fat content of 1% to 6%

34,404

34,783

28,262

26,168

17,185

Cream of a fat content exceeding 6%

7,287

5,132

6,954

4,996

4,710

Milk of a fat content not exceeding 1%

4,247

4,975

3,372

4,328

9,991

Whey

40,572

49,225

58,234

49,638

45,926

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir, etc.

21,343

28,152

26,906

20,784

19,535

Ice cream and other edible ice

11,914

19,882

13,270

11,672

11,496

Yoghurt

3,694

6,607

11,648

10,251

14,915

Other products of natural milk constituents

3,069

4,344

2,756

4,191

3,723

Birds’ eggs

482

691

2,595

4,415

3,880

Overall total

1,007,991

1,160,600

1,080,914

952,132

953,919

Table 2

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Dairy exports by volume

Tonnes

Tonnes

Tonnes

Tonnes

Tonnes

Butter

126,114

120,997

113,701

104,199

124,846

Cheese

86,651

90,588

116,543

114,629

99,017

of which: unprocessed cheese (i.e. Cheddar, Brie, Edam etc.)

69,848

74,397

97,484

92,354

78,465

Processed cheese, not grated or powdered

9,443

9,037

8,489

7,735

7,679

Fresh cheese including whey cheese, and curd

4,974

4,652

8,080

12,038

9,837

Grated or powdered cheese

2,370

2,501

2,465

2,497

3,023

Milk and cream

244,163

290,706

175,335

157,353

189,208

of which: milk in solid form, with less than 1.5% fat content

82,490

124,861

44,234

35,106

46,750

Milk and cream, in solid form, with fat content exceeding 1.5%

46,272

47,865

39,944

34,093

44,138

Milk and cream, of a fat content of 1% to 6%

93,210

94,819

72,679

63,157

38,455

Cream of a fat content exceeding 6%

4,088

2,583

3,442

2,335

2,444

Milk of a fat content not exceeding 1%

17,933

20,398

14,986

22,589

57,354

Whey

41,355

50,928

55,474

45,132

51,234

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir etc

40,316

39,761

12,092

13,614

14,107

Ice cream and other edible ice

7,421

11,135

7,322

6,471

7,183

Yoghurt

1,754

3,758

6,501

5,562

9,690

Other products of natural milk constituents

1,629

1,880

1,399

2,020

1,836

Birds’ eggs

390

613

931

1,972

1,941

Overall total

549,793

610,366

489,298

450,952

499,062

Note: It should be noted that, overall, approximately 3% of all trade is unclassified by commodity.

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