International Trade.

Tuesday, 6 December 2005

Ceisteanna (117)

Dan Boyle

Ceist:

158 Mr. Boyle asked the Taoiseach the net value of exports and imports in the most recently available statistical year between this country and the 49 least developed countries in the world. [37946/05]

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Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Mr. Kitt)

The information requested by the Deputy is presented in Table 1 which identifies Ireland's merchandise trade with the least developed countries, as defined by the UN-OHRLLS*, for the year 2004 and for the period January-August 2005. The year 2004 is the latest one for which annual data are available. For comparative purposes Table 2 identifies merchandise trade for the years 2001, 2002 and 2003. The countries are presented in alphabetic order.

Table 1.

	2004	Jan-Aug 2005
Ireland’s trade with	Exports	Imports	Trade Balance	Exports	Imports	Trade Balance
	€(000)	€(000)	€(000)	€(000)	€(000)	€(000)
Afghanistan	2,265	172	2,093	1,165	841	324
Angola	7,030	11	7,019	3,805	6	3,799
Bangladesh	1,111	43,058	-41,947	987	24,411	-23,424
Benin	3,230	—	3,230	1,340	5	1,335
Bhutan	—	6	-6	—	—	—
Burkina Faso	866	362	504	856	1	855
Burma (Myanmar)	1,319	1,761	-442	2,604	176	2,428
Burundi	54	22	32	62	27	35
Cambodia	464	14,909	-14,445	653	7,069	-6,416
Cape Verde	505	18	487	863	3	860
Central African Rep	480	11	469	48	19	29
Chad	166	13	153	159	194	-35
Comoros	556	1	555	357	—	357
Congo (Dem Rep)	13,144	88	13,056	6,448	39	6,409
Djibouti	73	8	65	15	520	-505
Equatorial Guinea	37	86	-49	15	56	-41
Eritrea	12,653	53	12,600	61	684	-623
Ethiopia	6,185	113	6,072	5,239	217	5,022
Gambia	480	117	363	363	20	343
Guinea	1,088	70,255	-69,167	266	46,218	-45,952
Guinea-Bissau	18	—	18	—	—	—
Haiti	392	86	306	304	55	249
Kiribati	121	—	121	94	—	94
Laos	3,982	2,677	1,305	868	948	-80
Lesotho	19	—	19	—	1	-1
Liberia	4,679	1,490	3,189	7,458	297	7,161
Madagascar	46	204	-158	868	96	772
Malawi	4,167	488	3,679	3,670	168	3,502
Maldives	884	184	700	98	88	10
Mali	6,222	87	6,135	6,666	66	6,600
Mauritania	518	1	517	25	—	25
Mozambique	317	29	288	209	13	196
Nepal	58	94	-36	18	73	-55
Niger	178	1,448	-1,270	812	119	693
Rwanda	411	114	297	326	52	274
Samoa	—	10	-10	82	—	82
Sao Tome & Principe	117	3	114	5	—	5
Senegal	39,527	284	39,243	25,900	190	25,710
Sierra Leone	1,449	285	1,164	340	215	125
Solomon Islands	35	342	-307	33	433	-400
Somalia	34	28	6	37	6	31
Sudan	11,603	5	11,598	13,146	25	13,121
Tanzania United Rep	7,321	96	7,225	4,301	173	4,128
Timor-Leste	28	1	27	0	8	-8
Togo	3,061	306	2,755	2,522	1,589	933
Tuvalu	27	—	27	3	—	3
Uganda	3,348	113	3,235	2,094	54	2,040
Vanuatu	1	1	—	3	—	3
Yemen	2,344	84	2,260	1,329	2	1,327
Zambia	4,470	180	4,290	1,754	124	1,630

* The UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States, UN-OHRLLS, http://www.un.org/special-rep/ohrlls/ldc/list.htm

Table 2.

	2003	2002	2001
Ireland’s trade with	Exports	Imports	Trade Balance	Exports	Imports	Trade Balance	Exports	Imports	Trade Balance
	€(000)	€(000)	€(000)	€(000)	€(000)	€(000)	€(000)	€(000)	€(000)
Afghanistan	2,543	74	2,469	1,778	442	1,336	609	18	591
Angola	7,039	22	7,017	7,325	60	7,265	3,855	14	3,841
Bangladesh	491	33,614	-33,123	1,781	36,183	-34,402	3,053	39,022	-35,969
Benin	3,477	309	3,168	5,271	1	5,270	7,451	352	7,099
Bhutan	1	17	-16	249	33	216	1,031	1	1,030
Burkina Faso	746	3	743	1,330	4	1,326	1,822	114	1,708
Burma (Myanmar)	381	1,371	-990	1,295	1,134	161	1,518	2,099	-581
Burundi	151	5	146	407	8	399	488	1	487
Cambodia	715	13,341	-12,626	370	18,663	-18,293	175	15,988	-15,813
Cape Verde	120	99	21	84	1	83	162	10	152
Central African Rep	166	—	166	104	1	103	135	—	135
Chad	807	14	793	144	—	144	186	1	185
Comoros	192	—	192	—	1	-1	1,740	—	1,740
Congo (Dem Rep)	8,293	4	8,289	5,078	1	5,077	3,405	10	3,395
Djibouti	477	363	114	15	54	-39	125	26	99
Equatorial Guinea	183	1	182	23	—	23	1,364	188	1,176
Eritrea	134	71	63	1,822	95	1,727	10,837	76	10,761
Ethiopia	8,602	95	8,507	10,125	15	10,110	10,358	15	10,343
Gambia	563	57	506	519	118	401	842	276	566
Guinea	823	60,040	-59,217	868	83,358	-82,490	1,038	106,833	-105,795
Guinea-Bissau	—	39	-39	—	—	—	—	2	-2
Haiti	451	56	395	372	44	328	617	2	615
Kiribati	—	10	-10	—	—	—	—	—	—
Laos	1,009	1,562	-553	1,190	1,489	-299	933	1,317	-384
Lesotho	13	1	12	38	5	33	14	41	-27
Liberia	1,288	3	1,285	73	115	-42	624	15	609
Madagascar	218	3,887	-3,669	28	615	-587	87	1,826	-1,739
Malawi	1,527	935	592	1,902	898	1,004	1,061	950	111
Maldives	869	579	290	193	720	-527	750	375	375
Mali	3,033	121	2,912	12,860	920	11,940	7,504	405	7,099
Mauritania	298	11	287	526	11,595	-11,069	2,071	6,152	-4,081
Mozambique	135	14	121	545	525	20	1,503	114	1,389
Nepal	53	147	-94	55	211	-156	53	220	-167
Niger	743	550	193	392	594	-202	519	1,596	-1,077
Rwanda	378	230	148	408	39	369	565	435	130
Samoa	27	221	-194	5	1	4	11	—	11
Sao Tome & Principe	3	—	3	1	1	—	—	—	—
Senegal	35,521	256	35,265	38,935	77	38,858	40,692	171	40,521
Sierra Leone	1,362	411	951	3,832	765	3,067	4,612	2,001	2,611
Solomon Islands	—	261	-261	87	262	-175	—	618	-618
Somalia	33	21	12	143	1	142	303	176	127
Sudan	18,693	1,288	17,405	14,102	1,170	12,932	13,750	868	12,882
Tanzania United Rep	6,467	395	6,072	7,912	1,100	6,812	5,309	4,178	1,131
Timor-Leste	0	1	-1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Togo	3,346	413	2,933	2,000	1,736	264	1,213	183	1,030
Tuvalu	4	—	4	62	—	62	—	—	—
Uganda	4,227	67	4,160	4,691	170	4,521	4,127	469	3,658
Vanuatu	13	2	11	11	—	11	—	—	—
Yemen	3,030	54	2,976	3,985	61	3,924	9,624	44	9,580
Zambia	5,379	356	5,023	4,213	585	3,628	3,139	571	2,568