Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 May 2012
114 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline, in tabular form, the total number and names of countries that Ireland has export or import trade with; the types of goods and appliances in exports or imports with each country; and the total cost in exports or imports for each category of goods and appliances. [25845/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraWhile it is not feasible to provide the volume of data sought by the Deputy, the CSO publishes its very comprehensive "Trade Statistics" report on a monthly basis. This report includes Imports and Exports classified by country and details of the main goods involved, for current month and year-to-date.
The latest CSO Trade Statistics report relates to January 2012. The December 2011 publication however, shows data for the whole year of 2011 and allows for comparison with the 2010 data which may be of interest to the Deputy. This comprehensive CSO data for the full year of 2011 can be accessed at: http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/ externaltrade/2011/trade_dec2011.pdf.
My Department makes very useful summary trade data available at the following website address: http://www.djei.ie/trade/bilateral/irelandstradeperformancetables.pdf. This includes the total value of Ireland’s imports and exports from 2004-2011, information on Ireland’s top 10 trading partners and Ireland’s top merchandise export countries and categories.
