Food Industry Data

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Ceisteanna (510)

Pearse Doherty

Ceist:

510. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of food imports and exports to and from Britain in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36261/16]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Details of the trade between the UK and Ireland from 2013 to date are outlined in the following table.

Ireland has a positive trade balance with Great Britain, with exports increasing from just over €3.89bn in 2013 to €4.36bn in 2015. The main increase was in the beef sector, which increased from €798m in 2013 to just under €1bn in 2015. Exports of dairy products saw a reduction from the €1bn posted in 2013 to €892m in 2015. Exports of pigmeat and poultry amounted to over €378m and €251m, respectively.

Imports from Great Britain to Ireland were valued at €3.25bn in 2015, increasing from €2.81bn in 2013. The main sectors in this regard are cereals, which came to €581m, and fruit & vegetables, where the value of imports came to €330m.

Ireland also has a positive trade balance with Northern Ireland, with exports of agri-food products in 2015 amounting to €749m compared with €567m worth of product coming in from Northern Ireland.

	Exports	Imports
Great Britain	Jan-Dec 2013	Jan-Dec 2014	Jan-Dec 2015	Jan-Sep 2016	Jan-Dec 2013	Jan-Dec 2014	Jan-Dec 2015	Jan-Sep 2016
Ind	€ 000	Tonnes	€ 000	Tonnes	€ 000	Tonnes	€ 000	Tonnes	€ 000	Tonnes	€ 000	Tonnes	€ 000	Tonnes	€ 000	Tonnes
Animal Foodstuffs	134,426	152,813	133,761	136,123	157,396	167,203	111,792	114,960	144,360	235,478	145,345	245,980	167,876	253,673	121,598	205,561
Animal Oils & Fats	15,314	18,883	9,740	13,595	10,390	16,527	7,852	11,845	6,340	2,564	4,230	1,858	5,228	2,894	4,757	3,614
Animal Skins & Furs	45,026	21,907	44,178	19,544	37,817	18,712	24,408	14,009	90	56	261	58	161	158	13	3
Beef	797,891	189,658	862,169	204,240	999,192	211,897	724,893	167,821	77,504	18,630	72,655	16,850	90,952	20,435	58,902	14,817
Beverages	229,809	322,335	228,069	372,041	223,776	378,511	157,747	285,194	241,237	331,021	273,201	361,765	273,111	387,419	223,006	308,407
Cereal & cereal preparation	201,206	117,174	247,117	140,985	268,925	153,280	192,138	110,684	510,384	344,371	514,287	372,699	581,176	407,956	430,648	384,152
Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices	179,125	33,314	200,578	34,825	240,210	40,937	170,884	32,078	228,012	47,214	239,360	47,065	285,584	53,958	201,351	41,254
Cotton					109	35	5	1	41	11	78	33	61	18	33	9
Crude Animal & Vegetable Material	31,164	30,127	33,795	25,990	31,904	20,788	18,942	11,174	41,497	16,924	41,619	16,309	50,439	20,593	41,759	18,386
Dairy Produce	1,036,176	438,789	923,564	276,327	892,249	269,911	581,708	200,910	283,052	133,133	317,620	182,150	295,966	169,920	204,796	118,784
Egg	10,064	3,989	11,590	3,511	11,849	3,507	6,120	2,646	9,697	7,943	8,480	8,058	9,229	5,340	5,172	3,652
Fish	47,213	18,463	48,228	18,105	48,605	19,072	42,196	14,251	108,504	22,042	128,994	26,125	149,557	28,885	111,793	22,666
Flax, Wool & Animal Hair	4,065	3,078	5,893	3,530	9,313	5,265	4,186	3,087	4,563	3,495	4,966	3,051	3,734	2,462	1,247	656
Forestry	90,103	377,550	115,244	371,383	115,649	375,688	97,945	326,025	26,899	192,277	28,973	163,415	37,463	193,524	25,723	160,887
Fruit & Vegetables	171,871	91,410	186,824	102,948	193,270	103,423	142,092	85,673	311,861	263,920	305,841	251,713	330,533	284,563	251,495	225,482
Live Animals	196,654	7,611	186,115	12,774	239,642	10,982	99,024	6,250	169,412	4,152	186,529	2,799	228,632	1,803	75,570	1,938
Miscellaneous Edible Products & Preparations	101,656	62,888	97,872	68,305	110,800	71,281	76,746	47,747	206,852	92,070	212,670	97,353	245,284	117,691	172,492	76,367
Oilseeds & Oleaginous Fruit	2,684	4,236	5,475	703	8,456	4,352	6,935	6,117	4,280	3,883	4,123	2,539	7,676	10,621	5,072	4,974
Other Meat & Meat Produce	34,246	17,502	36,000	20,346	42,018	20,415	32,486	17,891	18,393	5,796	10,564	3,571	10,651	3,721	13,201	4,522
Pigmeat	291,227	72,285	315,745	79,232	378,699	91,813	287,529	72,682	94,754	37,602	109,045	34,485	116,966	34,037	83,602	26,582
Poultry	198,930	67,136	257,016	78,672	251,331	82,207	139,234	53,922	109,658	27,986	129,989	37,750	149,821	41,355	114,137	30,942
Sheepmeat	29,913	9,660	28,364	8,897	49,475	12,456	37,837	9,644	18,928	4,074	18,718	4,270	21,794	4,526	14,630	2,867
Sugar, Sugar Preparation & Honey	41,530	32,677	38,949	33,210	42,885	35,544	28,401	25,884	157,867	140,877	147,831	138,360	155,529	168,593	104,284	113,147
Vegetable Oils & Fats	835	691	1,899	1,738	1,292	1,240	756	429	36,836	37,174	35,854	38,462	40,235	53,975	27,567	36,755
Grand Total	3,891,128	2,094,176	4,018,184	2,027,023	4,365,253	2,115,044	2,991,856	1,620,927	2,811,021	1,972,694	2,941,232	2,056,716	3,257,658	2,268,119	2,292,849	1,806,426