Animal Carcase Disposal

Thursday, 18 April 2019

Ceisteanna (227)

Charlie McConalogue

Ceist:

227. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value of offal exports in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019 to include all data for such exports that include remaining pieces of an animal carcase which are not being used for meat production in tabular form. [18291/19]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the table - these figures have been sourced from Central Statistics Office (CSO) trade data.

The data is based on Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes which are a tool for classifying goods, set up to meet the requirements both of the Common Customs Tariff and of the EU's external trade statistics. There is in excess of 50 such codes relating to specific offal types described by species and make-up. Some CN codes include both the terms meat and/or offals.

As such, it cannot be determined whether this data refers exclusively to offals and parts of the carcass that are not being used for meat production. It is likely that the above figures overstate the exact amount of our offal exports due to these classification categories.

-	2015	2015	2016	2016	2017	2017	2018	2018	Jan-Feb 2019	Jan-Feb 2019
	Value €000	Volume Tonnes	Value €000	Volume Tonnes	Value €000	Volume Tonnes	Value €000	Volume Tonnes	Value €000	Volume Tonnes
Beef	380,403	139,435	378,164	144,678	406,146	155,227	395,392	138,610	57,982	20,024
Pigmeat	122,778	42,054	112,313	44,993	123,922	39,976	123,443	40,085	19,365	7,159
Poultry	233,244	69,543	175,739	60,905	184,733	61,538	195,847	63,336	25,534	7,835
Sheepmeat	9,312	5,552	10,865	7,272	11,346	6,690	11,087	6,711	2,865	1,932
Fish	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	12	5
Other Meat and Meat Produce	47,004	25,214	47,160	28,215	48,963	30,722	45,719	24,523	6,133	3,643
Total	792,741	281,798	724,241	286,065	775,110	294,153	771,495	273,268	111,893	40,598