Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 December 2019
545. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the weekly import weight of beef from January 2019 to date in 2019, in tabular form; the countries from which the beef is sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53400/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Central Statistics Office (CSO) provides a monthly breakdown of beef imports by weight. According to the CSO data, imports into Ireland for the period January to September 2019 were 91,867 tonnes, or €21 million in value terms.
The following table provides further detail in relation to the countries from which these imports were sourced.
|
Country |
€000 |
Tonnes |
|
Great Britain |
69,180 |
16,028 |
|
Northern Ireland |
11,579 |
2,911 |
|
Poland |
3,305 |
861 |
|
Netherlands |
2,628 |
886 |
|
Spain |
2,380 |
540 |
|
Germany |
716 |
121 |
|
Lithuania |
468 |
208 |
|
Unknown (Non-EU) |
406 |
72 |
|
Sweden |
342 |
89 |
|
France |
341 |
53 |
|
Belgium |
200 |
43 |
|
Denmark |
184 |
44 |
|
Italy |
83 |
11 |
|
Brazil |
24 |
4 |
|
Argentina |
11 |
1 |
|
Switzerland |
9 |
1 |
|
Slovakia |
6 |
2 |
|
China |
2 |
0 |
|
Uruguay |
2 |
0 |
|
Latvia |
2 |
1 |
|
Iceland |
0 |
0 |
|
Grand Total |
91,868 |
21,876 |
