Written answers
Tuesday, 6 December 2005
Department of An Taoiseach
International Trade
9:00 pm
Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 158: To ask 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]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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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 |
| â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(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 |
| â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(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 |
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