Written answers
Tuesday, 7 March 2006
Department of An Taoiseach
Vegetable Imports
11:00 pm
Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 163: To ask the Taoiseach the volume of vegetables which has been imported from Israel in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8827/06]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is presented in the following table. For comparative purposes data for the preceding five years is also provided.
| Vegetable Imports from Israel | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005* |
| Tonnes | Tonnes | Tonnes | Tonnes | Tonnes | Tonnes | |
| Potatoes of which: | ||||||
| New potatoes, fresh or chilled | 25 | 539 | 846 | 796 | ||
| Potatoes main crop, fresh or chilled | 40 | 57 | 8 | 13 | 210 | 301 |
| Seed potatoes, fresh or chilled | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Potatoes, processed | 2 | |||||
| Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled | 15 | 26 | 2 | 167 | 1,094# | |
| Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled | 54 | 275 | 130 | 63 | 227 | 282 |
| Tomatoes of which: | ||||||
| Tomatoes, fresh or chilled | 35 | 110 | 202 | 138 | 71 | 55 |
| Tomatoes, frozen | 12 | |||||
| Tomatoes, processed | 69 | 24 | ||||
| Other edible root vegetables, fresh or chilled | 2 | 122 | 115 | 104 | ||
| Sweetcorn of which: | ||||||
| Sweetcorn, frozen | 45 | 50 | 61 | 109 | 60 | |
| Sweetcorn, fresh or chilled | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Sweetcorn, processed | 66 | 70 | 108 | 129 | ||
| Sweet potatoes, fresh | 22 | 34 | 48 | 51 | 62 | 83 |
| Celery (other than celeriac), fresh or chilled | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 5 |
| Onions of which: | ||||||
| Onions other than sets fresh or chilled | 8 | 16 | ||||
| Onion sets, fresh or chilled | 1 | |||||
| Other vegetables, fresh, chilled, frozen or processed | 80 | 185 | 123 | 155 | 98 | 45 |
| Total | 269 | 744 | 679 | 1,229 | 2,102 | 2,981 |
| * Provisional estimates. | ||||||
| # Currently under review. |
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