Written answers
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Department of An Taoiseach
Sugar Imports
8:00 pm
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 151: To ask the Taoiseach the volume and value of sugar imported in 2008 and 2009 respectively; the countries of origin of the sugar; the volumes and values from each country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3447/10]
Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by Deputy Stanton is presented in the table below.
The table shows the total quantity of cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose imports by country, for the year January-December 2008 and the most recently available period, namely, January-October 2009.
Imports | Jan-Dec 2008 | Jan-Oct 2009 | ||
Country | â'¬ 000 | Tonnes | â'¬ 000 | Tonnes |
Australia | 4 | 3 | ||
Austria | 1 | 1 | ||
Belgium | 2,278 | 3,147 | 604 | 872 |
Brazil | 1 | 1 | ||
Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
China | 26 | 14 | 27 | 23 |
Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | ||
Denmark | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
France | 15,333 | 25,612 | 7,624 | 14,383 |
Germany | 9,826 | 13,427 | 8,268 | 12,055 |
Ghana | 10 | 2 | ||
Great Britain | 45,728 | 65,822 | 61,465 | 105,463 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Hungary | 1 | 0 | ||
India | 2 | 2 | ||
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | ||
Italy | 246 | 121 | 522 | 170 |
Japan | 585 | 194 | ||
Kenya | 0 | 0 | ||
Lithuania | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
Luxembourg | 2,322 | 3,512 | 4,149 | 6,484 |
Malawi | 0 | 0 | 30 | 21 |
Malaysia | 0 | 0 | ||
Mauritius | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 |
Netherlands | 74 | 28 | 101 | 36 |
New Zealand | 0 | 0 | ||
Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northern Ireland | 209 | 379 | 30 | 26 |
Philippines | 0 | 0 | ||
Poland | 47 | 37 | 17 | 22 |
Singapore | 3 | 4 | ||
South Africa | 0 | 0 | ||
Spain | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 |
Switzerland | 13 | 6 | 88 | 47 |
Thailand | 14 | 12 | 18 | 12 |
Turkey | 15 | 11 | ||
United Arab Emirates | 8 | 22 | 73 | 138 |
United States | 38 | 23 | 69 | 34 |
Grand Total | 76,410 | 112,356 | 84,234 | 140,651 |
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