Written answers

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Department of An Taoiseach

Food Imports

6:00 am

Photo of Chris AndrewsChris Andrews (Dublin South East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 192: To ask the Taoiseach the value of goods imported here from the West Bank during the period 2006 to 2009; and the main types of food produce that were imported from this region. [4081/10]

Photo of Pat CareyPat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Under EU legislation, Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1172/95 of 22/05/1995 lays down the rules regarding the compilation of statistics for the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries.

Under this regulation, it has been possible since 2001 to record the trade of goods with what the UN defines as the Occupied Palestinian Territories. However, it is not possible to record trade in a manner that distinguishes between specific regions, such as the West Bank or the Gaza Strip.

This being the case, imports into the Republic of Ireland from the Occupied Palestinian Territories were of marginal value (less than €25,000) in each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 and in the period January to October 2009. The trade statistics do not indicate any imports of foodstuffs from the Occupied Palestinian Territories in 2006, 2008 or 2009 but do indicate small imports of olive oil and fresh or chilled tomatoes in 2007.

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