Written answers

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Department of An Taoiseach

Sugar Imports

8:00 pm

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 98: To ask the Taoiseach the quantity and value of sugar imported in 2009; the countries from which the sugar was imported; the amount and value imported from each country respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38570/10]

Photo of John CurranJohn Curran (Dublin Mid 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 2009. The total value of sugar imported in 2009 was €99.9 million and the quantity was 169,130 tonnes.

ImportsJan-Dec 2009
Country€ 000Tonnes
Australia66
Austria11
Belgium7821,111
Brazil11
Canada00
China3026
Czech Republic33
Denmark21
France8,72316,253
Germany9,90814,380
Ghana102
Great Britain72,648128,038
Hong Kong88
Hungary31
India33
Indonesia11
Ireland608728
Italy851196
Japan776206
Kenya00
Lithuania710
Luxembourg4,8537,629
Malawi4333
Malaysia00
Mauritius2014
Netherlands11941
New Zealand00
Nigeria00
Northern Ireland6380
Pakistan51
Philippines12
Poland2224
Spain3429
Switzerland11372
Thailand1711
Turkey2813
United Arab Emirates84163
United States8743
Grand Total99,860169,130

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