Written answers
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Department of An Taoiseach
Sugar Imports
8:00 pm
David 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]
John 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.
Imports | Jan-Dec 2009 | |
Country | € 000 | Tonnes |
Australia | 6 | 6 |
Austria | 1 | 1 |
Belgium | 782 | 1,111 |
Brazil | 1 | 1 |
Canada | 0 | 0 |
China | 30 | 26 |
Czech Republic | 3 | 3 |
Denmark | 2 | 1 |
France | 8,723 | 16,253 |
Germany | 9,908 | 14,380 |
Ghana | 10 | 2 |
Great Britain | 72,648 | 128,038 |
Hong Kong | 8 | 8 |
Hungary | 3 | 1 |
India | 3 | 3 |
Indonesia | 1 | 1 |
Ireland | 608 | 728 |
Italy | 851 | 196 |
Japan | 776 | 206 |
Kenya | 0 | 0 |
Lithuania | 7 | 10 |
Luxembourg | 4,853 | 7,629 |
Malawi | 43 | 33 |
Malaysia | 0 | 0 |
Mauritius | 20 | 14 |
Netherlands | 119 | 41 |
New Zealand | 0 | 0 |
Nigeria | 0 | 0 |
Northern Ireland | 63 | 80 |
Pakistan | 5 | 1 |
Philippines | 1 | 2 |
Poland | 22 | 24 |
Spain | 34 | 29 |
Switzerland | 113 | 72 |
Thailand | 17 | 11 |
Turkey | 28 | 13 |
United Arab Emirates | 84 | 163 |
United States | 87 | 43 |
Grand Total | 99,860 | 169,130 |
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