Written answers
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
Dairy Industry
10:00 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 239: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value and volume of dairy products imported and exported in each of the past five years to date in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40053/11]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Central Statistics Office compiles data on trade in agricultural products. The following tables set out the value and volume of the main dairy commodities imported and exported over the past five years. Irish Dairy Produce Exports 2006 -2011
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011* | |
| Butter | ||||||
| tonnes | 141,516 | 143,272 | 123,995 | 120,050 | 134,413 | 111,547 |
| €000 | 346,524 | 419,618 | 355,562 | 278,890 | 420,691 | 393,002 |
| Cheese | ||||||
| tonnes | 140,296 | 146,710 | 164,712 | 172,018 | 178,111 | 107,181 |
| €000 | 429,671 | 486,646 | 611,978 | 500,313 | 560,572 | 363,052 |
| SMP | ||||||
| tonnes | 49,302 | 68,956 | 37,717 | 35,255 | 51,489 | 46,323 |
| €000 | 102,945 | 202,417 | 100,969 | 64,088 | 114,718 | 112,819 |
| WMP | ||||||
| tonnes | 80,367 | 58,688 | 56,952 | 45,958 | 53,246 | 47,515 |
| €000 | 150,421 | 154,157 | 163,914 | 94,515 | 135,416 | 136,258 |
| Whey | ||||||
| tonnes | 70,013 | 64,347 | 61,264 | 59,846 | 50,123 | 38,134 |
| €000 | 75,748 | 91,325 | 82,963 | 64,313 | 67,379 | 58,393 |
| Casein | ||||||
| tonnes | 41,119 | 38,823 | 33,236 | 31,462 | 35,162 | 24,447 |
| €000 | 215,910 | 240,794 | 259,233 | 160,752 | 206,582 | 167,754 |
| Infant Formula | ||||||
| tonnes | 98,809 | 94,030 | 106,836 | 101,524 | 96,951 | 64,833 |
| €000 | 540,220 | 556,147 | 622,809 | 606,862 | 589,837 | 408,759 |
| Total | ||||||
| tonnes | 621,422 | 614,826 | 584,712 | 566,113 | 599,495 | 439,980 |
| €000 | 1,861,439 | 2,151,104 | 2,197,428 | 1,769,733 | 2,095,195 | 1,640,037 |
Irish Dairy Produce Imports 2006 – 2011
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011* | |
| Butter | ||||||
| tonnes | 7,737 | 5,840 | 5,568 | 7,739 | 8,145 | 4,074 |
| €000 | 21,009 | 14,267 | 14,408 | 16,635 | 19,916 | 11,004 |
| Cheese | ||||||
| tonnes | 28,951 | 41,871 | 41,963 | 39,857 | 48,609 | 44,581 |
| €000 | 102,624 | 148,382 | 157,399 | 128,850 | 151,662 | 98,091 |
| SMP | ||||||
| tonnes | 5,760 | 8,955 | 3,944 | 2,466 | 2,673 | 1,311 |
| €000 | 11,773 | 22,709 | 9,796 | 5,317 | 4,964 | 1,859 |
| WMP | ||||||
| tonnes | 7,253 | 5,546 | 6,333 | 3,521 | 5,018 | 2,185 |
| €000 | 18,076 | 14,060 | 16,272 | 7,582 | 13,542 | 6,790 |
| Whey | ||||||
| tonnes | 22,470 | 17,296 | 17,696 | 21,873 | 19,222 | 15,139 |
| €000 | 14,932 | 16,721 | 12,577 | 15,973 | 12,009 | 10,658 |
| Casein | ||||||
| tonnes | 649 | 341 | 390 | 756 | 460 | 388 |
| €000 | 3,866 | 2,914 | 1,879 | 3,014 | 2,930 | 2,654 |
| Infant Formula | ||||||
| tonnes | 2,152 | 1,824 | 5,153 | 838 | 1,610 | 2,683 |
| €000 | 13,291 | 10,875 | 14,055 | 4,320 | 7,298 | 10,894 |
| Total | ||||||
| tonnes | 74,972 | 81,673 | 81,047 | 77,050 | 85,737 | 70,361 |
| €000 | 185,571 | 229,928 | 226,386 | 181,691 | 212,321 | 141,950 |
* Figures for 2011 are to August 2011
Source: CSO
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