Written answers
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Beef Exports
Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the kilo weight of primal cuts of beef that were imported to Ireland from Germany in each of the years 2012 to 2015 and in the first six months of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31200/16]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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According to figures from the Central Statistics Office the following volumes, in tonnes, of primal cuts of beef were imported from Germany in the years referred to by the Deputy:
- 2012: 461 (all bovine meat categories)
- 2013: 310 (total volume of bovine meat minus offal)
- 2014: 295 (total volume of bovine meat minus offal)
- 2015: 247 (total volume of bovine meat minus offal)
- 2016 (to end June): 127 (total volume of bovine meat minus offal)
It should be noted that Ireland is a significant net exporter of beef to Germany, and the comparable figures for export are as follows;
- 2012: 9,794 (all bovine meat categories)
- 2013: 11,078 (total volume of bovine meat minus offal)
- 2014: 14,072 (total volume of bovine meat minus offal)
- 2015: 11,514 (total volume of bovine meat minus offal)
- 2016 (to end June): 6,790.
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