Written answers
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Food Exports
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries that Ireland exported food and drink products to in 2015 and 2016 including a breakdown in volume terms and in value of total exports, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2442/17]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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From January to December 2015, Ireland exported 6 million tonnes of agri-food to the value of €11.98 billion. From January to November 2016, it exported 5.7 million tonnes of agri-food to the value of €11 billion.
The countries and the amount exported to them are listed in the following table.
| Exports | Exports | Exports | Exports | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan-Dec 2015 | Jan-Dec 2015 | Jan-Nov 2016 | Jan-Nov 2016 | ||
| Country | € 000 | Tonnes | Country | € 000 | Tonnes |
| Afghanistan | 2,996 | 1,861 | Afghanistan | 4,544 | 2,875 |
| Albania | 775 | 513 | Albania | 81 | 31 |
| Algeria | 41,158 | 14,940 | Algeria | 37,649 | 15,008 |
| Andorra | 225 | 69 | Andorra | 452 | 70 |
| Angola | 6,977 | 3,741 | Angola | 5,758 | 3,225 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 21 | 1 | Antigua & Barbuda | 0 | 0 |
| Argentina | 2,475 | 719 | Argentina | 2,895 | 804 |
| Armenia | 166 | 63 | Armenia | 93 | 12 |
| Australia | 57,567 | 24,871 | Australia | 46,852 | 19,910 |
| Austria | 24,044 | 8,668 | Austria | 24,633 | 9,694 |
| Azerbaijan | 532 | 82 | Azerbaijan | 131 | 78 |
| Bahamas | 1,969 | 497 | Bahamas | 1,588 | 381 |
| Bahrain | 8,822 | 2,563 | Bahrain | 7,427 | 2,479 |
| Bangladesh | 2,467 | 1,167 | Bangladesh | 1,950 | 1,223 |
| Barbados | 705 | 192 | Barbados | 478 | 120 |
| Belarus | 1,155 | 534 | Belarus | 684 | 328 |
| Belgium | 223,720 | 87,851 | Belgium | 195,267 | 64,589 |
| Belize | 52 | 21 | Belize | 4 | 1 |
| Benin | 5,142 | 5,200 | Benin | 4,273 | 4,240 |
| Bermuda | 311 | 105 | Bermuda | 334 | 109 |
| Bolivia | 29 | 5 | Bolivia | 42 | 5 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 313 | 105 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 297 | 71 |
| Botswana | 0 | 0 | Botswana | 0 | 0 |
| Brazil | 5,460 | 995 | Brazil | 5,169 | 979 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1 | Brunei | 1 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 11,577 | 2,646 | Bulgaria | 10,976 | 2,724 |
| Burkina Faso | 5,891 | 3,155 | Burkina Faso | 5,402 | 3,020 |
| Burma | 35 | 2 | Burma | 1,669 | 1,059 |
| Burundi | 2 | 0 | Cambodia | 1,778 | 186 |
| Cambodia | 1,067 | 134 | Cameroon | 2,195 | 1,763 |
| Cameroon | 22,624 | 22,694 | Canada | 96,136 | 24,490 |
| Canada | 92,303 | 23,243 | Cape Verde | 195 | 75 |
| Cape Verde | 290 | 100 | Cayman Islands | 162 | 52 |
| Cayman Islands | 253 | 78 | Central African Republic | 23 | 14 |
| Central African Republic | 50 | 28 | Chad | 1,432 | 845 |
| Chad | 1,413 | 857 | Chile | 7,686 | 2,186 |
| Chile | 8,643 | 2,221 | China | 708,533 | 401,779 |
| China | 611,642 | 440,396 | Colombia | 17,687 | 2,280 |
| Colombia | 12,441 | 2,194 | Comoros | 110 | 51 |
| Comoros | 68 | 26 | Congo | 4,850 | 3,414 |
| Congo | 3,903 | 1,701 | Congo (Dem Rep) | 12,277 | 7,130 |
| Congo (Dem Rep) | 13,753 | 7,437 | Costa Rica | 3,763 | 1,419 |
| Costa Rica | 4,621 | 1,667 | Croatia | 680 | 221 |
| Croatia | 880 | 318 | Cuba | 652 | 309 |
| Cuba | 3,345 | 1,497 | Cyprus | 4,600 | 1,455 |
| Cyprus | 4,175 | 1,373 | Czech Republic | 44,386 | 14,668 |
| Czech Republic | 40,292 | 11,776 | Denmark | 120,644 | 55,459 |
| Denmark | 122,199 | 59,356 | Dominican Republic | 3,599 | 646 |
| Dominican Republic | 3,616 | 873 | Ecuador | 3,965 | 394 |
| Ecuador | 3,029 | 387 | Egypt | 52,910 | 33,385 |
| Egypt | 45,064 | 22,546 | El Salvador | 3,389 | 1,177 |
| El Salvador | 6,868 | 2,634 | Equatorial Guinea | 215 | 141 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 294 | 167 | Estonia | 2,724 | 1,362 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 0 | Ethiopia | 478 | 139 |
| Estonia | 3,576 | 1,399 | Falkland Islands | 74 | 21 |
| Ethiopia | 577 | 187 | Faroe Islands | 8 | 1 |
| Fiji | 5 | 1 | Fiji | 6 | 2 |
| Finland | 12,776 | 2,218 | Finland | 9,827 | 1,962 |
| France | 750,782 | 206,104 | France | 694,944 | 204,830 |
| French Polynesia | 326 | 157 | French Polynesia | 72 | 48 |
| Gabon | 4,138 | 2,194 | French Southern Terr | 96 | 75 |
| Gambia | 1,273 | 654 | Gabon | 1,826 | 1,290 |
| Georgia | 2,143 | 996 | Gambia | 1,179 | 698 |
| Germany | 615,669 | 205,154 | Georgia | 1,611 | 1,060 |
| Ghana | 27,182 | 22,406 | Germany | 578,769 | 173,628 |
| Gibraltar | 415 | 133 | Ghana | 27,948 | 22,048 |
| Great Britain | 4,365,253 | 2,115,044 | Gibraltar | 434 | 137 |
| Greece | 24,482 | 5,007 | Great Britain | 3,716,306 | 2,026,955 |
| Guam | 5 | 2 | Greece | 21,213 | 4,845 |
| Guatemala | 4,489 | 800 | Greenland | 1 | 0 |
| Guinea | 889 | 511 | Guam | 8 | 5 |
| Guyana | 81 | 43 | Guatemala | 9,259 | 1,656 |
| Honduras | 591 | 49 | Guinea | 1,223 | 829 |
| Hong Kong | 144,778 | 23,272 | Guyana | 548 | 221 |
| Hungary | 8,124 | 2,645 | Haiti | 97 | 110 |
| Iceland | 892 | 431 | High seas | 16 | 251 |
| India | 9,741 | 39,044 | Honduras | 772 | 403 |
| Indonesia | 20,639 | 18,818 | Hong Kong | 153,336 | 28,470 |
| Iran | 4,196 | 1,855 | Hungary | 8,403 | 2,217 |
| Iraq | 27,885 | 13,668 | Iceland | 883 | 477 |
| Ireland | 46 | 8 | India | 8,983 | 46,395 |
| Israel | 28,297 | 6,080 | Indonesia | 21,808 | 25,348 |
| Italy | 349,253 | 110,877 | Iran | 6,693 | 2,437 |
| Ivory Coast | 7,302 | 8,399 | Iraq | 30,150 | 13,845 |
| Jamaica | 1,386 | 675 | Israel | 31,031 | 5,676 |
| Japan | 38,640 | 18,819 | Italy | 309,181 | 114,003 |
| Jordan | 23,635 | 4,312 | Ivory Coast | 8,781 | 8,562 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,878 | 136 | Jamaica | 1,564 | 983 |
| Kenya | 3,066 | 1,650 | Japan | 50,647 | 21,719 |
| Kosovo | 452 | 215 | Jordan | 19,639 | 4,081 |
| Kuwait | 30,985 | 5,303 | Kazakhstan | 2,025 | 93 |
| Laos | 29 | 0 | Kenya | 1,886 | 1,052 |
| Latvia | 47,284 | 11,433 | Kosovo | 106 | 31 |
| Lebanon | 6,970 | 2,078 | Kuwait | 23,271 | 3,664 |
| Liberia | 2,594 | 2,469 | Laos | 1 | 0 |
| Libya | 8,132 | 3,213 | Latvia | 38,881 | 10,315 |
| Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | Lebanon | 7,952 | 2,692 |
| Lithuania | 2,682 | 1,279 | Liberia | 2,517 | 2,293 |
| Luxembourg | 3,951 | 285 | Libya | 6,351 | 2,680 |
| Macao | 1 | 0 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 |
| Macedonia | 340 | 99 | Lithuania | 2,124 | 1,013 |
| Malawi | 2,791 | 1,181 | Luxembourg | 4,273 | 593 |
| Malaysia | 42,769 | 14,694 | Macao | 9 | 1 |
| Maldives | 0 | 0 | Macedonia | 307 | 87 |
| Mali | 21,680 | 11,695 | Madagascar | 0 | 0 |
| Malta | 11,828 | 2,574 | Malawi | 3,285 | 1,737 |
| Marshall Islands | 5 | 0 | Malaysia | 38,662 | 13,763 |
| Mauritania | 321 | 129 | Maldives | 42 | 45 |
| Mauritius | 871 | 184 | Mali | 22,818 | 13,569 |
| Mexico | 32,221 | 6,217 | Malta | 11,265 | 2,657 |
| Moldova | 13 | 3 | Mauritania | 568 | 330 |
| Mongolia | 155 | 52 | Mauritius | 1,272 | 483 |
| Morocco | 14,576 | 4,516 | Mexico | 55,090 | 15,546 |
| Mozambique | 1,143 | 1,155 | Moldova | 0 | 0 |
| Namibia | 372 | 128 | Mongolia | 81 | 74 |
| Netherlands | 693,125 | 326,787 | Morocco | 16,073 | 6,495 |
| New Caledonia | 93 | 20 | Mozambique | 778 | 1,061 |
| New Zealand | 12,678 | 5,026 | Namibia | 215 | 168 |
| Nicaragua | 6 | 0 | Nepal | 94 | 50 |
| Niger | 93 | 76 | Netherlands | 669,026 | 320,008 |
| Nigeria | 169,541 | 115,056 | New Caledonia | 10 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland | 749,408 | 1,333,499 | New Zealand | 11,302 | 5,184 |
| Norway | 10,403 | 3,152 | Nicaragua | 0 | 0 |
| Occupied Palestine | 6,720 | 607 | Niger | 2,618 | 1,505 |
| Oman | 9,156 | 1,662 | Nigeria | 96,351 | 58,769 |
| Pakistan | 13,387 | 7,007 | Northern Ireland | 604,807 | 1,194,839 |
| Panama | 6,609 | 1,380 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 4 | Norway | 7,570 | 2,016 |
| Paraguay | 0 | 0 | Occupied Palestine | 7,909 | 772 |
| Peru | 11,207 | 1,822 | Oman | 10,584 | 1,387 |
| Philippines | 28,955 | 16,026 | Pakistan | 8,624 | 4,782 |
| Poland | 158,061 | 55,665 | Panama | 6,864 | 944 |
| Portugal | 24,950 | 7,239 | Papua New Guinea | 7 | 2 |
| Qatar | 11,072 | 2,828 | Peru | 12,931 | 2,033 |
| Romania | 10,754 | 2,523 | Philippines | 38,583 | 22,123 |
| Russia | 51,269 | 16,868 | Poland | 178,295 | 59,873 |
| Rwanda | 26 | 13 | Portugal | 27,780 | 7,664 |
| Samoa | 16 | 23 | Qatar | 6,980 | 2,825 |
| San Marino | 29 | 1 | Romania | 12,948 | 3,138 |
| Saudi Arabia | 170,528 | 31,761 | Russia | 64,523 | 21,423 |
| Senegal | 42,511 | 23,300 | Rwanda | 848 | 150 |
| Serbia | 1,047 | 118 | San Marino | 14 | 1 |
| Seychelles | 1,148 | 241 | Saudi Arabia | 125,912 | 23,593 |
| Sierra Leone | 3 | 0 | Senegal | 44,757 | 27,041 |
| Singapore | 26,015 | 6,632 | Serbia | 2,025 | 188 |
| Sint Maarten | 559 | 73 | Seychelles | 1,009 | 175 |
| Slovakia | 5,616 | 2,091 | Sierra Leone | 112 | 126 |
| Slovenia | 1,825 | 675 | Singapore | 27,701 | 8,916 |
| Somalia | 396 | 44 | Sint Maarten | 287 | 41 |
| South Africa | 54,768 | 32,515 | Slovakia | 4,410 | 1,794 |
| South Korea | 41,407 | 16,984 | Slovenia | 1,964 | 694 |
| Spain | 226,311 | 67,142 | Somalia | 538 | 212 |
| Sri Lanka | 119 | 58 | South Africa | 51,773 | 34,084 |
| Stores & Provisions (Intra EU) | 221 | 55 | South Korea | 37,199 | 11,404 |
| Sudan | 1,530 | 659 | Spain | 229,258 | 65,263 |
| Sweden | 152,348 | 44,126 | Sri Lanka | 50 | 41 |
| Switzerland | 50,649 | 7,158 | Stores & Provisions (Intra EU) | 42 | 13 |
| Syria | 417 | 143 | Sudan | 427 | 36 |
| Taiwan | 17,374 | 2,349 | Surinam | 80 | 3 |
| Tanzania United Rep | 3,500 | 1,801 | Sweden | 148,546 | 42,877 |
| Thailand | 35,209 | 11,900 | Switzerland | 48,106 | 6,658 |
| Togo | 12,672 | 6,968 | Syria | 627 | 705 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 16,060 | 4,669 | Taiwan | 21,884 | 4,718 |
| Tunisia | 9,575 | 2,466 | Tajikistan | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 36,101 | 9,403 | Tanzania United Rep | 2,531 | 1,459 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1 | Thailand | 15,201 | 9,497 |
| Uganda | 93 | 45 | Togo | 11,852 | 7,637 |
| Ukraine | 3,823 | 697 | Trinidad & Tobago | 10,288 | 3,444 |
| United Arab Emirates | 54,172 | 15,651 | Tunisia | 4,432 | 1,595 |
| United States | 869,757 | 184,936 | Turkey | 39,097 | 12,085 |
| Unknown (Intra EU) | 5 | 2 | Turkmenistan | 12 | 7 |
| Unknown (Non-EU) | 5,873 | 5,532 | Uganda | 65 | 25 |
| Uruguay | 1,864 | 579 | Ukraine | 4,574 | 1,456 |
| US Minor Islands | 34 | 12 | United Arab Emirates | 54,899 | 19,695 |
| US Virgin Islands | 203 | 36 | United States | 926,156 | 172,182 |
| Uzbekistan | 146 | 5 | Unknown (Non-EU) | 259 | 27 |
| Venezuela | 4,126 | 490 | Uruguay | 2,485 | 830 |
| Vietnam | 39,036 | 10,326 | US Minor Islands | 809 | 51 |
| Yemen | 2,767 | 1,040 | US Virgin Islands | 253 | 47 |
| Zambia | 1,907 | 999 | Uzbekistan | 41 | 43 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,073 | 554 | Vanuatu | 68 | 22 |
| Grand Total | 11,984,359 | 6,038,442 | Venezuela | 703 | 148 |
| Vietnam | 51,978 | 13,137 | |||
| Yemen | 4,734 | 2,679 | |||
| Zambia | 943 | 547 | |||
| Zimbabwe | 955 | 565 | |||
| Grand Total | 11,058,615 | 5,669,050 |
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