Written answers
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Food Imports
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries from which Ireland imported food and drink products in 2015 and 2016, including a breakdown in terms of the volume and value of total imports, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2443/17]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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From January to December 2015, Ireland imported 9.1 million tonnes of agri-food to the value of €8.1 billion. From January to November 2016, it imported 8.8 million tonnes of agri-food to the value of €7.3 billion.
The countries and the amount imported from each are listed in the following table.
| - | Imports | - | Imports | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan-Dec 2015 | Jan-Nov 2016 | ||||
| Country | €000 | Tonnes | Country | €000 | Tonnes |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 |
| Albania | 28 | 13 | Albania | 118 | 88 |
| Algeria | 36 | 26 | Algeria | 6 | 0 |
| Anguilla | 548 | 225 | Andorra | 4 | 1 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 11,697 | 39,280 | Argentina | 168,426 | 627,838 |
| Argentina | 160,048 | 556,674 | Armenia | 2 | 0 |
| Armenia | 3 | 0 | Australia | 38,834 | 19,794 |
| Australia | 39,796 | 18,037 | Austria | 24,390 | 22,861 |
| Austria | 31,304 | 28,360 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 |
| Bahamas | 4,048 | 572 | Bahamas | 4,227 | 598 |
| Bahrain | 0 | 0 | Bahrain | 53 | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 1,187 | 160 | Bangladesh | 407 | 78 |
| Barbados | 2 | 0 | Barbados | 9 | 1 |
| Belarus | 2,734 | 13,068 | Belarus | 533 | 3,737 |
| Belgium | 208,721 | 195,894 | Belgium | 219,526 | 225,552 |
| Belize | 15,580 | 28,902 | Belize | 11,530 | 21,858 |
| Benin | 0 | 1 | Benin | 19 | 44 |
| Bermuda | 30 | 5 | Bermuda | 0 | 0 |
| Bolivia | 1,898 | 453 | Bolivia | 1,265 | 482 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 172 | 68 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 199 | 160 |
| Brazil | 82,056 | 45,349 | Botswana | 0 | 0 |
| Brunei | 4 | 3 | Brazil | 73,182 | 40,989 |
| Bulgaria | 19,485 | 82,094 | Brunei | 0 | 0 |
| Burkina Faso | 32 | 7 | Bulgaria | 2,906 | 12,527 |
| Burma | 219 | 97 | Burkina Faso | 16 | 14 |
| Burundi | 47 | 15 | Burma | 773 | 260 |
| Cambodia | 88 | 122 | Burundi | 12 | 3 |
| Cameroon | 11,804 | 10,705 | Cambodia | 120 | 132 |
| Canada | 68,145 | 218,371 | Cameroon | 11,888 | 11,228 |
| Cayman Islands | 0 | 0 | Canada | 60,093 | 222,354 |
| Central African Republic | 753 | 176 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 0 |
| Ceuta | 2 | 0 | Central African Republic | 938 | 223 |
| Chad | 0 | 0 | Ceuta | 10 | 6 |
| Chile | 64,113 | 22,275 | Chad | 0 | 0 |
| China | 48,248 | 20,861 | Chile | 60,470 | 21,500 |
| Colombia | 6,069 | 3,737 | China | 39,840 | 17,079 |
| Congo | 299 | 264 | Colombia | 5,354 | 3,879 |
| Congo (Dem Rep) | 227 | 87 | Congo | 1,116 | 1,045 |
| Costa Rica | 27,066 | 45,608 | Congo (Dem Rep) | 216 | 149 |
| Croatia | 180 | 81 | Cook Islands | 7 | 1 |
| Cuba | 159 | 37 | Costa Rica | 26,878 | 48,033 |
| Cyprus | 883 | 471 | Croatia | 91 | 31 |
| Czech Republic | 11,555 | 9,367 | Cuba | 148 | 28 |
| Denmark | 93,337 | 70,975 | Cyprus | 1,013 | 2,811 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 3 | Czech Republic | 8,488 | 7,734 |
| Dominica | 20 | 10 | Denmark | 72,504 | 103,698 |
| Dominican Republic | 11,205 | 11,923 | Djibouti | 95 | 667 |
| Ecuador | 4,306 | 2,570 | Dominica | 17 | 9 |
| Egypt | 9,709 | 19,520 | Dominican Republic | 8,852 | 8,655 |
| El Salvador | 20 | 5 | Ecuador | 4,827 | 2,210 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 | Egypt | 6,207 | 8,128 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1 | El Salvador | 1,407 | 9,845 |
| Estonia | 2,341 | 3,126 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 748 | 202 | Eritrea | 0 | 0 |
| Falkland Islands | 7 | 1 | Estonia | 1,195 | 1,628 |
| Faroe Islands | 1,010 | 207 | Ethiopia | 651 | 236 |
| Fiji | 2,906 | 1,231 | Falkland Islands | 29 | 30 |
| Finland | 35,001 | 43,783 | Faroe Islands | 2,366 | 1,355 |
| France | 463,134 | 775,954 | Finland | 24,192 | 29,440 |
| French Polynesia | 6 | 5 | France | 386,196 | 461,986 |
| Gabon | 8,725 | 3,998 | Gabon | 1,208 | 564 |
| Gambia | 8 | 9 | Gambia | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 111 | 13 | Georgia | 203 | 186 |
| Germany | 522,093 | 291,375 | Germany | 488,099 | 289,216 |
| Ghana | 738 | 1,296 | Ghana | 803 | 637 |
| Gibraltar | 45 | 33 | Gibraltar | 2 | 0 |
| Great Britain | 3,257,658 | 2,268,119 | Great Britain | 2,849,874 | 2,255,228 |
| Greece | 7,924 | 6,067 | Greece | 7,257 | 2,863 |
| Greenland | 4 | 0 | Greenland | 9 | 1 |
| Grenada | 19 | 7 | Grenada | 155 | 57 |
| Guam | 13 | 19 | Guam | 26 | 9 |
| Guatemala | 7,828 | 47,586 | Guatemala | 3,899 | 16,562 |
| Guinea | 1 | 0 | Guinea | 2 | 2 |
| Guyana | 1 | 0 | Guyana | 1 | 0 |
| Haiti | 0 | 0 | Haiti | 0 | 0 |
| Honduras | 4,985 | 9,303 | Honduras | 5,627 | 9,153 |
| Hong Kong | 992 | 429 | Hong Kong | 773 | 318 |
| Hungary | 3,697 | 3,711 | Hungary | 3,571 | 1,210 |
| Iceland | 9,188 | 46,395 | Iceland | 8,522 | 41,235 |
| India | 30,127 | 19,531 | India | 33,354 | 23,393 |
| Indonesia | 17,273 | 64,652 | Indonesia | 12,826 | 46,840 |
| Iran | 563 | 301 | Iran | 399 | 236 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1 | Iraq | 1 | 0 |
| Ireland | 122,557 | 91,726 | Ireland | 91,031 | 85,607 |
| Israel | 8,665 | 8,889 | Israel | 8,749 | 11,535 |
| Italy | 158,517 | 103,390 | Italy | 147,494 | 113,236 |
| Ivory Coast | 12,025 | 5,194 | Ivory Coast | 12,297 | 4,943 |
| Jamaica | 594 | 264 | Jamaica | 258 | 151 |
| Japan | 1,216 | 256 | Japan | 1,777 | 524 |
| Jordan | 49 | 7 | Jordan | 208 | 59 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 |
| Kenya | 20,509 | 6,515 | Kenya | 18,174 | 6,068 |
| Kuwait | 0 | 0 | Kuwait | 0 | 0 |
| Laos | 8 | 7 | Kyrgyz Republic | 1 | 1 |
| Latvia | 25,993 | 98,067 | Laos | 0 | 0 |
| Lebanon | 43 | 9 | Latvia | 24,040 | 87,207 |
| Liberia | 0 | 0 | Lebanon | 198 | 71 |
| Libya | 2 | 0 | Lesotho | 1 | 0 |
| Liechtenstein | 27 | 15 | Liberia | 0 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 9,848 | 16,982 | Libya | 8 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 5,862 | 5,317 | Liechtenstein | 7 | 24 |
| Macao | 28 | 12 | Lithuania | 9,307 | 22,911 |
| Macedonia | 67 | 177 | Luxembourg | 920 | 668 |
| Madagascar | 14 | 2 | Macao | 1 | 0 |
| Malawi | 133 | 87 | Macedonia | 115 | 189 |
| Malaysia | 48,393 | 105,085 | Madagascar | 21 | 5 |
| Maldives | 4,450 | 918 | Malawi | 263 | 188 |
| Mali | 11 | 2 | Malaysia | 48,293 | 115,417 |
| Malta | 2,312 | 1,432 | Maldives | 4,974 | 1,091 |
| Mauritius | 4,757 | 11,810 | Mali | 47 | 11 |
| Mexico | 15,410 | 9,667 | Malta | 2,993 | 1,278 |
| Moldova | 78 | 22 | Mauritania | 3 | 0 |
| Mongolia | 44 | 64 | Mauritius | 5,425 | 16,727 |
| Montenegro | 17 | 4 | Melilla | 53 | 99 |
| Morocco | 6,491 | 8,952 | Mexico | 20,901 | 14,880 |
| Mozambique | 3 | 1 | Moldova | 23 | 12 |
| Namibia | 180 | 94 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 |
| Nepal | 3 | 2 | Montenegro | 6 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 811,067 | 645,092 | Morocco | 8,363 | 7,382 |
| New Zealand | 31,537 | 9,840 | Mozambique | 8 | 5 |
| Nicaragua | 3,431 | 6,492 | Namibia | 224 | 137 |
| Niger | 1 | 0 | Nepal | 5 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 243 | 442 | Netherlands | 782,715 | 595,758 |
| Northern Ireland | 567,704 | 1,342,581 | New Zealand | 33,663 | 11,917 |
| Norway | 11,102 | 22,626 | Nicaragua | 2,028 | 714 |
| Oman | 1 | 1 | Niger | 1 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 1,737 | 1,145 | Nigeria | 1,046 | 9,411 |
| Panama | 849 | 748 | Northern Ireland | 484,108 | 1,179,466 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,170 | 376 | Norway | 5,353 | 5,796 |
| Paraguay | 9,668 | 24,958 | Occupied Palestine | 2 | 0 |
| Peru | 14,502 | 8,984 | Oman | 2 | 0 |
| Philippines | 2,475 | 864 | Pakistan | 1,896 | 2,948 |
| Poland | 143,134 | 105,027 | Panama | 1,558 | 5,001 |
| Portugal | 18,752 | 16,490 | Papua New Guinea | 267 | 96 |
| Qatar | 96 | 2 | Paraguay | 12,556 | 31,670 |
| Romania | 15,967 | 78,266 | Peru | 13,123 | 6,911 |
| Russia | 19,048 | 110,090 | Philippines | 2,691 | 930 |
| Rwanda | 72 | 38 | Poland | 132,045 | 87,915 |
| Saint Barthélemy | 18 | 24 | Portugal | 18,270 | 15,563 |
| San Marino | 1 | 0 | Qatar | 94 | 10 |
| Saudi Arabia | 922 | 401 | Romania | 11,827 | 59,536 |
| Senegal | 55 | 9 | Russia | 17,435 | 110,116 |
| Serbia | 298 | 152 | Rwanda | 13 | 2 |
| Seychelles | 73 | 14 | Saint Barthélemy | 86 | 8 |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | Saudi Arabia | 660 | 143 |
| Singapore | 3,371 | 1,416 | Senegal | 33 | 18 |
| Slovakia | 2,196 | 986 | Serbia | 494 | 204 |
| Slovenia | 148 | 35 | Seychelles | 6 | 1 |
| Somalia | 4 | 3 | Sierra Leone | 1 | 1 |
| South Africa | 46,215 | 36,739 | Singapore | 3,191 | 1,237 |
| South Korea | 1,433 | 1,105 | Slovakia | 10,056 | 5,363 |
| South Sudan | 17 | 6 | Slovenia | 1,470 | 6,203 |
| Spain | 203,430 | 142,466 | Somalia | 7 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 13,376 | 2,215 | South Africa | 43,721 | 37,429 |
| St Kitt & Nevis | 0 | 0 | South Georgia | 10 | 1 |
| St Lucia | 0 | 0 | South Korea | 972 | 762 |
| St Vincent & Grenadines | 0 | 0 | South Sudan | 4 | 3 |
| Sudan | 41 | 15 | Spain | 205,631 | 141,327 |
| Surinam | 42 | 63 | Sri Lanka | 12,951 | 2,002 |
| Swaziland | 454 | 509 | St Kitt & Nevis | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 37,380 | 68,927 | St Lucia | 0 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 30,216 | 10,151 | St Vincent & Grenadines | 0 | 0 |
| Syria | 0 | 0 | Sudan | 2,378 | 16,585 |
| Taiwan | 1,066 | 201 | Surinam | 24 | 43 |
| Tanzania United Rep | 599 | 236 | Swaziland | 250 | 198 |
| Thailand | 50,982 | 18,790 | Sweden | 33,493 | 71,690 |
| Togo | 19 | 5 | Switzerland | 32,165 | 8,986 |
| Tokelau Islands | 0 | 0 | Syria | 1 | 1 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 410 | 68 | Taiwan | 720 | 157 |
| Tunisia | 68 | 14 | Tanzania United Rep | 482 | 134 |
| Turkey | 16,064 | 10,813 | Thailand | 51,262 | 20,113 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | 63 | 27 | Togo | 0 | 0 |
| Uganda | 269 | 89 | Tonga | 16 | 13 |
| Ukraine | 53,686 | 298,686 | Trinidad & Tobago | 275 | 45 |
| United Arab Emirates | 328 | 416 | Tunisia | 47 | 17 |
| United States | 271,676 | 666,420 | Turkey | 13,391 | 13,605 |
| Unknown (Intra EU) | 6 | 1 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 46 | 13 |
| Unknown (Non-EU) | 5,485 | 3,487 | Uganda | 308 | 105 |
| Uruguay | 541 | 475 | Ukraine | 47,129 | 277,948 |
| US Minor Islands | 45 | 21 | United Arab Emirates | 207 | 201 |
| US Virgin Islands | 44 | 4 | United States | 284,002 | 932,192 |
| Uzbekistan | 43 | 39 | Unknown (Non-EU) | 5,010 | 1,422 |
| Vanuatu | 10 | 1 | Uruguay | 750 | 703 |
| Venezuela | 100 | 5 | US Virgin Islands | 258 | 9 |
| Vietnam | 6,146 | 33,396 | Uzbekistan | 21 | 15 |
| Yemen | 0 | 0 | Vanuatu | 10 | 1 |
| Zambia | 135 | 138 | Venezuela | 1 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,283 | 1,101 | Vietnam | 5,099 | 17,162 |
| Grand Total | 8,164,641 | 9,182,535 | Zambia | 25 | 11 |
| Zimbabwe | 481 | 368 | |||
| Grand Total | 7,372,293 | 8,799,363 | |||
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