Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which Ireland exports beef; the volume and value in 2016 and 2017 of beef exports by country, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2646/18]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which Ireland currently exports beef; the breakdown per country in volume and value in 2016 and 2017 of total exports, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2718/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 and 253 together.

In 2017 Irish agri-food exports recorded their 8th consecutive year of growth to reach an estimated €13.5 billion. Within that, overall meat and livestock exports increased by 8% to an estimated €3.95 billion according to the Bord Bia Performance and Prospects 2017/2018 report which I launched last week.

The total value of beef exports, including offal, was an estimated €2.5 billion in 2017, an increase of 5 percent overall and the volume  of exports rose to an estimated 556,000 tonnes.

In order to provide a breakdown at country level, as requested, it is necessary to use CSO trade statistics.  Although CSO trade statistics have not been released for the whole of 2017 yet, the following table provides all the beef exports for the period from the start of January to the end of November for 2017, compared to the whole year in 2016, in both value and volume terms.