Written answers
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Beef Exports
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value in 2018 of total beef exports by country; the percentage of total exports to each country in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12429/19]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Irish beef exports increased from €2,405 million in 2017 to €2,439 million in 2018. The following table provides beef exports from the start of January to the end of December 2018, in both value and volume terms according to the CSO trade statistics.
| Country | €000 | Tonnes | % Value | % Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 4,668 | 1,503 | <1% | <1% |
| Bahrain | 91 | 13 | <1% | <1% |
| Belgium | 54,039 | 5,834 | 2.22% | 1.09% |
| Benin | 19 | 26 | <1% | <1% |
| Bulgaria | 671 | 112 | <1% | <1% |
| Canada | 2,179 | 585 | <1% | <1% |
| China (incl Hong Kong) | 65,028 | 20,726 | 2.67% | 3.87% |
| Comoros | 10 | 20 | <1% | <1% |
| Congo | 127 | 151 | <1% | <1% |
| Costa Rica | 25 | 25 | <1% | <1% |
| Croatia | 670 | 120 | <1% | <1% |
| Cyprus | 400 | 36 | <1% | <1% |
| Czech Republic | 15,517 | 2,863 | <1% | <1% |
| Denmark | 40,367 | 10,799 | 1.65% | 2.02% |
| Estonia | 320 | 70 | <1% | <1% |
| Finland | 2,117 | 343 | <1% | <1% |
| France | 233,146 | 50,174 | 9.56% | 9.38% |
| Gabon | 125 | 50 | <1% | <1% |
| Georgia | 90 | 67 | <1% | <1% |
| Germany | 140,588 | 17,786 | 5.76% | 3.32% |
| Ghana | 9,454 | 9,319 | <1% | 1.74% |
| Gibraltar | 60 | 14 | <1% | <1% |
| Greece | 911 | 84 | <1% | <1% |
| Guinea | 84 | 126 | <1% | <1% |
| Guinea Bissau | 28 | 26 | <1% | <1% |
| Honduras | 38 | 25 | <1% | <1% |
| Hungary | 1,072 | 350 | <1% | <1% |
| Iceland | 17 | 3 | <1% | <1% |
| Israel | 896 | 155 | <1% | <1% |
| Italy | 184,505 | 26,667 | 7.56% | 4.98% |
| Ivory Coast | 3,586 | 4,834 | <1% | <1% |
| Jamaica | 39 | 25 | <1% | <1% |
| Japan | 3,626 | 842 | <1% | <1% |
| Latvia | 8 | 3 | <1% | <1% |
| Lebanon | 91 | 39 | <1% | <1% |
| Liberia | 225 | 300 | <1% | <1% |
| Libya | 435 | 179 | <1% | <1% |
| Lithuania | 450 | 126 | <1% | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 4,768 | 362 | <1% | <1% |
| Malta | 5,849 | 810 | <1% | <1% |
| Morocco | 54 | 15 | <1% | <1% |
| Mozambique | 382 | 557 | <1% | <1% |
| Netherlands | 200,530 | 40,169 | 8.22% | 7.51% |
| Norway | 526 | 112 | <1% | <1% |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 25 | <1% | <1% |
| Philippines | 31,692 | 17,674 | 1.30% | 3.30% |
| Poland | 10,100 | 3,628 | <1% | <1% |
| Portugal | 16,119 | 3,155 | <1% | <1% |
| Romania | 1,386 | 234 | <1% | <1% |
| Saudi Arabia | 58 | 26 | <1% | <1% |
| Senegal | 3,214 | 3,935 | <1% | <1% |
| Sierra Leone | 35 | 50 | <1% | <1% |
| Singapore | 1,024 | 312 | <1% | <1% |
| Slovakia | 2,922 | 534 | <1% | <1% |
| Slovenia | 167 | 13 | <1% | <1% |
| South Africa | 3,008 | 2,614 | <1% | <1% |
| South Korea | 619 | 188 | <1% | <1% |
| Spain | 56,709 | 10,389 | 2.32% | 1.94% |
| Sweden | 87,540 | 19,669 | 3.59% | 3.68% |
| Switzerland | 24,624 | 2,103 | 1.01% | <1% |
| Togo | 36 | 52 | <1% | <1% |
| Trinidad & Tabago | 552 | 141 | <1% | <1% |
| UK (incl Northern Ireland) | 1,206,163 | 269,631 | 49.45% | 50.40% |
| Tunisia | 377 | 328 | <1% | <1% |
| United Arab Emirates | 622 | 24 | <1% | <1% |
| United States | 9,515 | 2,135 | <1% | <1% |
| Vietnam | 4,876 | 1,686 | <1% | <1% |
| Grand Total | 2,439,227 | 534,991 |
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