Written answers
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Food Exports
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which Ireland exports lamb; the volume and value in 2018 of total exports by country; the percentage of total exports to each country in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12430/19]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Sheepmeat exports increased by 1.5% in value in 2018 compared to 2017, to an estimated €314.8 million, or almost 60,000 tonnes. The following table provides sheepmeat 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 | 1,340 | 195 | <1% | <1% |
| Belgium | 27,648 | 3,823 | 8.78% | 6.39% |
| Bulgaria | 425 | 32 | <1% | <1% |
| Canada | 5,709 | 1,262 | 1.81% | 2.11% |
| China (incl Hong Kong) | 3,192 | 1,252 | 1.01% | 2.09% |
| Comoros | 30 | 6 | <1% | <1% |
| Congo | 20 | 19 | <1% | <1% |
| Croatia | 32 | 2 | <1% | <1% |
| Czech Republic | 314 | 29 | <1% | <1% |
| Denmark | 11,096 | 1,470 | 3.53% | 2.46% |
| Estonia | 56 | 14 | <1% | <1% |
| Finland | 590 | 110 | <1% | <1% |
| France | 102,014 | 18,878 | 32.41% | 31.53% |
| Gabon | 58 | 25 | <1% | <1% |
| Germany | 39,569 | 6,315 | 12.57% | 10.55% |
| Ghana | 397 | 399 | <1% | <1% |
| Greece | 12 | 2 | <1% | <1% |
| Hungary | 68 | 17 | <1% | <1% |
| Italy | 11,300 | 1,993 | 3.59% | 3.33% |
| Ivory Coast | 682 | 919 | <1% | 1.54% |
| Latvia | 64 | 5 | <1% | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 499 | 62 | <1% | <1% |
| Malta | 299 | 28 | <1% | <1% |
| Mozambique | 35 | 51 | <1% | <1% |
| Netherlands | 7,182 | 1,533 | 2.28% | 2.56% |
| Philippines | 129 | 124 | <1% | <1% |
| Poland | 898 | 241 | <1% | <1% |
| Portugal | 440 | 50 | <1% | <1% |
| Romania | 28 | 2 | <1% | <1% |
| Singapore | 39 | 26 | <1% | <1% |
| Slovakia | 163 | 22 | <1% | <1% |
| South Africa | 574 | 708 | <1% | 1.18% |
| Spain | 862 | 121 | <1% | <1% |
| Sweden | 23,465 | 4,558 | 7.46% | 7.61% |
| Switzerland | 18,292 | 1,258 | 5.81% | 2.10% |
| UK (incl Northern Ireland) | 56,650 | 14,199 | 18.00% | 23.72% |
| United Arab Emirates | 340 | 18 | <1% | <1% |
| Vietnam | 247 | 102 | <1% | <1% |
| Grand Total | 314,758 | 59,870 |
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