Written answers

Tuesday, 18 June 2019

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Fish Exports

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount and value of fish exports that are in commodity form in tonnage and as a percentage of total exports from the latest data. [25086/19]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The following table shows the total export figures from 2016 to the 1stQuarter 2019. These figures include live, fresh and frozen seafood products.

YearTonnesValue (€)
2016201,254555,039,271
2017239,856617,388,067
2018222,214577,382,092
2019 – Q177,327173,365,214

Data Source: CSO

While the CSO is responsible for collecting and reporting statistics on such matters, Bord Bia monitors and reports on the performance of all Irish food exports, including seafood. The Deputy may be interested to read further detail on the performance and projections of such exports in the annual reports, published online.

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