Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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999. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown in volume and value in 2020 of dairy ingredients exports to South Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6670/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Despite significant challenges in 2020 arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, Irish dairy exports performed strongly with total export value of €4.653 billion and volume of 1.460 million tonnes for 2020 up to the end of November, according to CSO trade data. This compares with the same period in 2019 with equivalent dairy exports worth €4.683 billion and 1.494 million tonnes.

Full-year trade data for 2020 should be available from the CSO within the next month.

The table below, based on the latest data available from the Central Statistics Office, outlines the value (€000) and volume (tonnes) of dairy ingredients exported to South Africa from January to November 2020:

Total figures represent an increase of 1.5% by value and decrease of 13.1% by volume when compared to the same period in 2019. Dairy ingredients exports to South Africa represent 0.5% of total dairy exports by value.