Written answers

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Animal Sales

Photo of Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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954. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep imported to the State by year and origin in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; if tariffs applied to such imports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7916/22]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine uses the TRACES system to record sheep movements in terms of both imports and exports for the purposes of slaughter, breeding and fattening.

Traditionally, most live sheep imported into Ireland have come from the UK, including Northern Ireland. In 2021, a total of 367,936 sheep were imported.

The below table provides both the country of origin and the quantity of sheep imported each month in 2021.

Sheep Imports 2021

Month Northern Ireland France Belgium Holland Total
January 35,034
February 26,160
March 22,469
April 19,053
May 20,394
June 18,919 41
July 37,816 99
August 38,842 11
September  40,947 15 83
October 30,462 68
November 42,995
December 34,494 24 10
Total 367,585 50 167 134 367,936

The below table provides the quantity of sheep imported each year from 2018 to date.

Sheep Imports 2018 - 2022 YTD

YEAR Total
2018 521,798
2019 461,522
2020 426,984
2021 367,936
2022  (YTD to Feb 9th) 9,491

Currently, no tariffs apply between the EU and UK.

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