Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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1857. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of grain that is exported outside of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19315/22]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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1858. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage and the varieties of grain that were exported in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19316/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1857 and 1858 together.

In 2021 Ireland exported 191,170 tonnes of grains, composed of 109,650 tonnes of Maize (corn), 49,900 tonnes of wheat and meslin, 27,550 tonnes of barley, with small quantities of rye, oats, rice and buckwheat, millet and canary seed also exported.

The 2021 exports were up slightly on 2020, when 170,800 tonnes of grains were exported, and on 2019, when 175,550 tonnes of grains were exported from Ireland.

Almost all of the exports of grain, 184,563 tonnes, or 96.5%, went to the United Kingdom, while 3.4% of grain exports went to Netherlands. The remaining 0.07% of the grain exports, or 140 tonnes, went to 25 other countries, 10 of which are in the EU and 15 are outside the EU.

Of all the grain exported in 2021 from Ireland, 51 tonnes went to countries outside the UK or EU.

Full details of Ireland's exports of grains over the past three years is detailed in the attached excel sheet.

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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1859. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which wheat is exported to from the European Union; the tonnage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19317/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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According to Eurostat, in 2021 the EU 27 countries exported 29 million tonnes of wheat to 95 countries, down from 35.9 million tonnes in 2020 to 103 countries and 28.5 million tonnes to 100 countries in 2019. (Countries include those to which EU exports exceeded one tonne or more of wheat).

The top ten countries for EU27 exports of wheat and meslin are outlined in the table below, with Algeria the number one export destination with 5.8 million tonnes in 2021, followed by Nigeria and Egypt.

Wheat and Meslin Exports by EU-27 to Countries Outside the EU-27 in Tonnes