Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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1841. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity of peat and peat products that have been exported to Japan from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1409/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The amount of peat and peat products that have been exported to Japan since 2011 is outlined in the table below.

The figures below are provided by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). These figures refer to combined nomenclature (CN) code 27030000 - Peat, including peat litter, whether or not agglomerated. This description includes all types of peat and does not differentiate between peat used for horticulture or that used for heating. This description also includes briquettes. Peat agglomerates also includes peat substrates where peat is mixed with other materials such as fertilizer, perlite, sand, lime, wood fibre, bark. In an example of a peat reduced substrate mix of 30% Wood Fibre, 30% Bark & 40% Peat is still classed under the CN code 27030000. The export figures do not accurately reflect the actual amount of peat or type of peat being exported