Written answers
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Trade Data
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of peat imported into Ireland from 2016 to 2023, broken down by country, in tabular form. [21416/23]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The quantity of peat imported into Ireland from 2016 to 2023 broken down by country is outlined in the table below. The figures are provided by the CSO.
Imports
| - | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 (Jan & Feb) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Tonnes | Tonnes | Tonnes | Tonnes | Tonnes | Tonnes | Tonnes | Tonnes |
| Belarus | 60 | |||||||
| Belgium | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| China | 2 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 0 | |||
| France | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Germany | 57 | 87 | 115 | 441 | 151 | 509 | 1,038 | 162 |
| Britain | 2,219 | 11,440 | 3,768 | 5,078 | 4,501 | 991 | 223 | 23 |
| Grenada | 1 | |||||||
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Lithuania | 246 | 201 | 361 | 211 | 40 | |||
| Netherlands | 41 | 289 | 15 | 1,835 | 1,635 | 1,310 | 1,043 | 115 |
| Northern Ireland | 17,605 | 13,588 | 2,869 | 1,960 | 3,944 | 43,077 | 30,187 | 3089 |
| Ukraine | 55 | |||||||
| United States | 34 | 0 | ||||||
| Unknown (Non-EU) | 120 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 19,924 | 25,415 | 6,892 | 9,646 | 10,437 | 46,363 | 32,707 | 3,429 |
These figures, provided by the Central Statistics Office, refer to imports under 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. By way of example a peat reduced substrate mix of 30% Wood Fibre, 30% Bark & 40% Peat is still classed under the CN code 27030000.
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