HC Deb 09 July 1934 vol 292 cc10-1
30. Mr. DAVID GRENFELL

asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will state the figures, showing the comparative value and the quantities, of butter, cheese, poultry, and live stock exported from Ireland into Great Britain in each of the last three years?

Dr. BURGIN

I have been asked to reply. As the answer involves a tabular statement, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is tine answer:

The following table shows the quantity and declared value of the undermentioned descriptions of merchandise (domestic produce) exported from the Irish Free State and consigned to Great Britain during the years, 1931 and 1932.
Description of Goods. Exported to Great Britain.
1931. 1932.
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Cwt. £ Cwt. £
Butter … … … 326,803 1,793,225 264,466 1,232,195
Cheese … … … 1,508 4,771 285 999
Poultry (dead) … … … 108,153 639,665 94,760 478,770
Livestock: … … … No. No.
Cattle … … … 687,897 11,639,019 566,376 7,894,624
Sheep and Lambs … … … 524,281 1,121,771 403,303 598,287
Pigs … … … 397,065 2,079,054 215,2[...]7 900,030
Goats … … … 70 51 22 16
Doz. Doz.
Rabbits … … … 3 117 7 41
No. No.
Poultry … … … 657,850 129,560 431,722 68,465
Game … … … 31 20 17 21
Horses … … … 4,110 1,665,493 3,869 1,096,303
Mules and Jennets … … … 2 13 3 36
Asses … … … 105 223 84 183
Other Live Animals … … … (a) 132,037 (a) 126,162
(a) Quantity not recorded.
NOTES.—(1) The corresponding particulars for 1933 are not yet available.
(2) Separate particulars of the exports from Northern Ireland to Great Britain are not available. The total number of cattle shipped from ports in Northern Ireland to Great Britain and the Isle of Man amounted to 181,380 in 1931 and 211,868 in 1932. Some of these may have come from the Irish Free State.