Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 May 2023
554. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of flour imported from Britain, separately organic and non-organic, in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25671/23]
View answerThe Trade Control and Export System (TRACES) is the European Commission's online platform for sanitary and phytosanitary certification required for the importation of animals, animal products, food and feed of non-animal origin and plants into the European Union, and the intra-EU trade and EU exports of animals and certain animal products. The importation of organic flour is tracked through TRACES as organic produce requires a Certificate of Inspection (COI) .
Figures are currently available for 2023, 2022 and 2021 with country of Origin as UK only.
Data on Organic flour is available from 2021 to date as from the 1st January 2021, the Certificate of Inspection on TRACES was issued for each import from Great Britain into the EU, and presented to the competent authority before custom clearance.
Prior to Brexit, the UK applied the rules of the Single Market and the Customs Unions and therefore no Certificate of Inspection was required.
|
Year |
Tonnage of Organic flour Imported |
|
2023 |
559 |
|
2022 |
112 |
|
2021 |
453 |
My Department cannot determine the exact amount of non-organic flour imported during this period as there is no requirement for the trader to register non-organic flour on the TRACES system.
