asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of the countries of origin, together with the quantity and value in each case, of motor cars and lorries imported into the State during each of the years 1946 to 1967 and up to the latest available date in 1968.

With your permission, Sir, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the available relevant data for each year 1965 to 1967 and for the period January-March, 1968.

All the data available for earlier years have already been published and are shown in the annual Trade and Shipping Statistics Reports, copies of which are available in the Library. Over such a relatively long period of years there have been some changes in the headings under which the imports have been brought to account.

IMPORTS OF MOTOR CARS AND LORRIES IN EACH YEAR 1965—1967 AND IN THE PERIOD JANUARY—MARCH, 1968

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