Dáil
Written Answers. - Expenditure on Imported Goods.
asked the Taoiseach the percentage of income spent on: (a) home produced goods and (b) imported goods.
Comment on this
Relevant available information comes from the national accounts estimates and the external trade statistics. Estimates for 1984 are as follows:
The figure at (2) for personal consumption expenditure on goods includes indirect taxes and distributive mark-ups while imports are valued c.i.f. at point of entry. The figure at (3) does not include the import content of home produced goods.