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‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Bread-Making Flour. Bread-Making Flour Imports and Production
Summary
Imports rose from 51,061 tonnes in 1987 to 59,672 in 1988, while estimated domestic production fell from 154,200 to 142,000 tonnes.
asked the Taoiseach the quantity of bread-making flour (a) imported and (b) home produced in (1) 1987 and (2) 1988.
Comment on this
The available information relates to flour of wheat or meslin in the case of imports and to wheaten flour, including self-raising, in the case of home production.
In 1987 and 1988 the quantities of wheat or meslin flour imported were 51,061 and 59,672 metric tonnes respectively.
Information from the monthly Industrial Production Inquiry shows that an estimated 154,200 and 142,000 metric tonnes of wheaten flour, including self-raising, were produced in Ireland in 1987 and 1988 respectively.