Ireland’s trade balance at €32.9bn, all goods and services exports less all goods and services imports, increased by €4.1bn in the third quarter of 2019 over the same period in 2018, due to an increased merchandise balance.
Goods | of which International Trade | |
Q2 2017 | 47.323 | 31.066 |
Q3 2017 | 48.977 | 28.974 |
Q4 2017 | 53.623 | 30.535 |
Q1 2018 | 51.39 | 33.837 |
Q2 2018 | 53.698 | 35.564 |
Q3 2018 | 53.773 | 34.09 |
Q4 2018 | 57.446 | 37.135 |
Q1 2019 | 57.145 | 38.018 |
Q2 2019 | 54.971 | 38.562 |
Q3 2019 | 57.034 | 37.458 |
Merchandise exports were €57bn in the third quarter of 2019, an increase of €3.3bn compared with the same quarter of 2018.
Goods | of which International Trade | |
Q2 2017 | 22.777 | 21.086 |
Q3 2017 | 20.314 | 18.005 |
Q4 2017 | 22.9 | 21.03 |
Q1 2018 | 22.331 | 19.49 |
Q2 2018 | 24.894 | 21.245 |
Q3 2018 | 25.553 | 22.304 |
Q4 2018 | 30.568 | 25.572 |
Q1 2019 | 24.994 | 19.803 |
Q2 2019 | 26.814 | 21.313 |
Q3 2019 | 23.826 | 19.5 |
Merchandise imports were €23.8bn in the third quarter of 2019, a decrease of €1.7bn compared with the same period in 2018.
Q3 2019 | Q3 2018 | |
Computer Services | 26.624 | 21.357 |
Business Services | 11.504 | 9.305 |
Financial Services | 3.91 | 3.805 |
Transport | 2.903 | 2.832 |
Royalties/Licences | 2.599 | 3.025 |
Insurance | 2.469 | 2.307 |
Tourism and Travel | 1.849 | 1.847 |
Other Services n.e.s | 1.262 | 0.993 |
Repairs and Processing | 0.471 | 0.43 |
Communications | 0.081 | 0.103 |
Service exports, at €53.7bn, increased by €7.7bn compared to the third quarter of 2018, mainly due to higher computer services exports.
Q3 2019 | Q3 2018 | |
Royalties/Licences | 21.454 | 18.076 |
Business Services | 20.88 | 16.779 |
Financial Services | 3.46 | 3.166 |
Tourism and Travel | 2.398 | 2.091 |
Insurance | 2.138 | 1.926 |
Repairs and Processing | 1.381 | 1.281 |
Computer Services | 1.225 | 1.088 |
Transport | 0.731 | 0.753 |
Other Services n.e.s | 0.186 | 0.172 |
Communications | 0.131 | 0.144 |
Service imports, at €54bn, were up €8.5bn compared to the third quarter of 2018, mainly due to higher royalties imports as well as higher research and development (R&D) and other business services imports.
Royalties/Licences Exports | of which Pharmaceutical | of which Information and Communication | |
Q2 2017 | 1.736 | ||
Q3 2017 | 2.948 | 0.258 | |
Q4 2017 | 2.872 | 1.069 | |
Q1 2018 | 2.54 | 0.032 | 1.111 |
Q2 2018 | 3.299 | 0.016 | 1.407 |
Q3 2018 | 3.025 | 0.018 | 1.01 |
Q4 2018 | 2.913 | 0.018 | 0.607 |
Q1 2019 | 2.04 | 0.017 | 0.355 |
Q2 2019 | 2.56 | 0.014 | 0.468 |
Q3 2019 | 2.599 | 0.015 | 0.398 |
Please note: In Q2 2017 and Q4 2017, the figures for royalties/licences of which pharmaceutical exports are suppressed due to confidentiality requirements, in addition in Q2 2017 and Q3 2017 the figures for royalties/licences of which information and communication exports are suppressed due to confidentiality requirements.
Royalties/Licences Imports | of which Pharmaceutical | of which Information and Communication | |
Q2 2017 | 16.743 | 5.3 | 8.215 |
Q3 2017 | 15.291 | 4.227 | 7.652 |
Q4 2017 | 17.869 | 4.163 | 10.05 |
Q1 2018 | 16.458 | 3.545 | 8.858 |
Q2 2018 | 17.94 | 4.152 | 9.768 |
Q3 2018 | 18.076 | 3.656 | 10.234 |
Q4 2018 | 19.706 | 4.016 | 11.748 |
Q1 2019 | 18.798 | 3.877 | 11.105 |
Q2 2019 | 20.591 | 5.195 | 11.671 |
Q3 2019 | 21.454 | 4.723 |
Please note: In Q3 2019 the figure for royalties/licences imports of which information and communication is suppressed due to confidentiality requirements.
Royalties/licences imports were €21.5bn in the third quarter of 2019, an increase of €3.4bn compared with the same period in 2018.
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