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Trade in services

3.1 Trade in services

								€million
Services components	United Kingdom				All countries
Services components	Exports 2013	Imports 2013	Exports 2014	Imports 2014	Exports 2013	Imports 2013	Exports 2014	Imports 2014
Services total	15,651	9,866	17,980	11,361	92,703	93,096	101,750	109,376

Transport	1,828	539	1,942	567	4,827	1,715	5,193	1,842
Tourism and travel	880	803	918	840	3,370	4,669	3,656	4,561
Communications	*	*	*	*	522	1,049	567	979
Insurance	2,027	1,239	2,143	1,347	8,964	5,855	9,254	5,970
Financial services	2,242	821	2,736	*	8,069	5,103	8,335	6,662
Computer services	5,212	102	6,130	102	42,057	482	47,915	647
Royalties/licences	441	1,034	311	770	4,388	36,411	4,776	48,482
All business services	2,542	4,615	3,175	5,336	17,370	36,559	19,095	38,816
of which:
Business services: Operational leasing	493	42	545	30	7,696	1,449	7,843	1,269
Business services: Legal, Accounting and other professional services	68	153	98	140	336	1,119	405	1,074
Business services: Advertising and market research	*	574	*	701	146	4,245	94	4,541
Business services: Research and development	*	439	*	362	1,086	5,846	1,749	6,615
Business services: Architectural engineering and other technical services	*	47	29	45	319	150	212	110
Business services: Other	1,456	2,211	2,003	2,727	5,475	11,242	6,331	11,712
Business services: Trade related services	430	1,148	443	1,330	2,315	12,506	2,464	13,496
Other services not elsewhere stated	345	64	474	64	1,697	269	1,710	266
Repairs and processing	*	*	*	23	1,440	982	1,251	1,153
Source: Balance of Payments, CSO
* Suppressed for confidentiality reasons but included in total.

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Exports of services rose from €92.7bn in 2013 to €101.8bn in 2014. The largest components of exports of services in 2014 were Computer services at €47.9bn and Business services at €19.1bn.
Exports of services to the United Kingdom were €15.7bn in 2013 and increased to €18bn by 2014.
Thus exports of services to the United Kingdom accounted for 18% of all exports of services in 2014. The largest components of exports of services to the United Kingdom in 2014 were Computer services at €6.1bn and Business services at €3.2bn.
Imports of services rose from €93.1bn in 2013 to €109.4bn in 2014. Royalties/licences accounted for €48.5bn of these imports of services in 2014 while Business services amounted to €38.8bn.
Imports of services from the United Kingdom increased from €9.9bn in 2013 to €11.4bn in 2014.
Thus United Kingdom imports of services accounted for 10% of all imports of services in 2014. Business services of €5.3bn and Insurance services of €1.3bn were the largest components of imports of services from the United Kingdom in 2014.

	UK	All countries
All business services	3175	19095
Royalties/licences	311	4776
Computer services	6130	47915
Financial services	2736	8335
Insurance	2143	9254
Communications	0	567
Tourism and travel	918	3656
Transport	1942.468925	5193.099062

	UK	All countries
All business services	5336	38816
Royalties/licences	770	48482
Computer services	102	647
Financial services	0	6662
Insurance	1347	5970
Communications	0	979
Tourism and travel	840	4561
Transport	567	1842

Goods exports and imports 2015 classified by commodity (summary level)

3.2 Goods exports and imports 2015 classified by commodity (summary level)

				€000					€000
SITC level 1¹		2015 exports			% of which:		2015 Imports			% of which:
SITC level 1¹		Total	Great Britain	Northern Ireland	Great Britain	Northern Ireland	Total	Great Britain	Northern Ireland	Great Britain	Northern Ireland
0	Food and live animals	9,877,833	3,914,147	594,844	39.6	6.0	6,686,796	2,842,473	483,907	42.5	7.2
1	Beverages and tobacco	1,287,469	243,999	89,355	19.0	6.9	876,066	305,119	32,452	34.8	3.7
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	1,770,659	393,744	74,370	22.2	4.2	854,625	162,863	59,948	19.1	7.0
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	772,924	418,289	27,119	54.1	3.5	5,104,270	3,140,700	33,296	61.5	0.7
4	Animal and vegetables oils, fats and waxes	57,142	11,681	6,042	20.4	10.6	244,545	45,463	17,375	18.6	7.1
5	Chemicals and related products	64,224,048	3,900,022	193,990	6.1	0.3	13,977,824	2,391,244	64,523	17.1	0.5
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2,105,212	915,357	233,006	43.5	11.1	4,697,709	1,796,843	127,536	38.2	2.7
7	Machinery and transport equipment	16,808,258	2,557,527	154,937	15.2	0.9	27,890,812	2,963,996	89,698	10.6	0.3
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	14,298,763	1,120,212	200,811	7.8	1.4	8,166,076	2,443,560	75,986	29.9	0.9
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1,205,035	335,168	169,651	27.8	14.1	1,612,285	810,744	106,622	50.3	6.6
	Total	112,407,343	13,810,147	1,744,125	12.3	1.6	70,111,009	16,903,005	1,091,343	24.1	1.6
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification.

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Exports to Great Britain accounted for 12.3% of total goods exported in 2015 while exports to Northern Ireland accounted for 1.6%.
More than half (57.1%) of all goods exported in 2015 are in the category "Chemicals and related products" and just 6.4% of these exports went to the United Kingdom. Nearly 15% of all goods exported in 2015 were in the category "Machinery and transport equipment" and just over 16% of these goods went to the United Kingdom.
"Miscellaneous manufactured articles" accounted for nearly 13% of all goods exported in 2015 with 9.2% of these goods exported to the United Kingdom. "Food and live animals" accounted for just under 9% of all goods exported from Ireland in 2015 and 45.6% of goods in this category went to either Great Britain or Northern Ireland.
In 2015 €13.8bn of goods were exported to Great Britain and more than half of all goods exported were in 2 categories - "Food and live animals" and "Chemicals and related products"- which both accounted for €3.9bn of goods. The third main category of goods exported to Great Britain in 2015 was "Machinery and transport equipment " which accounted for €2.6bn of goods.
Imports into Ireland from Great Britain accounted for 24.1% of total goods imported in 2015 while imports from Northern Ireland accounted for 1.6%.
"Machinery and transport equipment" accounted for 39.8% of all imports in 2015 and 10.9% of all goods in this category were imported from the United Kingdom. A fifth of goods imported in 2015 were "Chemicals and related products" and 17.6% of these goods arrived from the United Kingdom.
Nearly 12% of total imports in 2015 were "Miscellaneous manufactured articles" and 30.8% were imported from the United Kingdom. Almost a tenth of imported goods in 2015 were "Food and live animals" and half of these goods were imported from either Great Britain or Northern Ireland.

	UK exports	All countries exports	UK imports	All countries imports
Food and live animals	4508.99100351498	9877.8328501527	3326.38074412823	6686.79635288562
Beverages and tobacco	333.354288224632	1287.46886892455	337.570807729487	876.065914815248
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	468.113807865028	1770.65937580262	222.810519731586	854.62532017062
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	445.408180270669	772.924394363986	3173.99533037931	5104.26968811933
Animal and vegetables oils, fats and waxes	17.723258335951	57.142293306109	62.837305593843	244.545030698075
Chemicals and related products	4094.01204126471	64224.0477830469	2455.76677135419	13977.8244836831
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1148.36337542016	2105.21184078861	1924.37936812953	4697.70937319853
Machinery and transport equipment	2712.46390002342	16808.2576586021	3053.69463791544	27890.8117737272
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	1321.02287865616	14298.7628581296	2519.54636935421	8166.07639728554
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	504.81904471855	1205.0351380508	917.365849716298	1612.28453519357

Net goods exports and imports 2015 with the UK classified by commodity (summary level)

3.3 Net goods exports and imports 2015 with the UK classified by commodity (summary level)

										€000
SITC level 1¹		Exports			Imports			Net exports less imports
SITC level 1¹		Great Britain	Northern Ireland	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	Great Britain	Northern Ireland	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	Great Britain	Northern Ireland	Great Britain & Northern Ireland
0	Food and live animals	3,914,147	594,844	4,508,991	2,842,473	483,907	3,326,381	1,071,673	110,937	1,182,610
1	Beverages and tobacco	243,999	89,355	333,354	305,119	32,452	337,571	-61,120	56,903	-4,217
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	393,744	74,370	468,114	162,863	59,948	222,811	230,881	14,422	245,303
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	418,289	27,119	445,408	3,140,700	33,296	3,173,995	-2,722,411	-6,176	-2,728,587
4	Animal and vegetables oils, fats and waxes	11,681	6,042	17,723	45,463	17,375	62,837	-33,781	-11,333	-45,114
5	Chemicals and related products	3,900,022	193,990	4,094,012	2,391,244	64,523	2,455,767	1,508,779	129,467	1,638,245
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	915,357	233,006	1,148,363	1,796,843	127,536	1,924,379	-881,486	105,470	-776,016
7	Machinery and transport equipment	2,557,527	154,937	2,712,464	2,963,996	89,698	3,053,695	-406,469	65,238	-341,231
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	1,120,212	200,811	1,321,023	2,443,560	75,986	2,519,546	-1,323,348	124,824	-1,198,523
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	335,168	169,651	504,819	810,744	106,622	917,366	-475,575	63,029	-412,547
Total		13,810,147	1,744,125	15,554,272	16,903,005	1,091,343	17,994,348	-3,092,858	652,782	-2,440,076
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification

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Net exports less imports for all trade in goods between Ireland and the United Kingdom was - €2.4bn in 2015, with exports of €15.6bn and imports of €18bn.
Ireland exported more "Chemicals and related products" than imported to the UK in 2015, with net exports less imports of €1.6bn. "Food and live animals" had a net export less imports value with the UK of €1.2bn in 2015.
Ireland imported more "Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials" from the UK than exported in 2015, with net exports less imports of - €2.7bn. "Miscellaneous manufactured articles" had a net exports less imports value of - €1.2bn with the UK in 2015.

	UK exports	UK imports
Food and live animals	4508991.00351498	3326380.74412823
Beverages and tobacco	333354.288224632	337570.807729487
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	468113.807865028	222810.519731586
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	445408.180270669	3173995.33037931
Animal and vegetables oils, fats and waxes	17723.258335951	62837.305593843
Chemicals and related products	4094012.04126471	2455766.77135419
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1148363.37542016	1924379.36812953
Machinery and transport equipment	2712463.90002342	3053694.63791544
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	1321022.87865616	2519546.36935421
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	504819.04471855	917365.849716298

Goods exports and imports 2014 and 2015 classified by commodity (summary level)

3.4 Goods exports and imports 2014 and 2015 classified by commodity (summary level)

		€000			€000			€000			€000
SITC level 1¹		2014 exports	% of which:		2015 exports	% of which:		2014 imports	% of which:		2015 imports	% of which:
SITC level 1¹		2014 exports	GB	NI	2015 exports	GB	NI	2014 imports	GB	NI	2015 imports	GB	NI
0	Food and live animals	9,350,412	38.1	5.9	9,877,833	39.6	6.0	6,189,360	41.2	8.3	6,686,796	42.5	7.2
1	Beverages and tobacco	1,147,183	22.4	7.2	1,287,469	19.0	6.9	836,576	36.8	4.2	876,066	34.8	3.7
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	1,794,598	22.9	3.9	1,770,659	22.2	4.2	727,443	19.5	7.9	854,625	19.1	7.0
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	846,613	47.0	2.5	772,924	54.1	3.5	6,477,178	64.5	0.8	5,104,270	61.5	0.7
4	Animal and vegetables oils, fats and waxes	61,651	18.9	10.0	57,142	20.4	10.6	217,013	18.5	6.6	244,545	18.6	7.1
5	Chemicals and related products	51,569,101	6.7	0.4	64,224,048	6.1	0.3	11,443,423	18.9	0.5	13,977,824	17.1	0.5
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1,870,564	43.9	11.1	2,105,212	43.5	11.1	4,232,168	39.0	3.0	4,697,709	38.2	2.7
7	Machinery and transport equipment	12,100,370	15.9	1.1	16,808,258	15.2	0.9	23,579,669	10.9	0.4	27,890,812	10.6	0.3
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	12,627,543	7.8	1.4	14,298,763	7.8	1.4	6,898,351	30.5	0.9	8,166,076	29.9	0.9
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1,247,819	25.1	13.0	1,205,035	27.8	14.1	1,556,300	47.4	6.2	1,612,285	50.3	6.6
Total		92,615,855	13.1	1.7	112,407,343	12.3	1.6	62,157,480	26.5	1.8	70,111,009	24.1	1.6
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification.

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Exports from Ireland grew from €92.6bn in 2014 to €112.4bn in 2015. Exports to Great Britain accounted for 12.3% of total goods exported in 2015 while exports to Northern Ireland accounted for 1.6%.

More than half (57%) of all goods exported in 2015 are in the category "Chemicals and related products" while nearly 15% are "Machinery and transport equipment"."Miscellaneous manufactured articles" accounted for nearly 13% of all goods exported in 2015 while "Food and live animals" accounted for just under 9%.

Imports into Ireland grew from €62.2bn in 2014 to €70.1bn in 2015. Imports from Great Britain accounted for 24.1% of total goods imported in 2015 while imports from Northern Ireland accounted for 1.6%.

Just under 40% of all imports of goods into Ireland in 2015 were in the category "Machinery and transport equipment", while 20% were "Chemicals and related products". "Miscellaneous manufactured articles" accounted for 11.6% of all goods imported in 2015 and "Food and live animals" amounted to 9.5% of all imports.

The proportion of goods which were imported from or exported to Great Britain and Northern Ireland varies widely depending on the category involved.

Goods exports and imports 2015 classified by commodity (detailed level)

3.5 Goods exports and imports 2015 classified by commodity (detailed level)
				€000					€000
SITC level 2¹		2015 exports			% of which:		2015 Imports			% of which:
SITC level 2¹		Total	Great Britain	Northern Ireland	Great Britain	Northern Ireland	Total	Great Britain	Northern Ireland	Great Britain	Northern Ireland
00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	430,508	239,642	100,106	55.7	23.3	318,516	228,632	8,283	71.8	2.6
01	Meat & meat preparations	3,499,812	1,720,791	182,325	49.2	5.2	965,308	393,414	64,558	40.8	6.7
02	Dairy products & birds’ eggs	1,786,785	705,217	65,848	39.5	3.7	698,716	285,724	175,293	40.9	25.1
03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	567,600	48,605	8,721	8.6	1.5	265,399	149,557	15,344	56.4	5.8
04	Cereals & cereal preparations	402,868	268,925	84,822	66.8	21.1	1,021,014	581,176	71,053	56.9	7.0
05	Vegetables & fruit	286,649	193,270	52,613	67.4	18.4	1,153,774	330,533	43,966	28.6	3.8
06	Sugar, sugar preparation & honey	162,406	42,885	6,497	26.4	4.0	374,089	155,529	6,456	41.6	1.7
07	Coffee, tea cocoa, spices & manufactures thereof	372,412	240,210	16,120	64.5	4.3	545,020	285,584	2,762	52.4	0.5
08	Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals)	295,831	157,396	65,751	53.2	22.2	776,071	167,876	90,620	21.6	11.7
09	Miscellaneous edible products & preparations	2,072,966	297,204	12,042	14.3	0.6	569,141	264,449	5,572	46.5	1.0
11	Beverages	1,240,058	223,776	89,346	18.0	7.2	783,926	273,111	32,452	34.8	4.1
12	Tobacco & tobacco manufactures	47,411	20,224	9	42.7	0.0	92,140	32,008	0	34.7	0.0
21	Hides, skins & furskins, raw	149,236	37,817	2,476	25.3	1.7	381	161	157	42.2	41.1
22	Oil seeds & oleaginous fruits	13,392	8,456	2,753	63.1	20.6	35,830	7,676	7,741	21.4	21.6
23	Crude rubber (include synthetic & reclaimed)	947	108	210	11.4	22.2	15,381	2,356	55	15.3	0.4
24	Cork & wood	151,641	102,604	48,554	67.7	32.0	156,851	31,138	22,731	19.9	14.5
25	Pulp & waste paper	60,806	13,045	330	21.5	0.5	60,060	6,325	11	10.5	0.0
26	Textile fibres & their wastes	144,149	53,278	2,400	37.0	1.7	19,190	5,913	707	30.8	3.7
27	Crude fertilisers & minerals, excl. coal, petroleum etc.	132,553	21,389	13,198	16.1	10.0	135,506	36,223	22,387	26.7	16.5
28	Metalliferous ores & metal scrap	990,582	125,141	2,182	12.6	0.2	241,836	22,631	3,390	9.4	1.4
29	Crude animal & vegetable materials nes	127,353	31,904	2,268	25.1	1.8	189,590	50,439	2,768	26.6	1.5
32	Coal, coke & briquettes	98,194	54,408	17,058	55.4	17.4	180,815	24,881	15,904	13.8	8.8
33	Petroleum, petroleum products & related materials	642,762	342,736	8,086	53.3	1.3	3,702,851	1,915,564	11,643	51.7	0.3
34	Gas, natural & manufactured	5,621	1,305	1,970	23.2	35.1	1,153,682	1,144,600	4,849	99.2	0.4
35	Electric current	26,347	19,840	5	75.3	0.0	66,921	55,654	900	83.2	1.3
41	Animal oils & fats	49,309	10,390	472	21.1	1.0	15,557	5,181	5,843	33.3	37.6
42	Fixed vegetable fats & oils	6,054	384	5,489	6.3	90.7	201,140	30,364	8,933	15.1	4.4
43	Animal or vegetable materials nes	1,780	908	81	51.0	4.6	27,848	9,918	2,599	35.6	9.3
51	Organic chemicals	21,495,589	1,025,473	4,513	4.8	0.0	3,764,412	113,982	5,823	3.0	0.2
52	Inorganic chemicals	153,282	23,866	7,109	15.6	4.6	271,497	54,869	1,669	20.2	0.6
53	Dyeing, tanning & colouring materials	132,905	47,122	9,087	35.5	6.8	221,640	127,395	2,030	57.5	0.9
54	Medical & pharmaceutical products	30,234,368	1,488,604	37,460	4.9	0.1	5,753,905	640,082	13,602	11.1	0.2
55	Essential oils, perfume materials; toilet & cleansing preps	7,997,642	724,580	47,124	9.1	0.6	1,344,019	791,653	4,151	58.9	0.3
56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	5,157	465	4,548	9.0	88.2	447,958	63,711	10,499	14.2	2.3
57	Plastics in primary forms	399,483	148,921	16,560	37.3	4.1	851,110	206,217	3,942	24.2	0.5
58	Plastics in non-primary forms	498,896	126,024	31,848	25.3	6.4	557,810	149,270	18,865	26.8	3.4
59	Chemical materials & products nes	3,306,725	314,967	35,741	9.5	1.1	765,473	244,065	3,940	31.9	0.5
61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	35,705	11,159	100	31.3	0.3	23,038	3,042	601	13.2	2.6
62	Rubber manufactures nes	74,338	28,731	14,226	38.6	19.1	316,518	81,171	12,624	25.6	4.0
63	Cork & wood manufactures (excl. furniture)	242,300	145,344	26,945	60.0	11.1	253,503	53,351	12,091	21.0	4.8
64	Paper, paperboard & articles thereof	150,331	92,546	21,426	61.6	14.3	913,548	453,871	23,848	49.7	2.6
65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles & related products	175,885	39,686	10,583	22.6	6.0	450,457	162,503	16,193	36.1	3.6
66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	420,541	261,705	81,977	62.2	19.5	508,873	181,082	20,610	35.6	4.1
67	Iron & steel	195,545	113,562	22,940	58.1	11.7	639,118	342,677	18,152	53.6	2.8
68	Non-ferrous metals	72,703	32,849	5,699	45.2	7.8	555,300	112,147	2,813	20.2	0.5
69	Manufactures of metals nes	737,864	189,777	49,111	25.7	6.7	1,037,353	406,999	20,604	39.2	2.0
71	Power generating machinery & equipment	487,026	173,567	9,633	35.6	2.0	582,880	55,421	5,511	9.5	0.9
72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	641,867	155,302	39,176	24.2	6.1	2,384,702	290,284	20,468	12.2	0.9
73	Metalworking machinery	26,589	4,094	1,136	15.4	4.3	120,637	32,571	666	27.0	0.6
74	General industrial machinery & equipment nes & parts nes	1,727,893	212,545	29,407	12.3	1.7	1,650,350	431,459	17,892	26.1	1.1
75	Office machines & automatic data processing machines	4,209,185	592,930	8,419	14.1	0.2	3,821,314	485,079	1,678	12.7	0.0
76	Telecommunications & sound equipment	938,981	225,711	2,179	24.0	0.2	1,588,288	402,135	586	25.3	0.0
77	Electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances nes & parts	2,922,363	396,562	15,454	13.6	0.5	2,537,168	553,791	9,459	21.8	0.4
78	Road vehicles (include. air-cushion vehicles)	313,531	154,274	45,582	49.2	14.5	3,460,884	629,737	33,092	18.2	1.0
79	Other transport equipment	5,540,823	642,542	3,950	11.6	0.1	11,744,589	83,520	345	0.7	0.0
81	Prefab buildings; plumbing & electrical fixtures & fittings	157,212	121,562	20,783	77.3	13.2	236,109	98,987	3,642	41.9	1.5
82	Furniture & parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	174,043	94,716	34,161	54.4	19.6	447,396	152,934	21,076	34.2	4.7
83	Travel goods, handbags & similar containers	23,296	10,027	690	43.0	3.0	148,550	43,675	331	29.4	0.2
84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	304,854	88,168	34,286	28.9	11.2	1,864,343	487,322	5,507	26.1	0.3
85	Footwear	45,142	20,359	3,221	45.1	7.1	400,368	144,335	593	36.1	0.1
87	Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus nes	6,147,776	145,824	16,969	2.4	0.3	1,799,293	363,802	3,584	20.2	0.2
88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches clocks	1,091,576	123,018	145	11.3	0.0	386,251	78,033	294	20.2	0.1
89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	6,354,864	516,539	90,555	8.1	1.4	2,883,766	1,074,472	40,959	37.3	1.4
99	All other commodities and transactions including unclassified estimates	1,205,032	335,168	169,651	27.8	14.1	1,612,035	810,744	106,622	50.3	6.6
Grand Total		112,407,343	13,810,147	1,744,125	12.3	1.6	70,111,009	16,903,005	1,091,343	24.1	1.6
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification

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The table above shows a very detailed breakdown of all exports and imports of goods for Ireland in 2015. By far the largest single category of exports in 2015 was "Medical and pharmaceutical products" at €30.2bn followed by "Organic chemicals" at €21.5bn.

"Essential oils, perfume materials: toilet & cleansing preps" accounted for €8.0bn of exports while "Miscellaneous manufactured articles n.e.s." accounted for €6.4bn in 2015.There were exports of €6.1bn in the category "Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus nes".

The largest single category of goods imported into Ireland in 2015 was "Other transport equipment" at €11.7bn while "Medical & pharmaceutical products" accounted for €5.8bn of imported goods.

"Office machines & automatic data processing machines" had imports of €3.8bn and so also did the category "Organic chemicals".

Top 6 exports to the United Kingdom, 2015 classified by commodity (detailed level)

3.6 Top 6 exports to the United Kingdom, 2015 classified by commodity (detailed level)

				€000
SITC level 2¹		Great Britain	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom
01	Meat & meat preparations	1,720,791	182,325	1,903,116
54	Medical & pharmaceutical products	1,488,604	37,460	1,526,064
51	Organic chemicals	1,025,473	4,513	1,029,986
55	Essential oils, perfume materials; toilet & cleansing preps	724,580	47,124	771,704
02	Dairy products & birds’ eggs	705,217	65,848	771,066
79	Other transport equipment	642,542	3,950	646,492
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification.

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Top 6 imports from the United Kingdom, 2015 classified by commodity (detailed level)

3.7 Top 6 imports from the United Kingdom, 2015 classified by commodity (detailed level)

				€000
SITC level 2¹		Great Britain	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom
33	Petroleum, petroleum products & related materials	1,915,564	11,643	1,927,207
34	Gas, natural & manufactured	1,144,600	4,849	1,149,449
89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	1,074,472	40,959	1,115,431
55	Essential oils, perfume materials; toilet & cleansing preps	791,653	4,151	795,805
99	All other commodities and transactions	617,217	95,245	712,462
78	Road vehicles (include. air-cushion vehicles)	629,737	33,092	662,830
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification.

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Goods Exports and Imports, 2005 - 2015

3.8 Goods Exports and Imports, 2005 - 2015

											€000
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Exports
Great Britain	13,857,600	13,916,200	15,264,000	14,537,200	12,442,900	12,677,100	12,973,400	13,731,000	12,793,800	12,137,300	13,810,147
Northern Ireland	1,576,800	1,671,500	1,740,500	1,564,500	1,291,900	1,326,100	1,422,000	1,435,800	1,477,800	1,605,200	1,744,125
Total Exports from Ireland	87,172,700	87,496,700	90,579,700	88,503,100	87,585,500	90,923,800	93,190,600	93,506,700	89,181,500	92,615,900	112,407,343

Imports
Great Britain	16,995,300	18,099,300	19,508,500	17,941,400	12,787,000	13,823,400	15,638,100	15,402,600	15,869,800	16,460,600	16,903,005
Northern Ireland	1,275,600	1,325,300	1,360,800	1,261,300	941,100	989,700	1,047,300	1,026,000	1,016,400	1,103,900	1,091,343
Total Imports to Ireland	58,462,600	63,833,100	65,939,300	59,335,600	48,203,300	48,694,600	53,035,200	56,179,200	55,787,100	62,157,500	70,111,009

As a % of total exports:
Great Britain	15.9	15.9	16.9	16.4	14.2	13.9	13.9	14.7	14.3	13.1	12.3
Northern Ireland	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.6
United Kingdom	17.7	17.8	18.8	18.2	15.7	15.4	15.4	16.2	16.0	14.8	13.8

As a % of total imports:
Great Britain	29.1	28.4	29.6	30.2	26.5	28.4	29.5	27.4	28.4	26.5	24.1
Northern Ireland	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.6
United Kingdom	31.3	30.4	31.6	32.4	28.5	30.4	31.5	29.2	30.3	28.3	25.7
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO

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Exports of goods from Ireland rose from €87bn in 2005 to €90.6bn in 2007 before decreasing to €87.6bn in 2009. Exports then increased over the next six years to reach €112.2bn in 2015.
Exports of goods to Great Britain followed a similar pattern and rose from €13.9bn in 2005 to €15.3bn in 2007 before decreasing to €12.4bn in 2009. Goods exports to Great Britain then increased over the following six years to reach €13.8bn by 2015. Exports of goods to Northern Ireland also followed this pattern and stood at €1.7bn in 2015.
Imports of goods into Ireland rose from €58.5bn in 2005 to €65.9bn in 2007 and then dropped sharply to €48.2bn in 2009. Imports of goods then increased over the next six years to €70.0bn in 2015.
Imports of goods from Great Britain followed a similar pattern and increased from €17bn in 2005 to €19.5bn in 2007 before falling back to €12.8bn in 2009 and then increasing over the next six years to €16.9bn by 2015. Imports of goods from Northern Ireland also followed this pattern and stood at €1.1bn in 2015.

	UK exports	Total exports	UK imports	Total imports
2005	15434.4	87172.7	18270.9	58462.6
2006	15587.7	87496.7	19424.6	63833.1
2007	17004.5	90579.7	20869.3	65939.3
2008	16101.7	88503.1	19202.7	59335.6
2009	13734.8	87585.5	13728.1	48203.3
2010	14003.2	90923.8	14813.1	48694.6
2011	14395.4	93190.6	16685.4	53035.2
2012	15166.8	93506.7	16428.6	56179.2
2013	14271.6	89181.5	16886.2	55787.1
2014	13742.5	92615.9	17564.5	62157.5
2015	15554.2717782943	112407.343061168	17994.3477040321	70111.0088697769

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