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Intermediate Consumption at market prices includes all goods and services used up in the production process in the accounting period, regardless of the date of purchase. For more information see the Background Notes.

When examined by A21 sector and similar to Output, the three largest sectors by Intermediate Consumption in 2019 were Manufacturing (C), Information & Communication (J) and Financial & Insurance activities (K). Construction (F), the third largest sector by Intermediate Consumption in 1995 increased to the second largest in 2005. Construction Intermediate Consumption then declined following 2005, but not as precipitously as Output, declining to fifth biggest by rank in 2010 where it remained in 2019. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the fifth biggest sector by Intermediate Consumption in 1995 to the twelfth biggest in 2005 before recovering to the eighth largest in 2019.

Figure 3.1 Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 1995-2019

Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 1995

Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 2005

Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 2010

Proportional composition of Intermediate Consumption by A21 sector, 2019

Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2019

Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2019 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)

Table 3.3 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2013-2019 (chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018)

SECTOR/TIME	Manufacturing	Construction	Information and Communication	Other
1995	21566.405919	5928.351525	8424.294219	28725.80705
1996	23395.934296	6461.39794	9355.061232	30309.080466
1997	28538.483346	7628.521136	11828.785836	33458.585998
1998	35171.460071	9322.535282	13384.247898	38887.656903
1999	39620.397742	11322.553693	16060.571361	42115.573299
2000	45548.000289	14056.640778	16849.023556	50210.394138
2001	55883.150588	16389.586166	17704.283827	54839.465465
2002	56354.327159	17586.914585	17797.411951	60494.425481
2003	59340.619497	19090.611744	19106.926517	67705.08108
2004	62200.968508	22556.296636	17167.171624	75362.093704
2005	66558.22717	25603.981172	21628.116584	81782.092572
2006	72914.515809	30539.338521	25641.821835	94719.842394
2007	74638.845952	33803.776595	25726.44747	110253.517265
2008	73284.366205	30207.70524	30442.226318	120474.237867
2009	69910.848564	12594.720297	30205.527966	108254.580134
2010	57474.35731	10432.454928	33981.700624	100596.955997
2011	57896.355509	8204.65971	29870.606843	80707.797182
2012	66602.821598	4880.628762	46344.032589	98406.189243
2013	70318.706176	5824.944719	54134.632908	98324.522253
2014	77952.695975	8941.485256	57648.563162	92159.969323
2015	100576.021219	10100.303655	62662.382087	99228.970581
2016	105225.711366	13721.349831	56974.591862	116034.761323
2017	97972.899163	17224.185134	59380.715078	117701.964223
2018	104118.300728	18701.482099	78022.958679	121431.742179
2019	109594.415726	20227.457967	74092.298468	128880.493159

In the above figure, a version of which is repeated across Chapters, the 1995-2019 time-series of notable sectors of the economy are displayed.

Similarly to Output, Manufacturing (C) was the biggest single A21 sector of the economy when measured by Intermediate Consumption over the entire 1995-2019 period. Information and Communication (J) was the second biggest sector in 2019. These two sectors dominated and combined they comprised 55.2% of total Intermediate Consumption across the economy in 2019, which was an increase from 46.4% in 1995.

Construction (F) which had less Intermediate Consumption than Information and Communication in 1995, increased more than Information and Communication up to 2007, but had Intermediate Consumption which was less than a third of Information and Communication in 2019.

The Other category in the figure above is total Output less Manufacturing, Information and Communication and Construction. Sector figures can be found in the tables above and in the full 1995-2019 time series available in the CSO's StatBank database.

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Table 3.1 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2019
							€million
NACE Level 1 codes (21 of which 20 used in National Accounts)		1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2019
A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	4,699	4,032	3,562	4,613	5,729	7,515
B	Mining and Quarrying	443	674	944	885	482	1,213
C	Manufacturing	21,566	45,548	66,558	57,474	100,576	109,594
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	988	1,189	2,810	3,263	4,001	5,371
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	450	727	1,298	756	1,120	1,789
F	Construction	5,928	14,057	25,604	10,432	10,100	20,227
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	3,177	6,491	9,339	15,442	16,749	21,431
H	Transportation and Storage	1,548	3,550	5,816	9,650	9,377	7,091
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	1,479	4,043	4,510	4,040	2,360	3,632
J	Information and Communication	8,424	16,849	21,628	33,982	62,662	74,092
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	4,995	8,059	20,955	20,550	26,213	34,348
L	Real Estate Activities	1,165	2,821	5,996	7,794	4,292	5,567
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	1,983	5,596	8,641	10,269	9,184	10,841
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	1,805	3,594	4,510	7,716	6,270	12,536
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	1,036	1,451	1,644	3,803	4,672	6,458
P	Education	1,014	1,381	2,367	3,180	1,233	1,573
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	2,381	4,196	6,386	5,377	3,948	5,140
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	579	1,099	1,560	946	1,090	1,991
S	Other Service Activities	820	1,129	1,144	2,314	2,511	2,385
T	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	163	180	300	0	0	0
U	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)
	Total	64,645	126,664	195,572	202,485	272,568	332,795

Table 3.3 Intermediate consumption by NACE A10 sector in constant market prices, 2013-2019 (chain linked¹ annually and referenced to year 2018)
									€million
NACE	A10 codes		2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
01-03	A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	5,921	5,687	5,749	6,089	6,090	6,741	7,344
05-39	B-E	Industry (excluding construction)	75,136	81,443	102,058	110,166	102,926	112,050	121,869
10-33	C	of which: Manufacturing	68,339	75,942	96,481	103,167	95,746	104,118	112,668
41-43	F	Construction	6,394	9,735	10,527	14,045	17,635	18,701	19,888
45-56	G-I	Distribution, transport, hotels and restaurants	29,450	28,155	29,263	37,026	32,699	30,193	32,103
58-63	J	Information and communication	58,467	61,442	66,027	60,811	61,128	78,023	74,921
64-66	K	Financial and insurance activities	23,413	24,305	27,885	34,052	34,379	32,758	33,255
68	L	Real estate activities	4,354	4,364	4,646	4,680	4,832	4,827	5,679
69-82	M-N	Professional, admin and support services	20,675	15,889	16,259	20,895	20,904	22,287	22,908
84-88	O-Q	Public administration, education and health	9,615	9,930	10,221	11,395	11,523	12,451	13,021
90-98	R-U	Arts, entertainment and other services	4,316	4,355	3,930	3,859	4,281	4,243	4,267
01-98	Total		236,765	244,525	276,560	303,002	296,296	322,274	335,257
¹ Chain linked series not additive except for 2018 and 2019.

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Table 3.2 Intermediate Consumption by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2019 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)
							Rank
NACE Level 1 codes (21 of which 20 used in National Accounts)		1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2019
A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	5	9	12	11	9	8
B	Mining and Quarrying	19	19	19	18	19	19
C	Manufacturing	1	1	1	1	1	1
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	15	15	13	14	12	12
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	18	18	17	19	17	17
F	Construction	3	3	2	5	5	5
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	6	5	5	4	4	4
H	Transportation and Storage	10	11	9	7	6	9
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	11	8	11	12	15	14
J	Information and Communication	2	2	3	2	2	2
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	4	4	4	3	3	3
L	Real Estate Activities	12	12	8	8	11	11
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	8	6	6	6	7	7
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	9	10	10	9	8	6
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	13	13	15	13	10	10
P	Education	14	14	14	15	16	18
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	7	7	7	10	13	13
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	17	17	16	17	18	16
S	Other Service Activities	16	16	18	16	14	15
T	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	20	20	20	20	20	20
U	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)