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Exports and Imports 2007 to 2017

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Exports in 2017 totalled €123 billion representing an increase of €32 billion, or 35% on the 2007 export level of €91 billion.

In 2017, 51% of all exports were to EU countries. The UK accounted for 13% of all exports. This is a change on the 2007 proportions, where 63% of all exports were to EU countries. 

While the proportion of exports to the USA has increased from 18% to 27% between 2007 and 2017, the value of exports has more than doubled, from €16.1 billion to €33.2 billion.

Chemicals and related products accounted for 55% of all exports in 2017, more than three times the next biggest product division, Machinery and equipment, which accounted for 17% of exports.

There were over €11.3 billion of exports of Food and live animals, which equates to 9% of exports in 2017. Exports of Food and live animals have increased by over €3.7 billion in the period 2007 to 2017.

X-axis label200720122017
Chemicals and related products43.069177271898555.044827876181567.8290917976429
Machinery and transport equipment23.159752486032911.562217504325121.0873084663992
Miscellaneous manufactured articles8.4893370322148111.400897143323314.8736756665802
Food and live animals7.602884368102728.132271167911411.3745383553513
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material1.817706086560891.689577783192062.27738587387255
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels1.538925431484731.732624251125511.8148271922827
Beverages and tobacco1.407605903311121.208456416221941.36256478104532
Commodities and transactions n.e.c.2.780231583778341.03378522979571.00789145814356
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials0.6865082510982441.646527674923620.992646009925328
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes0.02756427643751150.05548633038210910.091367160144226
Table 4.1 Exports by product 2007-2017
Product200720122017
€million€million€million
Chemicals and related products43,06955,04567,829
Machinery and transport equipment23,16011,56221,087
Miscellaneous manufactured articles8,48911,40114,874
Food and live animals7,6038,13211,375
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material1,8181,6902,277
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels1,5391,7331,815
Beverages and tobacco1,4081,2081,363
Commodities and transactions n.e.c.2,7801,0341,008
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials6871,647993
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes285591
Total90,58093,507122,711
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Imports in 2017 were €79 billion, an increase of €13 billion, or 20% on the 2007 level of imports of €66 billion, and an increase of 40% on the 2012 level of €56 billion.

In 2017, 58% of all imports were from EU countries. The UK accounted for 23% of all imports. This is an increase on the 2007 proportions, where 46% of all imports were from EU countries. 

The proportion of total imports coming from the USA has increased from 8% to 21% between 2007 and 2017. The value of these imports has more than doubled, from €7.6 billion to €16.2 billion.

Imports of Machinery and transport equipment were €32 billion, or 40% of total imports. This is an increase of almost 56% on the 2012 value of €20 billion. Imports of Food and live animals have increased by 56% between 2007 and 2017, from a level of €4.6 billion to nearly €7.2 billion. 

Imports of Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials have fallen by 33% between 2012 and 2017. Whereas imports of these products comprised 13% of total imports in 2012, they accounted for 6% in 2017.

X-axis label200720122017
Machinery and transport equipment28.924358975852820.43389108300932.1244356021655
Chemicals and related products8.1265655891864210.265219940963617.4839717910063
Miscellaneous manufactured articles7.610188654986156.068554656307068.30592227522382
Food and live animals4.592904850273755.589417143562357.18315593154427
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material6.082325869971653.712827140382185.05771810915654
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials5.728244690957367.159720718114324.76992348251079
Commodities and transactions n.e.c.2.707031695124551.143685713768462.27532747113792
Beverages and tobacco0.903096178378230.8617483992049670.906752742566188
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels1.102536055118650.6936032764608630.903884375714646
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes0.1604070403665220.2505834050022820.259839141456533
Table 4.2 Imports by products 2007-2017
Product200720122017
€million€million€million
Machinery and transport equipment28,92420,43432,124
Chemicals and related products8,12710,26517,484
Miscellaneous manufactured articles7,6106,0698,306
Food and live animals4,5935,5897,183
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material6,0823,7135,058
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials5,7287,1604,770
Commodities and transactions n.e.c.2,7071,1442,275
Beverages and tobacco903862907
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels1,103694904
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes160251260
Total65,93956,17979,271

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