The USA was Ireland’s largest export market in 2018, with over €39 billion in exports. The second biggest export partner was Belgium, with €18 billion of exports.
Medical and pharmaceutical products and Organic chemicals comprised €25.8 billion, or 66% of the total exports to the USA in 2018.
The UK, Germany and the Netherlands complete the list of the remaining top 5 export markets.
| X-axis label | value of exports |
|---|---|
| USA | 39.346668722316 |
| Belgium | 18.2512923139036 |
| UK | 16.1353427801195 |
| Germany | 10.5512136032398 |
| Netherlands | 7.68325509727017 |
| Switzerland | 6.47817670299999 |
| France | 5.39787187588398 |
| China | 4.672899393 |
| Italy | 3.64013540019619 |
| Japan | 3.325254304 |
| Table 2.1 Top ten exporting partners 2018 | |||
| Rank | Country | €million | % of total exports |
| 1 | USA | 39,347 | 28 |
| 2 | Belgium | 18,251 | 13 |
| 3 | UK | 16,135 | 11 |
| 4 | Germany | 10,551 | 7 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 7,683 | 5 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 6,478 | 5 |
| 7 | France | 5,398 | 4 |
| 8 | China | 4,673 | 3 |
| 9 | Italy | 3,640 | 3 |
| 10 | Japan | 3,325 | 2 |
The UK was the biggest source of imports in 2018, with imports of almost €20 billion.
Imports of Petroleum products were €3.4 billion while imports of Medical and pharmaceutical products were €2.7 billion in the year. Imports of Food and beverages were almost €4.2 billion in value, and imports of Machinery and transport equipment were €3.6 billion.
There were €17 billion of imports from the USA in 2018, including imports of Chemicals and related goods of €3.4 billion, and imports of Machinery and transport equipment to the value of €11 billion.
France, Germany and China made up the remaining top 5 import partners.
| X-axis label | value of imports |
|---|---|
| UK | 19.9918371916328 |
| USA | 17.0377075972297 |
| France | 11.4907141521742 |
| Germany | 10.5982308568995 |
| China | 5.31479790521012 |
| Netherlands | 3.00299089267899 |
| Belgium | 1.64992344938851 |
| Italy | 1.58447141175602 |
| Japan | 1.44864481959771 |
| Spain | 1.44602378816845 |
| Table 2.2 Top ten importing partners 2018 | |||
| Rank | Country | €million | % of total imports |
| 1 | UK | 19,992 | 22 |
| 2 | USA | 17,038 | 18 |
| 3 | France | 11,491 | 12 |
| 4 | Germany | 10,598 | 12 |
| 5 | China | 5,315 | 6 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 3,003 | 3 |
| 7 | Belgium | 1,650 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy | 1,584 | 2 |
| 9 | Japan | 1,449 | 2 |
| 10 | Spain | 1,446 | 2 |
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