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Trade with the UK and Rest of World 2018

Exports to the UK accounted for 11% of total exports in 2018. Exports of Food and live animals to the UK were valued at €4.8 billion, or 43% of total exports of these products, and exports of Beverages and tobacco to the UK were €288 million, or 20% of total exports of these products. Just 5% of exports of Chemicals and related products went to the UK in 2018

X-axis labelRest of WorldUK
Food and live animals57.340585114732542.6594148852675
Beverages and tobacco80.023640825738319.9763591742617
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels73.147276815456426.8527231845436
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials49.045085949317450.9549140506826
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes62.614569739771237.3854302602288
Chemicals and related products94.86181058691885.1381894130812
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by materials43.877879424928256.1221205750718
Machinery and transport equipment88.91755882155711.082441178443
Miscellaneous manufactured articles90.6986313498859.30136865011499
Commodities and transactions not elsewhere classified53.797767955244546.2022320447555
Table 6.1 Exports to the UK and Rest of World 2018
Product€million
UKRest of WorldTotal
Food and live animals4,7676,40711,174
Beverages and tobacco2881,1551,443
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels5161,4051,921
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials6145911,205
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes244165
Chemicals and related products4,40681,35185,757
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by materials1,3041,0202,324
Machinery and transport equipment2,21817,79420,011
Miscellaneous manufactured articles1,46514,29015,755
Commodities and transactions not elsewhere classified5326191,151
Total16,135124,673140,808

Imports from the UK accounted for 22% of total imports in 2018. Imports of Mineral fuels from the UK represented 56% of our total imports of these products, at a value of €3.4 billion. There were €3.8 billion of imports of Food and live animals from the UK in 2018, 48% of total imports of these products.

There were €400 million of Beverages and tobacco imported from the UK in 2018, which represented 44% of our total imports of these products.

X-axis labelRest of WorldUK
Food and live animals51.68824398430648.311756015694
Beverages and tobacco55.840177262354944.1598227376451
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels70.89456545490429.105434545096
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials43.542933728808756.4570662711913
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes77.171071213887922.8289287861121
Chemicals and related products86.314377071065413.6856229289346
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by materials60.302506884209539.6974931157905
Machinery and transport equipment90.9639637049649.03603629503595
Miscellaneous manufactured articles72.370577622203427.6294223777966
Commodities and transactions not elsewhere classified47.406659402688252.5933405973118
Table 6.2 Imports from the UK and Rest of World 2018
Product€million
UKRest of WorldTotal
Food and live animals3,7704,0337,803
Beverages and tobacco401507907
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels273665938
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials3,3932,6176,009
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes63213276
Chemicals and related products2,72017,15619,877
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by materials2,1433,2555,397
Machinery and transport equipment3,59936,22939,827
Miscellaneous manufactured articles2,4256,3518,776
Commodities and transactions not elsewhere classified1,2061,0872,294
Total19,99272,11392,105

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