Over €56 billion of Ireland’s exports in 2019 went to EU countries, representing 37% of total exports, making it the most important trading bloc for Ireland. Ireland exported more to Asia in 2019 than to the UK, €17.4 billion went to Asia, and €15.7 to the UK. Our largest export partner in Asia is China, to which there were €8.3 billion of exports in 2019.
Over €50 billion of exports went to North America, of which €47 billion went to the USA.
| X-axis label | exports | imports |
|---|---|---|
| EU | 56.6477132373479 | 33.2480554001513 |
| North America | 50.244027 | 15.139551 |
| Asia | 17.377210943 | 12.283513 |
| UK | 15.7522315550031 | 20.3518188285334 |
| Europe Non-EU | 6.64911940199998 | 3.32475543864127 |
| Rest Of World & Unknown | 2.5453131956489 | 5.18273271249804 |
| Africa | 1.708347679 | 0.456578 |
| Oceania | 0.867415356000001 | 0.169779 |
| South America | 0.705621632 | 0.670216620175979 |
| Table 5.1 Exports and Imports by region 2019 | ||||
| Region | Exports | % of total | Imports | % of total |
| €million | Exports | €million | Imports | |
| EU | 56,648 | 37 | 33,248 | 37 |
| North America | 50,244 | 33 | 15,140 | 17 |
| Asia | 17,377 | 11 | 12,284 | 14 |
| UK | 15,752 | 10 | 20,352 | 22 |
| Europe Non-EU | 6,649 | 4 | 3,325 | 4 |
| Rest of World and Unknown | 2,545 | 2 | 5,183 | 6 |
| Africa | 1,708 | 1 | 457 | 1 |
| Oceania | 867 | 1 | 170 | 0 |
| South America | 706 | 0 | 670 | 1 |
| Total | 152,497 | 100 | 90,827 | 100 |
| Note: The EU refers to the current EU28 member states, excluding the UK. | ||||
Ireland exported €79 million to Europe in 2019, of which almost €57 billion went to EU countries. There were exports of €15.7 billion to the UK, and €6.6 billion to Non-EU countries. Switzerland accounted for €5.5 billion of the exports to Non-EU countries.
Exports of Chemicals and related products were valued at €48 billion, while exports of Food and live animals and beverages were €9.5 billion.
In 2019, we imported €57 billion from European countries, of which 58%, or €33 billion came from EU countries. The UK accounted for over €20 billion of imports in 2019.
There were imports of €7.5 billion of Food and live animals and beverages in 2019, of which €4.3 billion came from the UK and €3 billion came from the EU.
| Table 5.2 Exports to Europe by product 2019 | ||||
| Product | EU | Europe Non-EU | UK | Total |
| €million | €million | €million | €million | |
| Food and live animals | 4,001 | 98 | 4,673 | 8,772 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 423 | 25 | 303 | 751 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 798 | 214 | 486 | 1,499 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 119 | 1 | 423 | 543 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 39 | 0 | 23 | 62 |
| Chemicals and related products | 38,169 | 5,815 | 4,419 | 48,403 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 627 | 58 | 1,297 | 1,983 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 6,445 | 259 | 2,238 | 8,942 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,717 | 177 | 1,469 | 7,363 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere | 304 | 1 | 421 | 725 |
| Unclassified estimates | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 56,648 | 6,648 | 15,752 | 79,049 |
| Note: The EU refers to the current EU28 member states, excluding the UK. | ||||
| Table 5.3 Imports from Europe by product 2019 | ||||
| Product | EU | Europe Non-EU | UK | Total |
| €million | €million | €million | €million | |
| Food and live animals | 2,620 | 181 | 3,826 | 6,627 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 370 | 18 | 454 | 842 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 290 | 28 | 286 | 604 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 772 | 483 | 2,850 | 4,106 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 145 | 0 | 59 | 205 |
| Chemicals and related products | 5,870 | 2,248 | 2,838 | 10,956 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 1,891 | 52 | 2,319 | 4,262 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 18,511 | 120 | 4,224 | 22,854 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,013 | 190 | 2,429 | 4,632 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere | 763 | 4 | 1,063 | 1,831 |
| Unclassified estimates | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Total | 33,248 | 3,325 | 20,352 | 56,925 |
| Note: The EU refers to the current EU28 member states, excluding the UK. | ||||
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