Ireland's Trade in Goods 2020

Ireland exported €162 billion of goods in 2020 and imported €87 billion.

We exported €50 billion of goods, almost one-third of total exports, to the USA in 2020, making it our largest single export market. We exported €37 billion more to the USA than we imported in 2020.

There were €20 billion of imports from the UK in 2020, our largest import partner.

Ireland exported €13 billion of food and drinks in 2020 and imported €9 billion. The largest partner for both exports and imports of food and drinks was the UK. Over €4.8 billion of food and drink was exported to the UK in 2020, and €4.3 billion was imported.

In 2020, we imported 20kg of bananas, 13kg of apples, 11kg of oranges and 8kg of onions for every person in Ireland.

In 2020 we imported:

• 75,000 tonnes of potatoes
• 79,000 tonnes of fish and shellfish
• 36,000 tonnes of rice
• 61 million litres of mineral water
• 317 million litres of sugared non-alcoholic drinks
• 111 million litres of wine

In 2020 we exported:    

• 388,000 tonnes of bovine meat
• 283,000 tonnes of cheese
• 301,000 tonnes of butter
• 134,000 tonnes of infant formula
• 45,000 tonnes of mushrooms
• 444 million litres of beer