Ireland’s biggest trading surplus in 2020 was with the USA. The value of exports to the USA was €37 billion greater than the value of imports. There was a surplus of €16 billion with Belgium, and a surplus of over €10 billion with Germany.
The largest trade deficit in 2020 was with the UK, with €14.6 billion of exports and €20 billion of imports recorded, giving a trading deficit of almost €5.4 billion.
| X-axis label | Deficit | Surplus |
|---|---|---|
| US | 0 | 37.0490413982106 |
| Belgium | 0 | 15.9642076310183 |
| Germany | 0 | 10.4314025009866 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 5.47414847974282 |
| China | 0 | 3.73841814056314 |
| 0 | 0 | |
| Czech Republic | -0.292548165352377 | 0 |
| South Korea | -0.450213278231735 | 0 |
| Switzerland | -0.918529607554723 | 0 |
| France | -4.46188146465021 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | -5.48807217315216 | 0 |
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