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Ireland's Trade in Goods 2021

Regional Trade 2019-2022

Regional Trade 2019-2021

Exports of over €62 billion to the EU in 2021

CSO statistical publication, 12 December 2022, 11am

Exports to the UK have been around 10% of total exports on a monthly basis over the past number of years. Exports to the EU as a share of total exports peaked at 45% in June 2020 but are generally between 35% and 40% of the total. Exports to the US are between 25% and 35% of total exports, with October 2021 reaching 38%.

X-axis label	EU27	ROW	UK	US
2018 Q1	38.7125832361839	20.6122235996056	11.3427926369676	29.3324005272429
2018 Q2	38.3441708569521	23.6614365856685	11.1221791441673	26.8722134132121
2018 Q3	40.201737145596	19.2814775633023	11.8957413606447	28.621043930457
2018 Q4	37.9632549348789	23.3303119766094	11.5046815479945	27.2017515405171
2019 Q1	39.3757149001742	21.1381866806979	10.2338309134257	29.2522675057023
2019 Q2	36.8025942020459	22.7770379241368	10.7415330426186	29.6788348311987
2019 Q3	35.3157904469044	20.432356223442	10.0553921399242	34.1964611897294
2019 Q4	36.6603547123993	21.7113778813419	10.7748783934907	30.8533890127681
2020 Q1	38.6546780577228	22.5327356804815	8.34458472802845	30.4680015337673
2020 Q2	40.2652567165641	20.8830713074435	8.03683870183749	30.8148332741549
2020 Q3	39.5289811700874	17.8972839253089	9.09461593300652	33.4791189715972
2020 Q4	40.1183545705604	19.0847521641929	10.8716670866852	29.9252261785614
2021 Q1	36.8228120135394	19.750936544367	9.40860829234928	34.0176431497443
2021 Q2	39.333764751147	20.351157788111	11.3432745176867	28.9718029430553
2021 Q3	37.0350380326966	21.1810477064448	11.7306260331179	30.0532882277407
2021 Q4	35.756652814053	19.1576242653661	11.3575871850596	33.7281357355213
2022 Q1	37.9357426011405	19.3465648630717	9.43725141688673	33.2804411189011
2022 Q2	36.0829181610058	21.8018166970435	11.9075644734705	30.2077006684803

Table 6.1 Share of Total Exports by Region 2018-2022
Year		EU27	Rest of World	UK	US	Total
Year	€million
2018	Q1	13,101	6,976	3,839	9,927	33,843
	Q2	13,634	8,413	3,955	9,555	35,556
	Q3	13,734	6,587	4,064	9,778	34,163
	Q4	14,078	8,652	4,266	10,087	37,083
2019	Q1	14,796	7,943	3,846	10,992	37,577
	Q2	14,184	8,778	4,140	11,438	38,540
	Q3	13,289	7,688	3,784	12,868	37,629
	Q4	14,220	8,422	4,179	11,968	38,789
2020	Q1	17,094	9,965	3,690	13,474	44,224
	Q2	15,247	7,907	3,043	11,668	37,865
	Q3	16,026	7,256	3,687	13,574	40,543
	Q4	15,846	7,538	4,294	11,820	39,499
2021	Q1	14,859	7,970	3,797	13,727	40,353
	Q2	15,964	8,260	4,604	11,759	40,586
	Q3	15,236	8,714	4,826	12,364	41,141
	Q4	15,603	8,360	4,956	14,717	43,636
2022	Q1	19,902	10,150	4,951	17,460	52,462
	Q2	19,103	11,543	6,304	15,993	52,943

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The EU accounted for one-third of total imports in 2021

The EU had the largest share of goods imports for 2018 to 2020, peaking at 45% at the end of 2019. Imports from the UK as a share of the total peaked in October 2020, at 29% of the total, again pointing to the stockpiling of goods which occurred around that period and fell to 15% in January 2021. It increased later in 2021 to around 20% of the total share of imports.

X-axis label	EU27	ROW	UK	US
2018 Q1	35.5919470277778	21.9711652860039	23.9564042782181	18.4804834080002
2018 Q2	40.7617602549559	20.4461263840752	22.064956510311	16.7271568506579
2018 Q3	39.1026886968783	22.1759898694964	21.0192448200728	17.7020766135526
2018 Q4	32.9418731595018	25.5681339073677	20.5613226064846	20.9286703266459
2019 Q1	34.5768732696966	20.4859242190793	24.7369415267016	20.2002609845225
2019 Q2	37.2631758306353	22.0756956629536	21.0171390194029	19.6439894870082
2019 Q3	33.8137349907458	27.5014980666965	21.9530247027311	16.7317422398266
2019 Q4	39.6924876852835	21.9125514127179	22.8357739135362	15.5591869884624
2020 Q1	36.8291977996452	25.4384825311495	21.9111861761324	15.8211334930728
2020 Q2	32.177162238561	29.677580250937	22.5076162163302	15.6376412941718
2020 Q3	34.7258131786948	26.1840045482278	22.601996196545	16.4881860765325
2020 Q4	35.3222361198478	25.388446966976	25.0128881572447	14.2764287559315
2021 Q1	34.3700414478231	30.2613836437223	17.0191198801362	18.3494550283184
2021 Q2	36.8926563072283	30.3703451654576	17.925848589918	14.8111499373961
2021 Q3	31.0927170859585	30.0126263250359	19.9578195320001	18.9368370570056
2021 Q4	31.3584533971493	30.7063184544879	19.9514789107685	17.9837492375943
2022 Q1	28.8697158229283	34.1259368965225	21.5179656753966	15.4863816051526
2022 Q2	29.4502760917684	35.3238329098285	19.808187234698	15.4177037637052

Table 6.2 Share of Total Imports by Region 2018-2022
Year		EU27	Rest of World	UK	US	Total
Year	€million
2018	Q1	7,154	4,416	4,815	3,714	20,100
	Q2	8,922	4,475	4,829	3,661	21,887
	Q3	9,081	5,150	4,881	4,111	23,223
	Q4	8,822	6,848	5,507	5,605	26,781
2019	Q1	7,554	4,476	5,404	4,413	21,847
	Q2	8,257	4,892	4,657	4,353	22,158
	Q3	7,465	6,072	4,847	3,694	22,078
	Q4	9,898	5,464	5,694	3,880	24,936
2020	Q1	8,009	5,532	4,765	3,440	21,746
	Q2	5,944	5,482	4,158	2,889	18,473
	Q3	7,237	5,457	4,710	3,436	20,841
	Q4	9,186	6,602	6,505	3,713	26,006
2021	Q1	7,667	6,750	3,796	4,093	22,307
	Q2	9,923	8,169	4,822	3,984	26,897
	Q3	7,483	7,223	4,803	4,557	24,065
	Q4	9,574	9,375	6,092	5,491	30,532
2022	Q1	8,596	10,161	6,407	4,611	29,776
	Q2	10,987	13,178	7,390	5,752	37,306

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Two-fifths of Ireland's exports of Food & Live Animals in 2021 went to the UK

The UK accounts for between €1 billion and €1.3 billion in exports of Food & Live Animals between 2019 and Q1 2022, which equates to between 35% and 45% of our total Food & Live Animals exports. The EU27 has the next highest share of our Food & Live Animals exports, ranging between 30% and 35% of the total.

X-axis label	EU27	ROW	UK	US
2019 Q1	32.274741506647	21.6765140324963	43.3161004431315	2.73264401772526
2019 Q2	37.1705038371705	23.4901568234902	35.7357357357357	3.6036036036036
2019 Q3	35.0877192982456	22.5371120107962	38.225371120108	4.1497975708502
2019 Q4	31.3668600902643	23.4687298517086	42.9722759509994	2.22437137330754
2020 Q1	32.9938080442694	25.4096784689726	39.0462106158346	2.55030287092336
2020 Q2	34.2673464878303	27.3827776346315	34.2075724551954	4.1423034223428
2020 Q3	33.6822000942396	22.2632420136755	39.920390427582	4.13416746450285
2020 Q4	31.1375313700961	21.0150180653905	45.1332685066339	2.71418205787952
2021 Q1	30.99102913512	27.7598863105976	37.8172675634387	3.4318169908438
2021 Q2	32.7261513257574	23.969949050879	38.9922334735424	4.31166614982128
2021 Q3	32.6241364107974	22.0312661671929	40.8807132973027	4.46388412470701
2021 Q4	34.3618857931975	22.2934340974538	39.7168618650336	3.62781824431502
2022 Q1	32.0865252753505	23.401814451613	40.5494796515966	3.96218062143999
2022 Q2	35.8994616603499	22.8003660261695	36.2959681112783	5.00420420220226

Table 6.3 Exports of Food and Live Animals by Region 2019-2022
Year		EU27	Rest of World	UK	US	Total
Year	€million
2019	Q1	874	587	1,173	74	2,708
	Q2	1,114	704	1,071	108	2,997
	Q3	1,040	668	1,133	123	2,964
	Q4	973	728	1,333	69	3,102
2020	Q1	914	704	1,081	71	2,769
	Q2	1,012	808	1,010	122	2,952
	Q3	982	649	1,164	121	2,915
	Q4	943	637	1,367	82	3,029
2021	Q1	766	686	934	85	2,471
	Q2	1,023	750	1,219	135	3,127
	Q3	1,044	705	1,309	143	3,201
	Q4	1,144	742	1,323	121	3,330
2022	Q1	934	681	1,181	115	2,912
	Q2	1,386	880	1,402	193	3,862

Open in Excel: P-TI2021TBL6.3 (XLS 11KB)

Imports of Food & Live Animals from the UK fell by €800 million in 2021

The UK also has the largest share of our imports of Food & Live Animals, although the proportion of the share varies more than in exports. In 2019 and 2020, the share was between 45% and 50% of the total, but this has fallen since 2021 to around 40%. The EU27 share of imports of Food & Live Animals grew from 33% in Q1 2019 to 39% in Q1 2021, which is likely a knock-on effect of GB leaving the single market, and UK imports falling sharply.

X-axis label	EU27	ROW	UK	US
2019 Q1	32.7393075356416	13.9002036659878	49.745417515275	3.61507128309572
2019 Q2	34.4638949671772	15.3719912472648	47.4835886214442	2.68052516411379
2019 Q3	33.4396597554492	14.9920255183413	49.0696438064859	2.49867091972355
2019 Q4	33.3953488372093	11.4418604651163	51.2558139534884	3.90697674418605
2020 Q1	36.7768601308557	14.5122567444318	46.7002020616087	2.0106810631039
2020 Q2	36.2125936056411	15.0174226957477	45.1479733244475	3.62201037416361
2020 Q3	36.5032815633008	13.582766594699	47.871826933283	2.0421249087171
2020 Q4	32.1045356158555	12.4873314180909	52.4746793051424	2.93345366091127
2021 Q1	41.4103525959296	16.4883086468418	38.8554342029894	3.24590455423925
2021 Q2	38.1520864141234	17.8137741922625	39.5352789524812	4.49886044113292
2021 Q3	36.7754963916478	18.3676526062047	40.8490867464783	4.00776425566919
2021 Q4	35.4371935832842	15.7916562536309	44.5555020445824	4.21564811850251
2022 Q1	36.0939318700385	20.3634746757746	38.9169064233667	4.62568703082018
2022 Q2	36.4981550287583	20.7628315422104	36.899135349812	5.83987807921922

Table 6.4 Imports of Food and Live Animals by Region 2019-2022
Year		EU27	Rest of World	UK	US	Total
Year	€million
2019	Q1	643	273	977	71	1,964
	Q2	630	281	868	49	1,828
	Q3	629	282	923	47	1,881
	Q4	718	246	1,102	84	2,150
2020	Q1	752	297	954	41	2,043
	Q2	668	277	833	67	1,846
	Q3	683	254	896	38	1,872
	Q4	713	277	1,165	65	2,220
2021	Q1	679	270	637	53	1,639
	Q2	686	320	710	81	1,797
	Q3	664	332	737	72	1,805
	Q4	770	343	969	92	2,174
2022	Q1	754	425	813	97	2,088
	Q2	837	476	846	134	2,292

Open in Excel: P-TI2021TBL6.4 (XLS 11KB)

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Ireland's Trade in Goods 2021

Regional Trade 2019-2022

Regional Trade 2019-2021

Exports of over €62 billion to the EU in 2021

The EU accounted for one-third of total imports in 2021

Two-fifths of Ireland's exports of Food & Live Animals in 2021 went to the UK

Imports of Food & Live Animals from the UK fell by €800 million in 2021

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