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Ireland's Trade in Goods 2022

Additional Indicators

CSO statistical publication, 18 December 2023, 11am

Table 8.1 Exports by Activity Sector & Enterprise Size 2019-2022
	2019		2020		2021		2022
Sector	Value (€million)	Number of Enterprises	Value (€million)	Number of Enterprises	Value (€million)	Number of Enterprises	Value (€million)	Number of Enterprises
Agri/Food
Micro	563	414	942	420	471	521	604	464
Small	548	194	481	169	597	210	1,091	205
Medium	1,973	104	1,532	119	1,830	131	2,251	137
Large	15,016	52	11,005	54	11,821	54	14,551	53
Total	18,100	764	13,960	762	14,719	916	18,498	859

Pharmaceuticals
Micro	84	75	103	82	171	105	811	108
Small	223	48	321	50	374	52	927	52
Medium	7,042	46	5,274	42	3,974	47	4,070	52
Large	68,299	34	83,284	38	78,755	37	106,215	36
Total	75,648	203	88,983	212	83,274	241	112,023	248

Other Manufacturing and Construction
Micro	870	1,270	641	1,260	1,360	1,559	1,164	1,444
Small	1,232	742	1,304	685	1,757	876	1,783	850
Medium	8,974	324	4,496	340	5,411	407	6,783	424
Large	22,344	86	24,426	87	28,727	112	35,053	111
Total	33,420	2,422	30,867	2,372	37,256	2,954	44,783	2,829

Wholesale/Retail
Micro	2,515	2,729	2,611	2,808	3,253	3,433	4,069	3,292
Small	3,137	1,112	3,194	1,053	3,512	1,287	3,751	1,304
Medium	2,193	216	2,075	230	2,974	312	3,129	310
Large	3,018	53	2,228	53	3,141	76	3,807	75
Total	10,863	4,110	10,108	4,144	12,880	5,108	14,756	4,981

Services/Other
Micro	3,680	1,594	3,498	1,548	2,868	1,906	3,534	1,609
Small	798	503	1,655	493	2,214	792	1,781	718
Medium	2,674	209	2,608	209	2,380	378	2,559	345
Large	913	84	935	98	1,902	200	1,317	194
Total	8,064	2,390	8,696	2,348	9,364	3,276	9,191	2,866

Unknown	5,421	59	5,280	2	3,682	2	4,183	2

Total	151,516	9,948	157,893	9,840	161,174	12,497	203,433	11,785

Table 8.2 Imports by Activity Sector & Enterprise Size 2019-2022
	2019		2020		2021		2022
Sector	Value (€million)	Number of Enterprises	Value (€million)	Number of Enterprises	Value (€million)	Number of Enterprises	Value (€million)	Number of Enterprises
Agri/Food
Micro	278	2,017	477	2,083	803	2,219	1,145	2,147
Small	484	324	342	319	320	421	384	411
Medium	1,001	136	797	148	778	166	1,019	172
Large	2,136	52	1,964	54	1,853	59	2,783	60
Total	3,899	2,529	3,580	2,604	3,754	2,865	5,331	2,790

Pharmaceuticals
Micro	194	130	246	133	374	204	1,322	230
Small	295	52	262	56	472	59	696	58
Medium	907	49	1,615	48	955	50	1,346	53
Large	8,442	35	12,468	37	15,088	38	23,931	36
Total	9,837	266	14,592	274	16,889	351	27,295	377

Other Manufacturing and Construction
Micro	1,354	7,518	1,230	7,670	2,410	8,483	3,161	8,641
Small	1,452	1,839	1,948	1,820	2,200	2,357	2,435	2,405
Medium	5,034	492	3,502	496	4,407	610	6,455	630
Large	6,797	101	7,514	107	11,358	117	20,364	117
Total	14,638	9,950	14,194	10,093	20,376	11,567	32,414	11,793

Wholesale/Retail
Micro	6,757	12,435	7,101	13,273	8,993	15,773	11,070	15,673
Small	9,539	3,197	10,094	3,079	11,360	3,549	12,439	3,601
Medium	6,713	528	6,361	551	8,220	593	11,304	605
Large	6,639	93	6,658	92	6,726	104	8,460	101
Total	29,648	16,253	30,215	16,995	35,299	20,019	43,272	19,980

Services/Other
Micro	7,859	8,516	5,038	8,498	5,003	9,631	6,130	9,674
Small	4,045	2,391	3,440	2,335	3,873	3,152	4,336	3,293
Medium	9,795	787	8,272	769	8,929	1,115	8,884	1,232
Large	6,186	344	4,031	336	3,743	429	7,220	466
Total	27,885	12,038	20,780	11,938	21,549	14,327	26,570	14,665

Unknown	4,422	191	3,841	2	4,088	2	5,300	2

Total	90,328	41,227	87,201	41,906	101,954	49,131	140,183	49,607

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