In 1998, 23% of Ireland’s total exports were to the UK, at a value of €12.9 billion. By 2023, the UK’s share of total exports had fallen to 11%. Over the same time period, the proportion of our exports to the US has doubled from 14% to 28%, representing an increase in value terms from €7.7 billion to €54 billion.
Exports to Asia have increased from €4.6 billion in 1998 to €22 billion in 2023 and represent 11% of total exports.
| UK Exports | EU27 Exports | ROW Exports | US Exports | Asia Exports | |
| 1998 | 22.540488380198 | 41.0302278096583 | 14.8528025402061 | 13.5072681101476 | 8.06921315978997 |
| 1999 | 21.9399616976868 | 45.2316053592606 | 8.25054415158938 | 15.4382095585828 | 9.13967923288046 |
| 2000 | 22.476969228719 | 42.3187654537812 | 7.30763880690351 | 16.9677177905046 | 10.9289087200917 |
| 2001 | 24.4038742280728 | 39.6644014917368 | 8.41080101238287 | 16.9321877105415 | 10.588735557266 |
| 2002 | 23.8952059229391 | 41.8609250022034 | 7.79577070638759 | 17.6671889125883 | 8.78090945588154 |
| 2003 | 18.0373860368593 | 44.272558629748 | 8.24240187906172 | 20.5359157652788 | 8.91173768905222 |
| 2004 | 17.9238653349054 | 45.0503109196036 | 7.98148423885028 | 19.6541860324409 | 9.39015347419976 |
| 2005 | 17.7055966031226 | 46.8578090576436 | 8.53897587510184 | 17.8038941157759 | 9.09372434835597 |
| 2006 | 17.8150777018886 | 45.5279323053656 | 8.39337868267016 | 18.6447452237353 | 9.61886608634028 |
| 2007 | 18.7729848470997 | 44.794353020952 | 9.13514276015046 | 17.7788590246508 | 9.51866034714715 |
| 2008 | 18.1934423598778 | 43.8734412122539 | 7.90982290453512 | 19.6497364356645 | 10.3735570876687 |
| 2009 | 15.6816281059466 | 45.0480061778282 | 7.49604877601599 | 21.7963909586809 | 9.97792598152828 |
| 2010 | 15.4010582626844 | 42.5367300725319 | 9.00570656844057 | 23.7773044500286 | 9.27920064631449 |
| 2011 | 15.4473054131894 | 42.3239683950952 | 9.27619287996162 | 23.8260424653495 | 9.12649084640427 |
| 2012 | 16.2200042134932 | 42.7659632147478 | 11.5214757475776 | 20.0648971007544 | 9.42765972342696 |
| 2013 | 16.0028857106357 | 41.2117959010301 | 12.3097198575718 | 21.2593692797667 | 9.2162292509958 |
| 2014 | 14.8381747780348 | 40.1588789557915 | 12.8913002244867 | 22.4177913783472 | 9.69385466333986 |
| 2015 | 13.8373084192821 | 39.400891460809 | 11.6489359737598 | 23.8965182036943 | 11.2163459424549 |
| 2016 | 12.6030631029997 | 37.7119444636219 | 11.4756599572506 | 26.7392750900583 | 11.4700573860694 |
| 2017 | 13.2510360012551 | 37.9866085272519 | 11.2627625236554 | 27.1073583555672 | 10.3922345922704 |
| 2018 | 11.4258065485346 | 38.8218025266179 | 11.8728611755768 | 27.975881466923 | 9.90364828234759 |
| 2019 | 10.4556751104222 | 37.0335252717452 | 8.94099510969425 | 30.9868975681898 | 12.5829069399485 |
| 2020 | 9.07592566062925 | 39.6060433124505 | 7.61341709571573 | 31.1697442000954 | 12.5348697311092 |
| 2021 | 10.9807358070711 | 37.2011008127441 | 7.34830118743285 | 31.7214110070174 | 12.7484511857345 |
| 2022 | 10.6307404386506 | 38.5795793182525 | 7.66651939176694 | 30.2816622668682 | 12.8414985844618 |
| 2023 | 11.4300611272987 | 41.4122172798474 | 8.33727761531732 | 27.5640634835984 | 11.2563804939381 |
In 1998, 34% of Ireland’s imports came from the UK, at a value of €13.5 billion. By 2023, the value of imports from the UK had increased to over €26 billion, but the share of total imports had fallen to 19%.
Imports from the EU increased in proportion from 23% to 35% between 1998 and 2023. In value terms, this was an increase from €9 billion to €48.5 billion.
| UK Imports | EU27 Imports | ROW Imports | US Imports | Asia Imports | |
| 1998 | 33.9079214542454 | 23.033545288857 | 5.94582258934633 | 16.0202972015731 | 21.0924134659781 |
| 1999 | 32.9968088429762 | 26.0227968971248 | 4.55817805526727 | 16.657368184193 | 19.7648480204387 |
| 2000 | 32.0472179736553 | 26.2642879252482 | 5.5838929880829 | 16.5349912743271 | 19.5696098386865 |
| 2001 | 36.278507725866 | 26.356428071009 | 6.14140853394161 | 15.3043659290942 | 15.9192897400893 |
| 2002 | 36.5120090182464 | 25.7597989025617 | 5.90377483513583 | 15.7011719559214 | 16.1232452881346 |
| 2003 | 30.3089357828232 | 28.4648606170113 | 6.4155830302246 | 15.8019982403251 | 19.0086223296158 |
| 2004 | 31.1009018025547 | 29.4387885141392 | 6.50543808390254 | 13.3667074237152 | 19.5881641756884 |
| 2005 | 31.2523171166401 | 28.3800437555952 | 6.27552865503269 | 14.8841674395665 | 19.2079430331655 |
| 2006 | 30.4302941997197 | 29.906906616572 | 7.1400238926665 | 13.85446267829 | 18.6683126127518 |
| 2007 | 31.6491315817269 | 32.5571133378549 | 6.52817801929169 | 11.4804816466384 | 17.7850954144881 |
| 2008 | 32.3628386914149 | 32.4634739910897 | 7.37639874873684 | 12.3693985857857 | 15.4278899829728 |
| 2009 | 28.4794814111871 | 32.4100730205822 | 7.55743847021842 | 18.6433176665841 | 12.9096894314281 |
| 2010 | 30.4203996690687 | 31.4497274072309 | 10.7849595187887 | 15.3673433957587 | 11.977570009153 |
| 2011 | 31.4609901298534 | 30.5476311098007 | 11.4796924304518 | 15.3114074273357 | 11.2002789025583 |
| 2012 | 29.243182785043 | 30.9475013303961 | 12.3668896667842 | 16.4657030449091 | 10.9767231728675 |
| 2013 | 30.2690856261205 | 32.1168189862043 | 9.75286125248514 | 15.1128387958845 | 12.7483953393055 |
| 2014 | 28.2579671129117 | 33.618060859411 | 9.7443456102678 | 14.7101393807395 | 13.6694870366699 |
| 2015 | 25.6655095884508 | 34.8025966466657 | 9.26674810524649 | 15.5777934368093 | 14.6873522228278 |
| 2016 | 22.8708522351326 | 36.3661527916851 | 8.78242820195325 | 18.812731046091 | 13.1678357251381 |
| 2017 | 22.7674324787599 | 36.4886652992748 | 8.13353061590685 | 20.6054843379215 | 12.004887268137 |
| 2018 | 21.6189177263688 | 37.0726004264188 | 9.79130983079453 | 18.588367050361 | 12.9288049660568 |
| 2019 | 22.6352337331377 | 36.4472153116175 | 9.00163538301092 | 17.9520181021366 | 13.9638974700973 |
| 2020 | 23.1295511112781 | 34.8885411006714 | 10.98107527862 | 15.4804785850118 | 15.5203539244187 |
| 2021 | 18.8546655211419 | 33.3155252882926 | 9.59012090002711 | 17.463318226281 | 20.7763700642574 |
| 2022 | 20.8463984939058 | 30.2262542510276 | 9.00273301714306 | 15.8548652280809 | 24.0697490098427 |
| 2023 | 18.767422818572 | 34.5467264044459 | 10.5091556906288 | 16.3576929317574 | 19.819002154596 |
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