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For exporting enterprises in Ireland, the destination with the largest number of exporting enterprises was the United Kingdom in 2017.

NB - Note that this section describes destination export intensity, which is the percentage of an enterprise's overall turnover due to exports to a specific destination. For instance, US export intensity would be calculated at enterprise level as the enterprise's US exports to their overall turnover. The same concept holds across other destinations.

	No. of Enterprises	Destination Export Intensity %
	Enterprises	Export Intensity %
United Kingdom	8685	11.3
Belgium	1937	5.6
France	2629	4.3
Germany	2920	7.4
Italy	1971	3.1
Netherlands	2697	1.7
Spain	1912	2.1
Canada	688	0.9
United States	1522	15.2
Australia	670	1.4
China	974	8.5
Japan	595	3.4

There were 8,685 enterprises exporting to the United Kingdom in 2017. This represents the largest export destination by number of enterprises while their destination export intensity of 11.3% was the second highest among individual destinations.
In 2017, 1,522 enterprises exported to the United States, where 15.2% of their turnover was accounted for by US exports. This is the largest destination export intensity for any country.
The third largest destination export intensity for a country was 8.5% for enterprises exporting to China.
There were 5,615 enterprises exporting to the 26 remaining member states of the EU in 2017, with 26.5% of their turnover attributable to EU exports.
94.2% of the EU exporting enterprises exported to a country in the Eurozone, with 22.4% of their turnover coming from exports to the Eurozone.
Germany, Belgium and France were the countries with the largest destination export intensities within the EU with 7.4%, 5.6% and 4.3% respectively. See Figure 2.1 and Table 2.1.

Table 2.1 Exporting enterprises by destination, 2017

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Table 2.1 Exporting enterprises by destination, 2017
	Enterprises	Persons engaged	Exports to destinations	Turnover	Destination export intensity
Destination	No.	No.	€m	€m	%
United Kingdom	8,685	325,478	46,226	407,829	11.3
Rest of EU	5,615	292,391	107,245	405,371	26.5
Eurozone	5,287	284,147	90,088	403,008	22.4
Belgium	1,937	190,447	19,347	347,231	5.6
France	2,629	218,163	15,769	369,870	4.3
Germany	2,920	227,264	27,607	372,938	7.4
Italy	1,971	189,829	11,013	359,029	3.1
Netherlands	2,697	220,642	6,226	365,833	1.7
Spain	1,912	190,751	7,521	358,326	2.1
EFTA¹	1,092	161,220	12,121	340,221	3.6
Americas	1,684	206,105	59,586	370,397	16.1
Canada	688	123,508	2,763	316,316	0.9
United States	1,522	197,009	54,973	361,727	15.2
Rest of World	2,455	241,009	112,132	389,932	28.8
Australia	670	113,197	4,126	302,051	1.4
China	974	153,107	28,443	335,606	8.5
Japan	595	119,333	10,787	319,156	3.4
All exporting enterprises²	10,516	358,525	337,311	435,726	77.4
¹EFTA: European Free Trade Association is the intergovernmental organisation of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
²Please note that due to enterprises exporting to multiple destinations, the total number of enterprises, persons engaged and turnover will not equal the corresponding value for all exporting enterprises
Note: In this publication, China also includes Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Exporting Enterprises in Ireland 2017

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For exporting enterprises in Ireland, the destination with the largest number of exporting enterprises was the United Kingdom in 2017.

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