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The geographical breakdown for enterprises is an approximation. Please see Background Notes for further clarification.
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| South-East | 69.2 | 65.5 | 75 |
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| Border | 77 | 54.5 | 59.9 |
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| Mid-West | 74.5 | 85.3 | 85.6 |
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| South-West | 79.9 | 75.2 | 72.8 |
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| Dublin | 73.5 | 77.4 | 80.8 |
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| West | 72.8 | 77.4 | 80 |
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| Mid-East | 73.5 | 61.4 | 63.6 |
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| Midlands | 63.8 | 75.5 | 79.7 |
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The Mid-West was the most export orientated region with an export intensity of 85.6% in 2017
- Of the Irish geographical regions, the Mid-West, Dublin and the West all had an overall export intensity of 80% or higher for 2017.
- The Border and Mid-East regions had the lowest overall export intensity for 2017 at 59.9% and 63.6% respectively.
- Dublin, the Mid-West, the West and the Midlands were the only regions which showed an increase in export intensity between 2015 and 2017.
- In contrast, the South-West had a decrease in export intensity over the same period. See Figure 5.1 and Table 5.1.
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| X-axis label | Not very reliant | Slightly reliant | Reliant | Very reliant |
| South-East | 43 | 23.2 | 10.9 | 23 |
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| Border | 51.8 | 18.5 | 8.5 | 21.2 |
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| Mid-West | 38.8 | 21.1 | 12.2 | 27.9 |
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| South-West | 49 | 20.4 | 11.2 | 19.4 |
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| Dublin | 42.9 | 20 | 11.1 | 26 |
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| West | 43.7 | 22.1 | 13.7 | 20.5 |
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| Mid-East | 47.5 | 19.4 | 11.4 | 21.6 |
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| Midlands | 52.2 | 17.8 | 11.7 | 18.3 |
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The Mid-West was the region most reliant on exports in 2017
- The Mid-West was the region most reliant on exports in 2017, with 40% of enterprises either reliant (export intensity 50%<75%) or very reliant (75% and over) on exports for turnover.
- The Border, Midlands and South-West regions were the least reliant on exports with around 30% of enterprises either reliant or very reliant on exports for turnover. See Figure 5.2 and Table 5.2.
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| No. of SMEs | SME Export Intensity % |
| South-East | 550 | 37.5 |
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| Border | 945 | 49.2 |
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| Mid-West | 690 | 72.6 |
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| South-West | 1272 | 94.1 |
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| Dublin | 4557 | 59.7 |
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| West | 529 | 42.6 |
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| Mid-East | 1204 | 42.9 |
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| Midlands | 351 | 41.1 |
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Export intensity for SMEs was highest for the South-West region in 2017
- Amongst SMEs, the South-West and Mid-West regions had the highest export intensity values at 94.1% and 72.6% respectively.
- The South-East region had the lowest export intensity for SMEs at 37.5%. See Figure 5.3 and Table 5.3.
- Dublin had 4,557 exporting SMEs in 2017, the highest of any region.
- The region with the lowest number of exporting SMEs in 2017 was the Midlands with 351.
Table 5.1 Export intensity by region, 2015 - 2017
Table 5.2: Exporting enterprises by reliance on exports and region, 2017
Table 5.3 SME export intensity by region, 2017
