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International Trade in Services 2024

Ireland’s International Trade in Services recorded a surplus of almost €60bn in 2024

CSO statistical release, 16 January 2026, 11am

Key Findings

Ireland’s Trade in Services recorded a surplus of €59.7bn in 2024, up €41bn from a surplus of €18.6bn in 2023.
Total service exports increased by €72.8bn while total service imports rose by €31.7bn in 2024.
The US, UK, Germany, the Netherlands and France remain Ireland’s most significant trading partners.
Exports of services to Europe rose by €24bn to €221.8bn mainly due to increased computer services exports. Exports to Asia grew by €9bn to €98.8bn also due to rising computer services exports. Exports to the US went up by €9.6bn to €62.3bn in 2024.
Imports of services from the US rose by €31.2bn to €217.8bn mainly due to an increase in royalty services imports of €24.2bn and imports of services from Europe grew by €9.9bn to €119.8bn in 2024.
Computer services exports at €278.7bn remained the largest export category and royalties/licences service imports at €164.2bn remained the largest import category.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (16 January 2026) published the International Trade in Services 2024.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Accounts Division said: "Ireland’s Trade in Services recorded a surplus of €59.7bn in 2024, up €41bn from a surplus of €18.6bn in 2023. This surplus was mainly due to an increase in computer service exports of €44.5bn and business service exports of €23.3bn which were offset by increased royalty imports. The US, UK, Germany, the Netherlands and France remained Ireland’s most significant trading partners in 2024. Computer services exports at €278.7bn remained the largest export category and royalties/licences service imports at €164.2bn remained the largest import category.”

International Trade in Services						€ million
	2023			2024
	Exports	Imports	Net	Exports	Imports	Net
Total	410,148	391,559	18,590	482,967	423,260	59,707
of which:
USA	59,991	189,531	-129,540	62,328	217,847	-155,519
UK	47,681	29,618	18,063	52,734	34,015	18,719
Germany	28,415	10,926	17,489	33,600	11,641	21,959
Netherlands	15,257	14,271	986	17,422	15,566	1,856

Open in Excel: International Trade in Services 2024 Headline Table (XLS 10KB)

	Exports	Imports
Europe	221884	119810
North America	62328	217847
Asia	98803	40492
Rest of World	99952	45111

Trade in services surplus of almost €60bn in 2024

Total services exports increased by €84bn from €399bn in 2023 to €483bn in 2024. Total services imports increased by €36bn from €387bn in 2023 to €423bn in 2024. The increase in services exports was principally due to increased computer services exports (+€44.5bn) while the increase in services imports was predominantly due to increased royalty services imports (+€21.1bn). As a result, the services surplus increased by €41.1bn from €18.6bn in 2023 to €59.7bn in 2024.

Computer services exports at €278.7bn remained the largest export category and accounted for 58% of total services exports in 2024. Royalties/licences services imports, at €164.1bn, along with R&D services imports at €44.8bn, were the largest import categories. When combined, these two import categories accounted for 49% of total services imports in 2024 (see Table 1).

Table 1 Exports and Imports of Services by Category 2023 and 2024

Services exports to Europe increased by €24bn to €222bn between 2023 and 2024

Services exports to Europe (€221.8bn) increased by €24.1bn between 2023 and 2024 due mainly to increased computer services exports (+€16.3bn). The increased computer service exports were predominantly to the UK (+€3.6bn), Germany (+€3.1bn), and France (+€1.8bn) (see Tables 2a - 2c).

Services exports to the US (€62.3bn) increased by €6.2bn in the same period due to increased business services and increased computer service exports. Services exports to Asia increased by €8.9bn to €98.8bn. Exports to Japan (€13.8bn) increased by €0.6bn while exports to China (€12.7bn) increased by €0.8bn.

Services imports from the US increased by €30bn to €218bn between 2023 and 2024

Services imports from Europe (€119.8bn) increased by €9.9bn between 2023 and 2024 due to increased financial services (€2.1bn) and increased business services imports (€4.8bn). Service imports from the UK increased by €4.1bn while service imports from Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Sweden increased by €1.5bn, €1.3bn, €1bn respectively.

In the same period, services imports from the US (€217.8bn) increased by €30bn due to increased royalty/licences services imports (€24.2bn) while services imports from Asia (€40.4bn) and Offshore centres (€20.1bn) increased by €2.4bn and €1.6bn respectively. (see Tables 2b & 2d).

	2024
Luxembourg	158
Malta	100.2
Ireland	85.8
Cyprus	85.2
Denmark	30.4
Netherlands	25.4
Belgium	22.4
Greece	21.6
Portugal	19.7
Switzerland	19.3
Austria	18
Hungary	17.5
EU27	16.6
Spain	12.7
France	11.6
Germany	10.1
Italy	6.4

	2024
Luxembourg	128.4
Ireland	75.2
Malta	69.7
Cyprus	61.7
Denmark	29.6
Belgium	24.5
Switzerland	22.6
Netherlands	21.5
Austria	16.7
EU27	14.7
Hungary	12.5
Greece	12
Germany	11.8
France	10
Portugal	8.9
Italy	6.7
Spain	6.5

Ireland’s total services exports and imports at 134.2% of GDP in 2024

Total services exports and imports as a percentage of GDP for selected European countries is presented in Figure 2. Ireland’s total services exports and imports as percentage of GDP at 145.7% was the third highest in Europe in 2024.

Table 2A Exports of Services Classified by Geographic Location 2024

Table 2a Export of Services Classified by Geographic Location, 2024																	€ million
Region/Country	Total Services	Repairs & Processing	Transport	Tourism and Travel¹	Insurance	Financial services	Royalties/ Licences	Communi-cations	Computer services²	Other services n.e.s.	Total other business services	Other business services
Exports												R & D	Op. Leasing	Legal, accounting & other professional services	Advertising & market research	Trade related services	Architectural engineering & other technical services	Other

Europe	221,884	764	9,931	3,344	12,289	17,229	9,136	68	128,096	14,338	26,691	3,023	6,143	3,485	..	310	108	12,749
of which:
Belgium	5,631	11	326	89	97	134	36	2	3,211	160	1,564	97	72	..	1	5	0	234
France	17,957	..	818	349	1,643	729	310	..	9,503	1,897	2,593	48	947	124	..	..	..	1,343
Germany	33,600	21	1,567	558	2,666	1,006	..	..	21,181	3,085	1,753	216	449	251	..	..	0	618
Italy	12,763	2	718	288	2,544	594	234	0	6,284	1,110	988	23	297	48	..	2	0	..
Luxembourg	9,482	7	17	18	100	2,765	21	..	5,682	..	871	0	..	194	2	9	0	602
Netherlands	17,422	9	356	180	251	2,231	..	6	7,244	..	1,630	185	258	178	..	22	0	837
Spain	6,367	7	535	246	278	298	98	0	3,253	507	1,144	9	456	56	..	2	0	616
Sweden	6,952	..	264	46	398	187	161	..	4,352	649	890	..	446	43	..	2	0	144
Switzerland	9,394	..	169	4	220	275	417	..	6,957	20	982	395	..	146	..	..	6	335
United Kingdom	52,734	193	3,883	1,177	3,050	8,159	645	44	24,030	4,390	7,164	375	926	774	..	94	44	4,553

EMU 20³	122,854	..	4,947	1,963	7,964	8,076	7,702	..	68,638	8,205	15,135	1,956	3,313	2,321	..	..	47	6,925
EU 27⁴	148,854	..	5,829	2,149	8,683	8,415	8,039	..	88,918	9,484	17,092	2,252	4,242	2,461	..	..	48	7,477

North America	66,361	..	742	2,283	2,439	1,812	4,109	..	24,764	7,299	22,715	7,436	2,355	8,728	259	653	39	..
of which:
Canada	4,032	4	42	409	19	125	251	0	764	1,322	1,094	0	424	210	..	..	0	..
United States	62,328	..	700	1,873	2,421	1,686	3,858	..	23,999	5,975	21,620	7,436	1,930	8,518	166	633	39	2,897

Central America	5,659	..	0	2	455	622	305	..	2,585	40	1,639	..	671	78	..	..	0	455
of which:
Bermuda	391	1	0	0	190	82	1	10	40	2	65	..	..	9	0	1	0	..

South America	4,844	6	0	3	187	79	55	0	2,898	151	1,466	9	1,248	..	0	1	0	..
of which:
Brazil	1,073	..	0	3	85	40	..	0	252	83	596	0	564	4	0	1	0	26

Asia	98,803	182	0	629	1,200	841	1,572	25	76,008	5,344	13,002	448	8,481	2,124	..	41	24	1,857
of which:
China	12,741	3	0	263	321	11	57	2	..	..	3,015	73	1,807	..	1	3	7	574
Japan	13,814	6	0	9	49	260	..	..	10,853	1,107	1,134	29	97	..	2	6	0	465
South Korea	4,487	2	0	0	..	28	46	8	..	1,073	817	87	594	21	1	2	0	112
Taiwan, Province of China	2,075	1	0	0	..	51	..	1	..	306	310	0	269	5	0	..	0	31

Africa	..	1	0	16	113	254	..	2	..	485	691	0	492	5	0	4	0	189
of which:
South Africa	5,149	1	0	0	71	212	..	..	..	230	169	0	59	3	0	1	0	106

Oceania and Polar regions	13,315	5	6	6	169	..	154	4	..	..	..	5	126	81	3	9	0	..
of which:
Australia	12,318	4	6	6	154	63	149	4	..	..	515	5	56	71	2	9	0	..

Not geographically allocated⁵	62,698	..	87	974	..	5,909	954	98	26,649	305	27,557	21,343	598	1,291	134	3,360	43	787
International Organisations	..	..	0	0	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	54

Total	482,967	1,164	10,767	7,256	17,017	26,896	16,315	221	278,728	30,092	94,510	32,680	20,114	15,820	..	..	214	19,988
of which:
All offshore centres⁶	26,674	36	0	72	611	1,165	930	..	..	600	2,043	207	627	552	..	..	..	597
												€ million
¹Passenger fare receipts of resident carriers from foreign visitors are excluded from tourism and travel exports; such receipts are included under transport exports - see Background Notes.
²Covers exports and imports of software that was not incorporated as part of computer hardware or physical media but separately transmitted by electronic means. The value of sales and purchases of additional software licences is also included.
³The relevant EMU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
⁴For analytical purposes, additional details are given of transactions between residents of Ireland and residents of the EU27 area, which excludes the United Kingdom following their withdrawal from the European Union on 1 February 2020.
⁵This category covers data supplied by respondents without a geographical breakdown.
⁶This category overlaps with the regions referred to above and covers Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Jersey, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Montserrat, Nauru, Niue, Panama, Philippines, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, St Kitts and Nevis, St Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands, Vanuatu.
⁷United States includes Puerto Rico
..Suppressed for confidentiality reasons but included in the higher level aggregates.

Open in Excel: International Trade in Services 2024 Table 2A (XLS 19KB)

Table 2B Imports of Services Classified by Geographic Location 2024

Table 2b Imports of Services Classified by Geographic Location, 2024																	€ million
Region/Country Imports	Total Services	Repairs & Processing	Transport	Tourism and Travel¹	Insurance	Financial services	Royalties/ Licences	Communi-cations	Computer services²	Other services n.e.s.	Total other business services	Other business services
												R & D	Op. Leasing	Legal, accounting & other professional services	Advertising & market research	Trade related services	Architectural engineering & other technical services	Other

Europe	119,810	3,464	2,935	9,492	8,901	12,753	13,725	123	3,921	11,380	53,116	8,669	624	11,951	2,286	22,224	22	7,341
of which:
Belgium	6,979	..	263	101	52	..	62	0	44	96	5,582	..	..	381	..	2,169	0	245
France	7,243	..	183	824	1,397	351	135	..	154	61	3,489	356	..	1,092	90	1,609	2	300
Germany	11,641	..	246	186	2,580	264	615	..	947	208	6,242	1,123	2	1,671	156	2,538	..	749
Italy	5,067	726	74	813	943	..	..	0	39	44	1,664	84	0	542	39	664	..	334
Luxembourg	663	0	1	0	100	175	3	..	12	..	218	..	0	118	..	..	0	85
Netherlands	15,566	..	563	249	139	86	..	1	203	318	6,660	..	0	859	37	..	..	325
Spain	5,551	..	50	2,669	161	120	..	..	138	41	1,559	120	..	474	14	783	..	167
Sweden	3,049	..	85	44	78	15	..	0	..	130	2,225	479	..	262	..	..	0	259
Switzerland	16,542	202	60	2	349	29	..	..	171	7,701	3,179	278	..	1,427	9	..	9	302
United Kingdom	34,015	..	1,015	2,411	2,190	10,179	306	..	1,128	811	15,801	1,523	..	4,335	516	5,819	5	3,468

EMU 20³	59,493	3,114	1,501	6,536	5,560	2,267	8,468	..	..	2,343	28,015	5,443	53	5,463	1,705	12,422	8	2,920
EU 27⁴	66,923	3,147	1,819	6,988	5,910	2,386	8,570	..	..	2,835	32,682	6,470	199	6,087	1,743	14,732	8	3,443

North America	220,821	..	1,027	2,371	2,793	8,109	141,151	..	11,198	322	52,537	25,665	..	15,953	3,477	38	..	7,129
of which:
Canada	2,974	..	59	1,201	14	19	327	..	130	61	1,064	671	2	196	102	..	..	90
United States⁷	217,847	1,035	967	1,170	2,779	8,090	140,824	182	11,068	261	51,473	24,994	..	15,757	3,375	35	..	7,039

Central America	2,820	..	50	0	976	133	..	45	163	310	799	72	1	619	2	..	0	70
of which:
Bermuda	995	0	0	0	439	0	0	45	0	0	511	..	0	474	..	..	0	1

South America	826	6	66	0	133	10	..	..	17	300	294	68	..	65	56	..	0	83
of which:
Brazil	264	..	21	0	64	..	0	0	2	19	151	18	0	37	40	..	0	46

Asia	40,492	3,300	1,319	..	1,660	389	..	107	825	5,411	21,204	5,351	72	8,731	567	5,658	..	824
of which:
China	4,670	..	413	0	604	..	..	0	121	301	930	436	..	381	..	..	0	84
Japan	2,449	..	104	0	53	90	492	..	28	45	1,588	120	..	121	244	..	0	245
South Korea	377	..	94	0	..	1	..	0	2	6	140	11	0	113	..	..	..	13
Taiwan, Province of China	872	..	112	0	..	..	0	0	0	6	389	143	0	..	..	..	0	..

Africa	..	..	44	..	109	13	0	..	81	730	2,323	1,486	0	174	..	..	0	57
of which:
South Africa	2,194	..	11	0	85	12	0	..	32	3	2,050	1,409	0	144	..	..	0	17

Oceania and Polar regions	2,289	..	9	19	108	..	117	2	9	401	..	92	0	189	107	..	0	56
of which:
Australia	2,093	..	4	15	100	..	115	2	9	399	1,435	83	0	182	107	..	0	44

Not geographically allocated⁵	32,890	..	490	1,189	..	2,184	2,753	432	768	..	20,745	3,452	854	1,612	2,441	9,601	327	2,457
International Organisations	..	0	0	0	..	..	0	0	0	..	..	0	0	0	0	..	0	3

Total	423,260	8,850	5,941	13,075	14,704	23,602	164,173	893	16,981	22,409	152,633	44,855	1,770	39,293	..	..	417	18,021
of which:
All offshore centres⁶	20,095	..	93	3	1,353	477	..	47	102	2,108	9,799	85	..	..	132	..	0	205

¹Passenger fare receipts of resident carriers from foreign visitors are excluded from tourism and travel exports; such receipts are included under transport exports - see Background Notes.
²Covers exports and imports of software that was not incorporated as part of computer hardware or physical media but separately transmitted by electronic means. The value of sales and purchases of additional software licences is also included.
³The relevant EMU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
⁴For analytical purposes, additional details are given of transactions between residents of Ireland and residents of the EU27 area, which excludes the United Kingdom following their withdrawal from the European Union on 1 February 2020.
⁵This category covers data supplied by respondents without a geographical breakdown.
⁶This category overlaps with the regions referred to above and covers Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Jersey, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Montserrat, Nauru, Niue, Panama, Philippines, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, St Kitts and Nevis, St Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands, Vanuatu.
⁷United States includes Puerto Rico
..Suppressed for confidentiality reasons but included in the higher level aggregates.

Open in Excel: International Trade in Services 2024 Table 2B (XLS 21KB)

Table 2C Exports of Services Classified by Geographic Location 2023

Table 2c Exports of Services Classified by Geographic Location, 2023¹																	€ million
Region/Country Exports	Total Services	Repairs & Processing	Transport	Tourism and Travel²	Insurance	Financial services	Royalties/ Licences	Communi-cations	Computer services³	Other services n.e.s.	Total other business services	Other business services
												R & D	Op. Leasing	Legal, accounting & other professional services	Advertising & market research	Trade related services	Architectural engineering & other technical services	Other

Europe	197,819	822	9,689	3,212	11,425	14,522	6,792	75	111,791	13,136	26,355	1,887	5,914	3,526	..	304	..	13,769
of which:
Belgium	5,690	4	318	78	92	146	17	2	2,913	181	1,939	97	81	..	1	7	..	312
France	15,573	..	795	348	1,572	669	277	..	7,699	1,662	2,475	49	899	122	..	36	..	1,283
Germany	28,415	18	1,520	541	2,718	851	297	10	18,087	2,753	1,620	215	364	141	..	33	..	616
Italy	11,662	3	696	245	2,004	528	..	..	5,980	1,024	955	25	322	24	1	7	0	576
Luxembourg	8,965	7	16	21	86	2,207	25	0	5,473	0	1,130	5	71	201	2	9	0	842
Netherlands	15,257	3	348	177	225	1,725	..	..	6,284	367	1,572	..	243	45	..	11	0	864
Spain	5,728	8	527	234	281	260	51	0	2,762	463	1,142	13	446	62	1	11	0	610
Sweden	6,530	6	260	51	265	170	220	0	3,955	627	976	..	439	61	0	3	..	202
Switzerland	8,423	..	164	4	216	234	312	0	6,245	..	828	188	..	118	..	..	2	440
United Kingdom	47,681	263	3,788	1,162	3,007	7,036	586	47	20,456	4,255	7,079	254	872	807	..	111	..	4,640

EMU 20⁴	107,619	..	4,814	1,853	7,341	6,637	5,533	..	59,685	7,322	14,261	1,131	3,130	2,340	..	132	..	7,012
EU 27⁵	129,792	158	5,677	2,030	7,897	6,923	5,871	28	76,525	8,455	16,228	1,445	4,059	2,491	..	162	..	7,550

North America	59,991	..	752	2,176	2,267	1,528	3,880	20	20,755	..	17,894	5,917	2,302	5,763	229	433	68	3,182
of which:
Canada	3,869	4	42	344	21	124	279	0	773	1,271	1,009	0	387	222	..	..	..	..
United States	56,122	..	709	1,832	2,246	1,404	3,601	20	19,982	..	16,884	5,917	1,915	5,540	..	..	..	..

Central America	4,429	..	0	2	390	572	216	..	1,512	..	1,684	..	663	..	1	..	..	638
of which:
Bermuda	363	1	0	0	169	74	1	8	41	2	66	..	0	11	0	1	0	..

South America	4,194	..	2	3	169	74	38	..	2,356	262	1,287	..	1,174	..	0	..	..	85
of which:
Brazil	1,133	..	0	3	64	..	..	0	223	185	612	0	579	4	0	1	..	..

Asia	89,830	74	2	613	1,252	821	3,526	36	63,732	5,139	14,636	320	8,447	4,401	..	37	..	1,384
of which:
China	11,968	3	0	256	333	10	731	..	..	290	2,721	74	1,828	395	1	3	7	412
Japan	13,229	6	0	9	56	..	..	1	9,787	1,167	1,058	29	130	..	2	6	..	453
South Korea	4,110	2	0	0	..	27	31	9	..	1,074	797	88	586	27	1	2	0	94
Taiwan, Province of China	1,975	1	0	0	3	45	..	2	..	284	332	0	326	7	0	..	..	-5

Africa	8,013	..	0	15	102	217	..	2	..	255	697	3	525	8	..	1	..	159
of which:
South Africa	4,600	..	0	0	60	173	..	0	..	211	168	0	61	6	0	1	0	101

Oceania and Polar regions	10,738	5	6	5	152	..	..	..	..	1,223	..	6	158	66	2	8	0	..
of which:
Australia	9,825	5	6	5	136	52	215	..	..	1,094	516	6	90	55	1	7	..	..

Not geographically allocated⁶	35,094	21	90	956	..	5,193	1,444	..	19,030	274	7,947	2,157	609	782	113	3,522	45	718
International Organisations	40	0	0	0	..	..	0	0	0	8	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	..

Total	410,148	2,804	10,541	6,982	15,886	22,988	16,178	172	234,216	29,184	71,195	10,621	19,792	14,613	..	..	237	20,391
of which:
All offshore centres⁷	23,365	32	0	70	496	1,053	1,476	18	15,420	347	4,454	78	725	2,833	..	18	..	764

¹Revised
²Passenger fare receipts of resident carriers from foreign visitors are excluded from tourism and travel exports; such receipts are included under transport exports - see Background Notes.
³Covers exports and imports of software that was not incorporated as part of computer hardware or physical media but separately transmitted by electronic means. The value of sales and purchases of additional software licences is also included.
⁴The relevant EMU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
⁵For analytical purposes, additional details are given of transactions between residents of Ireland and residents of the EU27 area, which excludes the United Kingdom following their withdrawal from the European Union on 1 February 2020.
⁶This category covers data supplied by respondents without a geographical breakdown.
⁷This category overlaps with the regions referred to above and covers Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Jersey, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Montserrat, Nauru, Niue, Panama, Philippines, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, St. Kitts and Nevis, St Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands, Vanuatu.
..Suppressed for confidentiality reasons but included in the higher level aggregates.

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Table 2D Imports of Services Classified by Geographic Location 2023

Table 2d Imports of Services Classified by Geographic Location, 2023¹																	€ million
Region/Country Imports	Total Services	Repairs & Processing	Transport	Tourism and Travel²	Insurance	Financial services	Royalties/ Licences	Communi-cations	Computer services³	Other services n.e.s.	Total other business services	Other business services
												R & D	Op. Leasing	Legal, accounting & other professional services	Advertising and market research	Trade related services	Architectural engineering and other technical services	Other

Europe	109,897	4,299	3,026	9,023	8,732	10,671	13,205	125	1,716	10,796	48,305	8,040	..	12,234	1,986	18,778	..	6,634
of which:
Belgium	7,772	..	290	97	47	..	..	0	19	100	6,071	1,494	..	1,494	..	1,778	..	81
France	7,548	..	197	1,125	988	352	460	..	149	52	3,617	290	..	992	76	1,746	..	471
Germany	10,926	862	214	254	2,326	256	..	..	216	357	6,053	1,054	..	1,683	125	2,340	..	837
Italy	4,746	469	70	630	1,433	..	..	1	41	28	1,443	82	..	495	25	560	..	281
Luxembourg	549	0	1	24	113	127	3	..	10	..	202	0	0	107	..	..	0	81
Netherlands	14,271	236	498	205	140	73	..	..	159	265	6,154	..	0	869	31	..	0	348
Spain	5,247	..	70	2,491	167	119	..	..	16	40	1,366	94	..	415	17	692	..	148
Sweden	2,016	2	82	77	71	19	..	..	249	117	1,277	151	..	221	..	..	0	152
Switzerland	14,966	179	114	4	419	39	..	1	20	..	2,436	228	0	909	7	935	15	343
United Kingdom	29,618	87	1,076	2,266	2,248	8,305	491	59	346	911	13,825	1,344	..	4,276	432	4,831	..	2,806

EMU 20⁴	57,230	4,023	..	6,168	5,393	2,061	7,775	..	678	2,214	27,384	5,475	..	6,422	1,508	11,004	..	2,917
EU 27⁵	63,403	4,032	..	6,725	5,705	2,177	7,940	..	1,314	2,861	30,800	6,079	..	6,976	1,538	12,648	..	3,359

North America	189,531	..	1,030	1,349	2,687	7,349	116,891	201	7,688	..	50,483	24,554	..	16,987	3,163	40	..	5,493
of which:
Canada	1,653	..	49	171	15	16	264	..	126	9	929	610	0	167	78	..	..	67
United States	187,878	..	981	1,179	2,672	7,333	116,627	..	7,562	..	49,554	23,944	..	16,820	3,085	..	34	5,425

Central America	..	..	59	0	803	112	..	..	146	..	861	65	0	595	4	..	..	85
of which:
Bermuda	958	0	0	0	352	0	0	55	0	0	550	0	0	471	..	..	0	3

South America	..	..	76	0	112	11	..	..	10	232	398	68	..	79	88	..	0	85
of which:
Brazil	274	..	21	0	47	..	0	0	4	9	189	21	0	52	69	0	0	47

Asia	38,126	..	1,118	4	1,660	363	..	110	336	4,850	15,061	5,006	..	3,359	441	5,300	..	862
of which:
China	5,423	..	355	0	611	..	..	0	127	11	1,219	473	..	445	..	..	..	..
Japan	2,207	123	111	0	56	84	453	0	28	7	1,346	121	..	119	201	..	0	246
South Korea	381	..	64	0	..	1	0	0	2	4	164	4	1	136	..	..	0	12
Taiwan, Province of China	1,302	..	58	0	..	..	0	0	0	0	396	140	0	..	..	..	0	..

Africa	2,615	..	44	0	95	4	..	0	28	298	2,144	1,481	0	165	0	442	..	..
of which:
South Africa	1,972	0	17	0	70	..	0	..	11	0	1,871	1,406	0	137	..	..	0	..

Oceania and Polar regions	1,996	6	12	31	112	..	148	..	10	5	..	94	0	153	102	..	0	..
of which:
Australia	1,881	..	7	29	103	11	148	..	10	4	1,561	84	0	150	102	..	0	..

Not geographically allocated⁶	45,715	727	436	1,811	..	1,794	2,205	..	1,669	2,130	34,601	17,235	771	4,671	2,261	6,262	247	3,155
International Organisations	..	0	0	0	..	..	0	0	0	0	..	0	0	0	..	0	..	5

Total	391,559	11,710	5,801	12,219	14,249	20,318	142,507	791	11,603	18,847	153,515	56,543	1,684	38,243	..	..	319	16,421
of which:
All offshore centres⁷	18,457	..	99	4	1,097	438	..	58	75	1,967	4,722	119	..	1,968	111	..	0	191

¹Revised
²Passenger fare receipts of resident carriers from foreign visitors are excluded from tourism and travel exports; such receipts are included under transport exports - see Background Notes.
³Covers exports and imports of software that was not incorporated as part of computer hardware or physical media but separately transmitted by electronic means. The value of sales and purchases of additional software licences is also included.
⁴The relevant EMU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
⁵For analytical purposes, additional details are given of transactions between residents of Ireland and residents of the EU27 area, which excludes the United Kingdom following their withdrawal from the European Union on 1 February 2020.
⁶This category covers data supplied by respondents without a geographical breakdown.
⁷This category overlaps with the regions referred to above and covers Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Jersey, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Montserrat, Nauru, Niue, Panama, Philippines, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, St. Kitts and Nevis, St Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands, Vanuatu.
..Suppressed for confidentiality reasons but included in the higher level aggregates.

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Table 3 Exports and Imports of Services classified by country 2023-2024

Table 3 Exports and Imports of Services classified by country, 2023¹ and 2024						€ million
Region/Country	2023¹			2024
Region/Country	Exports	Imports	Net	Exports	Imports	Net
Algeria	..	9	..	..	14	..
Angola	..	1	..	..	1	..
Argentina	721	371	351	794	371	423
Australia	9,825	1,881	7,944	12,318	2,093	10,225
Austria	2,240	937	1,303	2,598	855	1,743
Bahamas	25	8	17	32	11	20
Bahrain	189	..	..	279	95	185
Barbados	63	..	..	..	409	..
Belarus	..	1	..	..	..	..
Belgium	5,690	7,772	-2,082	5,631	6,979	-1,348
Bermuda	363	958	-595	391	995	-604
Bosnia and Herzegovina	..	1	..	78	2	76
Brazil	1,133	274	858	1,073	264	809
Virgin Islands, British	44	..	..	58	1	58
Bulgaria	395	215	181	566	219	347
Canada	3,869	1,653	2,216	4,032	2,974	1,057
Cambodia	..	..	..	..	14	..
Cayman Islands	968	502	467	868	177	691
Chile	767	35	733	936	44	892
China	11,968	5,423	6,545	12,741	4,670	8,071
Colombia	683	67	616	867	66	801
Costa Rica	509	391	118	642	377	265
Croatia	522	188	333	560	130	431
Curacao	..	0	..	6	0	6
Cyprus	..	..	352	1,862	..	..
Czech Republic	1,557	510	1,048	1,866	615	1,251
Denmark	3,236	1,276	1,960	3,721	1,402	2,319
Dominican Republic	49	12	37	126	8	118
Ecuador	138	33	105	..	8	..
Egypt	985	147	838	858	318	540
El Salvador	16	2	14	68	4	64
Estonia	403	..	..	553	..	..
Ethiopia	276	..	..	293	..	..
Finland	2,268	696	1,573	2,346	866	1,480
France	15,573	7,548	8,025	17,957	7,243	10,714
Georgia	102	7	95	116	9	107
Germany	28,415	10,926	17,489	33,600	11,641	21,959
Gibraltar	319	..	..	251	..	..
Greece	2,145	1,400	745	2,533	1,938	595
Guernsey	82	..	..	86	..	..
Hong Kong	..	1,065	..	..	1,015	..
Hungary	5,331	201	5,130	6,265	156	6,109
Iceland	224	19	204	308	..	..
India	8,349	6,272	2,076	8,882	7,402	1,480
Indonesia	1,460	94	1,366	1,298	98	1,200
Isle of Man	107	104	3	185	155	30
Israel	6,085	3,117	2,968	6,942	3,326	3,616
Italy	11,662	4,746	6,916	12,763	5,067	7,696
Jamaica	13	4	10	18	10	8
Japan	13,229	2,207	11,022	13,814	2,449	11,365
Jersey	122	58	64	119	57	62
Jordan	322	..	..	339	..	..
Kazakhstan	699	10	689	782	16	765
Kenya	314	96	219	386	102	283
South Korea	4,110	381	3,728	4,487	377	4,110
Kuwait	678	18	660	865	27	839
Latvia	493	52	441	564	17	547
Lebanon	..	13	..	214	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	97	..	..
Liechtenstein	75	110	-35	102	178	-76
Lithuania	471	90	382	637	155	482
Luxembourg	8,965	549	8,417	9,482	663	8,818
Macao	40	0	40	65	0	65
Malaysia	1,540	740	800	1,478	804	674
Malta	460	193	268	578	168	409
Marshall Islands	..	0	..	20	..	..
Mauritius	105	95	11	179	181	-2
Mexico	1,978	589	1,390	2,916	804	2,112
Montenegro	..	1	..	24	1	23
Morocco	300	171	130	449	315	134
Myanmar	10	7	3	..	6	..
Netherlands	15,257	14,271	986	17,422	15,566	1,855
New Zealand	849	..	..	932	..	..
Nigeria	..	56	..	..	57	..
Norway	4,106	754	3,353	4,377	903	3,474
Oman	333	4	330	412	4	408
Pakistan	366	26	340	430	51	379
Panama	192	6	187	130	8	122
Peru	432	46	385	458	52	..
Philippines	1,175	1,443	-268	..	1,330	..
Poland	4,150	1,525	2,625	5,431	1,506	3,925
Portugal	2,295	1,070	1,225	2,609	1,043	1,566
Qatar	2,307	113	2,195	1,999	213	1,786
Romania	973	431	542	1,141	484	657
Russian Federation	1,916	84	1,832	124	92	32
Rwanda	..	0	..	..	..	3
Saudi Arabia	3,166	237	2,929	4,409	220	4,189
Serbia	416	143	273	456	..	..
Singapore	8,936	13,434	-4,498	6,472	15,294	-8,822
Slovakia	435	277	157	630	282	348
Slovenia	596	39	558	690	34	656
South Africa	4,600	1,972	2,628	5,149	2,194	2,955
Spain	5,728	5,247	481	6,367	5,551	816
Sri Lanka	92	10	82	183	8	175
Sweden	6,530	2,016	4,513	6,952	3,049	3,902
Switzerland	8,423	14,966	-6,543	9,394	16,542	-7,148
Taiwan, Province of China	1,975	1,302	673	2,075	872	1,202
Thailand	..	211	..	3,089	146	2,943
Trinidad and Tobago	39	3	36	60	3	58
Tunisia	..	14	..	141	15	125
Turkey	2,901	312	2,589	3,370	390	2,980
Ukraine	1,406	151	1,254	1,133	187	946
United Arab Emirates	5,510	1,261	4,250	6,969	1,654	5,315
United Kingdom	47,681	29,618	18,064	52,734	34,015	18,719
United States	56,122	187,878	-131,756	62,328	217,847	-155,519
Uruguay	..	7	..	..	6	..
Venezuela	5	..	..	..	..	..
Viet Nam	2,698	428	2,270	2,051	235	1,816
Virgin Islands, US	2	..	..	2	..	..
International Organisations	40	..	..	..	..	160
Not geographically allocated²	37,593	45,739	-8,146	66,126	32,914	33,213
Marginal trade³	1,306	150	1,156	2,354	188	2,166

World total	410,148	391,559	18,590	482,967	423,260	59,707
¹Revised
²This category covers data supplied by respondents without a geographical breakdown.
³Subtotal for countries for which exports and imports are less than €10m.
..Suppressed for confidentiality reasons but included in world total.

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