The Wholesale/Retail sector was the biggest importer of goods from the UK, importing €12.1 billion of goods from the UK in 2016, or 59% of Ireland’s total UK imports.
The Wholesale/Retail sector also has the highest number of enterprises importing from the UK with 11,884 or 45% of all enterprises importing from the UK. Other Manufacturing and Construction and Services/Other each have approximately 5,700 enterprises importing from the UK.
| Sector | % Share of value of imports |
|---|---|
| Agri/food | 7.12898985244686 |
| Other manufacturing and construction | 12.9269642413312 |
| Pharma- ceuticals | 2.58701407026696 |
| Wholesale/retail | 59.1615445361528 |
| Services/other | 13.5127488930383 |
| Unknown | 4.68273840676382 |
| Sector | % Share of enterprises |
|---|---|
| Agri/food | 5.4413496979139 |
| Pharma- ceuticals | 0.733366265151803 |
| Whole- sale/ retail | 45.1571227723525 |
| Other manufacturing and construction | 21.522209978341 |
| Services/ other | 21.8223961697762 |
| Unknown | 5.32355511646464 |
| Table 3.1 Imports from the UK by sector 2016 | ||||
| Sector | Imports | |||
| €million | % of total | Number of enterprises | % of total | |
| Agri/food | 1,463 | 7 | 1,432 | 5 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 531 | 3 | 193 | 1 |
| Other manufacturing and construction | 2,652 | 13 | 5,664 | 22 |
| Wholesale/retail | 12,137 | 59 | 11,884 | 45 |
| Services/other | 2,772 | 14 | 5,743 | 22 |
| Unknown | 961 | 5 | 1,401 | 5 |
| Total | 20,515 | 100 | 26,317 | 100 |
