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The Wholesale/Retail sector was the biggest importer of goods from the UK, importing €12.8 billion of goods from the UK in 2017, or 57% of Ireland’s total UK imports.
The Wholesale/Retail sector also has the highest number of enterprises importing from the UK with 12,761 or 47% of all enterprises importing from the UK. Other Manufacturing and Construction and Services/Other each have approximately 6,300 enterprises importing from the UK.
| Sector | % Share of value of imports |
|---|---|
| Agri/food | 8.00267335350068 |
| Pharma- ceuticals | 4.97313551105478 |
| Other manu- facturing and cons- truction | 14.1136578185043 |
| Wholesale/retail | 57.0523008626799 |
| Services/other | 13.2213090279432 |
| Unknown | 2.63692342631709 |
| Sector | % Share of enterprises |
|---|---|
| Agri/food | 5.66440777843253 |
| Pharma- ceuticals | 0.703447259870359 |
| Other manu- facturing and cons- truction | 23.202710665881 |
| Wholesale/ retail | 46.9983794932233 |
| Services/ other | 23.2579552150854 |
| Unknown | 0.173099587507366 |
| Table 3.1 Imports from the UK by sector 2017 | ||||
| Sector | Imports | |||
| €million | % of total | Number of enterprises | % of total | |
| Agri/food | 1,797 | 8 | 1,538 | 6 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 1,117 | 5 | 191 | 1 |
| Other manufacturing and construction | 3,170 | 14 | 6,300 | 23 |
| Wholesale/retail | 12,813 | 57 | 12,761 | 47 |
| Services/other | 2,969 | 13 | 6,315 | 23 |
| Unknown | 592 | 3 | 47 | 0 |
| Total | 22,459 | 100 | 27,152 | 100 |
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