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Profile of Trading Enterprises 2018

CSO statistical release, , 11am

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The five highest value exporters accounted for over €43 billion or 31% of all exports in 2018. The top 50 enterprises exported three quarters of total goods, equal to €104 billion.

There is less of a concentration of large traders on the import side than on the export side. The top five importers accounted for €18.8 billion or 21% of total imports in 2018. 

The top 50 importing enterprises had imports of €47 billion, or just over half of the total.

X-axis labelExportsImports
Top 531.311485185530120.5601969878067
Top 1044.894873814469928.8260888334318
Top 5074.681603696991451.8106850101793
Top 10081.887490641117560.3771717814846
Top 50092.266637068051678.3982940062608
Table 1.1 Concentration of Value of Traders 2018
Highest Value TradersExportsImports
Value% total Value% total
Top 543,7113118,78421
Top 1062,6734526,33629
Top 50104,2567547,33552
Top 100114,3158255,16260
Top 500128,8049271,62678
Total 139,60010091,362100

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