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Planning permissions granted for residential dwellings in Northern Ireland

NI13.1 Planning permissions granted¹ for residential dwellings in Northern Ireland

	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
New single dwellings	6,676	7,355	8,536	8,418	7,602	6,519	4,708	3,832	2,619	2,718	2,212	1,787	1,710	1,762	2,140
Replacement single dwellings	1,540	1,614	1,704	1,759	1,515	1,821	2,060	1,754	1,085	926	760	584	637	615	738
Housing developments²	1,323	1,245	1,342	1,430	1,472	1,683	1,871	1,584	1,057	719	568	481	555	558	734
Total	9,539	10,214	11,582	11,607	10,589	10,023	8,639	7,170	4,761	4,363	3,540	2,852	2,902	2,935	3,612
¹The number of applications granted is based on the number of decisions issued in the same time period.
²It is not currently possible to extract the actual number of houses included in a housing development application and these can vary greatly in number. Housing developments also include apartments.
Source: NI Planning Portal

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Northern Ireland Total Public Sector Current Receipts excl. PS Banks

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Northern Ireland Total Public Sector Current Receipts excl. PS Banks

NI15.1 Northern Ireland Total Public Sector Current Receipts excl. PS Banks

£ million	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Income tax	2,626	2,844	3,011	2,773	2,583	2,708	2,617	2,543	2,471	2,571	2,654
Capital gains tax	38	48	66	98	31	45	63	41	51	52	71
Miscellaneous taxes on income and wealth	20	21	21	23	18	19	18	18	19	13	21
Corporation tax (excl. North Sea)	723	746	640	402	447	456	430	484	513	560	588
Taxes on income and wealth paid by PCs	-8	-11	-10	-16	-18	-7	-6	-5	-2	-1	-3
Taxes on income and wealth	3,399	3,648	3,728	3,280	3,061	3,221	3,122	3,081	3,052	3,195	3,331
Value added tax, of which:	2,336	2,608	2,687	2,609	2,516	3,018	3,384	3,438	3,505	3,589	3,732
VAT net of refunds	1,920	2,139	2,236	2,161	2,095	2,536	2,829	2,825	2,909	2,989	3,121
VAT refunds	416	469	451	448	421	482	555	613	596	600	611
Fuel duties	785	804	861	856	920	948	931	917	928	926	941
Business rates paid by market sector bodies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stamp duty land tax	189	245	280	65	40	40	30	35	40	50	55
Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings¹	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stamp tax on shares	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tobacco duties	380	337	346	389	498	507	503	435	445	471	463
Alcohol duties	184	192	209	226	267	289	312	317	347	349	347
Vehicle excise duties paid by businesses	22	23	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	27	27
Other taxes on production, of which:	521	582	663	630	673	758	842	870	911	926	983
Air passenger duty	28	34	62	62	61	68	74	79	84	91	88
Insurance premium tax	61	61	61	59	56	63	77	77	72	67	84
Climate change levy	17	17	18	18	19	18	19	18	11	15	16
Environmental levies	14	16	18	18	17	21	25	46	60	66	80
EU ETS auction receipts	0	0	0	0	2	6	9	6	9	11	13
Betting and gaming duty	18	25	27	28	28	29	50	53	75	67	81
Landfill tax	13	15	17	17	21	23	20	20	20	17	14
Aggregates levy	9	9	10	9	8	16	34	32	33	34	33
Northern Ireland regional non-domestic rates	294	326	361	314	348	347	378	370	375	379	401
Other	67	79	89	105	113	167	156	169	172	179	173
Northern Ireland district non-domestic rates	187	207	286	311	317	333	338	344	350	356	386
Taxes on production	4,604	4,998	5,357	5,112	5,257	5,920	6,367	6,383	6,554	6,694	6,934
Bank Levy	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	16	44	43	29
Business rates paid by private sector non-profit institutions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Ireland regional domestic rates	235	247	272	350	340	349	404	412	407	403	381
Northern Ireland district domestic rates	149	157	116	122	134	151	158	167	173	176	199
Other, of which:	189	199	229	242	241	246	255	252	254	249	249
Vehicle excise duties paid by households	113	120	130	137	138	140	144	143	146	141	141
TV Licence fees	68	69	73	78	80	84	89	86	87	84	83
Miscellaneous other current taxes	8	10	26	27	23	22	22	23	21	24	25
Council tax	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other current taxes	573	603	617	714	715	746	832	847	878	871	858
Taxes on capital	46	51	51	42	36	34	31	33	62	39	48
National Insurance Contributions	1,834	1,956	2,015	2,071	2,055	2,088	2,166	2,210	2,254	2,316	2,397
Gross operating surplus	1,310	1,371	1,362	1,723	1,775	1,885	2,013	2,078	1,882	1,950	2,024
Interest and dividends	164	145	224	268	179	173	175	173	172	168	174
Rent and other current transfers	55	44	42	49	54	47	48	119	111	148	122
Other current receipts	3,409	3,567	3,694	4,153	4,099	4,227	4,433	4,613	4,481	4,621	4,765
Total current receipts (excl. North Sea Oil & Gas revenues)	11,985	12,816	13,396	13,259	13,132	14,114	14,754	14,924	14,965	15,381	15,888

North Sea Oil & Gas revenues by geographic area, of which:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Petroleum revenue tax - Geographic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Offshore corporation tax - Geographic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Sea oil royalties and license fees - Geographic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total current receipts (incl. North Sea Oil & Gas revenues by geographic area)	11,985	12,816	13,396	13,259	13,132	14,114	14,754	14,924	14,965	15,381	15,888
North Sea Oil & Gas revenues by population share, of which:	290	227	262	306	190	263	275	172	128	48	-2
Petroleum revenue tax - Population	58	62	48	74	27	42	58	49	32	2	-16
Offshore corporation tax - Population	230	163	212	230	161	219	215	121	94	44	12
North Sea oil royalties and license fees - Population	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total current receipts (incl. North Sea Oil & Gas revenues by population share)	12,275	13,043	13,658	13,565	13,322	14,377	15,029	15,096	15,093	15,429	15,886
1. In the UK Public Sector Finances, Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) is included within the Stamp Duty Land Tax Total
Source:NISRA

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Goods Exports and Imports 2016 classified by commodity (summary level)

NI17.1 Goods Exports and Imports 2016 classified by commodity (summary level)

SITC level 1¹		2016 Exports				2016 Imports
		€000		% of which:		€000		% of which:
		Total	Northern Ireland		Northern Ireland	Total	Northern Ireland		Northern Ireland
0	Food and live animals	10,095,311	517,102		5.1	6,675,497	451,755		6.8
1	Beverages and tobacco	1,330,693	86,955		6.5	910,411	38,704		4.3
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	1,526,832	78,604		5.1	823,737	52,129		6.3
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	691,417	38,271		5.5	3,790,874	17,222		0.5
4	Animal and vegetables oils, fats and waxes	78,277	6,431		8.2	244,537	18,987		7.8
5	Chemicals and related products	66,415,763	179,137		0.3	14,960,904	61,557		0.4
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2,142,509	237,141		11.1	4,751,075	122,480		2.6
7	Machinery and transport equipment	19,667,936	156,801		0.8	29,680,094	116,713		0.4
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	14,662,526	183,730		1.3	8,247,532	77,679		0.9
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	966,637	165,348		17.1	2,103,057	112,740		5.4
Total		117,577,901	1,649,520		1.4	72,187,717	1,069,964		1.5
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO

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Net Goods Exports and Imports 2016 with Northern Ireland classified by commodity (summary level)

NI17.2 Net Goods Exports and Imports 2016 with Northern Ireland classified by commodity (summary level)

€000
SITC level 1¹			Exports		Imports		Net exports less imports
SITC level 1¹		Northern Ireland		Northern Ireland		Northern Ireland
0	Food and live animals		517,102		451,755		65,347
1	Beverages and tobacco		86,955		38,704		48,252
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		78,604		52,129		26,476
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		38,271		17,222		21,049
4	Animal and vegetables oils, fats and waxes		6,431		18,987		-12,556
5	Chemicals and related products		179,137		61,557		117,580
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		237,141		122,480		114,661
7	Machinery and transport equipment		156,801		116,713		40,089
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		183,730		77,679		106,051
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		165,348		112,740		52,608
Total			1,649,520		1,069,964		579,556
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO

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Goods Exports and Imports 2015 and 2016 classified by commodity (summary level)

NI17.3 Goods Exports and Imports 2015 and 2016 classified by commodity (summary level)

		2015 Exports			2016 Exports			2015 Imports			2016 Imports
SITC level 1¹			% of which:			% of which:			% of which:			% of which:
SITC level 1¹		€000		Northern Ireland	€000		Northern Ireland	€000		Northern Ireland	€000		Northern Ireland
0	Food and live animals	9,877,833		6.0	10,095,311		5.1	6,686,796		7.2	6,675,497		6.8
1	Beverages and tobacco	1,287,469		6.9	1,330,693		6.5	876,066		3.7	910,411		4.3
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	1,770,659		4.2	1,526,832		5.1	854,625		7.0	823,737		6.3
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	772,924		3.5	691,417		5.5	5,104,270		0.7	3,790,874		0.5
4	Animal and vegetables oils, fats and waxes	57,142		10.6	78,277		8.2	244,545		7.1	244,537		7.8
5	Chemicals and related products	64,224,048		0.3	66,415,763		0.3	13,977,824		0.5	14,960,904		0.4
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2,105,212		11.1	2,142,509		11.1	4,697,709		2.7	4,751,075		2.6
7	Machinery and transport equipment	16,808,258		0.9	19,667,936		0.8	27,890,812		0.3	29,680,094		0.4
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	14,298,763		1.4	14,662,526		1.3	8,166,076		0.9	8,247,532		0.9
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1,205,035		14.1	966,637		17.1	1,612,285		6.6	2,103,057		5.4
Total		112,407,343		1.6	117,577,901		1.4	70,111,009		1.6	72,187,717		1.5
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO

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Goods Exports and Imports 2016 classified by commodity (detailed level)

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Goods Exports and Imports 2016 classified by commodity (detailed level)

NI17.4 Goods Exports and Imports 2016 classified by commodity (detailed level)

		2016 Exports				2016 Imports
SITC level 2¹		€000		% of which:		€000		% of which:
SITC level 2¹		Total	Northern Ireland		Northern Ireland	Total	Northern Ireland		Northern Ireland
00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	339,316	69,335		20.4	282,107	6,946		2.5
01	Meat and meat preparations	3,596,472	165,055		4.6	955,999	45,366		4.7
02	Dairy products and birds’ eggs	1,759,892	53,819		3.1	608,361	155,638		25.6
03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	554,726	9,766		1.8	263,423	16,673		6.3
04	Cereals and cereal preparations	380,864	71,750		18.8	1,048,812	66,693		6.4
05	Vegetables and fruit	278,146	50,079		18.0	1,211,341	52,957		4.4
06	Sugar, sugar preparation and honey	212,159	5,997		2.8	369,351	5,446		1.5
07	Coffee, tea cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	373,975	13,898		3.7	567,440	2,800		0.5
08	Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals)	283,134	63,815		22.5	740,672	92,161		12.4
09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	2,316,627	13,589		0.6	627,990	7,075		1.1
11	Beverages	1,295,153	86,955		6.7	829,459	38,700		4.7
12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	35,541			0.0	80,952	4		0.0
21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	126,953	3,351		2.6	55			0.0
22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	13,786	3,697		26.8	28,283	7,373		26.1
23	Crude rubber (include synthetic and reclaimed)	818	63		7.7	9,543	65		0.7
24	Cork and wood	156,883	49,291		31.4	156,313	18,534		11.9
25	Pulp and waste paper	65,037	862		1.3	52,277	3		0.0
26	Textile fibres and their wastes	133,327	2,302		1.7	14,515	707		4.9
27	Crude fertilisers and minerals, excl. coal, petroleum etc.	125,258	14,529		11.6	138,027	20,389		14.8
28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	780,639	1,622		0.2	224,520	2,288		1.0
29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	124,131	2,886		2.3	200,204	2,771		1.4
32	Coal, coke and briquettes	98,088	19,275		19.7	141,878	8,263		5.8
33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	524,770	16,777		3.2	2,913,893	3,636		0.1
34	Gas, natural and manufactured	13,289	2,219		16.7	719,908	4,993		0.7
35	Electric current	55,269	0		0.0	15,195	330		2.2
41	Animal oils and fats	69,223	24		0.0	20,415	8,653		42.4
42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	7,198	6,385		88.7	197,141	7,904		4.0
43	Animal or vegetable materials nes	1,856	22		1.2	26,981	2,430		9.0
51	Organic chemicals	23,663,503	6,190		0.0	4,275,420	5,011		0.1
52	Inorganic chemicals	163,618	7,907		4.8	279,920	1,390		0.5
53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	260,901	3,695		1.4	222,495	1,810		0.8
54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	30,181,567	31,437		0.1	6,240,508	14,457		0.2
55	Essential oils, perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preps	7,874,495	46,476		0.6	1,408,958	3,187		0.2
56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	4,546	2,731		60.1	333,342	9,574		2.9
57	Plastics in primary forms	357,523	17,137		4.8	806,774	3,330		0.4
58	Plastics in non-primary forms	471,450	30,900		6.6	568,290	18,152		3.2
59	Chemical materials and products nes	3,438,160	32,663		1.0	825,196	4,645		0.6
61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	38,890	151		0.4	21,852	791		3.6
62	Rubber manufactures nes	78,967	12,872		16.3	300,794	10,593		3.5
63	Cork and wood manufactures (excl. furniture)	257,777	26,009		10.1	260,925	12,520		4.8
64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	157,124	21,127		13.4	863,580	22,185		2.6
65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	166,665	10,715		6.4	454,538	14,581		3.2
66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	454,011	88,412		19.5	529,549	21,352		4.0
67	Iron and steel	162,689	22,105		13.6	646,147	16,312		2.5
68	Non-ferrous metals	82,312	6,609		8.0	532,059	1,322		0.2
69	Manufactures of metals nes	744,074	49,140		6.6	1,141,630	22,824		2.0
71	Power generating machinery and equipment	667,570	13,640		2.0	816,246	8,179		1.0
72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	683,410	30,252		4.4	1,259,384	27,611		2.2
73	Metalworking machinery	24,403	755		3.1	116,089	852		0.7
74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	1,681,934	36,293		2.2	1,592,847	19,496		1.2
75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines	3,780,633	9,631		0.3	3,414,411	1,894		0.1
76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	926,543	1,595		0.2	1,634,145	444		0.0
77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	7,290,361	18,397		0.3	2,482,135	11,185		0.5
78	Road vehicles (include. air-cushion vehicles)	316,839	43,267		13.7	3,774,760	38,212		1.0
79	Other transport equipment	4,296,243	2,972		0.1	14,590,077	8,839		0.1
81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	158,572	16,882		10.6	245,703	6,856		2.8
82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	185,449	33,128		17.9	444,597	21,488		4.8
83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	26,010	628		2.4	139,634	168		0.1
84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	349,302	31,330		9.0	1,882,576	5,481		0.3
85	Footwear	50,098	2,691		5.4	390,116	600		0.2
87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	5,969,930	18,474		0.3	1,702,638	4,063		0.2
88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches clocks	1,240,794	267		0.0	421,509	225		0.1
89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	6,682,371	80,331		1.2	3,020,759	38,799		1.3
99	All other commodities and transactions including unclassified estimates	966,637	165,348		17.1	2,103,057	112,740		5.4
Grand Total		117,577,901	1,649,520		1.4	72,187,717	1,069,964		1.5
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO

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Top 6 Exports to Northern Ireland, 2016 classified by commodity (detailed level)

NI17.5 Top 6 Exports to Northern Ireland, 2016 classified by commodity (detailed level)

€000
SITC level 2¹		Northern Ireland
01	Meat and meat preparations	165,055
66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	88,412
11	Beverages	86,955
89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	80,331
04	Cereals and cereal preparations	71,750
00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	69,335
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO

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Top 6 Imports from Northern Ireland, 2016 classified by commodity (detailed level)

NI17.6 Top 6 Imports from Northern Ireland, 2016 classified by commodity (detailed level)

€000
SITC level 2¹		Northern Ireland
02	Dairy products and birds’ eggs	155,638
08	Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals)	92,161
04	Cereals and cereal preparations	66,693
05	Vegetables and fruit	52,957
01	Meat and meat preparations	45,366
89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	38,799
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO

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Goods Exports and Imports, 2006 - 2016

NI17.7 Goods Exports and Imports, 2006 - 2016

€000
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Exports
Northern Ireland	1,671,451	1,740,516	1,564,531	1,291,895	1,326,124	1,421,998	1,435,789	1,477,831	1,605,182	1,744,125	1,649,520
Total Exports from Ireland	87,496,682	90,579,700	88,503,079	87,585,454	90,923,807	93,190,638	93,506,684	89,181,457	92,615,855	112,407,343	117,577,901

Imports
Northern Ireland	1,325,287	1,360,767	1,261,316	941,076	989,716	1,047,250	1,025,981	1,016,436	1,103,863	1,091,343	1,069,964
Total Imports to Ireland	63,833,145	65,939,346	59,335,566	48,203,340	48,694,617	53,035,193	56,179,209	55,787,078	62,157,480	70,111,009	72,187,717

As a % of total exports:
Northern Ireland	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.4

As a % of total imports:
Northern Ireland	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.6	1.5
Source: Goods exports and imports, CSO

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Planning permissions granted for residential dwellings in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Total Public Sector Current Receipts excl. PS Banks

Goods Exports and Imports 2016 classified by commodity (summary level)

Net Goods Exports and Imports 2016 with Northern Ireland classified by commodity (summary level)

Goods Exports and Imports 2015 and 2016 classified by commodity (summary level)

Goods Exports and Imports 2016 classified by commodity (detailed level)

Top 6 Exports to Northern Ireland, 2016 classified by commodity (detailed level)

Top 6 Imports from Northern Ireland, 2016 classified by commodity (detailed level)

Goods Exports and Imports, 2006 - 2016

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