Economy Statistical Yearbook of Ireland 2021: Part 2 Business and Economy

Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis

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X-axis label	Exports	Imports	Trade surplus
1975	1.8378188947184	2.16376065945117	-0.326041764732771
1976	2.3605	2.9686	-0.608
1977	3.1974	3.92463342661676	-0.727233426616757
1978	3.76248787400135	4.71466445901539	-0.952176585014043
1979	4.41576811535317	6.13016846884825	-1.71440035349508
1980	5.18370570518713	6.88286920174106	-1.69916349655393
1981	6.06630064350326	8.3529	-2.28659935649674
1982	7.22658729957184	8.6547	-1.42811270042816
1983	8.8169	9.35390647617209	-0.537006476172095
1984	11.2974945528236	11.3161	-0.0186054471763582
1985	12.3710580981355	11.971344551046	0.399813547089506
1986	11.9029056686187	10.9467928955615	0.956112773057173
1987	13.6160362840353	11.6247060556348	1.99133022840048
1988	15.6238731074554	12.9701205235384	2.65385258391699
1989	18.5343667308308	15.5978434768476	2.93662325398317
1990	18.2038539090156	15.8321101523178	2.37174375669787
1991	19.07006922612	16.3171500982777	2.75291912784231
1992	21.2602404376025	16.7539399972574	4.50640044034517
1993	25.1785251738271	18.8996703759948	6.2788547978323
1994	28.8908583937305	21.9453911047229	6.94556728900762
1995	35.3300811108684	26.1808564129391	9.14922469792932
1996	38.6089257507961	28.4794632563195	10.1295624944766
1997	44.8679726346049	32.8634879197119	12.004484714893
1998	57.321817655454	39.7149945909158	17.6067230645382
1999	66.9562092731511	44.3270642131941	22.629145059957
2000	83.986	54.9601	29.0259
2001	92.7304	56.4552	36.2752
2002	94.0589	55.1057	38.9532
2003	82.5848	48.5153	34.0695
2004	84.9492	51.5572	33.392
2005	87.1727	58.4626	28.71
2006	87.4967	63.8331	23.6635
2007	90.5797	65.9393	24.6404
2008	88.5031	59.3356	29.1675
2009	87.5855	48.2033	39.3821
2010	90.9238	48.6946	42.2292
2011	93.1906	53.0352	40.1554
2012	93.5067	56.1792	37.3275
2013	89.1815	55.7871	33.3944
2014	92.6159	62.1575	30.4584
2015	112.4073	70.111	42.2963
2016	119.2922	74.2368	45.0554
2017	122.7848	82.9433	39.8415
2018	140.645	91.9911	48.6539
2019	152.534	91.0191	61.5149
2020	161.987	87.014	74.974

Between 1975 and 2020 the value of goods exported rose from €1,838 million to €161,988 million. The value of imports rose from €2,164 million to €87,014 million. The year 2020 represented the highest level of exports on record.

The Trade in Goods balance (exports minus imports) changed from a deficit of €326 million in 1975 to a surplus of €74,974 million in 2020.

The value of exports in 2020 increased by 6% or €9,454 million over 2019, while imports decreased by €4,005 million over the same period.

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Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity

Table 19.1 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity
€million
SITC (Rev 4)		Exports				Imports
		Exports				Imports
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2017	2018	2019	2020
0	Food and live animals	11,375	11,178	11,771	11,594	7,176	7,844	7,825	7,973
1	Beverages and tobacco	1,364	1,444	1,715	1,457	908	907	990	1,084
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	1,815	1,921	1,670	1,414	907	939	1,002	951
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	993	1,022	886	731	4,770	5,862	5,466	3,386
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	91	65	69	85	260	276	259	297
5	Chemicals and related products	67,834	85,758	92,974	105,818	17,501	19,869	17,002	21,505
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2,284	2,330	2,349	2,326	5,064	5,413	5,888	5,811
7	Machinery and transport equipment	21,177	20,014	23,750	22,724	35,832	39,844	40,973	33,491
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	14,885	15,783	16,330	14,916	8,317	8,784	9,484	10,281
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	390	446	368	149	434	451	312	289
Unclassified estimates¹		578	683	652	774	1,774	1,802	1,817	1,947

Total		122,785	140,645	152,534	161,988	82,943	91,991	91,019	87,014
Source: CSO
¹Estimates for which a commodity classification is not available

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The total value of goods exports has increased by 31% between 2017 and 2020, an increase of €39,203 million. Imports have increased by €4,071 million or 5% over the same period.

Exports of Chemicals and related products increased by €37,984 million to €105,818 million between 2017 and 2020, and comprised 65% of all goods exports in 2020. Exports of Machinery and transport equipment grew from €21,177 million to €22,724 million between 2017 and 2020, an increase of 7%.

Imports of Beverages and tobacco increased from €908 million to €1,084 million (+19%) between 2017 and 2020.

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	Food and live animals	Beverages and tobacco	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	Chemicals and related products	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	Machinery and transport equipment	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	Unclassified estimates
Exports	11.5941361656918	1.45687980793004	1.41415868872955	0.731187050496644	0.0848369314662212	105.81792485489	2.32601487612844	22.7237153055155	14.9159224016132	0.149427713295494	0.77379037351147
Imports	7.97258886249532	1.08401824005567	0.951097864706875	3.38606326217891	0.296560244070592	21.5051871966776	5.81094192789336	33.4909629108652	10.2807589539795	0.28903526848245	1.94693776698248

Goods Exports classified by country

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Table 19.2 Goods Exports classified by country

Table 19.2 Goods Exports classified by country
€million
Country	Exports
Country	2017	2018	2019	2020
Austria	388	417	416	357
Belgium	13,331	18,252	15,505	17,883
Bulgaria	85	105	161	131
Croatia	39	48	60	55
Cyprus	25	23	41	27
Czech Republic	416	570	562	434
Denmark	655	737	661	587
Estonia	23	21	19	15
Finland	312	290	277	273
France	5,346	5,399	5,505	5,429
Germany	9,437	10,489	13,731	17,576
Greece	331	503	840	1,766
Hungary	292	346	326	253
Italy	2,623	3,638	3,900	4,681
Latvia	63	85	75	87
Lithuania	23	32	36	69
Luxembourg	124	148	83	157
Malta	32	125	40	41
Netherlands	5,934	7,707	8,622	8,599
Poland	1,329	1,163	1,182	1,156
Portugal	457	440	420	366
Romania	313	332	383	393
Slovakia	58	80	93	115
Slovenia	84	84	114	146
Spain	2,542	2,515	2,359	2,562
Sweden	767	924	938	781
EU Country not specified¹	1,613	129	140	252
Total EU27²	46,642	54,601	56,489	64,189
Euro-Zone³	41,135	50,247	52,077	60,148

Great Britain	14,336	14,028	13,431	12,222
Northern Ireland	1,935	2,042	2,517	2,374
Total UK	16,270	16,070	15,948	14,598

Australia	889	832	776	889
Brazil	182	293	305	298
Canada	1,091	1,351	1,570	1,853
China⁴	5,057	5,472	9,208	11,036
India	353	328	480	366
Japan	2,332	3,325	4,362	3,473
Malaysia	195	208	202	219
Mexico	1,427	1,416	1,536	1,600
Norway	395	349	230	294
Russia	497	521	612	445
Saudi Arabia	705	553	634	627
Singapore	685	700	579	521
South Africa	243	276	413	306
South Korea	635	591	532	657
Switzerland	6,212	6,478	5,529	3,221
Taiwan	267	319	383	467
Thailand	165	150	166	143
Turkey	507	565	652	662
USA	33,284	39,347	47,266	50,536
Other countries	3,946	3,950	4,630	5,352
Country unknown⁵	805	2,951	31	238
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	59,873	69,974	80,097	83,202

Total	122,785	140,645	152,534	161,988
Source: CSO
¹ Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
² From February 2020 the United Kingdom exited the EU, therefore the EU total is made up of the 27 remaining member states. For data comparability over time the EU are shown separately for both the current and prior years.
³ Euro-zone members from January 2015: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
⁴ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.
⁵ Trade for which the country of origin or country of final destination is unknown.

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The USA is Ireland’s largest export partner, accounting for €50,536 million of goods in 2020, or 31% of total exports. Belgium is the largest export market in the EU, accounting for €17,883 million of goods in 2020.

Exports to Great Britain were €12,222 million in 2020. The value of exports to Great Britain has decreased by €2,114 million since 2017, with the share of total exports from Great Britain falling from 12% to 8%.

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Table 19.3 Goods Imports classified by country

Table 19.3 Goods Imports classified by country
€million
Country	Imports
Country	2017	2018	2019	2020
Austria	287	326	320	285
Belgium	1,394	1,650	1,650	1,918
Bulgaria	25	47	38	38
Croatia	11	13	17	18
Cyprus	4	22	3	3
Czech Republic	444	729	672	725
Denmark	434	510	496	571
Estonia	12	19	21	12
Finland	168	155	180	156
France	13,158	11,121	13,664	9,907
Germany	6,672	10,599	7,459	7,144
Greece	62	68	68	69
Hungary	163	353	215	261
Italy	1,567	1,586	1,439	1,778
Latvia	47	49	44	48
Lithuania	76	112	114	101
Luxembourg	28	62	40	40
Malta	9	10	15	11
Netherlands	2,440	3,006	3,103	3,126
Poland	627	685	831	829
Portugal	252	200	285	353
Romania	102	94	107	105
Slovakia	50	58	58	54
Slovenia	31	27	38	36
Spain	1,316	1,451	1,409	1,707
Sweden	513	687	712	503
EU Country not specified¹	371	452	174	547
Total EU27²	30,265	34,089	33,174	30,346
Euro-Zone³	27,575	30,520	29,911	26,748

Great Britain	17,509	18,362	18,229	17,662
Northern Ireland	1,375	1,556	2,374	2,472
Total UK	18,884	19,918	20,602	20,134

Australia	99	106	101	117
Brazil	209	245	495	283
Canada	642	531	652	829
China⁴	4,529	5,431	5,659	6,650
India	683	563	635	522
Japan	1,209	1,449	1,212	1,353
Malaysia	323	428	998	464
Mexico	268	351	364	398
Norway	1,131	987	592	492
Russia	313	556	409	292
Saudi Arabia	8	18	6	59
Singapore	168	464	367	468
South Africa	102	115	122	100
South Korea	910	858	952	1,107
Switzerland	602	728	2,155	4,139
Taiwan	297	376	517	562
Thailand	385	438	428	409
Turkey	572	612	649	615
USA	17,091	17,092	16,340	13,476
Other countries	2,276	2,728	2,880	2,588
Country unknown⁵	1,979	3,907	1,708	1,614
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	33,794	37,984	37,243	36,535

Total	82,943	91,991	91,019	87,014
Source: CSO
¹ Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
² From February 2020 the United Kingdom exited the EU, therefore the EU total is made up of the 27 remaining member states. For data comparability over time the EU are shown separately for both the current and prior years.
³ Euro-zone members from January 2015: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
⁴ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.
⁵ Trade for which the country of origin or country of final destination is unknown.

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Ireland imported 35% of its total goods from the EU in 2020. Imports from the EU have increased from €30,265 million to €30,346 million between 2017 and 2020, with the share of total imports decreasing from 36% to 35%.

The single largest supplier was Great Britain, from whom €17,662 million, or 20% of all goods, was imported. Imports from the USA were €13,476 million in 2020, a decrease of €3,615 million since 2017.

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Northern Ireland Goods Exports and Imports 2019 and 2020 classified by commodity (summary level)

Table 19.4 Northern Ireland Goods Exports and Imports 2019 and 2020 classified by commodity (summary level)
		€000		€000		€000		€000
SITC level 1¹		2019 Exports	% of which:	2020 Exports	% of which:	2019 Imports	% of which:	2020 Imports	% of which:
SITC level 1¹		2019 Exports	Northern Ireland	2020 Exports	Northern Ireland	2019 Imports	Northern Ireland	2020 Imports	Northern Ireland
0	Food and live animals	11,770,909	7.6	11,594,136	7.6	7,825,080	9.2	7,972,589	9.1
1	Beverages and tobacco	1,715,101	5.6	1,456,880	5.6	989,944	18.6	1,084,018	18.3
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	1,669,562	6.2	1,414,159	6.8	1,001,940	8.1	951,098	8.9
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	886,043	9.3	731,187	7.7	5,465,639	3.6	3,386,063	4.8
4	Animal and vegetables oils, fats and waxes	69,096	13.0	84,837	13.1	258,949	7.7	296,560	10.3
5	Chemicals and related products	92,973,783	0.4	105,817,925	0.4	17,001,845	1.5	21,505,187	1.4
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2,349,331	16.1	2,326,015	14.7	5,888,174	4.4	5,810,942	6.7
7	Machinery and transport equipment	23,749,586	0.8	22,723,715	0.8	40,973,458	0.8	33,490,963	0.8
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	16,330,266	1.5	14,915,922	1.5	9,484,164	1.5	10,280,759	1.4
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1,020,321	12.5	923,218	13.0	2,129,872	9.7	2,235,973	7.8
Total		152,533,997	1.7	161,987,994	1.5	91,019,066	2.6	87,014,152	2.8
Source: CSO

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Northern Ireland Goods Exports and Imports 2020 classified by commodity (detailed level)

Table 19.5 Northern Ireland Goods Exports and Imports 2020 classified by commodity (detailed level)
		€000			€000
SITC level 2¹		2020 Exports		% of which:	2020 Imports		% of which:
SITC level 2¹		Total	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Total	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland
00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	349,754	48,442	13.9	476,896	44,947	9.4
01	Meat and meat preparations	3,863,010	285,297	7.4	900,148	82,896	9.2
02	Dairy products and birds’ eggs	2,976,905	198,629	6.7	917,440	234,612	25.6
03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	529,912	20,312	3.8	286,895	12,064	4.2
04	Cereals and cereal preparations	538,415	103,907	19.3	1,242,460	102,885	8.3
05	Vegetables and fruit	325,419	59,191	18.2	1,354,028	61,277	4.5
06	Sugar, sugar preparation and honey	123,548	7,416	6.0	398,672	14,288	3.6
07	Coffee, tea cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	420,645	22,429	5.3	658,392	17,439	2.6
08	Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals)	394,984	102,159	25.9	964,502	133,305	13.8
09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	2,071,543	33,139	1.6	773,156	19,395	2.5
11	Beverages	1,456,285	81,167	5.6	1,010,022	197,994	19.6
12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	595	0	0.0	73,996	0	0.0
21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	56,529	1,242	2.2	267	52	19.5
22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	8,598	2,000	23.3	23,926	3,171	13.3
23	Crude rubber (include synthetic and reclaimed)	4,722	4	0.1	9,063	58	0.6
24	Cork and wood	181,606	49,021	27.0	193,786	30,979	16.0
25	Pulp and waste paper	41,112	342	0.8	56,364	268	0.5
26	Textile fibres and their wastes	110,707	611	0.6	11,401	590	5.2
27	Crude fertilisers and minerals, excl. coal, petroleum etc.	116,578	10,933	9.4	166,542	34,351	20.6
28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	777,750	23,641	3.0	224,538	5,540	2.5
29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	116,556	8,386	7.2	265,211	9,534	3.6
32	Coal, coke and briquettes	111,710	29,587	26.5	67,431	13,673	20.3
33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	545,628	12,366	2.3	2,543,117	106,453	4.2
34	Gas, natural and manufactured	14,957	787	5.3	701,542	5,263	0.8
35	Electric current	58,892	13,492	22.9	73,974	36,711	49.6
41	Animal oils and fats	70,303	281	0.4	19,149	7,963	41.6
42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	11,963	10,603	88.6	247,198	16,144	6.5
43	Animal or vegetable materials nes	2,571	238	9.3	30,213	6,381	21.1
51	Organic chemicals	31,175,240	10,428	0.0	8,091,279	7,109	0.1
52	Inorganic chemicals	334,080	6,177	1.8	323,681	2,701	0.8
53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	113,149	4,168	3.7	261,069	6,753	2.6
54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	62,095,786	233,539	0.4	8,405,947	192,928	2.3
55	Essential oils, perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preps	7,739,313	43,330	0.6	1,351,154	18,985	1.4
56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	8,437	4,750	56.3	399,325	15,221	3.8
57	Plastics in primary forms	388,753	13,585	3.5	876,035	5,939	0.7
58	Plastics in non-primary forms	532,663	28,099	5.3	721,900	24,037	3.3
59	Chemical materials and products nes	3,430,504	44,555	1.3	1,074,798	37,039	3.4
61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	32,823	234	0.7	19,126	289	1.5
62	Rubber manufactures nes	121,962	27,517	22.6	364,111	12,722	3.5
63	Cork and wood manufactures (excl. furniture)	264,582	42,110	15.9	318,188	24,421	7.7
64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	177,928	31,327	17.6	954,364	57,852	6.1
65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	159,144	14,436	9.1	788,226	18,847	2.4
66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	468,595	137,042	29.2	643,419	36,534	5.7
67	Iron and steel	159,760	28,191	17.6	775,827	48,963	6.3
68	Non-ferrous metals	92,132	7,307	7.9	514,705	6,441	1.3
69	Manufactures of metals nes	849,087	53,820	6.3	1,432,976	180,589	12.6
71	Power generating machinery and equipment	915,210	5,451	0.6	1,973,881	26,415	1.3
72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	737,254	45,512	6.2	1,614,023	56,073	3.5
73	Metalworking machinery	27,886	1,003	3.6	120,205	2,279	1.9
74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	1,647,474	36,752	2.2	2,087,446	37,091	1.8
75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines	4,817,627	8,062	0.2	5,136,368	2,585	0.1
76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	1,177,720	3,378	0.3	2,102,610	7,441	0.4
77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	9,372,892	31,467	0.3	3,413,178	43,812	1.3
78	Road vehicles (include. air-cushion vehicles)	360,279	39,850	11.1	3,181,574	84,218	2.6
79	Other transport equipment	3,667,373	996	0.0	13,861,678	493	0.0
81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	127,126	16,531	13.0	267,714	14,925	5.6
82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	194,732	33,719	17.3	556,537	17,447	3.1
83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	33,653	843	2.5	129,407	567	0.4
84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	217,566	40,991	18.8	2,197,931	7,108	0.3
85	Footwear	30,225	2,567	8.5	442,229	756	0.2
87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	5,981,413	28,941	0.5	2,233,899	7,167	0.3
88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches clocks	1,360,448	650	0.0	539,456	201	0.0
89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	6,970,760	101,285	1.5	3,913,585	93,748	2.4
99	All other commodities and transactions including unclassified estimates	923,218	120,004	13.0	2,235,973	174,161	7.8
Grand Total		161,987,994	2,374,233	1.5	87,014,152	2,472,088	2.8
Source: CSO
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification

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Top 6 Exports to Northern Ireland, 2020 classified by commodity (detailed level)

Table 19.6 Top 6 Exports to Northern Ireland, 2020 classified by commodity (detailed level)
SITC level 2¹		€000
01	Meat and meat preparations	285,297
54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	233,539
02	Dairy products and birds’ eggs	198,629
66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	137,042
04	Cereals and cereal preparations	103,907
08	Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals)	102,159
Source: CSO
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification

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Top 6 Imports from Northern Ireland, 2020 classified by commodity (detailed level)

Table 19.7 Top 6 Imports from Northern Ireland, 2020 classified by commodity (detailed level)
SITC level 2¹		€000
02	Dairy products and birds’ eggs	234,612
11	Beverages	197,994
54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	192,928
69	Manufactures of metals nes	180,589
08	Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals)	133,305
33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	106,453
Source: CSO
¹SITC is the Standard International Trade Classification

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Northern Ireland Goods Exports and Imports, 2010 - 2020

Table 19.8 Northern Ireland Goods Exports and Imports, 2010 - 2020
€000
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Exports
Northern Ireland	1,326,124	1,421,998	1,435,789	1,477,831	1,605,182	1,744,125	1,654,666	1,934,746	2,041,961	2,517,485	2,374,233
Total Exports from Ireland	90,923,807	93,190,638	93,506,684	89,181,457	92,615,855	112,407,343	119,292,155	122,784,792	140,644,968	152,533,997	161,987,994

Imports
Northern Ireland	989,716	1,047,250	1,025,981	1,016,436	1,103,863	1,091,343	1,181,628	1,375,357	1,556,110	2,373,881	2,472,088
Total Imports to Ireland	48,694,617	53,035,193	56,179,209	55,787,078	62,157,480	70,111,009	74,236,789	82,943,285	91,991,093	91,019,066	87,014,152

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

As a % of total imports:
Northern Ireland	2.0	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	2.6	2.8
Source: CSO

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Concentration of Value of Traders 2019

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The five highest value exporters accounted for over €54 billion or 36% of all exports in 2019. The top 50 enterprises exported three quarters of total goods, equal to €114 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 €15 billion or 17% of total imports in 2019.

The top 50 importing enterprises had imports of €40 billion, or 44% of the total.

X-axis label	Exports	Imports
Top 5	35.6911644149901	17.0543985403206
Top 10	48.1492381363777	23.5152711781892
Top 50	74.9706097468322	44.1575983073943
Top 100	82.0130813973885	53.7458101244386
Top 500	92.2267735929979	74.3510462486168
Total	100	100

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Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis

Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity

Goods Exports classified by country

Goods Imports classified by country

Northern Ireland Goods Exports and Imports 2019 and 2020 classified by commodity (summary level)

Northern Ireland Goods Exports and Imports 2020 classified by commodity (detailed level)

Top 6 Exports to Northern Ireland, 2020 classified by commodity (detailed level)

Top 6 Imports from Northern Ireland, 2020 classified by commodity (detailed level)

Northern Ireland Goods Exports and Imports, 2010 - 2020

Concentration of Value of Traders 2019

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