| Table 7.1 Agri-food by exports and number of enterprises 2013-2016 | ||||||||
| €million | ||||||||
| Enterprise size | Export value | Number of enterprises | ||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Micro | 448 | 425 | 485 | 502 | 259 | 292 | 305 | 339 |
| Small | 473 | 452 | 488 | 494 | 136 | 141 | 154 | 155 |
| Medium | 1,839 | 1,920 | 1,896 | 1,717 | 83 | 91 | 93 | 95 |
| Large | 11,383 | 12,515 | 14,122 | 14,507 | 35 | 35 | 41 | 43 |
| Total | 14,143 | 15,311 | 16,991 | 17,220 | 513 | 559 | 593 | 632 |
| Micro (0-9 employees), Small (10-49 employees), Medium (50-249 employees), Large (over 250 employees). | ||||||||
Agri-food exports increasing
The agri-food sector is of particular interest to economic analysts and commentators. It is a sector which is labour and employment intensive, so it is interesting to examine the exports from this sector in more detail.
Exports from the agri-food sector grew from €14.1 billion in 2013 to €17.2 billion in 2016, an increase of almost 22%.
In 2016, there were 589 SMEs in the agri-food sector, exporting €2.7 billion of goods.
Large enterprises accounted for €14.5 billion (84%) of all exports from the agri-food sector in 2016. This has increased from €11.4 billion in 2013, an increase of 27%.
Go to Background notes
