| Table 4.1 Imports by enterprise size 2016 | ||||
| €million | ||||
| Enterprise size | Value | % of total | Number of enterprises | % of total |
| Micro | 12,712 | 17 | 21,383 | 69 |
| Small | 12,039 | 16 | 6,058 | 20 |
| Medium | 20,518 | 28 | 1,557 | 5 |
| SMEs | 45,268 | 62 | 28,998 | 93 |
| Large | 25,165 | 34 | 503 | 2 |
| Unknown | 2,771 | 4 | 1,564 | 5 |
| Total | 73,204 | 100 | 31,065 | 100 |
| Micro (0-9 employees), Small (10-49 employees), Medium (50-249 employees), Large (over 250 employees). | ||||
Micro and small enterprises account for 33% of all imports
There were 31,065 importing enterprises in 2016 (i.e. with goods imports of over €5,000 in the year). Almost 70% of these enterprises are classified as micro (less than 10 employees), and these accounted for €12.7 billion, or 17% of total imports.
Imports by large enterprises totalled €25.1 billion, or 34% of total imports.
Only 2% of all importing enterprises in 2016 were large in size but they imported over a third of total imports in 2016. There were 28,998 SMEs importing in 2016 accounting for over €45 billion of goods.
| Percentage of Imports | |
| Micro | 17.3646068156829 |
| Small | 16.445531411536 |
| Medium | 28.0280057266563 |
| Large | 34.3768279557601 |
| Unknown | 3.78502809036466 |
| Number of enterprises | |
| Micro | 21383 |
| Small | 6058 |
| Medium | 1557 |
| Large | 503 |
| Unknown | 1564 |
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