| Table 3.1 Imports by enterprise size 2017 | ||||
| €million | ||||
| Enterprise size | Value | % of total | Number of enterprises | % of total |
| Micro | 16,889 | 20 | 22,200 | 70 |
| Small | 13,557 | 16 | 7,030 | 22 |
| Medium | 23,125 | 28 | 1,817 | 6 |
| SMEs | 53,571 | 65 | 31,047 | 98 |
| Large | 27,110 | 33 | 538 | 2 |
| Unknown | 1,914 | 2 | 76 | 0 |
| Total | 82,595 | 100 | 31,661 | 100 |
| Micro (0-9 employees), Small (10-49 employees), Medium (50-249 employees), Large (over 250 employees). | ||||
SMEs account for 65% of all imports
There were 31,661 importing enterprises in 2017 (i.e. with goods imports of over €5,000 in the year). There were 70% of these enterprises classified as micro (less than 10 employees), and these accounted for €16.9 billion, or 20% of total imports.
Only 2% of all importing enterprises in 2017 were large in size but they imported a third of total imports in 2017. There were 31,047 SMEs importing in 2017 accounting for €53.5 billion of goods.
| Percentage of Imports | |
| Micro | 20.4479029411933 |
| Small | 16.4139504430523 |
| Medium | 27.9985174401628 |
| Large | 32.822713851955 |
| Unknown | 2.3169153236366 |
| Number of enterprises | |
| Micro | 22200 |
| Small | 7030 |
| Medium | 1817 |
| Large | 538 |
| Unknown | 76 |
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