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Trader Type

Table 5.1 Exports and imports by trader type 2017
Trader typeExportsImports
€million €million 
ValueNumber of exportersValueNumber of importers
Exporter only2,2682,172--
Two way trader119,4916,44264,1676,442
Importer only--18,42825,219
Total121,7598,61482,59531,661

Three-quarters of exporters also import goods

Three-quarters of the 8,614 enterprises registered as exporters in 2017 also imported goods (i.e. two-way traders). In contrast, only 20% of the 31,661 importers were two-way traders.

Two-way traders accounted for the vast majority (98%) of the value of all goods exported in 2017 but in contrast on the imports side two-way traders accounted for 78% of all goods imported.

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