In 2018, Ireland exported €814 million of cheese. More than half of this (€409 million) went to the UK. Almost two-thirds, €159 million, of all the cheese imported in 2018 came from the UK.
Milk imports to Ireland in 2018 were €345 million, and 87% of these imports came from the UK. Milk exports to the UK were valued at €140 million, to 30% of total milk exports from Ireland.
There were exports of over €1.1 billion of butter in 2018, and €247 million of that was exported to the UK, less than a quarter of total exports of butter.
| X-axis label | exports | imports |
|---|---|---|
| Cheese | 409.272913695921 | 158.854239531745 |
| Milk | 139.466044591271 | 301.615364299614 |
| Butter | 247.107515410222 | 20.9289377766599 |
| Table 8.1 Dairy exports to the UK and Rest of World 2018 | |||||
| Product | UK | Rest of World | Total | ||
| €million | % of total exports | €million | % of total exports | €million | |
| Cheese | 409 | 50 | 405 | 50 | 814 |
| Milk | 139 | 30 | 327 | 70 | 467 |
| Butter | 247 | 22 | 878 | 78 | 1,125 |
| Total | 796 | 33 | 1,610 | 67 | 2,406 |
| Table 8.2 Dairy imports from the UK and Rest of World 2018 | ||||||
| Product | UK | Rest of World | Total | |||
| €million | % of total imports | €million | % of total imports | €million | ||
| Cheese | 159 | 65 | 87 | 35 | 246 | |
| Milk | 302 | 87 | 43 | 13 | 345 | |
| Butter | 21 | 59 | 14 | 41 | 35 | |
| Total | 481 | 77 | 145 | 23 | 626 | |
