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Ireland’s biggest trading surplus in 2018 was with the USA. The value of exports was over twice the value of imports, giving a trading surplus of over €22 billion with the USA. There was a surplus of €16.6 billion with Belgium, and a surplus of over €5 billion with Switzerland.
The largest trade deficit in 2018 was with France, with over €5 billion of exports and almost €11.5 billion of imports recorded, giving a trading deficit of €6 billion. The deficit was largely due to imports of aircraft.
| X-axis label | deficit | surplus |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 0 | 22.3089611250863 |
| Belgium | 0 | 16.6013688645151 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 5.750749369153 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 4.68026420459119 |
| Italy | 0 | 2.05566398844017 |
| 0 | 0 | |
| Thailand | -0.288135984884088 | 0 |
| Norway | -0.637812624657846 | 0 |
| China | -0.641898512210114 | 0 |
| UK | -3.85649441151331 | 0 |
| France | -6.0928422762902 | 0 |
In 2018, Ireland exported €46 billion of Medical and pharmaceutical products and imported €11 billion, giving a surplus of almost €35 billion for this product. There was a surplus of €23 billion in trade in Organic chemicals.
€22 billion of imports of aircraft were recorded in 2018, and €5 billion of exports, leading to a deficit of €17 billion for this product. This result is partly due to the activities of aircraft leasing companies located in Ireland. There was a deficit of €3.3 billion in trade in Road vehicles, and a deficit of €3.7 billion in trade in Petroleum products.
| X-axis label | deficit | surplus |
|---|---|---|
| Medical and pharmaceutical products | 0 | 34.8722450701015 |
| Organic chemicals | 0 | 23.0107309804919 |
| Essential oils | 0 | 6.44238863058619 |
| Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus | 0 | 4.447097831353 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 4.32312079554632 |
| 0 | 0 | |
| Machiney specialised for particular industries | -1.10705324209169 | 0 |
| Articles of apperel | -1.72693857762372 | 0 |
| Road vehicles | -3.31272681964553 | 0 |
| Petroleum | -3.6995410070232 | 0 |
| Aircraft | -17.0231191448283 | 0 |
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