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Trade by Region 1993 to 2018

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In 1993, 28% of Ireland’s total exports were to the UK, at a value of €7.1 billion. By 2018, exports to the UK had fallen to 11% of total exports. Over the same time period, the proportion of our exports to the USA has increased from 9% to 28%, representing a value in 2018 of €39 billion.

X-axis labelUKEUUSRest of World
199328.395412505432543.5256745845399.0264620662805119.052450843748
199428.159225139022745.24937099871148.3675274286335118.2238764336324
199525.514606803111448.53252900628238.1567392968194817.7961248937868
199624.589481432850746.12559973582049.2553683126748520.029550518654
199724.646485568323644.72854296144611.255657346558719.3693141236717
199822.540485094362747.116434276055413.507266141128216.8358144884537
199921.939965408026644.876426209675515.438212169389717.7453962129082
200022.47696922871942.318765453781216.967717790504618.2365475269952
200124.403874228072839.664401491736816.932187710541518.9995365696489
200223.895205922939141.860925002203417.667188912588316.5766801622691
200318.037386036859344.27255862974820.535915765278817.1541395681139
200417.923865334905445.050310919603619.654186032440917.3716377130501
200517.705596603122646.857809057643617.803894115775917.6327002234578
200617.815077701888645.527932305365618.644745223735318.0122447690104
200718.772984847099744.794353020951917.778859024650818.6538031072976
200818.193442359877843.873441212253919.649736435664518.2833799922038
200915.681628105946645.048006177828121.79639095868117.4739747575443
201015.401058262684442.536730072531923.777304450028618.2849072147551
201115.447305413189442.323968395095223.826042465349518.4026837263659
201216.220004213493242.765963214747820.064897100754420.9491354710046
201316.002885710635641.211795901030121.259369279766721.5259491085676
201414.838174778034840.158878955791522.417791378347222.5851548878265
201513.837308419282139.40089146080923.896518203694322.8652819162146
201612.603063102999737.711944463621926.739275090058322.9457173433201
201713.251036024026437.986608592530127.107358402149921.6549969812935
201811.459101277594138.846197757716727.9434696844821.7512312802092
Table 5.1 Exports by region 1993 to 2018
Region199319982003200820132018
% % % % % %
UK 282318181611
EU 444744444139
USA91421202128
Rest of World191717182222
Total €million25,17957,32282,58588,50389,181140,808
Note: The EU refers to the current EU28 member states, excluding the UK. The data for EU for 1990-2018 includes the exports for all current member states, regardless of when they joined the EU.
 
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Ireland’s imports from the UK in 1993 were almost €6.8 billion, representing 36% of total imports. By 2018, the value of imports from the UK had increased to €20 billion, but the proportion of total imports coming from the UK fell to 22%.

Imports from the rest of the EU increased in proportion from 26% to 37% between 1993 and 2018. In value terms, this was an increase from €4.5 billion to €34.5 billion.

X-axis labelUKEUUSRest of World
199335.908649834518226.029564621032817.001359085608521.0604264588405
199436.534888243374325.756456969679218.262454465747319.4462003211992
199535.386732400205125.081808333836517.598929026217121.9325302397412
199634.76679926187126.043545229006715.433844128711623.7558113804108
199734.561997818655724.763912589432414.978914859986225.6951747319257
199833.907973306221724.138729580398916.020321699803525.9329754135759
199932.996847092328925.950982738606916.657387493137524.3947826759268
200032.047217973655326.264287925248116.534991274327225.1535028267693
200136.280734494812926.358045824308815.30530530860422.0559143722743
200236.512009018246425.759798902561715.701171955921422.0270201232705
200330.308935782823228.464860617011315.801998240325125.4242053598404
200431.100901802554729.438788514139213.366707423715226.0936022595909
200531.252317116640128.380043755595214.884167439566525.4834716881982
200630.430294199719729.906906616572113.8544626782925.8083365054183
200731.649131581726932.55711333785511.480481646638424.3132734337797
200832.362838691414932.463473991089712.369398585785822.8042887317096
200928.479481411187132.410073020582218.643317666584120.4671279016466
201030.420399669068731.449727407230915.367343395758722.7625295279417
201131.460990129853430.547631109800715.311407427335722.6799713330102
201229.243182785042930.947501330396216.465703044909123.3436128396517
201330.269085626120532.116818986204315.112838795884522.5012565917906
201428.257967112911733.61806085941114.710139380739523.4138326469378
201525.665509588450834.802596646665815.577793436809223.9541003280742
201622.870852235132636.366152791685118.81273104609121.9502639270913
201722.768209269407336.487107288550120.60521249503320.1394709470097
201821.705587942021237.460343337557518.498222901539522.3358458188818
Table 5.2 Imports by region 1993 to 2018
Region199319982003200820132018
% % % % % %
UK 363430323022
EU 262428323237
USA171616121518
Rest of World212625232322
Total €million18,90039,71548,51559,33655,78792,105
Note: The EU refers to the current EU28 member states, excluding the UK. The data for EU for 1990-2018 includes the imports for all current member states, regardless of when they joined the EU.

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