The USA was Ireland’s largest export market in 2019, with almost €47 billion in exports. This accounted for 31% of the total value of exports. The second biggest export partner was the UK, with almost €16 billion of exports.
Medical and pharmaceutical products and Organic chemicals comprised €32 billion, or 68% of the total exports to the USA in 2019.
Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands complete the list of the remaining top 5 export markets.
| X-axis label | value of exports |
|---|---|
| USA | 47 |
| UK | 16 |
| Belgium | 15 |
| Germany | 14 |
| Netherlands | 9 |
| China | 8 |
| Switzerland | 6 |
| France | 5 |
| Italy | 4 |
| Japan | 3 |
| Table 2.1 Top ten exporting partners 2019 | |||
| Rank | Country | €million | % of total exports |
| 1 | USA | 46,960 | 31 |
| 2 | UK | 15,752 | 10 |
| 3 | Belgium | 15,505 | 10 |
| 4 | Germany | 13,601 | 9 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 8,622 | 6 |
| 6 | China | 8,229 | 5 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 5,529 | 4 |
| 8 | France | 5,435 | 4 |
| 9 | Italy | 3,900 | 3 |
| 10 | Japan | 2,824 | 2 |
The UK was the biggest source of imports in 2019, with imports of over €20 billion.
Imports of Mineral fuels and petroleum were €2.9 billion. Imports of Food and beverages from the UK were almost €4.3 billion in value, and imports of Machinery and transport equipment were €4.2 billion.
There were €14 billion of imports from the USA in 2019, including imports of Chemicals and related goods of €3.7 billion, and imports of Machinery and transport equipment to the value of €7 billion.
France, Germany and China made up the remaining top 5 import partners.
| X-axis label | value of imports |
|---|---|
| UK | 20 |
| USA | 14 |
| France | 12 |
| Germany | 7 |
| China | 5 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Italy | 1 |
| Switzerland | 2 |
| Spain | 1 |
| Table 2.2 Top ten importing partners 2019 | |||
| Rank | Country | €million | % of total imports |
| 1 | UK | 20,352 | 22 |
| 2 | USA | 14,023 | 15 |
| 3 | France | 12,333 | 13 |
| 4 | Germany | 7,484 | 8 |
| 5 | China | 5,101 | 6 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 3,110 | 3 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 2,158 | 2 |
| 8 | Belgium | 1,655 | 2 |
| 9 | Italy | 1,450 | 2 |
| 10 | Spain | 1,412 | 2 |
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