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Ireland's Trade in Goods 2019

Trade by Region 1994-2019

Exports 1994 to 2019

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In 1994, 28% of Ireland’s total exports were to the UK, at a value of €8.1 billion. By 2019, exports to the UK had fallen to 10% of total exports. Over the same time period, the proportion of our exports to the US has increased from 8% to 31%, representing an increase in value terms from €2.4 billion to €47 billion.

Exports to Asia have increased from €1.3 billion in 1994 to €17.4 billion in 2019 and represent 11% of total exports.

	UK Exports	EU exports	Rest of World exports	USA exports	Asia Exports
1992	30.8543689436055	41.2916990406178	13.1091390727036	8.54313266586013	6.20166027721303
1993	28.395452491279	40.0399525406529	14.7470284838682	9.02647477716211	7.7910917070378
1994	28.1168985991192	41.7632024786174	14.0524499089756	8.35495007674074	7.71249893654707
1995	25.5146031599985	44.6772393165505	13.9575521472862	8.15673813215634	7.6938672440085
1996	24.587011436063	41.9533406197251	15.4905078386473	9.25443861718437	8.71470148838021
1997	24.6368097086077	40.0264352789657	14.3838619142655	11.2512385355605	9.70165456260056
1998	22.540488380198	41.0302278096583	14.8528025402061	13.5072681101476	8.06921315978997
1999	21.9399616976868	45.2316053592606	8.25054415158938	15.4382095585828	9.13967923288046
2000	22.476969228719	42.3187654537812	7.30763880690351	16.9677177905046	10.9289087200917
2001	24.4038742280728	39.6644014917368	8.41080101238287	16.9321877105415	10.588735557266
2002	23.8952059229391	41.8609250022034	7.79577070638759	17.6671889125883	8.78090945588154
2003	18.0373860368593	44.272558629748	8.24240187906172	20.5359157652788	8.91173768905222
2004	17.9238653349054	45.0503109196036	7.98148423885028	19.6541860324409	9.39015347419976
2005	17.7055966031226	46.8578090576436	8.53897587510184	17.8038941157759	9.09372434835597
2006	17.8150777018886	45.5279323053656	8.39337868267016	18.6447452237353	9.61886608634028
2007	18.7729848470997	44.794353020952	9.13514276015046	17.7788590246508	9.51866034714715
2008	18.1934423598778	43.8734412122539	7.90982290453512	19.6497364356645	10.3735570876687
2009	15.6816281059466	45.0480061778282	7.49604877601599	21.7963909586809	9.97792598152828
2010	15.4010582626844	42.5367300725319	9.00570656844057	23.7773044500286	9.27920064631449
2011	15.4473054131894	42.3239683950952	9.27619287996162	23.8260424653495	9.12649084640427
2012	16.2200042134932	42.7659632147478	11.5214757475776	20.0648971007544	9.42765972342696
2013	16.0028857106357	41.2117959010301	12.3097198575718	21.2593692797667	9.2162292509958
2014	14.8381747780348	40.1588789557915	12.8913002244867	22.4177913783472	9.69385466333986
2015	13.8373084192821	39.400891460809	11.6489359737598	23.8965182036943	11.2163459424549
2016	12.6030631029997	37.7119444636219	11.4756599572506	26.7392750900583	11.4700573860694
2017	13.2510360012551	37.9866085272519	11.2627625236554	27.1073583555672	10.3922345922704
2018	11.4258065485346	38.8218025266179	11.8728611755768	27.975881466923	9.90364828234759
2019	10.3295509679432	37.1468304319208	10.3346826779526	30.7938021286221	11.3951337935613

Table 4.1 Exports by region 1994-2019
Region	1994	1999	2004	2009	2014	2019
Region	%	%	%	%	%	%
UK	28	22	18	16	15	10
EU	42	45	45	45	40	37
Rest of World	14	8	8	7	13	10
USA	8	15	20	22	22	31
Asia	8	9	9	10	10	11
Total €million	28,934	66,956	84,949	87,585	92,616	152,497
Note: The EU refers to the current EU28 member states, excluding the UK. The data for EU for 1990-2019 includes the exports for all current member states, regardless of when they joined the EU.

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Imports 1994 to 2019

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In 1994, 37% of Ireland’s imports came from the UK, at a value of €8 billion. By 2019, the value of imports from the UK had increased to €20 billion, but this represented 22% of total imports.

Imports from the EU increased in proportion from 24% to 37% between 1994 and 2019. In value terms, this was an increase from €4.4 billion to €33.1 billion.

	UK imports	EU imports	Rest of World imports	USA imports	Asia imports
1992	42.2159192800259	25.2741987594228	8.30031577957324	14.1821978114253	10.0273683695528
1993	35.9086665955076	24.6357387345587	7.87009337779985	17.0013670212898	14.5841342708441
1994	36.5349925188552	24.496981513642	7.71240681814285	18.2625065892466	12.9931125601134
1995	35.3868026346549	23.9008139664883	7.02935057082776	17.5989639560062	16.0840688720228
1996	34.7668126191008	24.812449010731	7.74369718748261	15.433850058317	17.2431911243686
1997	34.5619658532315	23.6470199472284	6.53149229316441	14.9789010064071	20.2806208999686
1998	33.9079214542454	23.033545288857	5.94582258934633	16.0202972015731	21.0924134659781
1999	32.9968088429762	26.0227968971248	4.55817805526727	16.657368184193	19.7648480204387
2000	32.0472179736553	26.2642879252482	5.5838929880829	16.5349912743271	19.5696098386865
2001	36.278507725866	26.356428071009	6.14140853394161	15.3043659290942	15.9192897400893
2002	36.5120090182464	25.7597989025617	5.90377483513583	15.7011719559214	16.1232452881346
2003	30.3089357828232	28.4648606170113	6.4155830302246	15.8019982403251	19.0086223296158
2004	31.1009018025547	29.4387885141392	6.50543808390254	13.3667074237152	19.5881641756884
2005	31.2523171166401	28.3800437555952	6.27552865503269	14.8841674395665	19.2079430331655
2006	30.4302941997197	29.906906616572	7.1400238926665	13.85446267829	18.6683126127518
2007	31.6491315817269	32.5571133378549	6.52817801929169	11.4804816466384	17.7850954144881
2008	32.3628386914149	32.4634739910897	7.37639874873684	12.3693985857857	15.4278899829728
2009	28.4794814111871	32.4100730205822	7.55743847021842	18.6433176665841	12.9096894314281
2010	30.4203996690687	31.4497274072309	10.7849595187887	15.3673433957587	11.977570009153
2011	31.4609901298534	30.5476311098007	11.4796924304518	15.3114074273357	11.2002789025583
2012	29.243182785043	30.9475013303961	12.3668896667842	16.4657030449091	10.9767231728675
2013	30.2690856261205	32.1168189862043	9.75286125248514	15.1128387958845	12.7483953393055
2014	28.2579671129117	33.618060859411	9.7443456102678	14.7101393807395	13.6694870366699
2015	25.6655095884508	34.8025966466657	9.26674810524649	15.5777934368093	14.6873522228278
2016	22.8708522351326	36.3661527916851	8.78242820195325	18.812731046091	13.1678357251381
2017	22.7674324787599	36.4886652992748	8.13353061590685	20.6054843379215	12.004887268137
2018	21.6189177263688	37.0726004264188	9.79130983079453	18.588367050361	12.9288049660568
2019	22.4072454329963	36.6616062973506	11.96753875685	13.5240836677762	15.439525845027

Table 4.2 Imports by region 1994-2019
Region	1994	1999	2004	2009	2014	2019
Region	%	%	%	%	%	%
UK	37	33	31	28	28	22
EU	24	26	29	32	34	37
Rest of World	8	5	7	8	10	12
USA	18	17	13	19	15	14
Asia	13	20	20	13	14	15
Total Imports (€million)	21,945	44,327	51,557	48,203	62,157	90,827
Note: The EU refers to the current EU28 member states, excluding the UK. The data for EU for 1990-2019 includes the exports for all current member states, regardless of when they joined the EU.