In 2019, Ireland exported €17.4 billion to Asia. Of this, 47% of the total, or €8.2 billion went to China. Over €5.7 billion of Machinery and transport equipment was exported to China, which represents three-quarters of the total exports of these products to Asia. There were exports of €2.8 billion to Japan, including €1.5 billion of Chemicals and related products. Hong Kong, Turkey and Saudi Arabia were the next largest export partners in 2019.
| Table 6.1 Exports to Asia by product 2019 | |||||||
| Product | China | Japan | Hong Kong | Turkey | Saudi Arabia | Rest of Asia | Total |
| €million | €million | €million | €million | €million | €million | €million | |
| Food and live animals | 711 | 117 | 157 | 49 | 81 | 610 | 1,726 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 47 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 40 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 121 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Chemicals and related products | 1,379 | 1,537 | 112 | 451 | 377 | 1,727 | 5,583 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 18 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 112 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 5,711 | 241 | 214 | 102 | 147 | 1,293 | 7,707 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 357 | 883 | 201 | 29 | 21 | 575 | 2,066 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 8,229 | 2,824 | 693 | 652 | 634 | 4,346 | 17,377 |
| Pecentage of exports | |
| Saudi Arabia | 3.64922699576422 |
| China | 47.3536426851653 |
| Japan | 16.2495029774837 |
| Hong Kong | 3.9871832905869 |
| Turkey | 3.75264728506455 |
| Rest of Asia | 25.0077967659354 |
Imports from Asia in 2019 were €12.3 billion, and over 40% (€5.1 billion) of that came from China. Of this amount, €2.5 billion was Machinery and Equipment. Machinery and Equipment comprised almost half of all imports from Asia at just over €6 billion. There were €1.2 billion of imports from Japan and €1 billion from Malaysia, while South Korea and Turkey were the next largest import markets.
| Table 6.2 Imports from Asia by product 2019 | |||||||
| Product | China | Japan | Malaysia | South Korea | Turkey | Rest of Asia | Total |
| €million | €million | €million | €million | €million | €million | €million | |
| Food and live animals | 54 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 149 | 232 |
| Beverages and tobacco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 61 |
| Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 78 |
| Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| Chemicals and related products | 387 | 350 | 12 | 159 | 40 | 623 | 1,570 |
| Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 523 | 47 | 18 | 40 | 152 | 286 | 1,066 |
| Machinery and transport equipment | 2,538 | 654 | 796 | 653 | 288 | 1,125 | 6,053 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,496 | 98 | 108 | 97 | 159 | 1,081 | 3,039 |
| Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere | 74 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 128 |
| Total | 5,101 | 1,172 | 1,001 | 954 | 665 | 3,389 | 12,282 |
| Percentage of Imports | |
| China | 41.5300303359083 |
| Japan | 9.54262342064458 |
| Malaysia | 8.14693476097447 |
| South Korea | 7.76903522566673 |
| Turkey | 5.41687954689059 |
| Rest of Asia | 27.5944967099154 |
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