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Exports and Imports 1975-2020

Exports 1975 to 2020

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Exports of food and live animals accounted for 44% of total exports in 1975 and was valued at €816 million. The value of food and live animal exports had grown to €11.6 billion in 2020, but its share had fallen to 7% of total exports in 2020.

Exports of chemicals and related products were valued at €137 million in 1975, which accounted for 7% of total exports. This had grown to almost €106 billion in 2020 and represented 65% of the total value of exports.

Exports of machinery and transport equipment increased from 11% of total exports in 1975 to 41% in 2000. In 2020, it accounted for 14% of total exports, with a value of €22.7 billion.

	Food and Live Animals	Beverages and Tobacco	Crude Materials, Inedible, Except Fuels	Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials	Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats and Waxes	Chemicals and Related Products	Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly by Material	Machinery and Transport Equipment	Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles	Commodities and Transactions not Classified Elsewhere
1975	44.4030236513877	2.16473371647718	4.6345641312498	1.31914736165086	0.432859681637282	7.47527720976092	13.8657661589158	11.1393215067326	9.72467838879342	4.84062819339441
1976	39.5405800871156	2.04342900910045	4.19390970378837	0.661797163532782	0.437696088440706	9.00915976076681	15.0184576254098	13.652754325066	10.1979969007118	5.24421933606773
1977	38.0346817555176	1.64651706252799	3.80970133382707	0.663410704143596	0.418806936601306	9.69070024044416	15.1940504457349	15.1378488129164	10.163675918304	5.24060678998291
1978	38.4964746506545	1.76219626287454	4.05928136455259	0.410528844927154	0.359684504622503	11.9781079632921	13.8369961812259	13.8388832424709	10.4446182076427	4.81322877773714
1979	34.8197695603013	1.88157621496714	4.91578119483611	0.479073077949979	0.314981207336623	12.9883267407473	13.2347815886475	16.1393843361786	10.9157100868491	4.31061599218627
1980	33.5275703594787	2.05683159580385	4.44840472087414	0.654570933007131	0.225668880207404	12.736209129346	12.7493657523843	18.688635783584	10.9459245431015	3.96681830221303
1981	29.4822839772776	2.63765483180741	3.80557378022043	0.662203730140152	0.145526238572036	13.4494235327863	12.399303689588	21.9670933985685	11.2897897551374	4.16114706590222
1982	26.9733652153698	2.9784519500072	4.03437835563969	0.632811375687733	0.13316008546157	14.151417532906	11.2510655020867	24.4997398514386	11.3502540599781	3.99535607142462
1983	25.1128010058917	2.62641300400347	4.09544039177693	1.14488682697933	0.127562506989455	13.8773308483956	10.44727518455	26.1260876044902	11.9782180809618	4.46398454596163
1984	23.1994155180524	2.3389988215119	5.67704823162168	1.20077616993313	0.157583173519583	13.8947500541269	9.4982122634637	28.6625142531206	11.1397929068718	4.23090860777838
1985	22.6313898394687	2.42616969138973	4.61940950303146	1.26928839420569	0.163138216028398	14.4358567807807	9.2771987627621	29.6563726522408	11.0912646849251	4.42991147516734
1986	23.4120935524986	2.43508295148729	4.34162337127164	0.782732238582446	0.110964359084631	13.344993216371	9.43638960554304	30.4039151398216	11.829356844425	3.90284872091481
1987	24.9564392213209	2.20772085379053	4.09975504612834	0.720004130424772	0.0957914834665868	12.1897618785148	8.78674427419499	31.3752838289978	12.1626394413116	3.40585984184968
1988	23.5724976273578	2.04204037754389	4.48556739750275	0.52457345564484	0.0935295929347363	13.105266971208	8.4198715150578	31.2103828920914	13.0563356266528	3.48993454400595
1989	21.9834430184667	2.04061989109234	4.31097455075064	0.470341203610559	0.0882358479363014	14.282850116084	7.86978085148295	31.8725860112028	13.4663690797504	3.61479942962328
1990	19.9292425298726	2.27714179284815	3.60349690420275	0.632112737767397	0.0782690584580545	15.8568454086666	8.03057678989521	31.3002458323017	14.2203749718535	4.07169397413397
1991	20.1893792745929	2.36151993191852	3.28628741205273	0.594994538830465	0.0812843525497597	17.6903141154387	8.02364288665429	29.3937296890718	14.9607781106026	3.41806968828833
1992	22.5910489529304	2.25157863935584	2.79745208884999	0.57693142584145	0.084806196205038	19.104385421067	7.49829764378472	26.7723001608778	15.2958111148233	3.02738835626448
1993	19.9115476383148	2.20880690985671	2.34799298211472	0.589518250175497	0.0907757702248245	19.2826942801455	5.81299738566894	29.0049794418061	14.0808963193833	6.66979102230969
1994	18.7941147334565	2.05419652126635	2.4018393638569	0.483004000781147	0.0887789486902743	20.9028094631181	5.5710391155569	30.6437731963516	14.4813421602086	4.57910249671367
1995	17.4298439904511	1.73694478651209	2.02769702113052	0.433429518602009	0.0844549436498603	18.9486347342368	4.85575733607857	34.4934504961933	15.550216259057	4.43957091408876
1996	13.6261391990028	1.70289637168358	1.83049898875716	0.383463140103923	0.0920823334997715	22.1146426088102	4.46739181504298	34.9514902331135	15.1346737798404	5.69672153014565
1997	10.2568462364012	1.55533658719105	1.71975676280272	0.41684967582556	0.080935236365592	25.2801636481327	3.90050827569144	37.8074734956268	13.4710944040195	5.51103567794337
1998	8.63026710004208	1.25795731042585	1.29207172040496	0.26293304235396	0.089267929359812	31.6733342267686	3.14655756382325	37.4089024880544	11.6972982259565	4.54141039281064
1999	8.19004702013521	1.20021430723475	1.19111283615236	0.264165194896264	0.0432372149384981	31.6157281246314	2.7074486848561	39.1200463574633	11.4081877007105	4.25981255898165
2000	7.08260900626295	1.14102350391732	1.12221084466459	0.339937608649061	0.0325054175695949	32.5775724525516	2.3493201247827	40.6126021003501	10.5541399757102	4.18807896554188
2001	6.25587725276716	1.06200339910105	1.02792611700154	0.320067636934597	0.0254501220743144	34.8118847756507	2.10783087315487	40.5985523625478	9.67234046224323	4.11806699852476
2002	6.14487305294874	1.06635310427828	0.917191249312931	0.384652595341855	0.0272169885040119	41.5278086390549	2.04754680312017	35.6738171507428	8.80820422097218	3.40233619572417
2003	6.99826118123432	1.34104580988269	1.04801367806182	0.243628367447763	0.0380215245420465	43.3317026862086	2.16989082736775	29.0972430762077	11.451017620676	4.28117522837132
2004	7.13708898965499	1.22037641319753	1.16705042543073	0.470751931742736	0.0297825053090553	44.1344944978881	2.13939625093585	27.6338093825486	11.6657955578157	4.40145404547659
2005	7.31834622536643	1.26576324927414	1.23570796820564	0.706872679175935	0.0211075256358929	46.3686452295271	2.01313025752328	26.5564792647239	10.3999302533936	4.11401734717406
2006	8.03938891409619	1.55320143502555	1.70646435808436	0.642538518595558	0.0222865548072099	45.3683396059509	1.95950247266468	27.3272020544775	9.88700145262621	3.4940746336719
2007	8.39360254008349	1.55399057404694	1.69894579028193	0.757785684871997	0.0304704034126852	47.5485125254334	2.00685142476736	25.5683116636509	9.37229864969745	3.06923074375384
2008	8.00559528423298	1.39735218314387	1.48345086217319	0.940306045776928	0.046552041679896	49.9705660027728	1.87643144703406	22.5590967999991	10.6323959273743	3.0882534058129
2009	7.17002243522044	1.23205325082348	1.11000108465442	0.679107843193223	0.0228348299661474	56.304867814878	1.42146816539267	17.2190602325727	11.0771760165781	3.76340832672075
2010	7.70227377210367	1.32451569336081	1.58825302066126	1.13017713733918	0.0296951953173976	58.5507864827471	1.59342218429058	12.427329258126	11.9643041755844	3.68924308046958
2011	8.44977926958298	1.26321753481574	1.8933240047816	1.45261431946999	0.0583749863183626	60.1248409174316	1.77893478526804	12.5744442035999	11.6387275111438	0.765742467587933
2012	8.69702384962789	1.29242075701527	1.85302229679798	1.76083638926408	0.0594609798014474	58.8672255570991	1.80714323144759	12.3651032492859	12.192709185545	1.10505450411575
2013	9.79328672426456	1.31664078312206	1.94266748148439	0.922500742867075	0.0578595336476736	56.5072352449779	1.91855934246452	13.2976009598403	12.9277933203635	1.31585586696793
2014	10.0959986352235	1.23866420344671	1.93757227430711	0.913989930454706	0.0666192306072715	55.6805041035071	2.01973959115012	13.0651432421431	13.6343759548846	1.34739283427576
2015	8.78750757290674	1.1453882443578	1.57516460229896	0.687588795389623	0.0508863748172939	57.1351682675413	1.87274314034765	14.9530324098168	12.7205261579986	1.07199443452516
2016	8.46358772828399	1.11784341306473	1.28197820142474	0.579417598132988	0.0656371497885025	55.6493215817966	1.79701606643184	17.9560775976971	12.2768294993302	0.812291164049284
2017	9.26383196929092	1.11112537273956	1.47790206008734	0.808443755665706	0.0744098654431102	55.2460005756087	1.86048607940817	17.2469915126461	12.1229539221282	0.787854886982178
2018	7.94735922656886	1.02691336917346	1.36604032124291	0.726723465474805	0.0463066684859046	60.9746690549971	1.65694016643468	14.2298682988805	11.2220216620616	0.803157766680173
2019	7.7169084625973	1.12440572101178	1.09455073746903	0.580882302711295	0.04529875365884	60.9528263987416	1.54020154903433	15.5700278701146	10.7059843799544	0.668913824706804
2020	7.16006143406324	0.898811614715247	0.873202458130743	0.423552107102816	0.0523811306719905	65.3448031478106	1.43710287088279	14.0310969512092	9.21241827092718	0.566570014486187

Table 4.1 Exports by product 1975-2020
Product	% of total exports
Product	1975	1985	1995	2005	2015	2020
Food and live animals	44	23	17	7	9	7
Beverages and tobacco	2	2	2	1	1	1
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5	5	2	1	2	1
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	1	0	1	1	0
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemicals and related products	7	14	19	46	57	65
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	14	9	5	2	2	1
Machinery and transport equipment	11	30	34	27	15	14
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	10	11	16	10	13	9
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	5	4	4	4	1	1
Total €million	1,838	12,371	35,330	87,173	112,407	162,066

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Imports 1975 to 2020

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Imports of machinery and transport equipment grew from 25% of total imports in 1975 to 54% in 2000. In 2020, these imports accounted for €33.5 billion, or 39% of total imports. Imports of food and live animals has remained constantly at around 10% of total imports but has grown in value from €243 million in 1975 to almost €8 billion in 2020.

	Food and Live Animals	Beverages and Tobacco	Crude Materials, Inedible, Except Fuels	Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials	Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats and Waxes	Chemicals and Related Products	Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly by Material	Machinery and Transport Equipment	Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles	Commodities and Transactions not Classified Elsewhere
1975	11.2267524672124	2.08015794596303	4.13351092394876	14.3010512168993	0.55236720218063	11.2618762183551	19.5404981472221	24.5993350519323	9.25658732088042	3.04786350540582
1976	10.7825197637646	1.56237157090095	4.72912155506838	13.3869776767488	0.540092785602736	10.981740666531	19.7952949641645	25.4298374567636	9.53740596463475	3.25463759582074
1977	11.4956381753235	1.27525754729313	4.17199733273472	12.5793357266017	0.607167218015303	11.1280865734992	19.1722304763851	26.8699203667923	9.58796255126931	3.11240403208566
1978	10.3942742036918	1.27434346845151	3.47335535965137	10.1304589532698	0.47742542786197	11.9344691232438	19.253846987579	29.9068247295724	10.4882788016874	2.66672294499098
1979	10.3073006730752	1.17335842226593	3.44794895192523	12.1993024460236	0.518343416553947	11.7338625762013	19.3244326786403	28.4445391210348	10.7391580067332	2.11175370754638
1980	10.5698257530718	1.04755628315838	3.12235757261935	14.8173379848773	0.458006217168521	10.3346914865239	18.282604539149	27.1786386969633	11.6942685005512	2.49471296591715
1981	11.5937153449247	1.0021725511032	3.11291243842074	14.6886339314244	0.459340060216551	10.5040277854764	17.1258969839407	27.4521172586181	11.6646491923179	2.39653445355737
1982	11.0528552472798	1.09752676339371	2.73675718670434	14.8113078487006	0.454964983317797	10.8157132999612	16.9231005651013	27.4712839172836	12.2184141577116	2.41807603054606
1983	11.473106065668	0.987216527909556	3.0023599844984	13.4796969170531	0.456912242252542	11.4498429795138	15.9183333110609	28.7752402079352	12.1151822105812	2.34210955352728
1984	10.4684979536276	0.952976646946719	3.31907874446741	12.4180527569427	0.611384359412173	11.5788871841431	15.368763256529	31.17621036606	11.5775086200025	2.52864011186871
1985	10.5475243372922	1.10206543294234	3.15349827170559	11.9007563063116	0.623330387408594	11.7016307280555	15.0079189130039	31.2447061064175	11.5673851047585	3.15118441210424
1986	11.4040932584742	1.12174538996856	2.91517688306516	8.49981455734015	0.477501146455853	12.1539119266122	15.8901704428151	31.3638531147972	13.0059615704344	3.16777171003711
1987	10.7640325602849	1.14017428729859	2.81097668295323	7.38939469822656	0.410762793820132	12.3016445823957	15.7585296292021	33.4818817908122	12.8100699939801	3.13253298102646
1988	10.4382214305188	1.22897620243046	2.88428800351332	5.56058936948962	0.426929273440748	12.6498450585903	16.0317558957304	34.4264762301867	13.1759565719953	3.17696196410442
1989	9.39212060574191	1.13518587687826	2.79492656591655	5.48919148715735	0.399338419435872	12.4119058344005	15.0370969030372	37.8261790542486	12.6402906358962	2.87376461728765
1990	8.97136911187956	1.2379760350659	2.71529444044554	6.43428187688177	0.321858104770728	12.4588905650862	15.4316866483933	35.9109499592348	13.6522168966252	2.865476361617
1991	9.5631732905432	1.42168761384106	2.50087070927858	5.86957642192203	0.321918824461884	13.2858377228337	15.0366451704791	34.7036986896676	14.4719695961741	2.82462196079869
1992	9.70071923432084	1.56499911334961	2.2091889688635	5.18533798390564	0.316030728538927	12.9822866292704	14.670819926887	35.6410416646895	14.896663598158	2.83291215201658
1993	8.32129873167098	1.24893715075448	2.2338432364163	4.79821605350781	0.368837127844031	12.4355822085782	11.8054124754559	36.7652768540403	13.1793147711045	8.84328139062745
1994	8.15638691513858	1.22024711248025	2.30394163403149	3.82621571882679	0.388231861533021	12.9447910041794	11.6782653815555	38.8575168243756	12.350579672971	8.2738238749084
1995	7.15453306797914	1.01071561602111	1.9816578953721	3.25038264600669	0.394777008055046	12.7866865773984	11.5150513031354	42.8059380487788	11.7599669010058	7.34029093624746
1996	6.89229287785377	1.04059897477702	1.81636500660142	3.67241123893382	0.366931075912492	12.315091755768	10.80189257782	42.2129061913843	12.7609253025593	8.12058499838989
1997	6.39901948326361	1.06598849154417	1.73169993398144	3.46842368040787	0.320300754442133	12.4043284754193	10.3627618589968	45.4001017786061	12.065864706753	6.78151083658557
1998	5.85649072850192	1.03394951957063	1.64396596298199	2.53819747427892	0.311078976593098	10.9290483355216	9.48874851929353	50.5053091407918	11.1375061233169	6.55570521914959
1999	5.76590184272074	1.12831745409531	1.51358998195775	2.91947375535632	0.311656102465979	11.1259117003553	8.58855664340864	51.4826517722897	11.0345341166742	6.12940663067601
2000	5.14136619110955	0.949961881437625	1.49108171200562	4.18449020289264	0.221979217650623	11.1084222918081	7.91592446156394	54.1345448789213	10.7225059634171	4.1297231991936
2001	5.51942070880982	1.20343210191444	1.41492723433802	3.93001884680242	0.217517606881208	11.2313834686619	7.77749436721507	53.6393458884213	11.158759511967	3.90770026498888
2002	5.72826404528025	1.32200480168113	1.45266279168943	3.50617086798643	0.209960131166104	12.5618583921446	7.8725068368608	52.1755462683534	11.0984889040517	4.07253696078627
2003	6.51279081032169	1.45459267488813	1.62876453407482	4.05851349986499	0.24899361644677	14.216958361589	8.7496109474743	45.7707156299147	12.9909533693495	4.36810655607612
2004	6.34848285011599	1.34995694102861	1.63643487233597	5.45723972597426	0.226544498149628	13.8479203680572	8.96053315540797	45.181662309047	12.2803410580869	4.71088422179637
2005	6.29633304026848	1.32751536879988	1.59879991652783	6.87687513042526	0.221509135755167	12.6903353597	8.4621621344244	46.1628459904281	12.1209114887124	4.24271243495842
2006	6.40122444311807	1.2607878984414	1.67483640932369	7.39349961070354	0.255040096752312	12.4756591799552	8.72509716745701	46.3601172432484	11.5299115975881	3.92382635341226
2007	6.96534540099758	1.36959294381348	1.67199227168017	8.68708039060166	0.243405677645956	12.3243649841597	9.22408942770093	43.8651911682411	11.5410688314859	4.10786890367353
2008	7.88919299712146	1.40859787378909	1.4021936240638	11.1137327338057	0.35054840601595	13.9580622762726	9.19650260551844	38.4083079972226	11.5623672803511	4.71049420583933
2009	9.16306559924321	1.59636373443312	1.20904585370711	9.22198272732365	0.366987322444729	15.293351285078	7.11113139556835	37.776459288057	12.7009976495385	5.56061514460628
2010	9.40330139276224	1.68766146554238	1.39276223646975	11.5035342727941	0.370677652142127	17.9857725497283	7.18519096573337	32.9451314930198	12.6348712177531	4.89109675405486
2011	9.46239478685854	1.5197453766555	1.36795939300691	13.096396355628	0.467991070081757	19.6386550819079	6.99893655534437	33.8971098440281	11.3388843635925	2.21192717289649
2012	9.94905587833219	1.53384170653908	1.23462064251538	12.7443965026202	0.446072567783094	18.2720651059467	6.60885167464115	36.372714456596	10.8022186147186	2.03616285030759
2013	10.81432804358	1.47560995283856	1.20511731206677	12.3435346164257	0.42160284366816	19.4896311154371	6.94855979249683	33.9924462823843	10.9692025575805	2.33996748352218
2014	9.95760769014198	1.34593572778828	1.17041386799662	10.4206250251378	0.349274021638579	18.410328600732	6.80867151992921	37.9354060250171	11.0980975747094	2.50363994690906
2015	9.53744776140691	1.2494473049878	1.21906690818844	7.28031264708819	0.348732723823651	19.9366718489253	6.70037511945344	39.7809188287145	11.6475303447391	2.29949651267276
2016	9.01036818716349	1.23173578566935	1.11023253997012	5.22921951002671	0.329486628581281	20.1560683597197	6.40006896858292	42.540684055191	11.1164693473713	2.87566661772412
2017	8.65122013557144	1.09443582068002	1.09347733438523	5.75078635360985	0.31336714752417	21.099645886937	6.10587237064151	43.2006965530892	10.0274485156321	2.66304988192956
2018	8.5272473991286	0.986254190786212	1.02114561266432	6.37236701136236	0.3001725427936	21.5983619370449	5.88386645089505	43.3128329425636	9.54898654752354	2.44876536523776
2019	8.59718785289653	1.08762268652177	1.10080234289377	6.00493863565837	0.284499736401379	18.6794327100592	6.46916555339258	45.0163468499704	10.4199751997013	2.34002843250477
2020	9.16163393168541	1.24441044353084	1.09194784822447	3.88312201278817	0.340831948932406	24.7170093651784	6.67651052900643	38.5276447030231	11.8062860798623	2.55060313776849

Table 4.2 Imports by product 1975-2020
Product	% of total imports
Product	1975	1985	1995	2005	2015	2020
Food and live animals	11	11	7	6	10	9
Beverages and tobacco	2	1	1	1	1	1
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	4	3	2	2	1	1
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	14	12	3	7	7	4
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chemicals and related products	11	12	13	13	20	25
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	20	15	12	8	7	7
Machinery and transport equipment	25	31	43	46	40	39
Miscellaneous manufactured articles	9	12	12	12	12	12
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	3	3	7	4	2	3
Total €million	2,164	11,971	26,181	58,463	70,111	87,065