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The USA was Ireland’s largest export market in 2020, with over €50 billion in exports. This accounted for 31% of the total value of exports. The second biggest export partner was Belgium, with almost €18 billion of exports, closely followed Germany with over €17.5 billion.
Medical and pharmaceutical products and organic chemicals comprised €37 billion, or 73% of the total exports to the USA in 2020.
The UK and China complete the list of the remaining top 5 export markets.
| X-axis label | Value of Exports |
|---|---|
| USA | 50.5358435100001 |
| Belgium | 17.8826528389402 |
| Germany | 17.5781516823345 |
| UK | 14.6497669697808 |
| China | 10.323924721 |
| Netherlands | 8.59891804499727 |
| France | 5.44428377242536 |
| Italy | 4.68011492242183 |
| Japan | 3.47292893900001 |
| Switzerland | 3.22123458199999 |
| Table 2.1 Top ten exporting partners 2020 | |||
| Rank | Country | €million | % of total exports |
| 1 | USA | 50,536 | 31 |
| 2 | Belgium | 17,883 | 11 |
| 3 | Germany | 17,578 | 11 |
| 4 | UK | 14,650 | 9 |
| 5 | China | 10,324 | 6 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 8,599 | 5 |
| 7 | France | 5,444 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy | 4,680 | 3 |
| 9 | Japan | 3,473 | 2 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 3,221 | 2 |
The UK was the biggest source of imports in 2020, with imports of €20 billion.
Imports of mineral fuels, petroleum and related materials were €1.8 billion. Imports of food and beverages from the UK were €4.3 billion in value, and imports of machinery and transport equipment were €4.5 billion.
There were €13.5 billion of imports from the USA in 2020, including imports of chemicals and related goods of €3.7 billion, and imports of machinery and transport equipment to the value of €6.6 billion.
France, Germany and China made up the remaining top 5 import partners.
| X-axis label | Value of Imports |
|---|---|
| UK | 20.1378391429329 |
| USA | 13.4781456181116 |
| France | 9.90616523707557 |
| Germany | 7.14443458019403 |
| China | 6.54668044311656 |
| Switzerland | 4.13976418955472 |
| Netherlands | 3.12634696092122 |
| Belgium | 1.91795279387025 |
| Italy | 1.78065294279683 |
| Spain | 1.70780259714616 |
| Table 2.2 Top ten importing partners 2020 | |||
| Rank | Country | €million | % of total imports |
| 1 | UK | 20,138 | 23 |
| 2 | USA | 13,478 | 15 |
| 3 | France | 9,906 | 11 |
| 4 | Germany | 7,144 | 8 |
| 5 | China | 6,547 | 8 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 4,140 | 5 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 3,126 | 4 |
| 8 | Belgium | 1,918 | 2 |
| 9 | Italy | 1,781 | 2 |
| 10 | Spain | 1,708 | 2 |
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