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The USA was Ireland’s largest goods export market in 2021, with over €52 billion in exports. This accounted for 32% of the total value of exports. Medical & Pharmaceutical Products and Organic Chemicals comprised €37 billion, or 71% of the total exports to the USA in 2021.
The second biggest export partner was the UK with over €18 billion of exports, closely followed by Germany with over €17.7 billion.
China and Belgium complete the list of the remaining top 5 export markets.
| X-axis label | value of exports |
|---|---|
| USA | 52.567172625 |
| UK | 18.1824348059261 |
| Germany | 17.7736933099527 |
| Belgium | 13.5295792398686 |
| China | 11.197254541 |
| Netherlands | 9.38650571525827 |
| France | 5.34793809879232 |
| Italy | 4.36570136943147 |
| Switzerland | 2.81298098999999 |
| Japan | 2.714912687 |
| Table 2.1 Top ten exporting partners 2021 | |||
| Rank | Country | €million | % of total exports |
| 1 | USA | 52,567 | 32 |
| 2 | UK | 18,182 | 11 |
| 3 | Germany | 17,774 | 11 |
| 4 | Belgium | 13,530 | 8 |
| 5 | China | 11,197 | 7 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 9,387 | 6 |
| 7 | France | 5,348 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy | 4,366 | 3 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 2,813 | 2 |
| 10 | Japan | 2,715 | 2 |
The UK was the biggest source of imports in 2021, with imports of €19.5 billion.
Imports of Food & Live Animals from the UK were €3 billion in value, and imports of Machinery & Transport Equipment were €3.7 billion. Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Products were €3.1 billion.
There were €18 billion of imports from the USA in 2021, including imports of Machinery & Transport Equipment to the value of €9.6 billion and imports of Chemicals & Related Products of €4.7 billion.
France, China and Germany made up the remaining top 5 import partners.
| X-axis label | value of imports |
|---|---|
| UK | 19.5124204503868 |
| USA | 18.1249144478868 |
| France | 10.3151710173955 |
| China | 8.45231600176541 |
| Germany | 7.29695917225778 |
| Switzerland | 5.14025751244274 |
| Netherlands | 4.49853579109876 |
| Israel | 2.43871239406935 |
| Belgium | 2.22288298168087 |
| Italy | 2.1927351753645 |
| Table 2.2 Top ten importing partners 2021 | |||
| Rank | Country | €million | % of total imports |
| 1 | UK | 19,512 | 19 |
| 2 | USA | 18,125 | 17 |
| 3 | France | 10,315 | 10 |
| 4 | China | 8,452 | 8 |
| 5 | Germany | 7,297 | 7 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 5,140 | 5 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 4,499 | 4 |
| 8 | Israel | 2,439 | 2 |
| 9 | Belgium | 2,223 | 2 |
| 10 | Italy | 2,193 | 2 |
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