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Top Trading Partners 2022

Top Trading Partners 2022

The USA remains Ireland’s Largest Export Market

CSO statistical release, , 11am
X-axis labelValue of Exports
USA63.1467231210001
Germany25.2387700868244
UK22.1929500190344
Belgium17.6038694661036
Netherlands14.3402443204328
China13.219115614
France7.16568930570142
Italy4.54929154536546
Japan4.178793672
Canada3.38689705699999

The USA was Ireland’s largest export market in 2022, with over €63 billion in exports. This accounted for 30% of the total value of exports. The second biggest export partner was Germany with €25 billion of exports, followed by the UK with €22 billion.

Medical & Pharmaceutical Products and Organic Chemicals comprised €44 billion, or 70% of the total exports to the USA in 2022.

Belgium and the Netherlands complete the list of the remaining top 5 export markets.

Table 2.1 Top ten exporting partners 2022

X-axis labelValue of Imports
UK29.4200588752563
USA22.3159501484769
China14.4294007101531
France13.1613265306248
Germany10.5322262158758
Switzerland6.40950562820972
Israel4.83647810121445
Netherlands4.74245731141499
Japan3.16482769013391
Spain2.68217536438727

The UK was the biggest source of imports in 2022, with imports of €29.4 billion. 

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Petroleum & Related Materials were €7.9 billion. Imports of Food & Beverages from the UK were €4.1 billion in value, and imports of Machinery & Transport Equipment were €4 billion.

There were €22 billion of imports from the USA in 2022, including imports of Chemicals & Related Products of €5.2 billion, and imports of Machinery & Transport Equipment to the value of €11.6 billion.

France, China and Germany made up the remaining top 5 import partners.

Table 2.2 Top ten importing partners 2022