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Trade by Region 2023

Trade by Region

Over 40% of exports went to EU countries in 2023

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Exports by Region 1998-2023

In 1998, 23% of Ireland’s total exports were to the UK, at a value of €12.9 billion. By 2023, the UK’s share of total exports had fallen to 11%. Over the same time period, the proportion of our exports to the US has doubled from 14% to 28%, representing an increase in value terms from €7.7 billion to €54 billion.

Exports to Asia have increased from €4.6 billion in 1998 to €22 billion in 2023 and represent 11% of total exports.

UK ExportsEU27 ExportsROW ExportsUS ExportsAsia Exports
199822.54048838019841.030227809658314.852802540206113.50726811014768.06921315978997
199921.939961697686845.23160535926068.2505441515893815.43820955858289.13967923288046
200022.47696922871942.31876545378127.3076388069035116.967717790504610.9289087200917
200124.403874228072839.66440149173688.4108010123828716.932187710541510.588735557266
200223.895205922939141.86092500220347.7957707063875917.66718891258838.78090945588154
200318.037386036859344.2725586297488.2424018790617220.53591576527888.91173768905222
200417.923865334905445.05031091960367.9814842388502819.65418603244099.39015347419976
200517.705596603122646.85780905764368.5389758751018417.80389411577599.09372434835597
200617.815077701888645.52793230536568.3933786826701618.64474522373539.61886608634028
200718.772984847099744.7943530209529.1351427601504617.77885902465089.51866034714715
200818.193442359877843.87344121225397.9098229045351219.649736435664510.3735570876687
200915.681628105946645.04800617782827.4960487760159921.79639095868099.97792598152828
201015.401058262684442.53673007253199.0057065684405723.77730445002869.27920064631449
201115.447305413189442.32396839509529.2761928799616223.82604246534959.12649084640427
201216.220004213493242.765963214747811.521475747577620.06489710075449.42765972342696
201316.002885710635741.211795901030112.309719857571821.25936927976679.2162292509958
201414.838174778034840.158878955791512.891300224486722.41779137834729.69385466333986
201513.837308419282139.40089146080911.648935973759823.896518203694311.2163459424549
201612.603063102999737.711944463621911.475659957250626.739275090058311.4700573860694
201713.251036001255137.986608527251911.262762523655427.107358355567210.3922345922704
201811.425806548534638.821802526617911.872861175576827.9758814669239.90364828234759
201910.455675110422237.03352527174528.9409951096942530.986897568189812.5829069399485
20209.0759256606292539.60604331245057.6134170957157331.169744200095412.5348697311092
202110.980735807071137.20110081274417.3483011874328531.721411007017412.7484511857345
202210.630740438650638.57957931825257.6665193917669430.281662266868212.8414985844618
202311.430061127298741.41221727984748.3372776153173227.564063483598411.2563804939381
Table 4.1 Exports by Region 1998-2023

Imports by Region 1998-2023

In 1998, 34% of Ireland’s imports came from the UK, at a value of €13.5 billion. By 2023, the value of imports from the UK had increased to over €26 billion, but the share of total imports had fallen to 19%.

Imports from the EU increased in proportion from 23% to 35% between 1998 and 2023. In value terms, this was an increase from €9 billion to €48.5 billion.

UK ImportsEU27 ImportsROW ImportsUS ImportsAsia Imports
199833.907921454245423.0335452888575.9458225893463316.020297201573121.0924134659781
199932.996808842976226.02279689712484.5581780552672716.65736818419319.7648480204387
200032.047217973655326.26428792524825.583892988082916.534991274327119.5696098386865
200136.27850772586626.3564280710096.1414085339416115.304365929094215.9192897400893
200236.512009018246425.75979890256175.9037748351358315.701171955921416.1232452881346
200330.308935782823228.46486061701136.415583030224615.801998240325119.0086223296158
200431.100901802554729.43878851413926.5054380839025413.366707423715219.5881641756884
200531.252317116640128.38004375559526.2755286550326914.884167439566519.2079430331655
200630.430294199719729.9069066165727.140023892666513.8544626782918.6683126127518
200731.649131581726932.55711333785496.5281780192916911.480481646638417.7850954144881
200832.362838691414932.46347399108977.3763987487368412.369398585785715.4278899829728
200928.479481411187132.41007302058227.5574384702184218.643317666584112.9096894314281
201030.420399669068731.449727407230910.784959518788715.367343395758711.977570009153
201131.460990129853430.547631109800711.479692430451815.311407427335711.2002789025583
201229.24318278504330.947501330396112.366889666784216.465703044909110.9767231728675
201330.269085626120532.11681898620439.7528612524851415.112838795884512.7483953393055
201428.257967112911733.6180608594119.744345610267814.710139380739513.6694870366699
201525.665509588450834.80259664666579.2667481052464915.577793436809314.6873522228278
201622.870852235132636.36615279168518.7824282019532518.81273104609113.1678357251381
201722.767432478759936.48866529927488.1335306159068520.605484337921512.004887268137
201821.618917726368837.07260042641889.7913098307945318.58836705036112.9288049660568
201922.635233733137736.44721531161759.0016353830109217.952018102136613.9638974700973
202023.129551111278134.888541100671410.9810752786215.480478585011815.5203539244187
202118.854665521141933.31552528829269.5901209000271117.46331822628120.7763700642574
202220.846398493905830.22625425102769.0027330171430615.854865228080924.0697490098427
202318.76742281857234.546726404445910.509155690628816.357692931757419.819002154596
Table 4.2 Imports by Region 1998-2023