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Beverages 2024

Beverages 2024

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CSO statistical release, , 11am

Non-Alcoholic Beverages 2024

Ireland imported 519 million litres of non-alcoholic beverages in 2024 with an overall value of €484 million. The UK was the main import market with imports of almost 391 million litres (75% of the total), valued at €324 million.  Imported water comprised 59 million litres or 11% of total non-alcoholic beverage imports, valued at €25.6 million.

Imports of non-alcoholic beer comprised 33.5 million litres, or 6.5% of total non-alcoholic imports, with a value of €23.5 million. 85% of non-alcoholic beer imports were from the UK (14.9 million litres) and the Netherlands (13.6 million litres). Ireland’s exports of non-alcoholic beer comprised almost 51 million litres, worth €49 million. 93% of exported non-alcoholic beer went to the UK, valued at €43 million.

million litres€million
Austria2.6539839.637
France24.75771614.396
Germany32.58047728.751
Netherlands26.79972935.318
Switzerland9.2797541.813
UK390.509807323.763
Table 7.1 Imports of Non-Alcoholic Beverages 2024

Wine 2024

Ireland imported almost 85 million litres of wine in 2024, a decrease of 24% on the 2020 level of imports of 111 million litres. The total value of wine imports in 2024 was €340 million, and the top five import partners comprised 72% of the total value.

The largest partner country was France, with wine imports valued at €75 million, followed by Chile with wine imports valued at €53 million. While the value of French wine imports exceeded Chilean wine imports by almost €22 million, the quantity of Chilean wine imports surpassed the quantity from France, with 13.6 million litres imported from France and 16.8 million litres imported from Chile.

million litres€million
Portugal 1.1025938.03
Argentina 2.3447058.03
US3.37697512.409
Australia 7.80537425.928
New Zealand 6.10158333.04
Spain 6.92989534.458
Italy 14.90974249.251
Chile 16.80765753.455
France 13.56490475.153
Table 7.2 Imports of Wine 2024

Beer 2024

Ireland exported 554 million litres of beer in 2024, valued at €330 million. The dominant export market was the UK, with 411 million litres exported (74% of the total volume), valued at €151 million. The second largest export market was the US, with 51.5 million litres exports with a value of €46.5 million. 

In 2024, Ireland imported 255 million litres of beer, with a value of €240 million. Our largest import market was also the UK, with 165 million litres imported, valued at €157 million.  Our second largest import market was the Netherlands, with imports of 43 million litres, worth almost €39 million.

X-axis labelmillion litres€million
UK 165.395131156.834
Netherlands42.55693638.507
Poland18.61927614.076
France 12.6672029.925
Belgium 4.0304714.118
Germany 3.7360784.359
X-axis labelmillion litres€million
UK 410.975673150.762
US51.52076946.521
France 30.25413333.167
Germany 10.56814815.553
Canada 7.87500215.604
Italy6.58066810.791
Table 7.3 Trade in Beer 2024

Whiskey 2024

Ireland exported 131 million litres of whiskey in 2024, valued at €954 million. The largest export market was the US, with 34 million litres exported (26% of the total volume exported), valued at €389 million. The second largest export market was the UK, with 10 million litres exports, value at €57.5 million.

million litres€million
Australia3.356382978723423.483
Poland4.7148936170212824.525
Canada2.9861702127659626.589
France4.2138297872340428.31
India7.7255319148936230.485
Latvia6.3670212765957431.582
Germany7.9202127659574544.373
South Africa5.2702127659574547.339
UK10.008510638297957.467
US34.4340425531915388.785
Table 7.4 Exports of Whiskey 2024

Trade in Beverages 2024

X-axis labelmillion litres€million
Whiskies 5.4553191489361752.088
Beer 255.487403239.607
Wine 84.642111339.532
Other non-alcoholic beverages518.960048484.055
X-axis labelmillion litres€million
Whiskies 131.381914893617953.757
Beer 554.231908330.173
Wine 4.74161724.638
Other non-alcoholic beverages224.238398186.076
Table 7.5 Beverages 2024