Ireland Trade Profile '21

Trade Profiles

2021 Trade in commercial services

Transport

Travel Other commercial services

Industrial property

Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products

Ireland

Ireland

GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)

418 716 81 172 4.6 92 124 113.5

Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade

Exports

28 5 -

Imports

34 4 -

MERCHANDISE TRADE Value

Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b.

Merchandise imports, c.i.f.

Annual percentage change

2020 179 772 98 750 2020 1.02

Share in world total exports (%)

2010-2020 4 5

2019 3 -6

2020 6 -2 2020 0.55

Share in world total imports (%)

Breakdown in economy's total exports

Breakdown in economy's total imports

By main commodity group, % (2019)

By main commodity group, % (2019)

Agricultural products: 9.2

Fuels and mining products: 1.5

Agricultural products: 10.8

Fuels and mining products: 7.3

Manufactures: 88.7

Other: 0.5

Manufactures: 79.6

Other: 2.4

By main destination, % (2020)

By main origin, % (2020)

European Union: 39.3 United Kingdom: 9 Switzerland: 2

United States of America: 30.9 China: 6.2 Other: 12.6

European Union: 33.4 United States of America: 15.1 Switzerland: 4.8

United Kingdom: 22.9 China: 7.1 Other: 16.7

Agricultural Products Value

Top exported products (Million US$) HS1901 HS0201 HS0406 HS2208 HS0405

2020 .

1 984 1 800 1 177 1 167 1 159

Malt extract Bovine meat, fresh, chilled Cheese and curd Alcohol of less than 80% volume Butter and other fats and oils

Value

Top imported products (Million US$) HS1905 HS0101 HS2309 HS1806 HS2204

2020

Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Live horses, asses, mules, hinnies Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding Chocolate and other cocoa food Wine of fresh grapes

583 459 413 409 393

Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%

10%

Imports 20%

0%

HS1901

HS1905

HS0201

HS0101

HS0406

HS2309

HS2208

HS1806

HS0405

HS2204

2%

4%

6%

Million US$ Exports Imports

Value

2020 15 124 10 956

Annual percentage change

2010-2020 3 4

2019 1 -4

2020 0 5

Non-Agricultural Products Value

Top exported products (Million US$) HS3002 HS3004 HS2933 HS2934 HS3302

2020

Human and animal blood Medicaments in measured doses Heterocyclic compounds nitrogen Nucleic acids and their salts, whet Odoriferous substances and mixture

41 647 22 269 20 370 9 582 8 279

Value

Top imported products (Million US$) HS8802 HS2933 HS8471 HS3004 HS3002

2020

Other aircraft Heterocyclic compounds nitrogen Automatic data-processing machines Medicaments in measured doses Human and animal blood

14 726 6 155 4 003 3 970 3 947

Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%

178

20%

Imports 40%

0%

HS3002

HS8802

HS3004

HS2933

HS2933

HS8471

HS2934

HS3004

HS3302

HS3002

10%

20%

Million US$ Exports Imports

Value

2020 167 875 84 985

Annual percentage change

2010-2020 5 5

2019 2 -5

2020 9 -4

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Ireland TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value

Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports

Annual percentage change

2020

2010-2020

262 309 295 688 2020 5.34

Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports

2019

2020

11 37

6 -11

11 10

2020 6.43

Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports

By main services item, % (2020)

By main services item, % (2020)

Transport: 1.1 Other commercial services: 97

Travel: 0.7 Goods-related services: 1.2

Transport: 1.1 Other commercial services: 95.1

By main destination, % (2020)

Travel: 0.8 Goods-related services: 3

By main origin, % (2020)

European Union: 30.4 United States of America: 13.8 China: 2.8

United Kingdom: 14.8 Japan: 4.4 Other: 33.8

United States of America: 39.9 United Kingdom: 7.5 China: 1.8

Value

FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)

European Union: 13.3 Switzerland: 2 Other: 35.4

Annual percentage change

2018 188 628 113 801

2010-2018 15 2

2017 na 15

2018 44 -1

Transport Ireland

200

World

100 0

2010

2013

2016

Value

Million US$ Exports Imports

2020 2 947 3 361

Exports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other (2019)

2020

Transport exports (Index 2010=100)

2010-2020 -5 5

Value

Share (%)

256 8 744 0

2.8 97.2 0.0

Annual percentage change 2019 -2 1

Imports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other (2019)

2020 -67 -8

Value

Share (%)

2 359 995 319

64.2 27.1 8.7

Travel Ireland

200

World

Value

Million US$ Exports Imports

100 0

2010

2013

2016

2020 1 901 2 377

2010-2020 -7 -10

Annual percentage change 2019 -6 8

2020 -70 -71

2020

Travel exports (Index 2010=100)

Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$

Exports of OCS by main item (2020)

13.8 18.9

59.5

2020

2010-2020

Other commercial services Exports 254 336 Imports 281 203

ICTs

7.7

Value

Other business services Financial services

12 11

2020

Goods-related services Exports Imports

Other

Annual percentage change

2010-2020

3 125 8 747

9 20

2019

2020

12 40

11 -10

2019

2020

24 15

13 18

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents

58

Non-residents

35

Trademark applications, 2019 Total

93

World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021

Residents

1 642

Non-residents

1 758

Industrial design applications, 2019 Total

3 400

Residents

54

Non-residents

18

Total

72

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