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
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
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
179