Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 313: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the balance of trade between the Republic of Ireland and its top 40 trading countries for 2010 and 2011 in order of financial importance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9693/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Trade data for the full year 2011 is not yet available from the Central Statistics Office. The requested data in respect of 2010 is set out in the table with the top 40 countries ranked in order of our total trade (exports plus imports) and showing the relevant surplus (or deficit) in each case.

For the calendar year 2010, Ireland's total exports (Merchandise and Services) were €163.03bn with total imports of €126.70bn, giving an overall surplus of €36.33bn, the highest annual figure on record.

* Country-specific Services trade data in respect of some countries is suppressed on confidentiality grounds by the CSO and these are marked with an *. Relevant totals in those cases are, accordingly, incomplete.