Written answers

Tuesday, 31 May 2005

Department of An Taoiseach

Imports and Exports

9:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach the top ten trading countries with which this country trades in terms of exports and imports; the extent of the growth or otherwise of this trade with respect to each such country in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18459/05]

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 118: To ask the Taoiseach the economies which have shown greatest increase in terms of imports and exports with this country in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18460/05]

Photo of Tom KittTom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 118 together.

The following details relate solely to merchandise trade. The details with regard to imports are classified according to country of consignment as distinct from country of origin.

Tables 1 and 2 give imports and exports respectively of the top 12 countries in terms of value of trade for each of the last five years; 1999 is included also for reference purposes.

Tables 3 and 4 give similar details where the ranking is done on the basis of year-on-year increases in the value of trade for each country.

In the context of these tables the lower the value of "Rank" the more significant the actual trade value or the year-on-year increase as the case may be.

Table 1
Imports — Merchandise Value
Rank 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000)
1Great Britain15,331,57319,008,68321,493,71322,112,22915,899,02116,834,754
2United States6,681,8248,353,1957,923,3857,953,4166,751,5316,411,808
3Germany2,782,5363,356,3693,612,0063,769,4723,889,2674,398,351
4France2,515,9742,684,8142,128,099
Japan2,033,687
Netherlands1,976,2812,158,211
5France1,774,6111,792,5672,118,278
Japan2,128,632
Netherlands2,156,1712,090,110
6China2,056,786
Japan1,351,6281,549,662
Netherlands2,059,122
Northern Ireland1,489,040
Singapore1,717,021
7China1,422,406
Japan1,481,526
Netherlands1,546,157
Northern Ireland1,215,3811,387,105
Singapore1,961,097
8EU Unknown1,484,5161,145,605
Japan1,309,776
Northern Ireland1,374,7081,279,947
Singapore1,323,374
9Belgium1,002,700
EU Unknown1,275,0921,311,338
Northern Ireland1,479,755
Norway1,229,4041,178,802
10Belgium1,153,803
Italy1,191,3531,199,347
Singapore956,2171,026,720
Taiwan825,930
11Belgium1,064,8651,048,263967,374
Italy808,667908,533982,979
12Belgium705,515
Italy925,404
Norway1,062,228
Switzerland956,647
Taiwan990,198881,696
Table 2
Exports — Merchandise Value
Rank 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000)
1Great Britain13,247,55817,123,85120,793,80820,886,658
United States16,939,24516,519,949
2Great Britain13,458,26213,502,526
United States10,336,84214,227,80515,694,39616,509,438
3Belgium13,549,30710,336,12512,320,147
Germany8,013,8109,428,58811,682,508
4France5,646,3946,357,4115,541,568
Germany6,740,4176,858,9226,497,138
5Belgium4,446,178
France4,693,3725,022,8505,044,908
Netherlands4,190,2974,705,719
6Belgium3,439,8254,115,540
Italy3,601,523
Netherlands4,263,6144,262,8063,865,526
7Italy2,533,0523,319,4273,311,8983,750,1763,806,985
Netherlands3,511,632
8Japan1,958,9603,122,8603,261,074
Switzerland3,103,7702,603,2652,761,410
9Japan2,630,798
Spain1,842,7402,126,9072,363,2602,436,082
Switzerland2,705,698
10Japan2,109,4342,332,594
Spain2,297,9852,242,629
Switzerland1,618,7542,033,164
11Northern Ireland1,515,0981,785,9841,864,5201,610,7161,408,3311,432,574
12Sweden1,096,1851,336,9731,355,0241,203,0521,164,1111,113,809
Table 3
Imports — Merchandise year-on-year value increases
Rank 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000)
1China543,706
Great Britain3,677,1102,485,030618,516935,733
2China194,369634,380
Germany255,637
Norway369,254
United States1,671,371
3China241,332
France741,363
Germany157,466509,084
Japan198,034
4Denmark154,835
France168,840325,711
Germany573,833
Switzerland80,959
5Finland67,375
Germany119,795
Norway528,006
Switzerland128,067258,279
6Austria60,142
Canada127,547
Netherlands512,965
Switzerland83,286
Taiwan187,116
7Belgium186,429
Italy382,686
Singapore70,503
Taiwan115,312
Turkey40,141
8Belgium359,350
Czech Republic33,935
Mexico101,126
Netherlands181,930
Northern Ireland64,566
9Canada62,599
Denmark312,841
Netherlands97,049
Northern Ireland107,158
United States30,031
10Costa Rica25,162
EU Unknown105,041
Hong Kong259,088
Hungary84,813
South Africa45,578
11Saudi Arabia24,720
South Korea254,914
Sweden77,044
Thailand84,575
Turkey39,123
12Brazil29,214
Hong Kong24,67769,853
Romania55,989
Singapore244,076
Table 4
Exports — Merchandise year-on-year value increases
Rank 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000) â'¬(000)
1Belgium9,103,1291,984,022
Great Britain3,669,957
Netherlands751,174
United States3,890,963
2Germany2,253,920
Great Britain3,876,293
Japan223,160
United States815,042429,807
3France329,478
Germany1,414,778
Switzerland398,072158,145
United States1,466,591
4Hong Kong154,230144,579
Italy289,625
Japan1,163,900
Switzerland672,534
5China200,194
Italy786,375148,653
Malaysia386,790
Singapore132,163
6Belgium330,638
France711,017
Israel101,710
Singapore98,002
Spain120,631
7Australia88,455
Germany118,505
Great Britain92,850
Mexico297,558
South Korea684,710
8Australia254,101
Belgium675,715
Mexico61,984
South Korea78,190
Unknown (Non-EU)88,151
9Canada197,961
China46,316
Netherlands515,422
Portugal52,344
Spain72,822
10India24,321
Switzerland414,410
Taiwan177,45769,919
Thailand33,073
11China171,957
Italy56,809
Luxembourg29,250
Spain284,167
Turkey17,366
12Brazil16,470
China54,234
Hong Kong284,123
Russia15,134
Spain171,078

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