Written answers
Tuesday, 31 May 2005
Department of An Taoiseach
Imports and Exports
9:00 pm
Bernard 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]
Bernard 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]
Tom 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) | ||
1 | Great Britain | 15,331,573 | 19,008,683 | 21,493,713 | 22,112,229 | 15,899,021 | 16,834,754 |
2 | United States | 6,681,824 | 8,353,195 | 7,923,385 | 7,953,416 | 6,751,531 | 6,411,808 |
3 | Germany | 2,782,536 | 3,356,369 | 3,612,006 | 3,769,472 | 3,889,267 | 4,398,351 |
4 | France | 2,515,974 | 2,684,814 | 2,128,099 | |||
Japan | 2,033,687 | ||||||
Netherlands | 1,976,281 | 2,158,211 | |||||
5 | France | 1,774,611 | 1,792,567 | 2,118,278 | |||
Japan | 2,128,632 | ||||||
Netherlands | 2,156,171 | 2,090,110 | |||||
6 | China | 2,056,786 | |||||
Japan | 1,351,628 | 1,549,662 | |||||
Netherlands | 2,059,122 | ||||||
Northern Ireland | 1,489,040 | ||||||
Singapore | 1,717,021 | ||||||
7 | China | 1,422,406 | |||||
Japan | 1,481,526 | ||||||
Netherlands | 1,546,157 | ||||||
Northern Ireland | 1,215,381 | 1,387,105 | |||||
Singapore | 1,961,097 | ||||||
8 | EU Unknown | 1,484,516 | 1,145,605 | ||||
Japan | 1,309,776 | ||||||
Northern Ireland | 1,374,708 | 1,279,947 | |||||
Singapore | 1,323,374 | ||||||
9 | Belgium | 1,002,700 | |||||
EU Unknown | 1,275,092 | 1,311,338 | |||||
Northern Ireland | 1,479,755 | ||||||
Norway | 1,229,404 | 1,178,802 | |||||
10 | Belgium | 1,153,803 | |||||
Italy | 1,191,353 | 1,199,347 | |||||
Singapore | 956,217 | 1,026,720 | |||||
Taiwan | 825,930 | ||||||
11 | Belgium | 1,064,865 | 1,048,263 | 967,374 | |||
Italy | 808,667 | 908,533 | 982,979 | ||||
12 | Belgium | 705,515 | |||||
Italy | 925,404 | ||||||
Norway | 1,062,228 | ||||||
Switzerland | 956,647 | ||||||
Taiwan | 990,198 | 881,696 |
Table 2 | |||||||
Exports — Merchandise Value | |||||||
Rank | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | â'¬(000) | ||
1 | Great Britain | 13,247,558 | 17,123,851 | 20,793,808 | 20,886,658 | ||
United States | 16,939,245 | 16,519,949 | |||||
2 | Great Britain | 13,458,262 | 13,502,526 | ||||
United States | 10,336,842 | 14,227,805 | 15,694,396 | 16,509,438 | |||
3 | Belgium | 13,549,307 | 10,336,125 | 12,320,147 | |||
Germany | 8,013,810 | 9,428,588 | 11,682,508 | ||||
4 | France | 5,646,394 | 6,357,411 | 5,541,568 | |||
Germany | 6,740,417 | 6,858,922 | 6,497,138 | ||||
5 | Belgium | 4,446,178 | |||||
France | 4,693,372 | 5,022,850 | 5,044,908 | ||||
Netherlands | 4,190,297 | 4,705,719 | |||||
6 | Belgium | 3,439,825 | 4,115,540 | ||||
Italy | 3,601,523 | ||||||
Netherlands | 4,263,614 | 4,262,806 | 3,865,526 | ||||
7 | Italy | 2,533,052 | 3,319,427 | 3,311,898 | 3,750,176 | 3,806,985 | |
Netherlands | 3,511,632 | ||||||
8 | Japan | 1,958,960 | 3,122,860 | 3,261,074 | |||
Switzerland | 3,103,770 | 2,603,265 | 2,761,410 | ||||
9 | Japan | 2,630,798 | |||||
Spain | 1,842,740 | 2,126,907 | 2,363,260 | 2,436,082 | |||
Switzerland | 2,705,698 | ||||||
10 | Japan | 2,109,434 | 2,332,594 | ||||
Spain | 2,297,985 | 2,242,629 | |||||
Switzerland | 1,618,754 | 2,033,164 | |||||
11 | Northern Ireland | 1,515,098 | 1,785,984 | 1,864,520 | 1,610,716 | 1,408,331 | 1,432,574 |
12 | Sweden | 1,096,185 | 1,336,973 | 1,355,024 | 1,203,052 | 1,164,111 | 1,113,809 |
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) | ||
1 | China | 543,706 | ||||
Great Britain | 3,677,110 | 2,485,030 | 618,516 | 935,733 | ||
2 | China | 194,369 | 634,380 | |||
Germany | 255,637 | |||||
Norway | 369,254 | |||||
United States | 1,671,371 | |||||
3 | China | 241,332 | ||||
France | 741,363 | |||||
Germany | 157,466 | 509,084 | ||||
Japan | 198,034 | |||||
4 | Denmark | 154,835 | ||||
France | 168,840 | 325,711 | ||||
Germany | 573,833 | |||||
Switzerland | 80,959 | |||||
5 | Finland | 67,375 | ||||
Germany | 119,795 | |||||
Norway | 528,006 | |||||
Switzerland | 128,067 | 258,279 | ||||
6 | Austria | 60,142 | ||||
Canada | 127,547 | |||||
Netherlands | 512,965 | |||||
Switzerland | 83,286 | |||||
Taiwan | 187,116 | |||||
7 | Belgium | 186,429 | ||||
Italy | 382,686 | |||||
Singapore | 70,503 | |||||
Taiwan | 115,312 | |||||
Turkey | 40,141 | |||||
8 | Belgium | 359,350 | ||||
Czech Republic | 33,935 | |||||
Mexico | 101,126 | |||||
Netherlands | 181,930 | |||||
Northern Ireland | 64,566 | |||||
9 | Canada | 62,599 | ||||
Denmark | 312,841 | |||||
Netherlands | 97,049 | |||||
Northern Ireland | 107,158 | |||||
United States | 30,031 | |||||
10 | Costa Rica | 25,162 | ||||
EU Unknown | 105,041 | |||||
Hong Kong | 259,088 | |||||
Hungary | 84,813 | |||||
South Africa | 45,578 | |||||
11 | Saudi Arabia | 24,720 | ||||
South Korea | 254,914 | |||||
Sweden | 77,044 | |||||
Thailand | 84,575 | |||||
Turkey | 39,123 | |||||
12 | Brazil | 29,214 | ||||
Hong Kong | 24,677 | 69,853 | ||||
Romania | 55,989 | |||||
Singapore | 244,076 |
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) | ||
1 | Belgium | 9,103,129 | 1,984,022 | |||
Great Britain | 3,669,957 | |||||
Netherlands | 751,174 | |||||
United States | 3,890,963 | |||||
2 | Germany | 2,253,920 | ||||
Great Britain | 3,876,293 | |||||
Japan | 223,160 | |||||
United States | 815,042 | 429,807 | ||||
3 | France | 329,478 | ||||
Germany | 1,414,778 | |||||
Switzerland | 398,072 | 158,145 | ||||
United States | 1,466,591 | |||||
4 | Hong Kong | 154,230 | 144,579 | |||
Italy | 289,625 | |||||
Japan | 1,163,900 | |||||
Switzerland | 672,534 | |||||
5 | China | 200,194 | ||||
Italy | 786,375 | 148,653 | ||||
Malaysia | 386,790 | |||||
Singapore | 132,163 | |||||
6 | Belgium | 330,638 | ||||
France | 711,017 | |||||
Israel | 101,710 | |||||
Singapore | 98,002 | |||||
Spain | 120,631 | |||||
7 | Australia | 88,455 | ||||
Germany | 118,505 | |||||
Great Britain | 92,850 | |||||
Mexico | 297,558 | |||||
South Korea | 684,710 | |||||
8 | Australia | 254,101 | ||||
Belgium | 675,715 | |||||
Mexico | 61,984 | |||||
South Korea | 78,190 | |||||
Unknown (Non-EU) | 88,151 | |||||
9 | Canada | 197,961 | ||||
China | 46,316 | |||||
Netherlands | 515,422 | |||||
Portugal | 52,344 | |||||
Spain | 72,822 | |||||
10 | India | 24,321 | ||||
Switzerland | 414,410 | |||||
Taiwan | 177,457 | 69,919 | ||||
Thailand | 33,073 | |||||
11 | China | 171,957 | ||||
Italy | 56,809 | |||||
Luxembourg | 29,250 | |||||
Spain | 284,167 | |||||
Turkey | 17,366 | |||||
12 | Brazil | 16,470 | ||||
China | 54,234 | |||||
Hong Kong | 284,123 | |||||
Russia | 15,134 | |||||
Spain | 171,078 |
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