Written answers
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Department of An Taoiseach
Exports Data
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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83. To ask the Taoiseach the amount in Euro in value of goods only exported from Irish based firms in 2016 and 2017, by country in tabular form; and the percentage share of such exports to each country in this period as a proportion of the total share. [11017/18]
Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The information on the value of goods exported from Irish based firms only as requested by the Deputy is not available. In 2017 Ireland exported goods to 218 countries. The following table shows the top 16 trading partners covering 87% of total exports:
Table A : Exports of Goods by country 2016-2017 and percentage share of total exports.
| Country | 2016 €m | 2017 €m | 2016 % of Value | 2017 % of Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 31,898 | 33,219 | 26.7 | 27.1 |
| Belgium | 14,617 | 13,355 | 12.3 | 10.9 |
| Great Britain | 13,380 | 14,476 | 11.2 | 11.8 |
| Germany | 8,025 | 10,067 | 6.7 | 8.2 |
| Switzerland | 6,318 | 6,212 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| Netherlands | 5,895 | 5,928 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| France | 5,069 | 5,332 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| China | 3,102 | 4,378 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| Spain | 2,972 | 2,597 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| Japan | 2,887 | 2,579 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Italy | 2,415 | 2,618 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,655 | 1,961 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Australia | 1,476 | 889 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Israel | 1,475 | 271 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| Poland | 1,371 | 1,329 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Mexico | 1,358 | 1,428 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Rest of the World | 15,379 | 15,900 | 12.9 | 13.0 |
| Grand Total | 119,292 | 122,539 | 100 | 100 |
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