Written answers
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Department of An Taoiseach
Trade Data
Carol Nolan (Offaly, Independent)
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117. To ask the Taoiseach to list the twenty countries which Ireland received the least imports from by value in 2024; the amounts imported in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35915/25]
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The table below shows, of the countries importing over €1 million worth of goods into Ireland in 2024, the value of goods for the 20 countries which imported the lowest value of goods.
For confidentiality reasons, countries from which Ireland imported less than €1 million worth of goods have been aggregated into one group. There are 114 countries from which Ireland imported less than €1 million
worth of goods in 2024, accounting for 0.0124% (€16.64 m) of total import trade in 2024.
Table A: Countries importing over €1 million worth of goods in 2024.
| - | Country | Value of Imports, €m | Value of Imports as a % of total Imports |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Countries with imports under €1m | 16.64 | 0.0124% |
| 1 | Greenland | 1.13 | 0.0008% |
| 2 | Nepal | 1.24 | 0.0009% |
| 3 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.25 | 0.0009% |
| 4 | Saint Barthélemy | 1.32 | 0.0010% |
| 5 | Senegal | 1.42 | 0.0011% |
| 6 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 1.45 | 0.0011% |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 1.53 | 0.0011% |
| 8 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.58 | 0.0012% |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 1.68 | 0.0012% |
| 10 | Uganda | 1.87 | 0.0014% |
| 11 | Moldova, Republic of | 2.44 | 0.0018% |
| 12 | Bahrain | 2.54 | 0.0019% |
| 13 | Nigeria | 2.85 | 0.0021% |
| 14 | Qatar | 2.89 | 0.0022% |
| 15 | Liechtenstein | 3.10 | 0.0023% |
| 16 | Albania | 3.20 | 0.0024% |
| 17 | Macao | 3.21 | 0.0024% |
| 18 | Swaziland | 3.41 | 0.0025% |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 3.50 | 0.0026% |
| 20 | Paraguay | 3.56 | 0.0026% |
| All Other Countries | 134,268.06 | 99.9540% | |
| Total | 134,329.86 |
Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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118. To ask the Taoiseach the value of Irish goods exports in each year from 2020 to 2024 inclusive and the proportion of those exports accounted for by FDI companies and the proportion owing to indigenous enterprises, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36128/25]
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The data requested by the Deputy is contained in the tables below.
Table A: Goods exports by value 2020 - 2024.
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 |
| Total Goods Exports | 162,131,082 | 165,715,115 | 208,762,641 | 196,029,749 | 224,339,813 |
Table B below is from the Trade by Enterprise Characteristics (TEC) release data which relies on matching trade data to the Business Register. Not all the received trade data can be matched to an enterprise on the
business register and consequently around 96% of the value of trade is covered by the Trade by Enterprise Characteristics data.
Trade in goods by type of ownership for year 2024 will not be available until the end of 2025.
Type of ownership indicates whether an enterprise is domestically or foreign controlled. A domestic enterprise is defined as either domestic indigenous or as domestic multinational (with foreign control of less than
50%). A foreign controlled multinational enterprise (MNE) is defined as having foreign control of more than 50%.
Table B: Trade in goods exports by type of ownership of enterprise.
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trade in goods exports by type of ownership of enterprise | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 |
| Domestically controlled | 31,427,334 | 22,675,520 | 25,854,420 | 26,447,766 |
| Foreign controlled | 121,185,330 | 134,808,078 | 173,383,079 | 162,471,846 |
| All Ownership | 152,612,664 | 157,483,599 | 199,237,499 | 188,919,612 |
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