Written answers
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Department of An Taoiseach
Trade Data
Carol Nolan (Offaly, Independent)
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169. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 1 July 2025, the reason confidentiality must apply to the 114 countries mentioned from which Ireland imported less than €1 million worth of goods in 2024; the number of these countries which exported less than €600,000 worth of goods to Ireland in 2024; and the total number of countries from which Ireland imported goods in 2024. [39004/25]
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise that the reply issued by the CSO to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 1 July 2025 incorrectly referred to a confidentiality designation relating to countries from which Ireland imported less than €1 million worth of goods in 2024. No confidentiality designation applies to this information, and it is available on the CSO's publicly available statistical database PxStat and is also provided in this reply in addition to the information requested under Parliamentary Question Reference Number 39004/25. The CSO sincerely apologise for this error.
List of the twenty countries which Ireland received the least imports from by value in 2024
| Country | Value of Imports, € | Value of Imports as a % of total Imports | Volume of Imports, Tonnes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea Bissau | 11.95 | 0.00000001% | 0.0005 |
| 2 | Mayotte | 104.00 | 0.00000008% | 0.0010 |
| 3 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 199.84 | 0.00000015% | 0.0017 |
| 4 | French Southern Territories | 245.65 | 0.00000018% | 0.0058 |
| 5 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 473.80 | 0.00000035% | 0.0035 |
| 6 | Pitcairn | 601.25 | 0.00000045% | 0.0219 |
| 7 | Niue | 816.79 | 0.00000061% | 0.0181 |
| 8 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 836.12 | 0.00000062% | 0.0782 |
| 9 | Western Sahara | 1,756.58 | 0.00000131% | 0.0339 |
| 10 | New Caledonia | 1,823.33 | 0.00000136% | 0.1539 |
| 11 | Kiribati | 2,803.85 | 0.00000209% | 0.0506 |
| 12 | South Sudan | 2,824.28 | 0.00000210% | 0.0426 |
| 13 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 2,933.07 | 0.00000218% | 0.0990 |
| 14 | Tuvalu | 3,330.39 | 0.00000248% | 0.0891 |
| 15 | St Lucia | 3,789.10 | 0.00000282% | 0.9628 |
| 16 | St Vincent and Grenadines | 3,827.46 | 0.00000285% | 0.1936 |
| 17 | Libya | 3,935.50 | 0.00000293% | 0.4289 |
| 18 | Montserrat | 4,128.04 | 0.00000307% | 0.0017 |
| 19 | Palau | 4,177.96 | 0.00000311% | 0.4994 |
| 20 | Bermuda | 4,376.53 | 0.00000326% | 0.1014 |
| All Other Countries | 134,329,815,900.70 | 99.99996799% | 45,495,332.10 | |
| Total | 134,329,858,896.19 | 45,495,334.89 |
Count of Countries and territories by Import trade value in 2024
| Trade type by value | Count |
|---|---|
| Countries and territories with import trade < €600k | 108 |
| Countries and territories with import trade >= €600k | 132 |
| Total | 240 |
| Note: For international trade statistics, the CSO use the international classification entitled “ESTAT_Geonomenclature_2024”, a Nomenclature of Countries and Territories for European Statistics on International Trade in Goods, which is provided for use by Eurostat. The table above counts the number of countries and territories which imported goods into Ireland in 2024 as defined under ESTAT_Geonomenclature_2024. (The total list contains 246 countries and territories that can be viewed here .) | |
| Note: Not included in the count above are trade categories associated with miscellaneous Geonomenclature codes such as high seas, stores and provisions and trade for which the country or territory of origin or country of final destination is unknown, yet for which import trade value may be recorded. |
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