Billy Kelleher
Question:97. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach the volume of imports and value in euro terms on a percentage basis in 2017 and 2018, by country, in tabular form. [1993/19]
View answerWednesday, 16 January 2019
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The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. It shows the top 15 trading partners covering approximately 87% of total trade.
Table A: Imports of Goods by country 2017-2018 and percentage share of total trade
|
Country |
Value €000 2017 |
Tonnes 2017 |
Value €000 Jan – Nov 2018 |
Tonnes Jan – Nov 2018 |
% of total Value of Imports 2017 |
% of total Value of Imports Jan - Nov 2018 |
|
Great Britain |
17,494,876 |
13,215,307 |
16,618,681 |
12,784,921 |
22.1 |
20.5 |
|
United States |
16,368,174 |
1,936,712 |
14,038,687 |
2,167,627 |
20.6 |
17.3 |
|
France |
10,500,158 |
1,256,203 |
10,019,805 |
1,223,016 |
13.2 |
12.3 |
|
Germany |
6,890,232 |
1,193,527 |
9,971,185 |
1,497,723 |
8.7 |
12.3 |
|
China |
4,424,415 |
516,734 |
4,757,700 |
484,690 |
5.6 |
5.9 |
|
Netherlands |
2,433,798 |
1,368,083 |
2,729,060 |
1,504,148 |
3.1 |
3.4 |
|
Italy |
1,563,998 |
256,859 |
1,476,081 |
286,080 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
|
Belgium |
1,393,801 |
884,241 |
1,536,902 |
821,572 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
|
Northern Ireland |
1,373,538 |
3,505,002 |
1,354,694 |
3,376,248 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
|
Spain |
1,317,179 |
1,328,870 |
1,354,625 |
1,517,453 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
|
Japan |
1,209,204 |
56,467 |
1,353,166 |
56,883 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
|
Norway |
1,131,078 |
2,165,364 |
928,546 |
1,410,985 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
|
Unknown (Non-EU) |
1,059,862 |
8,320 |
2,604,297 |
6,382 |
1.3 |
3.2 |
|
South Korea |
975,876 |
56,455 |
749,825 |
55,199 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
|
India |
811,315 |
419,625 |
526,516 |
176,802 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
|
Rest of World |
10,323,426 |
12,187,880 |
11,143,700 |
13,199,861 |
13.0 |
13.7 |