The information requested by Deputy O'Reilly is presented in the tables below which show the Republic of Ireland's external trade for the years 1995-2009.
Tables 1 & 2 show the value of the Republic of Ireland's trade in millions of euro with the Eurozone area; Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the US and the rest of the world. The export values are listed in Table 1, whilst the import values are listed in Table 2.
Tables 3 & 4 show the trade data from Tables 1 & 2 as a percentage of GNP for the respective years.
Table 1
|
Exports
|
Exports Total
|
Year
|
Eurozone
|
UK
|
US
|
Rest of World
|
|
|
€ million
|
1995
|
15,321.9
|
9,014.3
|
2,881.8
|
8,112.1
|
35,330.1
|
1996
|
15,514.0
|
9,493.7
|
3,573.4
|
10,031.7
|
38,612.8
|
1997
|
17,925.1
|
11,054.9
|
5,050.2
|
10,837.8
|
44,868.0
|
1998
|
24,234.3
|
12,920.6
|
7,742.6
|
12,424.3
|
57,321.8
|
1999
|
26,821.7
|
14,690.2
|
10,336.8
|
15,107.5
|
66,956.2
|
2000
|
31,163.2
|
18,869.8
|
14,227.8
|
19,628.1
|
83,888.9
|
2001
|
32,994.9
|
22,629.8
|
15,694.4
|
21,370.8
|
92,689.9
|
2002
|
35,698.3
|
22,463.8
|
16,509.4
|
19,003.7
|
93,675.2
|
2003
|
33,836.5
|
14,843.1
|
16,939.2
|
16,457.3
|
82,076.1
|
2004
|
35,496.9
|
15,198.7
|
16,555.6
|
17,158.3
|
84,409.5
|
2005
|
37,839.6
|
15,351.8
|
15,474.8
|
18,066.0
|
86,732.2
|
2006
|
36,388.2
|
15,565.8
|
16,182.0
|
18,636.0
|
86,772.0
|
2007
|
36,661.3
|
16,742.8
|
15,825.0
|
19,997.0
|
89,226.1
|
2008
|
34,725.6
|
15,864.3
|
16,674.3
|
19,130.2
|
86,394.4
|
2009
|
34,876.5
|
13,510.9
|
17,584.6
|
17,550.4
|
83,522.5
|
Table 2
|
Imports
|
Imports Total
|
Year
|
Eurozone
|
UK
|
US
|
Rest of World
|
|
|
€ million
|
1995
|
5,020.5
|
9,264.6
|
4,607.5
|
7,288.2
|
26,180.8
|
1996
|
5,566.0
|
9,901.4
|
4,395.5
|
8,616.6
|
28,479.5
|
1997
|
6,474.8
|
11,358.3
|
4,922.6
|
10,107.9
|
32,863.5
|
1998
|
7,427.0
|
13,466.5
|
6,362.5
|
12,458.9
|
39,715.0
|
1999
|
8,486.0
|
14,626.5
|
7,383.7
|
13,830.7
|
44,327.0
|
2000
|
11,224.6
|
17,613.2
|
9,148.5
|
17,922.4
|
55,908.6
|
2001
|
11,645.5
|
20,481.1
|
8,699.5
|
16,558.0
|
57,384.1
|
2002
|
11,420.6
|
20,120.2
|
8,517.7
|
15,569.4
|
55,627.9
|
2003
|
10,257.1
|
14,704.5
|
7,416.4
|
15,486.6
|
47,864.5
|
2004
|
11,551.1
|
16,034.7
|
6,984.4
|
16,534.9
|
51,105.2
|
2005
|
12,721.4
|
18,270.9
|
7,999.9
|
18,472.5
|
57,464.7
|
2006
|
14,276.2
|
19,424.6
|
6,808.1
|
20,348.2
|
60,857.2
|
2007
|
15,445.9
|
20,869.2
|
7,050.6
|
20,119.7
|
63,485.5
|
2008
|
14,308.0
|
19,202.7
|
6,762.8
|
17,311.1
|
57,584.6
|
2009
|
10,460.3
|
13,617.9
|
7,839.4
|
12,918.4
|
44,836.1
|
Table 3
|
Exports
|
Exports Total
|
Year
|
Eurozone
|
UK
|
US
|
Rest of World
|
|
|
% GNP
|
1995
|
32.6
|
19.2
|
6.1
|
17.3
|
75.2
|
1996
|
29.9
|
18.3
|
6.9
|
19.3
|
74.5
|
1997
|
30.2
|
18.6
|
8.5
|
18.2
|
75.5
|
1998
|
35.3
|
18.8
|
11.3
|
18.1
|
83.6
|
1999
|
34.9
|
19.1
|
13.5
|
19.7
|
87.2
|
2000
|
34.9
|
21.1
|
15.9
|
22.0
|
93.9
|
2001
|
33.7
|
23.1
|
16.0
|
21.8
|
94.6
|
2002
|
33.5
|
21.1
|
15.5
|
17.8
|
87.9
|
2003
|
28.7
|
12.6
|
14.4
|
13.9
|
69.5
|
2004
|
28.1
|
12.0
|
13.1
|
13.6
|
66.9
|
2005
|
27.6
|
11.2
|
11.3
|
13.2
|
63.2
|
2006
|
23.9
|
10.2
|
10.6
|
12.2
|
56.9
|
2007
|
22.7
|
10.4
|
9.8
|
12.4
|
55.3
|
2008
|
22.5
|
10.3
|
10.8
|
12.4
|
55.9
|
2009
|
26.5
|
10.3
|
13.4
|
13.4
|
63.5
|
Table 4
|
Imports
|
Imports Total
|
Year
|
Eurozone
|
UK
|
US
|
Rest of World
|
|
|
% GNP
|
1995
|
10.7
|
19.7
|
9.8
|
15.5
|
55.8
|
1996
|
10.7
|
19.1
|
8.5
|
16.6
|
54.9
|
1997
|
10.9
|
19.1
|
8.3
|
17.0
|
55.3
|
1998
|
10.8
|
19.6
|
9.3
|
18.2
|
57.9
|
1999
|
11.0
|
19.0
|
9.6
|
18.0
|
57.7
|
2000
|
12.6
|
19.7
|
10.2
|
20.1
|
62.6
|
2001
|
11.9
|
20.9
|
8.9
|
16.9
|
58.6
|
2002
|
10.7
|
18.9
|
8.0
|
14.6
|
52.2
|
2003
|
8.7
|
12.5
|
6.3
|
13.1
|
40.5
|
2004
|
9.2
|
12.7
|
5.5
|
13.1
|
40.5
|
2005
|
9.3
|
13.3
|
5.8
|
13.5
|
41.9
|
2006
|
9.4
|
12.7
|
4.5
|
13.3
|
39.9
|
2007
|
9.6
|
12.9
|
4.4
|
12.5
|
39.4
|
2008
|
9.3
|
12.4
|
4.4
|
11.2
|
37.2
|
2009
|
8.0
|
10.4
|
6.0
|
9.8
|
34.1
|