Trade Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2012

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Ceisteanna (283)

Seán Kenny

Ceist:

313 Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the balance of trade between the Republic of Ireland and its top 40 trading countries for 2010 and 2011 in order of financial importance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9693/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Deputy Richard Bruton)

Trade data for the full year 2011 is not yet available from the Central Statistics Office. The requested data in respect of 2010 is set out in the table with the top 40 countries ranked in order of our total trade (exports plus imports) and showing the relevant surplus (or deficit) in each case.

For the calendar year 2010, Ireland's total exports (Merchandise and Services) were €163.03bn with total imports of €126.70bn, giving an overall surplus of €36.33bn, the highest annual figure on record.

	Country		Services Exports 2010(€m)	Total Exports 2010(€m)	Merchandise Imports 2010(€m)		Total Imports 2010(€m)	Total Trade (Merchandise and Services) 2010(€m)	Total Trade Balance 2010 (€m)
1	USA	20,761	5,234	25,995	6,427	24,644	31,071	57,066	-5,076
2	Great Britain and NI	13,752	14,395	28,147	14,813	10,466	25,279	53,426	2,868
3	Germany	6,354	7,760	14,114	3,493	3,482	6,975	21,089	7,139
4	Netherlands	3,091	3,422	6,513	2,226	10,243	12,469	18,982	-5,955
5	Belgium	13,531	1,342	14,873	1,084	1,123	2,207	17,080	12,667
6	France	4,482	5,109	9,591	1,842	3,364	5,206	14,797	4,386
7	Italy	2,709	4,204	6,913	780	2,335	3,115	10,028	3,798
8	Spain	3,359	2,350	5,709	666	1,834	2,500	8,209	3,209
9	Switzerland	3,557	1,752	5,309	847	1,575	2,422	7,731	2,888
10	Luxembourg	76	1,081	1,157	28	5,818	5,846	7,003	-4,689
11	China	1,672	1,790	3,462	2,517	302	2,819	6,280	643
12	Japan	1,754	1,323	3,077	798	615	1,413	4,490	1,664
13	Bermuda	0	960	960	0	3,131	3,131	4,092	-2,171
14	Norway	419	738	1,157	1,291	220	1,511	2,668	-354
15	Sweden	672	1,252	1,924	341	369	710	2,634	1,214
16	Denmark	413	805	1,218	779	301	1,080	2,297	138
17	Australia	775	941	1,716	119	405	524	2,240	1,192
18	Russia	373	1,300	1,673	160	196	356	2,029	1,317
19	Poland	592	702	1,294	320	275	595	1,889	699
20	Canada	571	555	1,126	242	494	736	1,861	390
21	Singapore	550	579	1,129	508	148	656	1,785	473
22	Portugal	425	570	995	99	452	551	1,546	444
23	India	162	788	950	301	113	414	1,364	536
24	Finland	291	683	974	190	176	366	1,340	608
25	Hong Kong	819	140	959	235	112	347	1,306	613
26	Austria	312	497	809	165	315	480	1,289	328
27	South Africa	283	654	937	87	209	296	1,233	642
28	Turkey	430	374	804	256	156	412	1,216	392
29	UAE	270	514	784	110	179	289	1,072	495
30	Czech Republic	436	303	739	194	142	336	1,074	403
31	Hungary	162	490	652	202	90	292	944	360
32	*Malaysia	693	*	*	205	*	*	*898	*488
33	South Korea	357	210	567	244	40	284	851	282
34	Mexico	466	64	530	231	27	258	789	272
35	Saudi Arabia	499	235	734	11	42	53	787	681
36	Israel	251	360	611	71	96	167	778	444
37	Taiwan	190	323	513	163	64	227	740	286
38	Greece	307	203	510	29	128	157	667	352
39	Brazil	260	180	440	166	49	215	655	224
40	*Cayman Islands	1	627	628	0	*	*	*628	*628

*Country-specific Services trade data in respect of some countries is suppressed on confidentiality grounds by the CSO and these are marked with an *. Relevant totals in those cases are, accordingly, incomplete.