Value of Exports

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2012

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Ceisteanna (72, 73, 74, 75)

Bernard J. Durkan

Ceist:

163 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach if he will indicate in tabular form the volume and value of exports from here to other EU countries within the eurozone and without in each of the past five years to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27672/12]

Bernard J. Durkan

Ceist:

164 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach if he will set out in tabular form the extent in volume and value of Irish exports to non-EU countries including the USA in each of the past five years to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27673/12]

Bernard J. Durkan

Ceist:

165 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach if he will set out in tabular form, the volume and value of imports from-EU and non EU countries including the USA in each of the past five years to date; the nature of any trends emerging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27674/12]

Bernard J. Durkan

Ceist:

166 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the top five countries worldwide with whom this country does most business in terms of import and export in respect of goods and services based on the past five years to date; the extent to which trends are developing in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27676/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Deputy Paul Kehoe)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 163 to 166, inclusive, together.

The answers to Questions Nos. 163 to 165, inclusive, are set out in Tables 1a, 1b, 2a and 2b. The answers to Question No. 166 are set out in Tables 3 and 4. Goods exports and imports statistics provide data on the movement of goods between countries. The CSO's quarterly Balance of Payments publication provides details on Services exports and imports.

Table 1a: Value of EXPORTS of Goods and Services 2008-2012

Exports
Goods
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012 Q1
	€m	€m	€m	€m	€m
Total EU	53,855	52,223	52,122	53,290	14,536
Eurozone	34,726	35,983	35,411	35,658	9,738
Other EU	19,129	16,240	16,710	17,632	4,797
Total Non EU	32,540	33,581	37,582	38,679	9,123
United States	16,674	18,661	21,111	21,614	4,312
Rest of World	15,865	14,920	16,470	17,065	4,811
Goods total	86,394	85,804	89,704	91,969	23,659

Services
	2008	2009	2010	20111	2012 Q11
	€m	€m	€m	€m	€m
Total EU	44,195	42,537	45,284	51,619	n/a
Eurozone	24,910	25,140	26,984	27,465	n/a
Other EU	19,285	17,397	18,300	24,154	n/a
Total Non EU	23,752	24,597	28,553	27,465	n/a
United States	4,708	4,281	5,234	n/a	n/a
Rest of World	19,044	20,316	23,319	n/a	n/a
Services total	67,947	67,134	73,837	79,084	n/a

Goods and Services
	2008	2009	2010	20111	2012 Q11
	€m	€m	€m	€m	€m
Total EU	98,050	94,760	97,406	104,909	n/a
Eurozone	59,636	61,123	62,395	63,123	n/a
Other EU	38,414	33,637	35,010	41,786	n/a
Total Non EU	56,292	58,178	66,135	66,144	n/a
United States	21,382	22,942	26,345	n/a	n/a
Rest of World	34,909	35,236	39,789	n/a	n/a
Good and Services total	154,341	152,938	163,541	171,053	n/a

1Services data at country level are only published on an annual basis; 2011 data are not yet available.

Table 1b: Net Mass of EXPORTS of Goods 2008-2012

Exports
Goods
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012 Q1
	Tonnes (thousands)	Tonnes (thousands)	Tonnes (thousands)	Tonnes (thousands)	Tonnes (thousands)
Total EU	11,865	10,026	11,016	12,083	3,391
Eurozone	3,831	3,103	4,017	4,265	1,226
Other EU	8,033	6,923	7,000	7,818	2,165
Total Non EU	2,131	2,340	2,865	2,912	726
Rest of World	1,887	2,044	2,369	2,525	686
United States	245	296	496	386	40
Goods total	13,996	12,366	13,881	14,995	4,116

Table 2a: Value of IMPORTS of Goods and Services 2008-2012

Imports
Goods
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012 Q1
	€m	€m	€m	€m	€m
Total EU	37,601	27,525	28,671	31,246	7,702
Eurozone	14,674	10,901	11,018	11,747	2,758
Other EU	22,927	16,623	17,653	19,498	4,945
Total Non EU	19,983	17,536	17,092	17,141	5,576
United States	6,763	7,842	6,427	5,906	2,551
Rest of World	13,221	9,694	10,665	11,236	3,025
Goods total	57,585	45,061	45,763	48,387	13,278

Services
	2008	2009	2010	20111	2012 Q11
	€m	€m	€m	€m	€m
Total EU	39,342	38,861	41,781	41,936	n/a
Eurozone	25,977	27,015	30,057	30,564	n/a
Other EU	13,365	11,846	11,724	11,372	n/a
Total Non EU	36,275	36,325	39,150	40,355	n/a
United States	22,994	23,823	24,644	n/a	n/a
Rest of World	13,281	12,502	14,506	n/a	n/a
Services total	75,617	75,186	80,931	82,291	n/a

Goods and Services
	2008	2009	2010	20111	2012 Q11
	€m	€m	€m	€m	€m
Total EU	76,943	66,386	70,452	73,182	n/a
Eurozone	40,651	37,916	41,075	42,311	n/a
Other EU	36,292	28,469	29,377	30,870	n/a
Total Non EU	56,258	53,861	56,242	57,496	n/a
United States	29,757	31,665	31,071	n/a	n/a
Rest of World	26,502	22,196	25,171	n/a	n/a
Good and Services total	133,202	120,247	126,694	130,678	n/a

1Services data at country level are only published on an annual basis; 2011 data are not yet available.

Table 2b: Net Mass of IMPORTS of Goods 2008-2012

Imports
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012 Q1
	Tonnes (thousands)	Tonnes (thousands)	Tonnes (thousands)	Tonnes (thousands)	Tonnes (thousands)
Total EU	26,435	22,125	22,448	22,024	5,353
Eurozone	7,791	5,994	5,778	5,128	1,264
Other EU	18,644	16,131	16,670	16,896	4,090
Total Non EU	11,759	10,683	12,711	12,395	3,368
Rest of World	10,527	9,916	11,666	9,852	2,636
United States	1,232	767	1,045	2,543	733
Goods total	38,194	32,808	35,158	34,419	8,722

Table 3: Value of EXPORTS of Goods and Services 2008-2012 for Top 5 Countries in each category

Goods	Services	Goods and Services
Country	€million	Country	€million	Country	€million
2008	2008	2008
1. USA	16,674	1. UK	15,289	1. UK	31,153
2. UK	15,864	2. Germany	6,670	2. USA	21,382
3. Belgium	12,253	3. USA	4,708	3. Germany	12,759
4. Germany	6,089	4. France	4,832	4. Belgium	12,253
5. France	5,019	5. Italy	4,192	5. France	9,851

Goods	Services	Goods and Services
Country	€million	Country	€million	Country	€million
2009	2009	2009
1. USA	18,661	1. UK	13,610	1. UK	27,207
2. Belgium	14,510	2. Germany	6,596	2. USA	22,942
3. UK	13,597	3. USA	4,281	3. Belgium	14,510
4. Germany	6,012	4. France	4,474	4. Germany	12,608
5. France	4,637	5. Italy	4,308	5. France	9,111

Goods	Services	Goods and Services
Country	€million	Country	€million	Country	€million
2010	2010	2010
1. USA	21,111	1. UK	14,395	1. UK	28,338
2. UK	13,943	2. Germany	7,760	2. USA	26,345
3. Belgium	13,553	3. USA	5,234	3. Germany	14,161
4. Germany	6,401	4. France	5,109	4. Belgium	13,553
5. France	4,559	5. Italy	4,204	5. France	9,668

Goods	Services	Goods and Services
Country	€million	Country	€million	Country	€million
2011	20111	20111
1. USA	21,614			1. USA	21,614
2. UK	14,468			2. UK	14,468
3. Belgium	13,229			3. Belgium	13,229
4. Germany	6,467			4. Germany	6,467
5. France	5,008			5. France	5,008

Goods	Services	Goods and Services
Country	€million	Country	€million	Country	€million
2012 Q1	2012 Q11	2012 Q11
1. USA	4,312			1. USA	4,312
2. Belgium	4,153			2. Belgium	4,153
3. UK	4,030			3. UK	4,030
4. Germany	1,702			4. Germany	1,702
5. France	1,243			5. France	1,243

1Services data at country level are only published on an annual basis; 2011 data are not yet available.

Table 4: Value of IMPORTS of Goods and Services 2008-2012 for Top 5 Countries in each category

Goods	Services	Goods and Services
Country	€million	Country	€million	Country	€million
2008	2008	2008
1. UK	19,203	1. USA	22,994	1. UK	31,044
2. USA	6,763	2. UK	11,841	2. USA	29,757
3. Germany	4,641	3. Netherlands	7,311	3. Netherlands	10,203
4. China	3,902	4. Luxembourg	4,378	4. Germany	7,810
5. Netherlands	2,892	5. France	3,640	5. France	6,028

Goods	Services	Goods and Services
Country	€million	Country	€million	Country	€million
2009	2009	2009
1. UK	13,728	1. USA	23,823	1. USA	31,665
2. USA	7,842	2. UK	10,565	2. UK	24,293
3. Germany	3,045	3. Netherlands	8,128	3. Netherlands	10,438
4. China	2,591	4. Luxembourg	5,135	4. Germany	6,097
5. Netherlands	2,310	5. France	3,373	5. France	5,566

Goods	Services	Goods and Services
Country	€million	Country	€million	Country	€million
2010	2010	2010
1. UK	14,813	1. USA	24,644	1. USA	31,071
2. USA	6,427	2. UK	10,466	2. UK	25,279
3. Germany	3,493	3. Netherlands	10,243	3. Netherlands	12,469
4. China	2,517	4. Luxembourg	5,818	4. Germany	6,975
5. Netherlands	2,226	5. Germany	3,482	5. France	5,206

Goods	Services	Goods and Services
Country	€million	Country	€million	Country	€million
2011	20111	20111
1. UK	16,676			1. UK	16,676
2. USA	5,906			2. USA	5,906
3. Germany	3,721			3. Germany	3,721
4. China	2,566			4. China	2,566
5. Netherlands	2,456			5. Netherlands	2,456

Goods	Services	Goods and Services
Country	€million	Country	€million	Country	€million
2012 Q1	2012 Q11	2012 Q11
1. UK	4,164			1. UK	4,164
2. USA	2,551			2. USA	2,551
3. Germany	926			3. Germany	926
4. China	643			4. China	643
5. Netherlands	503			5. Netherlands	503

1Services data at country level are only published on an annual basis; 2011 data are not yet available.