Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 July 2019
418. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the exporting firm to active enterprises ratio in each year over the 2014 to 2018 period and to date in 2019; the corresponding EU average rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31111/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraTable 1 shows the number of goods exporting enterprises and the total number of active enterprises in Ireland for the years 2015-2017 as sourced from the CSO. It also shows the ratio of goods exporting enterprises to all active enterprises for these years. The ratio of goods exporting enterprises to total enterprises was 3.7% in 2015, 3.5% in 2016 and 3.5% in 2017. Data for 2018 and 2019 are not yet available.
Table 1: Ratio of goods exporting firms to all active enterprises for Ireland, 2015-2017
|
- |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
Goods Exporting Firms (Source: CSO, Trade by Enterprise Characteristics) |
8,561 |
8,693 |
8,614 |
|
All Active Firms (Source: CSO, Business Demography Statistics) |
248,843 |
250,033 |
271,166 |
|
Ratio of goods exporting firms to all active enterprises |
3.7% |
3.5% |
3.5% |
A comparable goods export ratio for the EU as a whole is not available, however comparable data is available for selected EU countries and this is presented in Table 2.
Table 2: Ratio of Goods Exporters to All Firms for Selected EU Countries, 2016. Source: Eurostat
|
Country |
All Firms |
Number of Goods Exporters |
Ratio of Goods Exporters to All Firms |
|
Belgium |
659,387 |
54,438 |
8.3% |
|
Bulgaria |
347,962 |
23,068 |
6.6% |
|
Czechia |
1,037,883 |
17,865 |
1.7% |
|
Denmark |
224,942 |
25,598 |
11.4% |
|
Germany |
2,801,030 |
311,904 |
11.1% |
|
Estonia |
85,737 |
15,111 |
17.6% |
|
Greece |
765,974 |
18,521 |
2.4% |
|
Spain |
3,026,237 |
162,821 |
5.4% |
|
France |
3,558,735 |
107,835 |
3.0% |
|
Croatia |
147,181 |
7,998 |
5.4% |
|
Italy |
3,849,594 |
223,322 |
5.8% |
|
Cyprus |
52,325 |
3,102 |
5.9% |
|
Latvia |
116,393 |
12,420 |
10.7% |
|
Lithuania |
197,254 |
15,600 |
7.9% |
|
Luxembourg |
32,391 |
2,678 |
8.3% |
|
Hungary |
535,507 |
39,218 |
7.3% |
|
Netherlands |
1,155,256 |
117,517 |
10.2% |
|
Austria |
406,079 |
43,044 |
10.6% |
|
Poland |
2,015,506 |
121,169 |
6.0% |
|
Portugal |
843,693 |
48,687 |
5.8% |
|
Romania |
717,388 |
21,677 |
3.0% |
|
Slovenia |
143,451 |
22,404 |
15.6% |
|
Slovakia |
454,191 |
30,394 |
6.7% |
|
Finland |
289,631 |
14,225 |
4.9% |
|
Sweden |
758,640 |
45,414 |
6.0% |
|
United Kingdom |
2,467,365 |
142,520 |
5.8% |
Goods exporters make up the vast majority of exporters in Ireland and data on the number of services exporting enterprises is not available from the CSO.
