Ireland Balance of Trade

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

17,365,434

Units In

EUR Thousand

5,251,938

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 15, 2025

Time to Release

24 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
24,818,200 Mar 2025	-280,890 Jan 1982	1,946,125.22 EUR Thousand	1970-2025	Central Statistics Office Ireland

Ireland posts regular trade surpluses since 1985. In 2017, the trade surplus widened to an all-time high of EUR 45 billion, as both exports and imports were at the highest level on record. The biggest trade surpluses were recorded with the United States, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany; and the largest deficits were recorded with France and the United Kingdom.

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Ireland's trade surplus widened to EUR 17.37 billion in September 2025 from EUR 11.56 billion in the corresponding month of the previous year. This was the largest surplus since March, as exports soared 27.8% year-on-year to EUR 28.5 billion, boosted primarily by a 73.6% increase in medical and pharmaceutical products, which accounted for 65.5% of total exports. Shipments to the US surged 126% to EUR 16.3 billion, with chemical and related products, including medical and pharmaceutical goods, making up over 90% of exports to that market. The US, the Netherlands, and Great Britain remained Ireland’s top export destinations. Meanwhile, imports rose 3.7% year-on-year to EUR 11.13 billion, driven mainly by higher purchases of office machinery and automatic data-processing equipment (61.5%), which partially offset declines in medical and pharmaceutical products (-7.7%) and organic chemicals (-26.8%). Ireland’s largest suppliers were the US (16.1%), Great Britain (11.7%), and China (9.9%).