Ireland Balance of Trade

Last Release

Jun 30, 2025

Actual

5,275,900

Units In

EUR Thousand

12,588,000

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Sep 16, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
24,818,200 Mar 2025	-280,890 Jan 1982	1,913,080.63 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 slightly to €5.3 billion in June of 2025, compared with €5.1 billion in the same month last year. Exports rose 4.8% year-on-year to €17.5 billion, driven by medical & pharmaceutical products (+8.9%), which accounted for 41.4% of total exports, and office machines & automatic data processing machines (+204.5%). Exports of organic chemicals fell 29.9%. By destination, the US remained the top market, accounting for 24.9% of exports, followed by the Netherlands (13.9%) and Belgium (10.1%), with exports to the US declining 23.4% year-on-year. Imports rose 5.6% year-on-year to €12.3 billion, led by medical & pharmaceutical products (+70.7%), office machines & adp machines (+41.8%) and organic chemicals (+3.5%). Germany was the largest supplier, representing 12.7% of total imports, followed by the US (12.6%) and France (12.1%). Imports from the US dropped 24.7% year-on-year, while imports from the UK fell 11.8%.