IRL · EXPORTS TO
Arc width tracks trade value · goods leaving (FOB). Tap an arc for the figure.
Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
Charting world trade…

ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · IRELAND

What Ireland Trades

In 2023, Ireland sold about $213B of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $151B in return. Its biggest customer was United States ($58.8B, 28% of exports); its biggest supplier, United Kingdom ($28.4B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$213B
GOODS IMPORTED$151B
TOP PARTNERUnited States

Where Ireland sends its goods

Ireland’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1United States27.6%$58.8B
2United Kingdom11.4%$24.3B
3Germany10.4%$22.1B
4Belgium9.4%$20.0B
5Netherlands8.5%$18.0B
6China4.5%$9.7B
7France3.5%$7.4B
8Italy3.1%$6.7B
9Switzerland2.1%$4.5B
10Canada2.1%$4.4B
11Japan1.9%$4.1B
12Spain1.5%$3.2B
13Mexico1.3%$2.8B
14Poland0.9%$1.9B
15Malaysia0.8%$1.7B
16Portugal0.8%$1.6B
17Czechia0.6%$1.2B
18Sweden0.5%$1.1B
19Saudi Arabia0.5%$1.0B
20Korea, Rep.0.4%$909M
21Australia0.4%$906M
22Turkiye0.4%$851M
23Singapore0.4%$835M
25Denmark0.3%$659M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 99.3% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where Ireland buys its goods

Ireland’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1United Kingdom18.8%$28.4B
2United States16.5%$24.8B
3France12.3%$18.5B
4China7.7%$11.6B
5Germany6.5%$9.7B
6Switzerland5.8%$8.7B
7Netherlands4.0%$6.1B
8Israel2.6%$3.9B
9Spain2.3%$3.4B
10Italy1.9%$2.9B
11Belgium1.9%$2.8B
12Japan1.8%$2.8B
13Mexico1.3%$2.0B
14Korea, Rep.1.0%$1.5B
15Poland0.9%$1.3B
16Turkiye0.8%$1.2B
17Singapore0.7%$1.1B
18Austria0.7%$1.1B
19India0.7%$1.1B
20Thailand0.6%$960M
21Czechia0.6%$955M
22Viet Nam0.6%$922M
23Hungary0.6%$909M
24Canada0.6%$846M
25Sweden0.5%$811M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 98.5% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.