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Who buys Ireland’s butter? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Ireland exported $1.8 billion of butter (252 thousand tonnes), 14.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (30%), Germany (19%) and France (15%). Ireland was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of butter.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
252thousand tonnes
Share of world total
14.4%
World rank
3rd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States517Tonnes: 56,321USD per tonne: $9,17829.5%Sea
Germany339Tonnes: 51,971USD per tonne: $6,51419.3%Sea
France254Tonnes: 36,006USD per tonne: $7,05714.5%Sea
United Kingdom227Tonnes: 32,722USD per tonne: $6,95113%Land
Netherlands re-exports168Tonnes: 40,432USD per tonne: $4,1449.6%Sea
Belgium re-exports121Tonnes: 15,342USD per tonne: $7,9186.9%Sea
Morocco19.2Tonnes: 2,953USD per tonne: $6,4961.1%Sea
Spain16.9Tonnes: 2,488USD per tonne: $6,8070.97%Sea
Saudi Arabia10.4Tonnes: 1,562USD per tonne: $6,6350.59%Sea
Poland7.4Tonnes: 1,094USD per tonne: $6,7290.42%Sea
Romania6.1Tonnes: 801USD per tonne: $7,5610.35%Sea
Denmark5.9Tonnes: 1,135USD per tonne: $5,2410.34%Sea
Austria4.7Tonnes: 614USD per tonne: $7,6680.27%Sea
Egypt4.3Tonnes: 555USD per tonne: $7,6900.24%Sea
Turkey4.1Tonnes: 687USD per tonne: $5,9700.23%Sea
Yemen3.1Tonnes: 1,149USD per tonne: $2,6610.17%Sea
Czechia2.6Tonnes: 336USD per tonne: $7,8320.15%Sea
Cyprus2.4Tonnes: 249USD per tonne: $9,7080.14%Sea
Italy2.4Tonnes: 319USD per tonne: $7,4730.14%Sea
Bahamas2.4Tonnes: 180USD per tonne: $13,2740.14%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2024

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United States 517
  • Germany 339
  • France 254
  • United Kingdom 227
  • Netherlands 168

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.29517
Germany203339
France126254
United Kingdom110227
Netherlands114168

Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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