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Trade between Germany and Ireland

In 2024, Germany exported $10.5 billion to Ireland and imported $25.4 billion. Germany ran a deficit of $14.9 billion with Ireland, compared with a deficit of $11.1 billion in 2019. Ireland was Germany’s 21st largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Germany was Ireland’s 3rd (9%).

Summary

Germany → Ireland
$10.5billion
Ireland → Germany
$25.4billion
Germany’s balance
-$14.9billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Ireland

Trade between Germany and Ireland grew 4.5-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Germany’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 10.5
  • Imports 25.4
  • Balance -14.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.3 billion$5.6 billion-$3.2 billion
1996$2.4 billion$5.2 billion-$2.8 billion
1997$2.4 billion$4.7 billion-$2.2 billion
1998$3 billion$8.8 billion-$5.8 billion
1999$3.1 billion$11.3 billion-$8.1 billion
2000$3.2 billion$8.5 billion-$5.3 billion
2001$3.5 billion$13.9 billion-$10.5 billion
2002$3.7 billion$12.4 billion-$8.7 billion
2003$4.1 billion$14.2 billion-$10 billion
2004$5.6 billion$10.4 billion-$4.9 billion
2005$6 billion$11.3 billion-$5.3 billion
2006$6.7 billion$12.1 billion-$5.4 billion
2007$8 billion$13.2 billion-$5.1 billion
2008$7.2 billion$12.5 billion-$5.3 billion
2009$5 billion$10.2 billion-$5.3 billion
2010$4.7 billion$10 billion-$5.3 billion
2011$5.5 billion$15.2 billion-$9.7 billion
2012$5.2 billion$11.7 billion-$6.5 billion
2013$6.2 billion$10.2 billion-$4 billion
2014$6.1 billion$10.7 billion-$4.6 billion
2015$6.4 billion$11.8 billion-$5.4 billion
2016$7 billion$12.5 billion-$5.5 billion
2017$8.1 billion$13.7 billion-$5.6 billion
2018$13 billion$13.2 billion-$206 million
2019$8.5 billion$19.6 billion-$11.1 billion
2020$8.5 billion$23.8 billion-$15.2 billion
2021$8.5 billion$24 billion-$15.6 billion
2022$11.7 billion$29.6 billion-$17.9 billion
2023$10 billion$27.2 billion-$17.3 billion
2024$10.5 billion$25.4 billion-$14.9 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Ireland

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Airplanes and helicopters$1.4 billion · 13.8%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Cars$920 million · 8.7%
    51 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$880 million · 8.4%
    17 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Computers$615 million · 5.9%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Vaccines, blood and antisera$613 million · 5.8%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  6. Computer and office machine parts$274 million · 2.6%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Medical and dental instruments$188 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  8. Orthopedic and hearing devices$175 million · 1.7%
    285 tonnes
  9. Other plastic articles$165 million · 1.6%
    16 thousand tonnes
  10. Other industrial machines$161 million · 1.5%
    6 thousand tonnes

What Ireland sells to Germany

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Vaccines, blood and antisera$4.7 billion · 18.5%
    682 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$4.6 billion · 18%
    16 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  3. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$3.5 billion · 13.6%
    62 tonnes
  4. Nucleic acids and other heterocycles$3.2 billion · 12.5%
    14 tonnes
  5. Medical and dental instruments$1.3 billion · 5%
    4 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  6. Other plastic articles$1.1 billion · 4.3%
    12 thousand tonnes
  7. Airplanes and helicopters$771 million · 3%
    572 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  8. Microchips$509 million · 2%
    2 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  9. Hormones$507 million · 2%
    1 tonne
  10. Fragrance mixtures$458 million · 1.8%
    11 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Dublin.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Dublin is 931 nautical miles (1,723 km) long: ≈ 2–3 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$8.1 billion · 22.7%
  2. Air$27.8 billion · 77.3%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Ireland was Germany’s 21st largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Germany was Ireland’s 3rd (9%).

Ireland in Germany’s trade
1.3%
Ireland’s rank among Germany’s partners
21st
Germany in Ireland’s trade
9%
Germany’s rank among Ireland’s partners
3rd

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Ireland

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.