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Trade between Ireland and Italy

In 2024, Ireland exported $7.9 billion to Italy and imported $3.7 billion. Ireland ran a surplus of $4.2 billion with Italy, compared with a surplus of $3.3 billion in 2019. Italy was Ireland’s 8th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Ireland was Italy’s 22nd (0.9%).

Summary

Ireland → Italy
$7.9billion
Italy → Ireland
$3.7billion
Ireland’s balance
$4.2billion

Balance

Ireland’s trade balance with Italy

Trade between Ireland and Italy grew 4.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 7.9
  • Imports 3.7
  • Balance +4.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.9 billion$781 million$1.2 billion
1996$2.1 billion$945 million$1.2 billion
1997$2.1 billion$863 million$1.2 billion
1998$2.4 billion$936 million$1.5 billion
1999$3.1 billion$1.1 billion$2 billion
2000$3.5 billion$1.6 billion$1.9 billion
2001$3.2 billion$1.3 billion$2 billion
2002$3.6 billion$1.2 billion$2.4 billion
2003$4.9 billion$1.3 billion$3.6 billion
2004$5.5 billion$1.5 billion$4 billion
2005$5.1 billion$1.6 billion$3.5 billion
2006$4.7 billion$1.9 billion$2.7 billion
2007$4.7 billion$2.1 billion$2.6 billion
2008$4.5 billion$1.9 billion$2.6 billion
2009$4.4 billion$1.2 billion$3.3 billion
2010$4.1 billion$1.1 billion$3.1 billion
2011$4.2 billion$1.2 billion$3 billion
2012$3.6 billion$1.1 billion$2.5 billion
2013$4.3 billion$1.2 billion$3.1 billion
2014$3.6 billion$1.3 billion$2.2 billion
2015$4.7 billion$1.3 billion$3.3 billion
2016$3.7 billion$1.7 billion$1.9 billion
2017$4.2 billion$2.1 billion$2.1 billion
2018$4.7 billion$1.9 billion$2.8 billion
2019$5 billion$1.8 billion$3.3 billion
2020$5.9 billion$2.1 billion$3.8 billion
2021$6 billion$2.8 billion$3.2 billion
2022$5.9 billion$2.7 billion$3.2 billion
2023$7.3 billion$3.2 billion$4.1 billion
2024$7.9 billion$3.7 billion$4.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Ireland sells to Italy

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

  1. Hormones$2.3 billion · 29.6%
    5 tonnes
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$1.4 billion · 18.3%
    9 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$884 million · 11.2%
    48 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  4. Airplanes and helicopters$365 million · 4.6%
    271 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  5. Sulfonamides$331 million · 4.2%
    23 tonnes
  6. Fresh beef$234 million · 3%
    23 thousand tonnes
  7. Fragrance mixtures$226 million · 2.9%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Industrial fatty acids and oils$184 million · 2.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Cameras and broadcast equipment$183 million · 2.3%
    242 tonnes
  10. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$156 million · 2%
    120 tonnes

What Italy sells to Ireland

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

  1. Jewelry$654 million · 17.9%
    58 tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  2. Airplanes and helicopters$274 million · 7.5%
    356 tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$246 million · 6.7%
    1 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  4. Turbojets and gas turbines$233 million · 6.4%
    10 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  5. Vaccines, blood and antisera$150 million · 4.1%
    32 tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  6. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$125 million · 3.4%
    61 tonnes
  7. Parts for cranes and excavators$64 million · 1.7%
    8 thousand tonnes
  8. Transformers and power supplies$57 million · 1.6%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Wine$53 million · 1.4%
    18 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  10. Cheese$43 million · 1.2%
    9 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Dublin to Genoa.

The estimated sea route between Dublin and Genoa is 2,124 nautical miles (3,933 km) long: ≈ 5–6.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar.

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$2.9 billion · 24.9%
  2. Air$8.7 billion · 75.1%

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

How much each matters to the other

Italy was Ireland’s 8th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Ireland was Italy’s 22nd (0.9%).

Italy in Ireland’s trade
2.9%
Italy’s rank among Ireland’s partners
8th
Ireland in Italy’s trade
0.9%
Ireland’s rank among Italy’s partners
22nd

Compare with

Other partners of Ireland

Other partners of Italy

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.