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Trade between Ireland and Taiwan

In 2024, Ireland exported $912 million to Taiwan and imported $2.1 billion. Ireland ran a deficit of $1.2 billion with Taiwan, compared with a surplus of $295 million in 2019. Taiwan was Ireland’s 19th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Ireland was Taiwan’s 29th (0.3%).

Summary

Ireland → Taiwan
$912million
Taiwan → Ireland
$2.1billion
Ireland’s balance
-$1.2billion

Balance

Ireland’s trade balance with Taiwan

Trade between Ireland and Taiwan grew 5.7-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 0.9
  • Imports 2.1
  • Balance -1.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$111 million$422 million-$311 million
1996$154 million$430 million-$276 million
1997$188 million$527 million-$339 million
1998$166 million$857 million-$691 million
1999$172 million$964 million-$792 million
2000$175 million$969 million-$794 million
2001$313 million$918 million-$605 million
2002$294 million$827 million-$533 million
2003$346 million$962 million-$615 million
2004$428 million$1.2 billion-$763 million
2005$477 million$1.1 billion-$647 million
2006$473 million$1.2 billion-$747 million
2007$361 million$1.1 billion-$691 million
2008$413 million$799 million-$386 million
2009$271 million$251 million$20 million
2010$303 million$230 million$73 million
2011$333 million$256 million$76 million
2012$262 million$325 million-$64 million
2013$311 million$280 million$31 million
2014$374 million$320 million$54 million
2015$411 million$391 million$20 million
2016$574 million$391 million$183 million
2017$620 million$327 million$294 million
2018$766 million$470 million$297 million
2019$832 million$537 million$295 million
2020$935 million$618 million$317 million
2021$790 million$905 million-$115 million
2022$880 million$1.2 billion-$318 million
2023$894 million$1.3 billion-$358 million
2024$912 million$2.1 billion-$1.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Ireland sells to Taiwan

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

  1. 343 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  2. Vaccines, blood and antisera$263 million · 28.8%
    49 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  3. 32 tonnes
  4. 144 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  5. Optical fibers and lenses$26 million · 2.9%
    267 tonnes
  6. Other plastic articles$23 million · 2.5%
    253 tonnes
  7. Malt extract and food mixes$22 million · 2.4%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Jewelry$20 million · 2.2%
  9. Microchips$18 million · 2%
    7 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  10. Turbojets and gas turbines$17 million · 1.9%
    16 tonnes · Taiwan’s sources

What Taiwan sells to Ireland

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

  1. 705 tonnes
  2. Cameras and broadcast equipment$335 million · 15.8%
    735 tonnes
  3. Phones and telecom equipment$160 million · 7.6%
    119 tonnes
  4. Computers$131 million · 6.2%
    154 tonnes · Taiwan’s destinations
  5. Microchips$84 million · 4%
    17 tonnes · Taiwan’s destinations
  6. Discs and storage media$53 million · 2.5%
    21 tonnes
  7. Other industrial machines$30 million · 1.4%
    218 tonnes
  8. Screws, bolts and nuts$22 million · 1.1%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. 66 tonnes
  10. Other measuring instruments$17 million · 0.8%
    49 tonnes

How it travels

Ireland and Taiwan traded $3 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by air: 93% of the value travels by plane.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$206 million · 6.8%
  2. Air$2.8 billion · 93.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

Taiwan was Ireland’s 19th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Ireland was Taiwan’s 29th (0.3%).

Taiwan in Ireland’s trade
0.8%
Taiwan’s rank among Ireland’s partners
19th
Ireland in Taiwan’s trade
0.3%
Ireland’s rank among Taiwan’s partners
29th

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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.