globaltraffic.earth

Trade between Ireland and the United States

In 2024, Ireland exported $88.8 billion to the United States and imported $24 billion. Ireland ran a surplus of $64.9 billion with the United States, compared with a surplus of $35.4 billion in 2019. The United States was Ireland’s largest trading partner (28% of its trade), and Ireland was the United States’ 11th (2%).

Summary

Ireland → United States
$88.8billion
United States → Ireland
$24billion
Ireland’s balance
$64.9billion

Balance

Ireland’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Ireland and the United States grew 11.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 88.8
  • Imports 24
  • Balance +64.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$4.2 billion$5.4 billion-$1.2 billion
1996$4.7 billion$5.4 billion-$716 million
1997$5.8 billion$5.6 billion$230 million
1998$8.9 billion$6.7 billion$2.2 billion
1999$11.4 billion$7.5 billion$3.8 billion
2000$16.1 billion$8 billion$8 billion
2001$17.3 billion$7.4 billion$9.9 billion
2002$22.3 billion$7.7 billion$14.6 billion
2003$26.1 billion$8.4 billion$17.7 billion
2004$27.1 billion$8.3 billion$18.8 billion
2005$28.6 billion$10.6 billion$18 billion
2006$24.1 billion$10.8 billion$13.3 billion
2007$30.5 billion$9.9 billion$20.6 billion
2008$29.3 billion$9.8 billion$19.5 billion
2009$26.2 billion$11.4 billion$14.8 billion
2010$30.4 billion$9.3 billion$21.1 billion
2011$36.7 billion$11.3 billion$25.5 billion
2012$30.7 billion$11.9 billion$18.8 billion
2013$28.4 billion$11.2 billion$17.1 billion
2014$31.3 billion$12 billion$19.4 billion
2015$35.3 billion$12 billion$23.3 billion
2016$40.9 billion$15.3 billion$25.6 billion
2017$46.3 billion$18.8 billion$27.5 billion
2018$51 billion$20 billion$31 billion
2019$53.4 billion$18 billion$35.4 billion
2020$57.9 billion$15 billion$42.9 billion
2021$58.4 billion$21 billion$37.4 billion
2022$69.9 billion$22.9 billion$47 billion
2023$67.3 billion$24.4 billion$43 billion
2024$88.8 billion$24 billion$64.9 billion

What they sell each other

What Ireland sells to the United States

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

  1. Vaccines, blood and antisera$33.6 billion · 37.9%
    1 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  2. Hormones$15.4 billion · 17.3%
    16 tonnes
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$11.6 billion · 13.1%
    14 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  4. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$5.5 billion · 6.2%
    99 tonnes
  5. Fragrance mixtures$4 billion · 4.5%
    62 thousand tonnes
  6. Orthopedic and hearing devices$3.4 billion · 3.9%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Medical and dental instruments$3 billion · 3.3%
    24 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  8. Microchips$1.9 billion · 2.1%
    12 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  9. Nucleic acids and other heterocycles$1.5 billion · 1.7%
    26 tonnes
  10. Sulfonamides$1.3 billion · 1.4%
    60 tonnes

What the United States sells to Ireland

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

  1. Airplanes and helicopters$6.9 billion · 28.7%
    8 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Vaccines, blood and antisera$3.6 billion · 15.2%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  3. Crude petroleum$1.2 billion · 4.8%
    1.8 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  4. Turbojets and gas turbines$1 billion · 4.2%
    588 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  5. Medical and dental instruments$778 million · 3.3%
    8 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  6. Other industrial machines$756 million · 3.2%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$658 million · 2.8%
    640 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  8. Microchips$609 million · 2.5%
    96 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  9. Orthopedic and hearing devices$556 million · 2.3%
    626 tonnes
  10. Aircraft parts$555 million · 2.3%
    1 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Ireland and the United States traded $112.8 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by air: 94% of the value travels by plane.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$6.7 billion · 6%
  2. Air$106.1 billion · 94%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Ireland’s largest trading partner (28% of its trade), and Ireland was the United States’ 11th (2%).

The United States in Ireland’s trade
28.3%
The United States’ rank among Ireland’s partners
1st
Ireland in the United States’ trade
2.2%
Ireland’s rank among the United States’ partners
11th

Compare with

Other partners of Ireland

Other partners of the United States

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.