Trade: Republic of Ireland
(asked on 26th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value has been of trade between the UK and the Republic of Ireland (a) in total, (b) across the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland border and (c) between Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland in each of the last three years.
Estimates of the value of UK trade in goods and services with Ireland (up to 2016) are available from the ONS Pink Book 2017:
Goods and services, £bn | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
UK exports of goods and services to Ireland | 27.9 | 27.0 | 26.7 |
UK imports of goods and services from Ireland | 17.8 | 18.5 | 20.8 |
UK trade in goods and services with Ireland | 45.7 | 45.5 | 47.4 |
Source: ONS Pink Book 2017. Data on a Balance of Payments basis. Trade figures may not sum up due to rounding differences.
More timely estimates, for trade in goods only, going up to April 2018 are available from the ONS (user requested data):
Goods only, £bn | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
UK exports of goods to Rep. Ireland | 17.4 | 17.2 | 19.7 |
UK imports of goods from Rep. Ireland | 12.7 | 13.6 | 14.9 |
UK trade in goods with Rep. Ireland | 30.2 | 30.8 | 34.6 |
Source: ONS user-requested data (published 18th June 2018). Data on a Balance of Payments basis. Trade figures may not sum up due to rounding differences.
Estimates of the value of trade in goods between Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of Ireland are available from HMRC’s interactive trade database (‘Build Your Own Data Tables’). Similar estimates for trade in services are not available.
https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Home.aspx
Goods only, £bn | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
NI exports of goods to Rep. Ireland | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
NI imports of goods from Rep. Ireland | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
NI trade in goods with Rep. Ireland | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
(RTS Data)
Source: HMRC Regional Trade Statistics 2018Q1. Data on a ‘physical movement’ basis. Trade figures may not sum up due to rounding differences.
Estimates of the value of trade in goods between Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland are available from HMRC’s interactive trade database (‘Build Your Own Data Tables’). Similar estimates for trade in services are not available.
https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Home.aspx
(RTS Data)
Goods only, £bn | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
GB exports of goods to Ireland | 13.5 | 13.6 | 15.1 |
GB imports of goods from Ireland | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
GB trade in goods with Ireland | 22.8 | 23.5 | 25.0 |
Source: HMRC Regional Trade Statistics 2018Q1. Data on a ‘physical movement’ basis. Trade figures may not sum up due to rounding differences.
Note: The ONS estimates in (a) above are on a Balance of Payments (‘change of ownership’) basis while the HMRC estimates in (b) and (c) are on a ‘physical movement’ basis, hence the two datasets are not comparable.