6.3 Agri-food sector trade by destination

6.3 Agri-food sector trade by destination

Agri-Food sector exports by Top 20 destinations, 2022 The map below highlights the top twenty destinations for Irish agri-food exports globally, demonstrating the distribution between UK (36%), EU (35%) and Rest of World (30%) markets in 2022.

The United Kingdom was Ireland’s largest trading partner, with €6.8 billion in agri-food exports in 2022, an increase of 51% over the past decade. This consisted of €4.7 billion and €2 billion in exports to Great Britain and Northern Ireland respectively. The United States was the second largest destination with €1.7 billion in exports, with the Netherlands in third with slightly under €1.7 billion.

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Trade to the top 20 destinations for Irish agri-food was over €16.4 billion in 2022, accounting for 86% of the total.

Exports to Germany exceeded €1 billion for the first time, increasing from €857 million to €1.1 billion (+24%) in 2022.

Figure 6.6 Top 10 Agri Food Destinations 2022

n United Kingdom 36%

n United States 9%

n Netherlands 9%

n France 6%

n Germany 6%

n China 4%

n Italy 3%

n Belgium 2%

n Spain 2%

n Sweden 1%

n Other 22%

Source : CSO

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Table 6.2 Value and Volume of Agri-food Exports by Category, 2020 - 2021

Country Rank Rank Rank 2021 2022 2021 2022 Change €000 Tonnes €000 Tonnes
				€000	Tonnes	€000	Tonnes
United Kingdom	1	1	→	5,829,456	4,334,171	6,755,234	4,316,503
United States	2	2	→	1,305,501	260,251	1,733,859	296,307
Netherlands	3	3	→	1,285,996	546,137	1,674,927	471,058
France	4	4	→	886,122	253,024	1,195,189	274,781
Germany	5	5	→	857,486	226,274	1,060,807	250,790
China	6	6	→	783,022	273,908	722,233	221,031
Italy	7	7	→	404,162	103,611	523,151	100,488
Belgium	9	8	↑	278,275	100,546	433,392	181,769
Spain	8	9	↓	304,177	71,270	415,512	85,610
Sweden	11	10	↑	206,726	45,582	238,410	46,920
Japan	12	11	↑	180,728	53,562	213,801	53,810
Poland	14	12	↑	154,196	51,495	213,138	61,076
Nigeria	10	13	↓	211,268	130,890	207,953	92,001
Denmark	13	14	↓	156,840	66,367	181,851	72,211
Philippines	16	15	↑	110,907	53,863	173,430	72,654
Canada	15	16	↓	146,465	30,259	168,930	33,252
Mexico	18	17	↑	103,765	14,942	151,790	15,564
Algeria	30	18	↑	61,947	20,788	117,225	24,712
Australia	19	19	→	96,427	36,087	116,661	44,128
Switzerland	20	20	→	90,150	10,556	111,474	12,083
United Arab Emirates	28	21	↑	64,596	26,064	109,194	29,283
Portugal	39	22	↑	40,356	9,267	101,634	13,271
South Africa	22	23	↓	81,620	30,854	100,524	30,624
Senegal	24	24	→	72,985	34,455	94,689	33,179
Saudi Arabia	17	25	↓	109,602	30,078	94,165	19,787
Top 25 Totals				13,822,776	6,814,302	16,909,173	6,852,891

Source: CSO