Name: Ireland Imports
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Imports in Ireland rose 3.1% year-on-year to EUR 11.35 billion, supported by higher purchases of medical and pharmaceutical products (3%) and electrical machinery, apparatus, and appliances (24.7%). Ireland’s largest suppliers were the US (14%), Great Britain (11%), and China (10%). source: Central Statistics Office Ireland

Imports in Ireland averaged 3574850.45 EUR Thousand from 1970 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 14196294.00 EUR Thousand in November of 2023 and a record low of 62344.00 EUR Thousand in August of 1970. This page provides the latest reported value for - Ireland Imports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Ireland Imports - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on March of 2026.

Imports in Ireland is expected to be 13460000.00 EUR Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Ireland Imports is projected to trend around 12990000.00 EUR Thousand in 2027 and 13820000.00 EUR Thousand in 2028, according to our econometric models.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Balance of Trade	4825997.00	2652727.00	EUR Thousand	Jan 2026
Capital Flows	8641.00	4571.00	EUR Million	Dec 2025
Current Account	12807.00	13941.00	EUR Million	Dec 2025
Exports	16176774.00	15812578.00	EUR Thousand	Jan 2026
External Debt	3240754.24	3191931.33	EUR Million	Dec 2025
Foreign Direct Investment	10809.00	18744.00	EUR Million	Dec 2025
Imports	11350777.00	13159850.00	EUR Thousand	Jan 2026
Terms of Trade	90.40	90.50	points	Dec 2025

Ireland Imports

In 2017, imports to Ireland hit an all-time high of EUR 77 billion. The country imported mainly machinery and transport equipment (39 percent of total imports), namely other transport equipment, including aircraft (19 percent), road vehicles (5 percent), office machines and automatic data processing machines, including computers (4 percent), and electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances and parts (3 percent). Others include: chemicals and related products (23 percent), of which medical and pharmaceutical products (11 percent); miscellaneous manufactured articles (11 percent); food and live animals (9 percent); and petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (5 percent). Main import partners were: the United Kingdom (24 percent of total imports); the United States (20 percent); France (13 percent); Germany (9 percent); China (6 percent); and the Netherlands (3 percent).