Name: Ireland Imports
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Imports in Ireland rose 12.4% year-on-year to EUR 12.9 billion in August 2026, driven by higher purchases of medical and pharmaceutical products (44.6%), office machines and automatic data processing machines (63.4%), and petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (68.8%). Among key trading partners, imports from Great Britain increased 11.9%, while those from the US fell 21%. source: Central Statistics Office Ireland

Imports in Ireland averaged 3678480.66 EUR Thousand from 1970 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 14508757.00 EUR Thousand in June of 2026 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 October of 2026.

Imports in Ireland is expected to be 12660000.00 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 13290000.00 EUR Thousand in 2027 and 15120000.00 EUR Thousand in 2028, according to our econometric models.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Balance of Trade	2936896.00	4687673.00	EUR Thousand	Aug 2026
Capital Flows	14686.00	-683.00	EUR Million	Jun 2026
Current Account	19690.00	17893.00	EUR Million	Jun 2026
Exports	15860515.00	18982531.00	EUR Thousand	Aug 2026
External Debt	3474297.00	3372156.00	EUR Million	Jun 2026
Foreign Direct Investment	-17466.17	25166.56	EUR Million	Jun 2026
Imports	12923618.00	14294858.00	EUR Thousand	Aug 2026
Terms of Trade	87.30	86.30	points	Aug 2026

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).