Name: Ireland Imports
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Imports in Ireland jumped 17.5% year-on-year to EUR 13.1 billion in May 2026, lifted by higher purchases of petroleum and petroleum products (+69.9%), fertilisers (+39.3%), machinery and transport equipment (+45.7%), and telecommunications and sound recording, reproducing equipment (+32.7%). Imports increased from Germany (+5.3%), France (+17.3%), the UK (+2.7%), and the Netherlands (+4.8%). source: Central Statistics Office Ireland

Imports in Ireland averaged 3631447.09 EUR Thousand from 1970 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 14281002.00 EUR Thousand in March 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 July of 2026.

Imports in Ireland is expected to be 11800000.00 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	3394068.00	5242226.00	EUR Thousand	May 2026
Capital Flows	1170.00	8641.00	EUR Million	Mar 2026
Current Account	17442.00	12807.00	EUR Million	Mar 2026
Exports	16464376.00	18608093.00	EUR Thousand	May 2026
External Debt	3381954.00	3240754.00	EUR Million	Mar 2026
Foreign Direct Investment	25451.00	10809.00	EUR Million	Mar 2026
Imports	13070308.00	13365867.00	EUR Thousand	May 2026
Terms of Trade	86.20	86.00	points	May 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).