In June 2025, Ireland experienced a slight expansion in its trade surplus, reaching €5.3 billion compared to €5.1 billion in the same month of the previous year. Exports increased by 4.8% on an annual basis, totaling €17.5 billion. This growth was primarily attributed to a substantial rise in medical and pharmaceutical products, which grew by 8.9% and constituted 41.4% of all exports. Furthermore, there was a remarkable surge of 204.5% in the export of office machines and automatic data processing equipment. In contrast, exports of organic chemicals experienced a decline of 29.9%.
When analyzing export destinations, the United States remained Ireland's primary market, comprising 24.9% of exports, despite a year-on-year decrease of 23.4%. Following the United States were the Netherlands, accounting for 13.9%, and Belgium at 10.1%. On the import side, there was a 5.6% increase year-on-year, amounting to €12.3 billion. This increase was led by significant growth in medical and pharmaceutical products (up 70.7%), alongside office machines and automatic data processing machines (up 41.8%), and organic chemicals (up 3.5%).
Regarding suppliers, Germany topped the list, contributing 12.7% of Ireland’s total imports, followed closely by the United States at 12.6% and France at 12.1%. Notably, imports from the United States dropped by 24.7% year-on-year, while those from the United Kingdom decreased by 11.8%.
