What does Ireland import the most?

Ireland's largest import is aircraft and spacecraft, worth $18.1B in 2025, 11% of its total imports of $166B.

Does Ireland run a trade surplus or deficit?

Ireland ran a trade surplus of $170B in 2025: it exported $335B of goods and imported $166B.

Electrical energy is Ireland's fastest-growing top import by value, up 147% year over year, reaching $686M in 2025.

$166B

2025 · Annual

Ireland yearly trade, 2015-2025

Ireland monthly trade through June 2026

#	Name	Value 2025	Share	YoY
1	Aircraft and Spacecraft	$18.1B	10.9%	-1%
2	Biologics	$10B	6.1%	+27%
3	Computers and peripherals	$9.1B	5.5%	+68%
4	Medicaments for retail sale	$8B	4.8%	+30%
5	Computer parts	$5.5B	3.4%	+68%
6	Refined industrial goods	$4.6B	2.7%	+6.2%
7	Processed materials	$3.9B	2.3%	-3.1%
8	Specialty equipment	$3.2B	1.9%	+12%
9	Consumer products	$2.4B	1.5%	+0.7%
10	Intermediate goods	$1.7B	1.1%	-5.4%

#	Name	Value 2025	Share	YoY
1	Electrical energy	$686M	0.4%	+147%
2	Computer parts	$5.5B	3.4%	+68%
3	Computers and peripherals	$9.1B	5.5%	+68%
4	Semiconductor devices and components	$573M	0.3%	+52%
5	Nitrogenous fertilizers	$430M	0.3%	+42%
6	Refined industrial goods	$357M	0.4%	+6.2%
7	Processed materials	$301M	0.4%	-3.1%
8	Specialty equipment	$245M	0.4%	+12%
9	Consumer products	$189M	0.4%	+0.7%
10	Intermediate goods	$133M	0.4%	-5.4%

Source & methodology

We use primary trade sources for every country. See our methodology page for how we source and verify this data.

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