Trade in goods with USA SITC (Standard International Trade Classification)
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Ireland trade flows with USA by SITC*) product sections during 2024/10 - 2025/2

*) Standard International Trade Classification (classification system is maintained by the United Nations)


Share of USA's2024/10
%		2024/11
%		2024/12
%		2025/1
%		2025/2
%
Export0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8
Import3.6 3.9 2.6 4.3 5.3
Trade in Goods2.5 2.7 1.9 3.1 3.6

USA's foreign trade with Ireland, exports to Ireland and imports from Ireland in February 2025


The text of the following analysis is produced by a computer program.

Trade with Ireland represented in February of 2025, 3.6 per cent share of USA's foreign trade in goods, 0.8 % of USA's exports and 5.3 % of imports. In February Ireland was USA's seventh most important foreign trade partner. Most of the value of trade between the countries consists of the import to USA. Amounting trade to worth of $16.6 billion was 113.6 per cent bigger than in February of the previous year. In February the trade balance with Ireland was $14.0 billion in deficit for United States of America.

The value of imports from Ireland was 134.0 per cent higher than in February of the previous year, thus amounting to $15.3 billion. More than half of the value of imports was in Sitc541 (medicinal and pharmaceutical products, other than medicaments of group 542) representing a share of 71.5 per cent. Other major categories of imports were Sitc542 (medicaments (including veterinary medicaments)), 8.3 per cent of imports and Sitc515 (organo-inorganic compounds, heterocyclic compounds, nucleic acids and their salts, and sulphonamides) 5.6 %.

The value of exports to Ireland were 4.5 percent higher than in February of the previous year, thus amounting to $1.3 billion. The largest product groups of exports were: Sitc541 (medicinal and pharmaceutical products, other than medicaments of group 542), which represented a share of 24.4 per cent of total exports, Sitc542 (medicaments (including veterinary medicaments)) 8.2 % and Sitc792 (aircraft and associated equipment; spacecraft (including satellites) and spacecraft launch vehicles; parts thereof) 4.8 % of the exports.

Significant increase in trade in goods in early 2025

During January-February, trade in goods with Ireland has grown faster than USA's trade in goods with the rest of the world. During this year trade in goods between countries was significantly higher than in January-February of the previous year. Growth was as high as 91.4 per cent and the value of the trade increased to $31.4 billion. During January-February the value of imports was $28.9 billion. The export value was $2.5 billion. Compared to the corresponding period in 2024, the value of imports during this period increased by 108.8 %. The largest product group in terms of imports has been Sitc541 (medicinal and pharmaceutical products, other than medicaments of group 542), worth $20.9 billion. In export the largest value had Sitc541 (medicinal and pharmaceutical products, other than medicaments of group 542), worth being $669 million. The value of exports during this period decreased by 2.0 %. From USA's point of view, the trade balance between the countries in January-February remained in deficit. The trade deficit was $26.4 billion. The trade deficit continued to widen compared to the corresponding period in 2024. At that time, the deficit was $11.3 billion.


Table: USA's export to Ireland (IE) during 2024/10 - 2025/2

2024 / 102024 / 112024 / 122025 / 12025 / 2
million $%million $%million $%million $%million $%
0. Food and live animals 37.0 2.9 46.2 3.4 58.6 4.7 31.4 2.5 32.3 2.5
00. Live animals 5.0 0.4 6.3 0.5 3.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 4.7 0.4
02. Dairy products and birds' eggs 1.5 0.1 2.4 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.3
04. Cereals and cereal preparations 5.2 0.4 14.6 1.1 32.2 2.6 15.1 1.2 0.0 0.0
05. Vegetables and fruit 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.0 1.4 0.1
06. Sugars,sugar preparations and honey 0.6 0.1 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
08. Feeding stuff for animals 23.1 1.8 19.9 1.5 20.3 1.6 14.8 1.2 19.6 1.5
09. Miscellaneous edible products and preparations 0.6 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.0 2.0 0.2
1. Beverages and tobacco 12.7 1.0 19.8 1.4 16.2 1.3 11.1 0.9 23.2 1.8
11. Beverages 12.7 1.0 19.8 1.4 16.2 1.3 11.1 0.9 23.2 1.8
2. Crude materials,inedible,except fuels 5.1 0.4 14.2 1.0 4.6 0.4 5.2 0.4 3.6 0.3
24. Cork and wood 1.1 0.1 10.0 0.7 1.1 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.8 0.1
25. Pulp and waste paper 1.6 0.1 2.2 0.2 0.6 0.0 1.9 0.1 0.9 0.1
27. Crude fertilizers and crude minerals 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.0
29. Crude animal,vegetable materials n.e.s. 1.7 0.1 1.4 0.1 2.1 0.2 1.9 0.2 1.1 0.1
3. Mineral fuels etc 0.1 0.0 102.8 7.5 142.6 11.5 54.1 4.3 48.4 3.8
33. Petroleum and products 0.1 0.0 102.8 7.5 142.6 11.5 54.1 4.3 48.4 3.8
5. Chemicals and related products,n.e.s. 503.5 39.7 496.0 36.2 408.5 33.1 564.3 45.2 534.4 41.8
51. Organic chemicals 18.4 1.5 11.8 0.9 17.9 1.4 31.6 2.5 19.0 1.5
52. Inorganic chemicals 7.8 0.6 11.1 0.8 17.3 1.4 10.3 0.8 18.8 1.5
53. Dyeing,tanning and colouring material 2.5 0.2 2.1 0.2 2.3 0.2 1.3 0.1 1.7 0.1
54. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 397.0 31.3 396.3 28.9 298.9 24.2 443.0 35.5 417.8 32.6
55. Perfume,cleaning etc.preparations 19.4 1.5 14.6 1.1 20.0 1.6 19.5 1.6 21.6 1.7
57. Plastics in primary forms 11.6 0.9 9.0 0.7 10.8 0.9 11.5 0.9 9.6 0.7
58. Plastics in non-primary forms 22.8 1.8 24.0 1.8 14.7 1.2 23.2 1.9 21.5 1.7
59. Chemical materials and products,n.e.s. 24.0 1.9 27.2 2.0 26.5 2.1 23.9 1.9 24.3 1.9
6. Basic manufactures 48.6 3.8 44.0 3.2 36.4 2.9 43.0 3.4 45.7 3.6
62. Rubber manufactures,n.e.s. 3.8 0.3 3.2 0.2 4.6 0.4 5.1 0.4 2.7 0.2
63. Wood and cork manufactures 8.8 0.7 5.7 0.4 4.6 0.4 2.8 0.2 3.7 0.3
64. Paper,paperboard and articles thereof 2.1 0.2 1.8 0.1 1.4 0.1 1.2 0.1 2.1 0.2
65. Textile yarn,fabrics,made up articles,etc. 3.1 0.2 3.8 0.3 2.7 0.2 3.1 0.3 3.4 0.3
66. Non-metallic mineral manufactures,n.e.s. 4.0 0.3 2.8 0.2 2.2 0.2 2.7 0.2 2.7 0.2
67. Iron and steel 5.1 0.4 5.3 0.4 3.6 0.3 5.9 0.5 4.1 0.3
68. Non-ferrous metals 7.5 0.6 7.4 0.5 8.8 0.7 8.4 0.7 6.6 0.5
69. Manufactures of metals,n.e.s. 14.2 1.1 13.9 1.0 8.6 0.7 13.7 1.1 20.5 1.6
7. Machinery,transport equipment 376.2 29.7 400.1 29.2 287.5 23.3 253.6 20.3 327.1 25.6
71. Power generating machinery and equipment 7.9 0.6 3.6 0.3 7.6 0.6 17.0 1.4 3.6 0.3
72. Machinery for specialized industries 69.3 5.5 83.4 6.1 50.1 4.1 28.4 2.3 23.2 1.8
73. Metal working machinery 3.0 0.2 1.6 0.1 1.7 0.1 1.6 0.1 1.4 0.1
74. General industrial machinery n.e.s. 34.6 2.7 25.6 1.9 23.3 1.9 21.2 1.7 37.7 2.9
75. Office machines and adp machines 68.5 5.4 65.5 4.8 37.6 3.0 20.7 1.7 86.2 6.7
76. Telecommunications and sound recording equipment 16.8 1.3 18.3 1.3 17.1 1.4 37.8 3.0 38.9 3.0
77. Electric machinery,n.e.s.and parts 82.3 6.5 155.3 11.3 120.3 9.7 73.5 5.9 72.3 5.6
78. Road vehicles 2.2 0.2 2.7 0.2 1.4 0.1 3.0 0.2 1.8 0.1
79. Other transport equipment 91.7 7.2 44.1 3.2 28.4 2.3 50.2 4.0 62.1 4.9
8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles 227.9 18.0 191.7 14.0 229.8 18.6 226.2 18.1 214.6 16.8
82. Furniture and parts thereof 0.9 0.1 1.8 0.1 2.8 0.2 2.4 0.2 1.2 0.1
84. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.0 1.3 0.1
87. Instruments and apparates n.e.s. 90.5 7.1 70.8 5.2 64.5 5.2 74.0 5.9 73.7 5.8
88. Photographic equipment,optical goods etc. 51.1 4.0 43.5 3.2 50.6 4.1 68.6 5.5 55.6 4.3
89. Miscellaneous manufactured articles,n.e.s. 84.4 6.7 74.4 5.4 110.7 9.0 79.8 6.4 82.3 6.4
9. Goods not classified elsewhere 56.1 4.4 54.6 4.0 51.5 4.2 58.7 4.7 50.2 3.9
93. Special transactions and commodities not classified 2.9 0.2 1.7 0.1 2.2 0.2 10.9 0.9 2.1 0.2
97. Gold,non-monetary 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.1 0.1
99. (USA Sitc) Estimate of non-canadian low value shipments; compiled low value shipments to canada; and various export shipments not identified by kind 52.3 4.1 51.8 3.8 48.4 3.9 47.4 3.8 46.8 3.7
0-9. All groups combined 1,267.4 100.0 1,369.5 100.0 1,235.9 100.0 1,247.6 100.0 1,279.9 100.0

Source: US Census Bureau

Table: Import from Ireland (IE) to USA during 2024/10 - 2025/2

2024 / 102024 / 112024 / 122025 / 12025 / 2
million $%million $%million $%million $%million $%
0. Food and live animals 124.7 1.2 130.9 1.2 114.4 1.5 102.1 0.7 65.0 0.4
00. Live animals 25.4 0.2 16.2 0.2 11.6 0.2 11.6 0.1 1.5 0.0
01. Meat and meat preparations 2.3 0.0 4.1 0.0 3.7 0.0 3.4 0.0 3.4 0.0
02. Dairy products and birds' eggs 69.4 0.7 85.7 0.8 69.7 0.9 53.5 0.4 39.8 0.3
03. Fish and fish preparations 1.7 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.6 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.5 0.0
04. Cereals and cereal preparations 0.7 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.6 0.0
05. Vegetables and fruit 0.6 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.0
06. Sugars,sugar preparations and honey 0.3 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.8 0.0
07. Coffee,tea,cocoa,spices 9.0 0.1 6.0 0.1 2.2 0.0 2.9 0.0 1.6 0.0
08. Feeding stuff for animals 3.1 0.0 2.5 0.0 2.9 0.0 2.4 0.0 3.8 0.0
09. Miscellaneous edible products and preparations 12.2 0.1 11.9 0.1 20.5 0.3 25.1 0.2 12.2 0.1
1. Beverages and tobacco 46.9 0.5 71.6 0.7 52.8 0.7 51.0 0.4 52.3 0.3
11. Beverages 46.9 0.5 71.6 0.7 52.8 0.7 51.0 0.4 52.3 0.3
2. Crude materials,inedible,except fuels 9.1 0.1 3.3 0.0 4.7 0.1 3.8 0.0 7.7 0.1
27. Crude fertilizers and crude minerals 7.6 0.1 2.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 2.9 0.0 6.0 0.0
29. Crude animal,vegetable materials n.e.s. 0.8 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.2 0.0
4. Animal and vegetable oils and fats 0.3 0.0 6.6 0.1 9.5 0.1 10.3 0.1 8.1 0.1
41. Animal oils and fats 00 00 3.1 0.0 3.0 0.0 1.2 0.0
43. Processed animal or vegetable oils,etc. 0.3 0.0 6.6 0.1 6.3 0.1 7.3 0.1 7.0 0.0
5. Chemicals and related products,n.e.s. 8,357.9 81.1 8,404.9 78.8 5,324.1 71.2 11,854.2 86.9 13,411.0 87.8
51. Organic chemicals 670.3 6.5 289.0 2.7 574.4 7.7 472.5 3.5 858.7 5.6
52. Inorganic chemicals 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.3 0.0
53. Dyeing,tanning and colouring material 2.4 0.0 2.5 0.0 2.2 0.0 1.1 0.0 1.2 0.0
54. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 7,293.5 70.7 7,773.4 72.9 4,324.7 57.9 11,059.7 81.1 12,193.5 79.8
55. Perfume,cleaning etc.preparations 323.7 3.1 287.8 2.7 350.9 4.7 263.4 1.9 291.3 1.9
57. Plastics in primary forms 2.2 0.0 1.3 0.0 1.9 0.0 1.6 0.0 2.9 0.0
58. Plastics in non-primary forms 21.3 0.2 16.2 0.2 25.1 0.3 11.4 0.1 25.6 0.2
59. Chemical materials and products,n.e.s. 44.3 0.4 33.8 0.3 44.6 0.6 44.3 0.3 36.6 0.2
6. Basic manufactures 11.5 0.1 11.7 0.1 9.4 0.1 7.8 0.1 11.9 0.1
62. Rubber manufactures,n.e.s. 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0
63. Wood and cork manufactures 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.0 0.0
64. Paper,paperboard and articles thereof 1.4 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.1 0.0 1.0 0.0
65. Textile yarn,fabrics,made up articles,etc. 1.9 0.0 2.5 0.0 1.9 0.0 1.4 0.0 2.1 0.0
66. Non-metallic mineral manufactures,n.e.s. 1.8 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.7 0.0 1.7 0.0
68. Non-ferrous metals 1.1 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.8 0.0
69. Manufactures of metals,n.e.s. 4.1 0.0 3.8 0.0 3.4 0.0 3.1 0.0 3.9 0.0
7. Machinery,transport equipment 320.3 3.1 416.7 3.9 410.2 5.5 420.9 3.1 287.5 1.9
71. Power generating machinery and equipment 4.1 0.0 3.0 0.0 3.1 0.0 2.6 0.0 3.5 0.0
72. Machinery for specialized industries 5.8 0.1 4.4 0.0 7.6 0.1 3.5 0.0 9.6 0.1
73. Metal working machinery 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
74. General industrial machinery n.e.s. 56.6 0.5 61.5 0.6 52.4 0.7 59.8 0.4 55.5 0.4
75. Office machines and adp machines 9.9 0.1 22.6 0.2 14.7 0.2 7.2 0.1 40.4 0.3
76. Telecommunications and sound recording equipment 8.9 0.1 5.9 0.1 6.1 0.1 5.0 0.0 5.0 0.0
77. Electric machinery,n.e.s.and parts 233.0 2.3 316.3 3.0 323.2 4.3 340.0 2.5 168.4 1.1
78. Road vehicles 0.6 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.1 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.7 0.0
79. Other transport equipment 1.3 0.0 1.8 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.3 0.0 3.1 0.0
8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles 816.4 7.9 763.7 7.2 724.7 9.7 724.4 5.3 769.7 5.0
81. Prefabr.buildings;sanitary,lighting etc.fixtrs 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.0
82. Furniture and parts thereof 1.7 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 0.0
84. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.0
87. Instruments and apparates n.e.s. 276.4 2.7 264.6 2.5 265.2 3.5 228.9 1.7 307.1 2.0
88. Photographic equipment,optical goods etc. 17.5 0.2 21.2 0.2 24.5 0.3 24.9 0.2 23.9 0.2
89. Miscellaneous manufactured articles,n.e.s. 519.8 5.0 476.0 4.5 433.7 5.8 468.3 3.4 435.9 2.9
9. Goods not classified elsewhere 622.1 6.0 853.4 8.0 824.9 11.0 462.7 3.4 660.3 4.3
93. Special transactions and commodities not classified 596.2 5.8 811.1 7.6 799.4 10.7 435.1 3.2 621.1 4.1
98. (USA Sitc) Estimate of import items valued under $251 and of other low valued items nonexempt from formal entry 25.8 0.3 42.3 0.4 25.5 0.3 27.5 0.2 39.2 0.3
0-9. All groups combined 10,309.1 100.0 10,662.7 100.0 7,474.7 100.0 13,637.2 100.0 15,273.7 100.0

Source: US Census Bureau

Year level (Sitc)

Data of last published Quartal (Sitc)

The amount realized in the beginning of 2025 (Sitc)


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