Ireland goods trade surplus increases to EU5.4 billion in July

Ireland’s trade surplus climbed by some €400 million in July, numbers on Monday showed, as exports rose at a faster pace than imports.

According to the Central Statistics Office, the nation’s goods trade surplus increased 8.2% to €5.42 billion in July from €5.01 billion in June.

Goods imports rose 4.3% to €12.24 billion in July from €11.74 billion in June. Goods exports increased 5.4% to €17.66 billion from €16.75 billion.

‘The US remains one of our top exporting and importing partners. The US was our largest exporting partner in July 2025 with Ireland exporting 25.4 % (€4.4 billion) of all goods to the US. This was followed by the Netherlands, which accounted for 12.6% (€2.2 billion) of total export goods and Germany at 8.6% or €1.5 billion,’ CSO analyst Jane Burmanje commented.

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