MINISTER HEATHER HUMPHREYS AND ENTERPRISE IRELAND ANNOUNCE SIX PERCENT INCREASE IN EXPORTS TO A RECORD €23.8 BILLION

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, and Enterprise Ireland, the state agency responsible for helping Irish companies export to international markets, have announced that the agency’s clients recorded export sales of €23.8bn in 2018, representing a 6 percent increase on 2017.

The Eurozone region, which is a key focus of Enterprise Ireland’s diversification strategy, saw growth of 7.6 percent to €4.8bn, with Germany, France and the Netherlands each exceeding €1bn in exports. Exports to North America increased from €3.87bn in 2017 to €4.08bn in 2018, an increase of 5.5 percent. Despite the uncertainty of Brexit, exports to the UK were up 4 percent when compared with 2017 to €7.9bn. The overall dependency of Irish exporters to the UK, however, declined to…