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<p>Estimates of the value of UK trade in goods and services with Ireland (up to 2016)
are available from the ONS Pink Book 2017:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/9geographicalbreakdownofthecurrentaccountthepinkbook2016"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/9geographicalbreakdownofthecurrentaccountthepinkbook2016</a></p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Goods and services, £bn</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK
exports of goods and services to Ireland</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td><td><p>27.0</p></td><td><p>26.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK
imports of goods and services from Ireland</p></td><td><p>17.8</p></td><td><p>18.5</p></td><td><p>20.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK
trade in goods and services with Ireland</p></td><td><p>45.7</p></td><td><p>45.5</p></td><td><p>47.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source:
ONS Pink Book 2017. Data on a Balance of Payments basis. Trade figures may not sum
up due to rounding differences.</strong></p><p> </p><p>More timely estimates, for
trade in goods only, going up to April 2018 are available from the ONS (user requested
data):</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/adhocs/008596individualcountrydatagoodsonamonthlybasisfromjanuary1998toapril2018"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/adhocs/008596individualcountrydatagoodsonamonthlybasisfromjanuary1998toapril2018</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Goods
only, £bn</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK
exports of goods to Rep. Ireland</p></td><td><p>17.4</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td><td><p>19.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK
imports of goods from Rep. Ireland</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td><p>13.6</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK
trade in goods with Rep. Ireland</p></td><td><p>30.2</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>34.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Source: ONS user-requested data (published 18<sup>th</sup> June 2018).
Data on a Balance of Payments basis. Trade figures may not sum up due to rounding
differences.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the value of trade in goods between
Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of Ireland are available from HMRC’s interactive
trade database (‘Build Your Own Data Tables’). Similar estimates for trade in services
are not available.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Home.aspx"
target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Home.aspx</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Goods
only, £bn</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NI
exports of goods to Rep. Ireland</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NI
imports of goods from Rep. Ireland</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NI
trade in goods with Rep. Ireland</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(RTS
Data)</p><p><strong>Source: HMRC Regional Trade Statistics 2018Q1. Data on a ‘physical
movement’ basis. Trade figures may not sum up due to rounding differences.</strong></p><p>
</p><p>Estimates of the value of trade in goods between Great Britain and the Republic
of Ireland are available from HMRC’s interactive trade database (‘Build Your Own Data
Tables’). Similar estimates for trade in services are not available.</p><p> </p><p><a
href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Home.aspx</a></p><p>(RTS
Data)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Goods only, £bn</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GB
exports of goods to Ireland</p></td><td><p>13.5</p></td><td><p>13.6</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GB
imports of goods from Ireland</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GB
trade in goods with Ireland</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td><td><p>23.5</p></td><td><p>25.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source:
HMRC Regional Trade Statistics 2018Q1. Data on a ‘physical movement’ basis. Trade
figures may not sum up due to rounding differences.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Note:
The ONS estimates in (a) above are on a Balance of Payments (‘change of ownership’)
basis while the HMRC estimates in (b) and (c) are on a ‘physical movement’ basis,
hence the two datasets are not comparable. </strong></p>
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