- In April 2011, Irish exports to Russia stood at €51.5 million, up from €40.6 million in March and up on €35.8 million a year ago
- Irish imports from Russia in April 2011 were €15 million, flat on March 2011 and down from €18.8 million in April 2010
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- Irish trade balance with Russia in April 2011 stood at €36.5 million - the highest trade balance achieved in bilateral trade with Russia in any month since January 2009
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Using data for the first 4 months of 2011, we can update (still very crude) forecast for annual bilateral trade:
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Some more stats. For the first 4 months of the year, 2011 trade surplus with Russia amounted to €113.8 million, which was the 5th highest trade surplus for Irish trade with the countries other than EU 27 and US. Only Australia (€202.5 million), Japan (€251.9 million), Saudi Arabia (€179.3 million) and Switzerland (€1,032 million) yielded stronger trade surplus for Ireland than Russia in absolute terms. The trade surplus for the first 4 months of 2011 rose substantially - by 252.32% or €81.5 million compared to the same period of 2010.
In comparison with Ireland's trade surplus with Russia of €113.8 million in January-April 2011, Ireland recorded:
- A trade surplus of €30.6 million with Brazil,
- A trade surplus of €108.6 million with Canada,
- A trade deficit of -€61.7 million with China,
- A trade deficit of -€71.8 million with India,
- A trade surplus of €98.5 million with Mexico,
- A trade deficit of €343 million with Norway,
- A trade surplus of €74.7 million with Turkey
Interesting, as with previous entries on Russia trade. Derek Lynch/Mullingar
ReplyDeleteThese figures for trade surpluses/deficits with specific countries are very interesting. Might I ask where a person could go to find more like them?
ReplyDelete@spikslow: you can find these in the trade stats section: http://cso.ie/releasespublications/pr_extrade.htm and click on "Archives" for previous releases
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