The Irish Republic exported €47 billion of goods, almost one-third of total exports, to the US in 2019, making it our largest single export market, according to a new report from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

The State’s biggest trading surplus was also with the US, writes The Irish Times. The value of exports was over three times the value of imports, giving a trading surplus of almost €33 billion.

Medical and pharmaceutical products and organic chemicals comprised €32 billion or 68 per cent of the total exports to the US in 2019.

CSO statistician Ciarán Counihan said the State exported a total of €152 billion of goods and imported €91 billion during the year.

For further reading here including the Top Ten Trading partners in 2019