# Ireland exports to Australia: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Ireland to Australia, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/IRL-AUS/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Ireland reported $1.4B in goods exports to Australia. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $1.4B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 78.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 58 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 39.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $4.5B | 50.4% | High attention |
| 2 | 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $1.9B | 43.8% | Watch |
| 3 | 902131 | Artificial parts of the body | $324.4M | 0% | Watch |
| 4 | 847170 | Data processing machines: storage units | $489.4M | 65.9% | High attention |
| 5 | 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $1.0B | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 902110 | Orthopaedic or fracture appliances | $333.6M | 0.2% | High attention |
| 7 | 020329 | Meat: of swine, n.e.s. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | $580.0M | 46.1% | High attention |
| 8 | 902139 | Artificial parts of the body: excluding artificial joints | $325.5M | 60.8% | High attention |
| 9 | 902780 | Instruments and apparatus: for physical or chemical analysis, for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.c. in heading no. 9027 | $216.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 300290 | Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products | $274.0M | 71% | Critical attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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