# Ireland Import Opportunities

Explore Ireland's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $121.7B
- Import CAGR: +4.0%
- Trade openness: 83.0%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $7.2B | +14.1% | 21 | 3237 |
| 2 | HS 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $4.2B | +4.0% | 74 | 6913 |
| 3 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $6.4B | +10.9% | 122 | 2128 |
| 4 | HS 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $1.7B | +22.2% | 4 | 9916 |
| 5 | HS 300214 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, mixed, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $1.8B | +32.8% | 33 | 5087 |
| 6 | HS 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 | $2.3B | +22.9% | 47 | 2117 |
| 7 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $3.5B | +6.3% | 75 | 2040 |
| 8 | HS 293379 | Heterocyclic compounds: lactams: other than 6-hexanelactam (epsilon caprolactam) | $1.9B | +23.1% | 24 | 2272 |
| 9 | HS 848620 | Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits | $1.6B | +23.8% | 28 | 2692 |
| 10 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $1.1B | -1.4% | 7 | 8324 |
| 11 | HS 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $744.3M | +13.2% | 99 | 7008 |
| 12 | HS 300212 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: antisera and other blood fractions | $1.1B | +28.2% | 58 | 2776 |
| 13 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $426.0M | +28.3% | 2 | 10000 |
| 14 | HS 293499 | Nucleic acids and their salts, other heterocyclic compounds, n.e.c. in heading number 2934 | $1.4B | +10.9% | 43 | 1882 |
| 15 | HS 370500 | Photographic plates and film: exposed and developed, other than cinematographic film | $452.8M | +14.4% | 19 | 9909 |
| 16 | HS 847330 | Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $2.7B | +0.3% | 113 | 1406 |
| 17 | HS 847150 | Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $1.9B | +7.4% | 72 | 1555 |
| 18 | HS 300290 | Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products | $558.7M | +8.0% | 82 | 7415 |
| 19 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $740.6M | +9.3% | 38 | 4077 |
| 20 | HS 292429 | Cyclic amides (including cyclic carbamates) and their derivatives: other than the derivatives and salts of ureines, 2-acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthancillic acid), and ethinamate S | $825.1M | +7.1% | 33 | 3672 |
| 21 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $499.7M | +18.4% | 39 | 3837 |
| 22 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $707.3M | +10.4% | 90 | 3122 |
| 23 | HS 901839 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: catheters, cannulae and the like | $850.5M | +10.3% | 83 | 2098 |
| 24 | HS 040120 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6% (by weight) | $380.6M | +6.9% | 25 | 9755 |
| 25 | HS 847180 | Data processing machines: automatic, units thereof n.e.s. in heading no. 8471 | $621.8M | +6.9% | 84 | 3577 |
| 26 | HS 902150 | Pacemakers: for stimulating heart muscles (excluding parts and accessories) | $248.9M | +20.9% | 31 | 8693 |
| 27 | HS 300213 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, unmixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $384.9M | +38.0% | 18 | 3834 |
| 28 | HS 271020 | Not reported | $413.6M | +5.0% | 31 | 6947 |
| 29 | HS 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $588.1M | +40.0% | 25 | 2032 |
| 30 | HS 293399 | Heterocyclic compounds: n.e.c. in headings no. 2933 | $586.4M | +10.4% | 45 | 2751 |
| 31 | HS 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $494.3M | +7.4% | 109 | 3870 |
| 32 | HS 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $732.5M | +7.0% | 100 | 1989 |
| 33 | HS 880230 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg | $269.8M | +14.3% | 11 | 8143 |
| 34 | HS 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $551.4M | +4.9% | 69 | 3642 |
| 35 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $482.4M | +43.7% | 26 | 2138 |
| 36 | HS 284590 | Isotopes (excluding those of heading no. 2844): compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined | $202.8M | +35.9% | 20 | 7789 |
| 37 | HS 902190 | Appliances: worn, carried or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability | $370.9M | +11.2% | 72 | 4747 |
| 38 | HS 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $383.5M | +6.6% | 141 | 5551 |
| 39 | HS 847170 | Data processing machines: storage units | $883.2M | -2.7% | 117 | 2215 |
| 40 | HS 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $1.4B | +12.0% | 124 | 1116 |
| 41 | HS 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $536.9M | +8.6% | 19 | 3110 |
| 42 | HS 870332 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 2500cc | $772.6M | +5.3% | 33 | 2102 |
| 43 | HS 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $412.3M | +7.6% | 151 | 3716 |
| 44 | HS 870360 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $663.2M | +49.1% | 29 | 1385 |
| 45 | HS 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $418.6M | +5.5% | 53 | 4044 |
| 46 | HS 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $352.4M | +6.3% | 23 | 4607 |
| 47 | HS 847141 | Data processing machines: digital, automatic, (not portable, analogue or hybrid), comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit, an input and output unit, whether or not combined | $618.8M | +2.5% | 67 | 2956 |
| 48 | HS 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $366.9M | +9.3% | 59 | 3107 |
| 49 | HS 010121 | Horses: live, pure-bred breeding animals | $289.1M | +5.5% | 34 | 5991 |
| 50 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $354.7M | +10.9% | 41 | 3215 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.