New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that exports in November last year hit €20.5 billion - the third month in succession where exports have exceeded €20 billion - and an increase of 28% on November 2023.
The CSO said that exports for the first 11 months of 2024 were more than €207 billion, an increase of 14% on the same time of 2023.
But seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by 4% to €19.826 billion in November from October, the CSO added.
Today's figures show that the EU accounted for €7.025 billion (34%) of total goods exports in November, of which €2.093 billion went to the Netherlands, €1.386 billion went to Belgium and €1.229 billion went to Germany.
The US was the main non-EU destination accounting for €8.087 billion, or 39%, of total exports in November.
Meanwhile, exports to Great Britain came to €1.335 billion, a fall of 22% when compared with November 2023.
The CSO said the products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Food & Live Animals with exports worth €390m and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €371m.
Today's CSO figures also show that imports in November totalled €11.6 billion, a decrease of 18% compared with November 2023.
Imports are down by €6.8 billion in the months from January to November 2024 when compared with the first 11 months of 2023.
The CSO said that imports from Great Britain in November reached €1.439 billion, which was 12% of the total value of imports.
Imports of Machinery & Transport Equipment accounted for €259m, Food & Live Animals were valued at €258m and imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials were valued at €258m.
