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Ireland, Switzerland added to US Treasury monitoring list

No major US trading partner manipulated its currency in 2024, the Treasury Department said in the first semi-annual currency report of President Donald Trump's new administration.

Business • 13 Jun

Exports rose by 23% to hit a new monthly record high of €22.2 billion in September, new CSO figures show

Record exports of over €22 billion in September - CSO

New Central Statistics Office figures show that Irish exports rose by 23% to hit a new monthly record high of €22.2 billion in September.

Business • 15 Nov 24

Exports have grown by €6.2 billion, or 9%, in the first four months of the year

Exports rise by 6% in April, latest CSO figures show

New preliminary figures from the Central Statistics Office show that seasonally adjusted goods exports grew by 6% to reach €18.796 billion in April compared with March.

Business • 17 Jun 24

China's trade surplus hit $676.43 billion in 2021, the highest since records started in 1950

China posts record trade surplus in 2021 on exports

China posted a record trade surplus in December and in 2021, as exports outperformed expectations during a global pandemic, but some analysts pointed to a slowdown in international shipments in the coming months.

Business • 14 Jan 22

Eurostat said the unadjusted trade surplus of the euro zone was €7.3 billion in September, down from €24.1 billion recorded the same month last year

Euro zone trade surplus drops as energy costs soar

The euro zone's trade surplus dropped sharply year-on-year in September as costs of importing energy soared, data from the European Union's statistics office Eurostat showed today.

Business • 15 Nov 21

Today's CSO figures show the adjusted trade surplus rose by 10% to €5.661 billion in August from July

Cross border trade jumps in first eight months of 2021

Preliminary figures from the Central Statistics Office show that seasonally adjusted goods exports increased by 5% to €13.894 billion in August compared with the previous month.

Business • 15 Oct 21

The level of seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by 5% to €13.182 billion in July compared with June

Export levels down by 5% in July - CSO

New preliminary figures from the Central Statistics Office show that seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by 5% to €13.182 billion in July compared with the previous month.

Business • 20 Sep 21

The US Treasury Department said Ireland has been removed from its monitoring list

Ireland removed from US Treasury's monitoring list

Ireland has been removed from a US Treasury Department's economic and currency monitoring list.

Business • 16 Dec 20

Exports slump by 32% in April, while imports decrease by 11%, new CSO figures show

Exports fall by 32% in April amid Covid-19 shutdowns

Seasonally adjusted exports decreased by 32% to €11.613 billion in April from March, according to preliminary figures from the Central Statistics Office, as Covid-19 shutdowns hit the trade sector.

Business • 15 Jun 20

Covid-19 lockdowns of economies around the world have slashed trade volumes

Euro zone trade surplus plunges in April amid lockdown

The euro zone's trade surplus plunged year-on-year in April as pandemic lockdowns of economies around the world slashed trade volumes, data from the European Union's statistics office Eurostat showed today.

Business • 15 Jun 20

The euro zone recorded a current account surplus of €339 billion in the 12 months to February

Euro zone's trade surplus grows in February

The euro zone's trade surplus with the rest of the world grew in February, with a decline in imports from China as well as sharply lower energy needs because of mild winter weather.

Business • 20 Apr 20

Germany's prized trade surplus ticked down over 2019 as a whole

Trade wars gnaw on German industry and exports

German industrial production was further ground down in December as the US-China trade conflict dragged on, official data showed today, while the country's prized trade surplus also ticked down over 2019 as a whole.

Business • 07 Feb 20

China's surplus came in at around $295.8 billion in 2019, down 8.5% from the previous year's record $323.3 billion

China trade surplus with US dropped 8.5% in 2019

China's trade surplus with the US narrowed last year as the world's two biggest economies exchanged punitive tariffs in a bruising trade war, new data show today.

Business • 14 Jan 20

Seasonally adjusted exports increased by 5% to hit €13.19 billion in May, new CSO figures show

May's trade surplus rises by 22% - CSO

Ireland's trade surplus grew in May, according to new preliminary figures from the Central Statistics Office, as exports rose and imports declined.

Business • 15 Jul 19

The seasonally adjusted trade surplus rose by 345% to €5.355 billion in April, new CSO figures show

Trade surplus increases by 34% in April - CSO

Exports to the UK rose by 10% to €1.131 billion in April compared to the same month last year on the back of higher levels of mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials and chemicals exports.

Business • 14 Jun 19

Ireland makes the US Treasury list because of the size of our trade surplus with the US and our current account surplus

Ireland now included on US Treasury's 'monitored list'

Ireland has been included on the US Treasury Department's "monitored list" of countries for the first time.

Business • 29 May 19

The seasonally adjusted trade surplus slipped by 12% to €6.295 billion in February compared with the previous month

Trade surplus drops by 12% in February - CSO

New preliminary figures from the Central Statistics Office show the volume of exports decreased by 4% to stand at €13.22 billion in February compared with January.

Business • 16 Apr 19

New CSO figures show that seasonally-adjusted exports were up 5.1% in May while imports fell by 5%

Trade surplus rises in May to second highest on record

New Central Statistics Office figures show a rise in the seasonally-adjusted surplus in May to €5.226 billion - the second-highest on record - and up from the revised surplus of €4.359 billion in April.

Business • 16 Jul 18

China's surplus with the US hit an all-time high $28.97 billion last month

China's trade surplus with US swells in June

China's surplus with the US hit a record high last month, data showed today.

Business • 13 Jul 18

Japanes exports edged up 7.8% i in April due to growth in demand for cars, ships and chip-making equipment

Japan-US trade surplus edges up in April

Japan's politically sensitive trade surplus with the US edged up in April, government data showed today, after Tokyo warned it may take retaliatory measures against US tariffs.

Business • 21 May 18

CSO said the country's trade surplus rose by 2% in March to €4.029 billion

Exports down 5% in March, while imports fall by 9%

New Central Statistics Office figures show that seasonally adjusted exports decreased by 5% to stand at €10.373 billion in March of this year.

Business • 16 May 18

Chinese exports to the US rose 14.8% on a yearly basis, while imports grew 8.9%

China's trade surplus with US up 19% in first quarter

China's trade surplus with the US surged 19.4% on-year in the first quarter, as trade tensions between the world's two largest economies simmer.

Business • 13 Apr 18

Germany's trade surplus went down to €244.9 billion last year from its record-high of €248.9 billion reached in 2016

German trade surplus shrinks for first time since 2009

Germany's trade surplus last year fell for the first time since 2009, in a further sign that vibrant domestic demand is sucking in more imports and slowly re-balancing the country's export-oriented economy.

Business • 08 Feb 18

Eurostat said the euro zone's surplus in goods trade rose in unadjusted terms to €26.3 billion in November

Euro zone widens trade surplus despite strong euro

The trade surplus in the euro zone expanded in November to its highest point in eight months, as a rise in exports of goods outpaced increasing imports, despite a stronger euro.

Business • 15 Jan 18

Exports see marginal decrease in November

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that seasonally adjusted export figures decreased by 1% to €9.506 billion in November of last year compared to the previous month.