Imports help Dublin Port to record opening quarter

Cargo volumes passing through Dublin Port in the opening quarter of the year grew to record levels as the demand for imports grew in line with the economy’s recent resurgence.

Figures published yesterday show continued growth in imports and exports with the volume of cargo up 5.3% on the same period last year and 3% ahead of previous peak levels in 2007. Imports and exports (throughput) for the opening quarter of 2015 was 7.8m tonnes, an increase of 5.3% on the 7.4m tonnes handled in the first quarter of last year.

The pace of import growth was more twice that of exports, although both rose significantly, by 6.9% and 3% in the past 12 months.