The combination of healthy domestic demand, higher fuel costs and weak export growth made for a disappointing Irish merchandise trade performance in 2005.
Final data for the year released by the CSO today reveal that the merchandise trade surplus narrowed to a five-year low of €31.9bn in 2005.
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