North-south trade tops €5.4bn in the nine months since Brexit changeover

Exports from the Republic to both Northern Ireland and Britain have surged since the Brexit transition period ended.

Exports of goods from the Republic to the North surged by €835m to almost €2.6bn between January to the end of September. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

North-south trade topped €5.4bn in the first nine months, CSO figures show, in an apparent boost for all-Ireland economy since Britain left the EU and Northern Ireland remained in the single market. 

The latest official trade figures show that exports of goods from the Republic to the North surged by €835m to almost €2.6bn between January to the end of September compared with the same period a year earlier, while imports from the North to the Republic climbed by over €1bn to €2.8bn.