All-Ireland trade 'grows substantially' since Brexit

Chemicals and pharma goods featuring strongly in the trade statistics in both the North and the Republic.

A truck leaves the small village of Bridgend in the Republic, travelling into Northern Ireland. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The all-Ireland economy has expanded "substantially" since Brexit, with high levels of integrated trade flowing between the North and the Republic, the Economic and Social Research Institute has found. 

The report, co-written by Professor Martina Lawless, uses 2021 figures to show that the exports and imports flowing north and south likely deliver significant economic benefits for firms unable to tap markets further from home.