The volume of goods going through Ireland's ports between April and June this year fell in comparison with the same period last year, according to the Central Statistics Office.

Exports have increased for the second month in a row, according to seasonally adjusted figures released by the CSO.

The value of exports to Britain increased by €102 million to €1.13bn in April, a 10% jump compared with the same month in 2018.

Some of Ireland’s exports may become unviable due to the Brexit effect on the UK landbridge to the continental EU, said Transport Minister Shane Ross last week.

IFA President, Joe Healy, has told Agriculture Minister Michael Creed that he needs to prioritise live trade in order to double export numbers in 2019.

Irish food producers have become more reliant on Britain as a market despite a growing threat from Brexit, new figures show.

Ireland exported €12bn worth of food and drink last year.

Exports to EU countries rose 15% over the past year with more than half of Irish goods going to the Continent in July, official figures have shown, as calls grow for Irish ports to be funded post- Brexit.

UK firms stocking up to avert a potential fallout from a hard Brexit could provide a temporary boost to Irish food and drug firms exporting to the UK later this year, an economist has said.

A report from the Irish Brewers Association has shown that beer exports went up slightly by 0.2%, but earnings from sales reduced from €280m in 2016 to €273m last year

Enterprise Ireland has announced that its clients have hit record-breaking export sales of €22.71bn in 2017.

Irish food firms would be vulnerable if the UK and EU were to fail to strike a Brexit deal, because their costs of raw materials would be higher, while exports to the UK market would face high tariff levels, a new report has warned.

The Irish Exporters Association (IEA) has released its latest figures from its member survey which show that exports to the UK have risen since the Brexit vote.

Exports of goods across the Irish Sea have increased again despite the dampening effects of the slump in sterling since the Brexit vote which ought to have weighed on sales into the UK for firms based in the Republic.

Enterprise Ireland has launched another of its so-called Brexit response measures via a new fund aimed at supporting export-related companies’ efforts to tap new geographical markets, writes Geoff Percival.

The past number of years have seen a stronger than expected recovery by the Irish economy. This has been led by robust export growth, but there has also been a strong rebound in domestic demand, including business investment, construction and consumer spending.

The value of Irish exports of equipment that can be used for both military and civilian applications more than doubled last year to almost €3.3bn.

With another year of significant export growth looking likely — against the odds, it must be said — our emboldened food industry has taken on a very ambitious target: namely, expanding on our 1% foodhold in the $51 billion (€44bn) Japanese food and drink import market, and on our bridgehead of about 5% in the $22 billion (€19bn) South Korea market.

Britain’s messy election outcome and a weakening of the housing market have caused a sharp of loss of confidence among UK consumers, leaving the country dependent on exports to avoid a recession, according to a survey.

Long-time a maker of furniture for pubs, Monaghan Bros won a contract at Yale, writes Trish Dromey

The global economy has started to gain traction, at last. Global economic growth has been unbalanced since the financial crisis, but for the first time in several years all regions of the world economy should experience a synchronised upturn in 2017, according to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in its latest release.

Back in 1996, the phrase “craft beer” was relatively unknown in Ireland.

Irish exporters have been warned about further sharp currency fluctuations, should the EU-UK talks end in no trade deal and tough controls over workers.

Ireland, even without resorting to the leprechaun economics jibes, relies very heavily on exports to contribute to economic growth, writes Brian Lucey.

The effect of Brexit on some types of exports and imports may be showing up in reduced traffic through Irish ports.

Up to 40% of Ireland’s multi-billion-euro farming and fishing export markets are at risk in a worst-case Brexit fallout scenario, warns Agriculture Minister Michael Creed, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Legal trade in rhinoceros horns could save the species from extinction — or hasten their demise, says Rachel Nuwer.

Inequality is part of progress, as incomes rise at different rates, but we all benefit from cheap goods and 1bn people have been freed from poverty, says Angus Deaton.

Vietnam is expected to be the fastest-growing destination for Irish exporters in the next decade — closely followed by China, India and Malaysia — as companies continue to look east to boost trade levels, a new survey has found.

Irish SMEs foresee the UK’s proposed exit from the EU as being significantly more negative to Ireland’s economy than the pending US presidential change.

A 52-page report by the CSO has for the first time detailed the depth of the economic and social links binding the economies of Ireland and Britain — ties which could be under threat if the UK pursues its hard Brexit line in its looming divorce talks with Brussels.

An expert in a research paper commissioned by the IMF has warned about the “vulnerabilities” still facing debt-laden Irish firms eight years after the onset of the financial crash.

Dublin Port said it is taking on so much business that it will need to expand, setting aside fears that Brexit would severely disrupt its trade.

Preliminary figures published yesterday by the CSO indicate an impressive recovery in Irish export performance in August, suggesting an initial easing in early Brexit concerns.

Enterprise Ireland has launched an initiative aimed at broadening Irish companies’ range of export markets ahead of Britain’s formal exit from the EU.