Irish Examiner view: Improving cross-border trade figures post-Brexit

Imports into the Republic from the North went up 65% to €3.9bn; exports from us to the North rose 54% to €3.7bn

Trucks from Donegal across the border into Co Londonderry; figures from the CSO showed an increase of €2.8bn in cross-border trade figures for the first 12 months since Brexit.  Picture: Cate McCurry/PA

Some of the potential which can be unlocked within the island of Ireland, and on which a beneficially shared future depends, was underlined in the first set of cross-border trade figures for the first 12 months since Brexit.

Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed an increase of €2.8bn in 2021.