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Ireland pharmaceutical exports

How much medicine Ireland ships each month, where it goes, and how factory output is moving, from the Central Statistics Office's own tables.

Source: CSO Ireland, Goods Exports and Imports (tables TSM09, TSM10) and Industrial Production and Turnover (MIM05), CC BY 4.0. Data to July 2026
€6.9bnPharma exports in July 2026 (+0.3% on July 2025)
€90.1bnLast 12 months (-35.8% on the 12 months before)
41.8%Of all Irish goods exports, last 12 months
43.9%Went to USA, last 12 months
Maintained by Sreepriya Prasannan
MSc Digital Transformation of Life Sciences (Innopharma Education / Griffith College); MSc & BSc Botany HSE Spark Ignite 2026 — Top 14 finalist
Compiled from CSO Ireland trade and production tables · Last verified · Editorial standards

Ireland exported €6.9bn of medicinal and pharmaceutical products in July 2026, +0.3% on the same month a year earlier, according to the CSO's goods trade figures. Over the last 12 months the total was €90.1bn, 41.8% of everything Ireland exported in goods, with 44% going to USA. These are customs-based goods values (SITC 54); the CSO revises the most recent months in later releases, and comparisons with 2025 are affected by the exceptionally large shipments in the first half of that year, visible in the monthly table.

01

Pharma exports by month

last 5 years
Irish exports of medicinal and pharmaceutical products by month, euro billion€0.0bn€10.0bn€20.0bn€30.0bnAug 21Feb 22Aug 22Feb 23Aug 23Feb 24Aug 24Feb 25Aug 25Feb 26Jul 26Aug 21: €4.9bnSep 21: €5.4bnOct 21: €6.4bnNov 21: €6.1bnDec 21: €4.7bnJan 22: €7.1bnFeb 22: €5.9bnMar 22: €9.2bnApr 22: €6.9bnMay 22: €7.1bnJun 22: €6.5bnJul 22: €5.8bnAug 22: €6.5bnSep 22: €6.6bnOct 22: €6.6bnNov 22: €6.8bnDec 22: €5.3bnJan 23: €6.1bnFeb 23: €5.6bnMar 23: €7.2bnApr 23: €5.3bnMay 23: €6.4bnJun 23: €7.0bnJul 23: €6.9bnAug 23: €6.8bnSep 23: €6.0bnOct 23: €7.5bnNov 23: €6.7bnDec 23: €5.8bnJan 24: €8.8bnFeb 24: €6.3bnMar 24: €6.9bnApr 24: €8.8bnMay 24: €7.9bnJun 24: €6.7bnJul 24: €7.1bnAug 24: €8.2bnSep 24: €10.8bnOct 24: €11.0bnNov 24: €11.0bnDec 24: €6.2bnJan 25: €15.2bnFeb 25: €16.0bnMar 25: €23.5bnApr 25: €10.8bnMay 25: €13.6bnJun 25: €7.2bnJul 25: €6.9bnAug 25: €6.5bnSep 25: €18.5bnOct 25: €6.9bnNov 25: €6.5bnDec 25: €6.0bnJan 26: €5.9bnFeb 26: €5.8bnMar 26: €7.0bnApr 26: €7.8bnMay 26: €5.6bnJun 26: €6.7bnJul 26: €6.9bn

Monthly value of exports, SITC 54, euro billion (CSO table TSM09).

MonthPharma exportsChange on a year earlierShare of goods exportsPharma imports
July 2026 €6.88bn +0.3% 36.4% €1.99bn
June 2026 €6.66bn -7.0% 36.4% €1.85bn
May 2026 €5.61bn -58.6% 32.9% €1.78bn
April 2026 €7.77bn -28.2% 41.7% €1.79bn
March 2026 €7.03bn -70.1% 38.7% €1.83bn
February 2026 €5.81bn -63.8% 37.6% €1.94bn
January 2026 €5.89bn -61.4% 37.4% €1.87bn
December 2025 €5.99bn -3.8% 37.9% €1.29bn
November 2025 €6.54bn -40.6% 40.4% €2.16bn
October 2025 €6.94bn -36.9% 42.1% €1.69bn
September 2025 €18.51bn +72.2% 64.5% €1.32bn
August 2025 €6.48bn -21.0% 40.4% €1.71bn
July 2025 €6.86bn -3.3% 40.8% €2.50bn
June 2025 €7.16bn +7.4% 42.3% €1.97bn
May 2025 €13.55bn +72.1% 58.3% €1.87bn
April 2025 €10.82bn +22.9% 50.7% €1.82bn
March 2025 €23.50bn +242.2% 62.6% €2.65bn
February 2025 €16.04bn +153.4% 64.2% €2.03bn
January 2025 €15.24bn +72.6% 61.2% €1.76bn
December 2024 €6.23bn +7.6% 39.6% €1.13bn
November 2024 €11.01bn +63.3% 53.3% €1.61bn
October 2024 €11.00bn +47.6% 51.9% €2.10bn
September 2024 €10.75bn +78.3% 48.2% €1.44bn
August 2024 €8.20bn +19.9% 47.2% €1.83bn
July 2024 €7.10bn +2.3% 38.9% €1.33bn
June 2024 €6.67bn -5.0% 39.8% €1.16bn
May 2024 €7.87bn +22.2% 43.6% €1.16bn
April 2024 €8.80bn +65.7% 45.3% €0.89bn
March 2024 €6.87bn -4.8% 35.8% €0.96bn
February 2024 €6.33bn +12.9% 39.7% €1.09bn
January 2024 €8.83bn +45.1% 46.7% €1.01bn
December 2023 €5.79bn +8.8% 42.0% €0.85bn
November 2023 €6.74bn -1.0% 42.0% €1.46bn
October 2023 €7.46bn +13.3% 42.6% €1.36bn
September 2023 €6.03bn -8.0% 38.0% €0.92bn
August 2023 €6.84bn +5.8% 42.5% €1.01bn

Share of goods exports = pharma exports divided by total merchandise exports for the same month (both from TSM09). Download the full monthly series as CSV (from January 2015).

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Pharma exports by year

since 2015
Irish pharmaceutical exports by year, euro billion€0bn€50bn€100bn€150bn20152015: €30bn€30bn20162016: €30bn€30bn20172017: €36bn€36bn20182018: €46bn€46bn20192019: €50bn€50bn20202020: €62bn€62bn20212021: €63bn€63bn20222022: €80bn€80bn20232023: €78bn€78bn20242024: €100bn€100bn20252025: €138bn€138bn2026*2026*: €46bn€46bn

* 2026 covers 7 months to July 2026. Annual sums of the monthly values in TSM09, calculated by Priya Life Science.

YearPharma exportsChangeShare of goods exportsPharma imports
2026
7 months
€45.6bn — 37.3% €13.1bn
2025 €137.6bn +38.1% 53.2% €22.8bn
2024 €99.7bn +28.6% 44.5% €15.7bn
2023 €77.5bn -3.4% 39.5% €12.7bn
2022 €80.2bn +28.0% 38.4% €11.6bn
2021 €62.7bn +0.9% 37.8% €9.5bn
2020 €62.1bn +25.4% 38.3% €8.4bn
2019 €49.5bn +7.2% 32.5% €7.1bn
2018 €46.2bn +30.3% 32.8% €11.3bn
2017 €35.5bn +17.5% 28.9% €8.8bn
2016 €30.2bn -0.2% 25.3% €6.2bn
2015 €30.2bn — 26.9% €5.8bn
03

Where Ireland's pharma exports go

last 12 months
Top destinations for Irish pharmaceutical exports, last 12 months, euro billionUSAUSA: €39.6bn€39.6bnNetherlandsNetherlands: €15.2bn€15.2bnBelgiumBelgium: €9.6bn€9.6bnGermanyGermany: €5.4bn€5.4bnGreat BritainGreat Britain: €2.7bn€2.7bnItalyItaly: €2.6bn€2.6bnChinaChina: €2.4bn€2.4bnFranceFrance: €1.9bn€1.9bnJapanJapan: €1.6bn€1.6bnSwitzerlandSwitzerland: €1.4bn€1.4bnSpainSpain: €1.1bn€1.1bnOther countriesOther countries: €0.9bn€0.9bn

Exports of SITC 54 by country of destination, sum of the last 12 months (CSO table TSM10).

By area over the same 12 months: EU 27 €37.8bn (42%), United Kingdom €3.3bn, all countries outside the EU €52.3bn (58%). The country list is the CSO's published breakdown; small markets are grouped as "other".

DestinationLast 12 monthsPrevious 12 monthsChangeShare
USA €39.57bn €82.03bn -51.8% 43.9%
Netherlands €15.24bn €16.02bn -4.8% 16.9%
Belgium €9.56bn €13.13bn -27.2% 10.6%
Germany €5.35bn €7.28bn -26.6% 5.9%
Great Britain €2.67bn €1.18bn +126.6% 3.0%
Italy €2.61bn €5.17bn -49.5% 2.9%
China €2.38bn €1.83bn +30.1% 2.6%
France €1.85bn €2.21bn -16.1% 2.1%
Japan €1.56bn €1.30bn +19.8% 1.7%
Switzerland €1.35bn €2.52bn -46.3% 1.5%
Spain €1.07bn €962m +11.1% 1.2%
Other countries €931m €866m +7.5% 1.0%
Northern Ireland €591m €625m -5.5% 0.7%
Australia €565m €397m +42.4% 0.6%
Brazil €403m €352m +14.4% 0.4%
Saudi Arabia €354m €232m +52.5% 0.4%
Canada €347m €496m -30.1% 0.4%
Hungary €293m €224m +30.8% 0.3%
Sweden €285m €225m +26.5% 0.3%
Poland €257m €249m +3.1% 0.3%
Greece €254m €122m +107.6% 0.3%
Turkey €252m €184m +36.9% 0.3%
Portugal €234m €682m -65.7% 0.3%
Mexico €225m €330m -31.9% 0.2%
Russia €224m €201m +11.4% 0.2%
Taiwan €217m €157m +38.1% 0.2%
South Korea €184m €284m -35.2% 0.2%
Singapore €180m €221m -18.6% 0.2%
Czech Republic €154m €85m +81.2% 0.2%
Austria €143m €176m -18.7% 0.2%
Romania €136m €103m +32.1% 0.2%
Malaysia €129m €62m +109.8% 0.1%
Slovenia €94m €95m -0.8% 0.1%
Denmark €60m €62m -3.8% 0.1%
Slovakia €58m €34m +68.6% 0.1%

Destinations with at least €50 million in the last 12 months. Values are the country of final destination as declared to customs; goods routed through hubs (for example the Netherlands and Belgium) are recorded there.

04

Factory output: the modern sector versus the rest

index, 2021 = 100
Industrial production index, seasonally adjusted, base 2021 = 100050100150200Aug 21Feb 22Aug 22Feb 23Aug 23Feb 24Aug 24Feb 25Aug 25Feb 26Jul 26Aug 21: 106 (Modern sector)Sep 21: 105 (Modern sector)Oct 21: 83 (Modern sector)Nov 21: 86 (Modern sector)Dec 21: 109 (Modern sector)Jan 22: 104 (Modern sector)Feb 22: 107 (Modern sector)Mar 22: 114 (Modern sector)Apr 22: 94 (Modern sector)May 22: 122 (Modern sector)Jun 22: 117 (Modern sector)Jul 22: 91 (Modern sector)Aug 22: 119 (Modern sector)Sep 22: 125 (Modern sector)Oct 22: 128 (Modern sector)Nov 22: 125 (Modern sector)Dec 22: 108 (Modern sector)Jan 23: 130 (Modern sector)Feb 23: 129 (Modern sector)Mar 23: 98 (Modern sector)Apr 23: 121 (Modern sector)May 23: 110 (Modern sector)Jun 23: 128 (Modern sector)Jul 23: 96 (Modern sector)Aug 23: 93 (Modern sector)Sep 23: 100 (Modern sector)Oct 23: 91 (Modern sector)Nov 23: 110 (Modern sector)Dec 23: 105 (Modern sector)Jan 24: 97 (Modern sector)Feb 24: 88 (Modern sector)Mar 24: 95 (Modern sector)Apr 24: 100 (Modern sector)May 24: 96 (Modern sector)Jun 24: 103 (Modern sector)Jul 24: 105 (Modern sector)Aug 24: 101 (Modern sector)Sep 24: 102 (Modern sector)Oct 24: 107 (Modern sector)Nov 24: 105 (Modern sector)Dec 24: 113 (Modern sector)Jan 25: 117 (Modern sector)Feb 25: 129 (Modern sector)Mar 25: 153 (Modern sector)Apr 25: 120 (Modern sector)May 25: 137 (Modern sector)Jun 25: 118 (Modern sector)Jul 25: 117 (Modern sector)Aug 25: 129 (Modern sector)Sep 25: 114 (Modern sector)Oct 25: 119 (Modern sector)Nov 25: 116 (Modern sector)Dec 25: 120 (Modern sector)Jan 26: 106 (Modern sector)Feb 26: 113 (Modern sector)Mar 26: 114 (Modern sector)Apr 26: 117 (Modern sector)May 26: 117 (Modern sector)Jun 26: 117 (Modern sector)Jul 26: 121 (Modern sector)Modern sectorAug 21: 104 (All manufacturing)Sep 21: 105 (All manufacturing)Oct 21: 83 (All manufacturing)Nov 21: 92 (All manufacturing)Dec 21: 107 (All manufacturing)Jan 22: 105 (All manufacturing)Feb 22: 107 (All manufacturing)Mar 22: 110 (All manufacturing)Apr 22: 95 (All manufacturing)May 22: 118 (All manufacturing)Jun 22: 116 (All manufacturing)Jul 22: 97 (All manufacturing)Aug 22: 120 (All manufacturing)Sep 22: 125 (All manufacturing)Oct 22: 126 (All manufacturing)Nov 22: 129 (All manufacturing)Dec 22: 106 (All manufacturing)Jan 23: 128 (All manufacturing)Feb 23: 127 (All manufacturing)Mar 23: 97 (All manufacturing)Apr 23: 119 (All manufacturing)May 23: 108 (All manufacturing)Jun 23: 128 (All manufacturing)Jul 23: 101 (All manufacturing)Aug 23: 98 (All manufacturing)Sep 23: 102 (All manufacturing)Oct 23: 94 (All manufacturing)Nov 23: 114 (All manufacturing)Dec 23: 104 (All manufacturing)Jan 24: 99 (All manufacturing)Feb 24: 92 (All manufacturing)Mar 24: 95 (All manufacturing)Apr 24: 101 (All manufacturing)May 24: 97 (All manufacturing)Jun 24: 106 (All manufacturing)Jul 24: 109 (All manufacturing)Aug 24: 105 (All manufacturing)Sep 24: 106 (All manufacturing)Oct 24: 109 (All manufacturing)Nov 24: 108 (All manufacturing)Dec 24: 113 (All manufacturing)Jan 25: 117 (All manufacturing)Feb 25: 128 (All manufacturing)Mar 25: 146 (All manufacturing)Apr 25: 119 (All manufacturing)May 25: 132 (All manufacturing)Jun 25: 117 (All manufacturing)Jul 25: 116 (All manufacturing)Aug 25: 130 (All manufacturing)Sep 25: 116 (All manufacturing)Oct 25: 119 (All manufacturing)Nov 25: 118 (All manufacturing)Dec 25: 119 (All manufacturing)Jan 26: 107 (All manufacturing)Feb 26: 113 (All manufacturing)Mar 26: 113 (All manufacturing)Apr 26: 115 (All manufacturing)May 26: 115 (All manufacturing)Jun 26: 116 (All manufacturing)Jul 26: 119 (All manufacturing)All manufacturingAug 21: 95 (Traditional sector)Sep 21: 94 (Traditional sector)Oct 21: 93 (Traditional sector)Nov 21: 98 (Traditional sector)Dec 21: 92 (Traditional sector)Jan 22: 101 (Traditional sector)Feb 22: 102 (Traditional sector)Mar 22: 100 (Traditional sector)Apr 22: 98 (Traditional sector)May 22: 106 (Traditional sector)Jun 22: 102 (Traditional sector)Jul 22: 107 (Traditional sector)Aug 22: 108 (Traditional sector)Sep 22: 105 (Traditional sector)Oct 22: 114 (Traditional sector)Nov 22: 113 (Traditional sector)Dec 22: 102 (Traditional sector)Jan 23: 110 (Traditional sector)Feb 23: 105 (Traditional sector)Mar 23: 108 (Traditional sector)Apr 23: 111 (Traditional sector)May 23: 115 (Traditional sector)Jun 23: 110 (Traditional sector)Jul 23: 116 (Traditional sector)Aug 23: 116 (Traditional sector)Sep 23: 112 (Traditional sector)Oct 23: 108 (Traditional sector)Nov 23: 117 (Traditional sector)Dec 23: 120 (Traditional sector)Jan 24: 116 (Traditional sector)Feb 24: 117 (Traditional sector)Mar 24: 118 (Traditional sector)Apr 24: 116 (Traditional sector)May 24: 114 (Traditional sector)Jun 24: 115 (Traditional sector)Jul 24: 114 (Traditional sector)Aug 24: 117 (Traditional sector)Sep 24: 119 (Traditional sector)Oct 24: 118 (Traditional sector)Nov 24: 114 (Traditional sector)Dec 24: 123 (Traditional sector)Jan 25: 113 (Traditional sector)Feb 25: 112 (Traditional sector)Mar 25: 119 (Traditional sector)Apr 25: 119 (Traditional sector)May 25: 117 (Traditional sector)Jun 25: 114 (Traditional sector)Jul 25: 114 (Traditional sector)Aug 25: 111 (Traditional sector)Sep 25: 114 (Traditional sector)Oct 25: 117 (Traditional sector)Nov 25: 111 (Traditional sector)Dec 25: 112 (Traditional sector)Jan 26: 111 (Traditional sector)Feb 26: 111 (Traditional sector)Mar 26: 108 (Traditional sector)Apr 26: 110 (Traditional sector)May 26: 108 (Traditional sector)Jun 26: 114 (Traditional sector)Jul 26: 111 (Traditional sector)Traditional sector
Modern sectorAll manufacturingTraditional sector

Industrial Production Index, seasonally adjusted, base year 2021 = 100 (CSO table MIM05).

MonthModern sectorAll manufacturingTraditional sectorModern sector, change on a year earlier
July 2026 121.0 119.1 110.6 +3.8%
June 2026 117.2 115.9 113.7 -0.8%
May 2026 116.9 115.2 107.7 -14.4%
April 2026 116.7 115.2 109.9 -2.7%
March 2026 114.0 112.9 107.8 -25.6%
February 2026 112.8 113.0 111.3 -12.8%
January 2026 106.2 107.1 110.8 -9.5%
December 2025 120.0 119.4 111.5 +6.2%
November 2025 116.4 117.9 110.6 +11.4%
October 2025 119.0 118.8 116.6 +10.8%
September 2025 113.7 115.7 114.4 +11.0%
August 2025 129.4 130.2 110.8 +28.5%
July 2025 116.6 116.3 113.8 +10.9%
June 2025 118.1 116.8 113.8 +14.2%
May 2025 136.5 131.9 116.5 +41.6%
April 2025 119.9 118.7 118.6 +19.8%
March 2025 153.2 146.0 119.2 +61.4%
February 2025 129.4 127.7 112.1 +47.4%
January 2025 117.3 117.1 113.2 +20.7%
December 2024 113.0 113.1 122.7 +7.7%
November 2024 104.5 107.9 113.7 -4.8%
October 2024 107.4 109.3 117.5 +17.5%
September 2024 102.4 105.6 119.3 +2.6%
August 2024 100.7 104.8 116.5 +8.3%

The CSO does not publish a pharmaceuticals-only monthly production index (the NACE 21 line is suppressed for confidentiality). The "modern sector" it publishes instead groups pharmaceuticals (NACE 21) with chemicals (20), computers and electronics (26, 27), medical and dental instruments (325) and reproduction of recorded media (182); the "traditional sector" is every other manufacturing industry. Month-to-month swings in the modern sector are large and mostly reflect pharmaceutical output.

What these figures are. Trade values are the CSO's customs-based merchandise trade statistics for SITC division 54, medicinal and pharmaceutical products, in current euro. They do not include services, royalties or intellectual-property flows, and active ingredients classified as organic chemicals (SITC 51) are outside this division. The CSO publishes the latest months as preliminary and revises them in later releases; this page shows whatever the CSO publishes at the time of the last sync. 12-month totals, annual sums, shares and percentage changes are calculated by Priya Life Science from those published values.

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Every monthly value is the CSO's published figure, re-used under the CSO's Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The 12-month totals, annual sums, shares and percentage changes are calculated here from those values and labelled as such.

A job queries the CSO's PxStat API for the three tables after each monthly release and stores the series. No AI drafting and no editorial pass. See our editorial standards. The the CSO data on this page was last retrieved on 28 Sep 2026.

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