According to its Exports Performance and Prospects Report for 2024–2025, the number is a 5% rise over 2023. But according to Bord Bia, the main factor driving last year's export value growth was higher prices, with consumers and companies still being impacted by inflation.

Dairy exports remain the largest category, accounting for €6.3 billion of total exports, despite their value remaining consistent year over year.

Dairy exports have more than doubled in value since the 2014–15 report. Bord Bia reports that last year's meat and animal exports were valued at €4.3 billion, a 6% rise from the previous year.


Exports of beverages, meanwhile, increased in value by 19% to slightly over €2.1 billion. The robust success of whisky products, whose export values increased by 13% to exceed €1 billion, was the main driver of that.

Additionally, Bord Bia said that the nascent'ready to drink' category has tripled export values to €235 million.

The European Union was the destination of €5.9 billion of Ireland's food and drink exports, a 4% increase from the previous year. Germany and Belgium were France's top customers in that country.

Nonetheless, with €5.9 billion in exports, the UK remained the single biggest market for goods. Bord Bia reported that exports to North America increased 14% to €2 billion.

Meanwhile, the majority of Irish food and drink exporters are still hopeful about seeing growth in 2025, according to Bord Bia's CEO Sentiment Survey.