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IN GLOBAL MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE - Enterprise Ireland Client Company Export Results 2017
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PERFORMANCE
IN GLOBAL
MARKETS
Enterprise Ireland Client Company
Export Results 2017

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IN GLOBAL MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE - Enterprise Ireland Client Company Export Results 2017
Enterprise Ireland
       Client Company
       Export Performance                                                                              €22.71bn
       in 2017                                                                                               Record export sales
                                                                                                             by client companies
                                                                                                               up 7% on 2016

                                                                                  €4.6bn
                                                                             Exports to the Eurozone region
                                                                             2nd largest market for Irish exporters

                                                                                   up 9% on 2016

                                                       €44.4bn
                                                       In total sales by client
                                                             companies
                                €3.96bn                   up 8% on 2016

      €1.97bn                        Exports to
                                    USA/Canada
          Exports to               up 7% on 2016
          Asia Pacific
       up 9% on 2016

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IN GLOBAL MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE - Enterprise Ireland Client Company Export Results 2017
Client exports 2017
by territory

              USA/Canada                                                              Northern Europe

     +7%
              €3.96bn                                                         +9%
                                                                                      €4.6bn
                                                                                      20% of exports
              17% of exports

                               UK                                                          Central/Eastern Europe/Commonwealth

                               €7.62bn
                                                                                           of Independent States/Russia

                               34% of exports
                                                                +4%                 +9%
                                                                                           €0.68bn
                                                                                           3% of exports

                                             S. Europe/M. East/Africa/India

                                             €2.13bn
                                                                                                  Asia Pacific

                                             9% of exports
                                                                              +6%
                                                                                                  €1.97bn
                                                                                                  9% of exports
                                                                                                                                             +9%

  Latin America

  €0.2bn
  1% of exports
                                      -11%

                                                                                                   Unspecified & Sales to Ornua
                                                                                                   (FORMERLY THE IRISH DAIRY BOARD)

                                                                                                   €1.55bn                            +22%

                                                                                                   7% of exports

                                              Total
                                                      €22.71bn                            +7%

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IN GLOBAL MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE - Enterprise Ireland Client Company Export Results 2017
Export Performance
    2009 to 2017
    Exports (including sales to Ornua formerly the Irish Dairy Board)

    Exports (€bn)

      €25

      €20                                                                                                                           €22.7bn
                                                                                                                €21.6bn
       €15

                                                                                             €20.59bn
       €10                                                                         €18.6bn
                                                                        €17.15bn
                                                             €16.22bn
        €5                                    €15.2bn
                             €13.93bn
                €12.9bn
       €0
                    2009        2010             2011            2012     2013       2014      2015                  2016                  2017

                                                                                                      Note: 2009 – 2016 figures are from Annual Reports

                           Exports have increased                                                2020
                                                                                              Export Target
                           by almost €10bn between
                           2009 and 2017
                                                                                             €26bn
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IN GLOBAL MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE - Enterprise Ireland Client Company Export Results 2017
Client exports 2017
by sector

      Food                                      Internationally Traded Software

      €11.58bn                       +10%
                                                €2.12bn                           +3%

      Life Sciences, Engineering, Paper Print   Internationally Traded Services

                                                €2.26bn
      & Packaging, Electronics & Cleantech
                                                                                  +8%
      €4.05bn                        +7%

      Construction, Timber &                    Total Client Base

                                                €22.71bn
      Consumer Retail

      €2.7bn
                                                                                  +7%
                                      +1%

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Eurozone

    €4.6bn
                                                                                                           Despite recent growth, France’s economy
                                                       +9%                                                 continues to provide a challenging backdrop
                                                                                                           for the retail sector. Positive trends are
                                                                                                           evident, nonetheless. Hypermarkets, such
                                                                                                           as Carrefour, Auchan, Casino, and Leclerc
                                                                                                           continue to expand and consumer spend has
                                                                                                           started to increase in France following the
                                                       France                                              economic downturn, up 2% between 2016 –
    Exports to the Eurozone                                                                                2017.
                                                        France is the 4th-largest market for
    account for 20% of all exports.                     companies supported by Enterprise Ireland,
                                                                                                           Enterprise Ireland is leveraging the trend
                                                                                                           by targeting large-scale retailers. While
                                                        with exports up by 10% in 2017, to €979
                                                                                                           the first wholesaler Costco France opened
                                                        million.
    Enterprise Ireland hosted                                                                              outside of Paris in June 2017, Enterprise
                                                        The rebounding of the construction sector          Ireland’s team had been engaging with
    232 Eurozone buyer visits                           in France accelerated in 2017, with activity       Costco’s purchasing director since October
    to Ireland. 504 deals were                          growing in volume by 4.7%. Growth was              2014, building relationships with buyers, and
    recorded.                                           driven by new residential construction             assisting clients, such as Irish Dog Foods,
                                                        activity. In September 2017, new housing           Ovelle Pharmaceuticals, TanOrganic, and Irish
                                                        builds numbered 414,000 units over the             Breeze, to do business with the retailer.
                                                        previous 12 months.
    Enterprise Ireland-backed
    companies opened 68 new                             Large infrastructure projects, such as the
                                                                                                         Energy and cleantech
                                                        Grand Paris, present significant opportunities
    overseas presences in the                           for Irish companies. Enterprise Ireland-backed     Energy costs increased in France in 2017
    Eurozone.                                           companies are providing products and               – fuel by +25%, gas +25%, and electricity
                                                        services to respond to growing demand and          +2%. Enterprise Ireland is capitalising on the
                                                        political will for a more sustainable sector.      trend by promoting Irish capabilities to open
    The Eurozone with a                                 LED Robus, Ecocem, Ei Electronics, Freefoam,       innovation decision makers from European
    population of 340 million and                       and Kingspan are some of the companies             leaders in energy provision, such as Total,
                                                        making great progress in this market.              Engie, and Veolia. Five Irish SMEs from
    zero currency risk has major                                                                           various sectors (Blue Tree Systems, Butler,
    potential for Irish companies.                                                                         Taoglas, Anecto, and Sentenial) attended an
                                                                                                           Engie Innovation Workshop during the World
                                                                                                           Efficiency Forum in Paris, at which three Irish
                                                                                                           start-ups (EcoVolt, H2Ozone, and OxyMem)
                                                                                                           also participated.

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IN GLOBAL MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE - Enterprise Ireland Client Company Export Results 2017
Germany, Austria and Switzerland                   Technology
  The construction sector is booming across          Berlin’s tech cluster continues to flourish,
  all three German speaking markets, with            attracting record investments in 2017. Last
  Germany reaching growth of 5% in 2017.             year, many once smaller start-ups developed
  10% of Germany’s GDP (translating to a             into viable targets for Irish companies. Ten
  figure of over €300 billion) is spent annually     new companies per week were set up in
  on building projects. Irish enterprise             Berlin in 2017. Enterprise Ireland organised
  leveraging the opportunity is particularly         a delegation of twenty Irish companies
  focused on the data centre and pharma              travelling on a tech meet up programme to      L-R: Minister Michael D'Arcy TD, Frank Schwab, Co-founder of
                                                     explore new opportunities, which resulted      the Fintech Forum in Frankfurt, with Eoin Fitzgerald and Jane
  build sub-sectors.                                                                                Greene, Enterprise Ireland.
                                                     in a number of successful partnerships
                                                     between Irish tech SMEs and leading
Financial services                                   German digital players including N26 and
                                                                                                       The Dutch and Belgian ports cluster, with 7 main
  The effects of Brexit diversification saw          Zalando.
                                                                                                       ports within 250 kilometres, is the gateway
  the Frankfurt financial services centre                                                              to mainland Europe for overseas businesses.
  confirmed as the main hub for the EU in                                                              The ports of Rotterdam in the Netherlands and
                                                   Benelux
  2017. Over 99,000 people are employed                                                                Antwerp in Belgium are the two largest in Europe
  in 201 banks from over 50 countries, in            Ireland's strong export performance               for maritime freight volume, and commercial hot
  addition to the cluster anchors of the             is driven by intense activity in the              spots, not only due to their role in transport and
  ECB, German stock exchange, KfW, and               pharmaceutical and biotechnology                  logistics, but also thanks to the many production
  key regulatory bodies. The growth of               sectors. Irish SMEs, notably in the high-         sites located there. Irish SMEs in the software and
  the cluster and the industry’s movement            tech construction and engineering sectors,        services sector, such as Druid, who developed a
  towards digitalisation is creating                 benefit from the trade stream, exporting          major project in the Port of Rotterdam in 2017,
  significant opportunities for Irish fintechs,      over €450 million worth of products and           are delivering unique solutions to the ecosystem.
  with innovative Irish payments start-up            services to the region in 2017. Enterprise
                                                                                                       The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is the second
  Touchtech partnering with German banks.            Ireland-backed companies, including PM
                                                                                                       largest investment fund centre in the world,
                                                     Group, Jones Engineering, John Sisk,
                                                                                                       after the United States, the premier private
                                                     Ardmac, Mercury Engineering, and Dornan
                                                                                                       banking centre in the Eurozone, and the largest
                                                     Engineering, have established a strong
                                                                                                       captive reinsurance market in the European
                                                     presence in the Benelux construction sector.
                                                                                                       Union. This high-end financial services market
                                                                                                       is an attractive target for Ireland’s innovative
                                                                                                       fintech and enterprise solutions clusters.

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United Kingdom

    €7.62bn
                                                                                                            The UK market is forecast to reach
                                                       +4%                                                  £2.9 (€3.3) billion by 2018, with trends
                                                                                                            towards digital innovation and adoption
                                                                                                            in health and care. Through a programme
                                                                                                            of seminars and industry expert networks,
                                                                                                            Enterprise Ireland’s UK office supports a
                                                       Construction                                         dynamic base of Irish companies to facilitate
                                                         The infrastructure and residential sub-            and accelerate access to opportunities in
    The UK is the 5th largest                            sectors remain priority focuses for Irish          public and private healthcare.

    economy in the world by                              companies seeking opportunities in the UK,
                                                                                                            2017 saw success for High Performing
                                                         most specifically transport, energy, and water
    GDP (World Bank, 2017).                              infrastructure, and build-to-rent high density
                                                                                                            Start-Ups supported by Enterprise Ireland,
                                                                                                            including TickerFit who won an NHS England-
                                                         residential subsectors.
                                                                                                            funded Small Business Research Initiative
                                                         The UK Government’s National Infrastructure        contract and PMD who secured a place on
    Northern England is growing                          and Construction Pipeline counts 694               the prestigious NHS Innovation Accelerator
    faster than London, Northern                         projects and programmes totalling                  programme.
    Powerhouse data reports.                             £463 (€529) billion, covering the housing,
                                                                                                          Aerospace
                                                         social, and economic infrastructure
                                                         subsectors. The UK’s build-to-rent pipeline of     The UK commercial aerospace industry
                                                         residential projects has increased by 500%         is valued at £35 (€40) billion per annum,
    Enterprise Ireland-backed                            since 2013. Project completions and projects       having seen growth of over 39% since 2012,
    companies employ 102,000                             under construction both increased by over          and is second in size to the US globally.
    people in the UK.                                    45% between 2017 and 2018.                         The Emerald Aero Group cluster includes
                                                                                                            15 founding client companies spanning the
                                                       Life sciences and digital health                     component supply chain in the precision
                                                         The UK life sciences sector has an annual          engineering, fabrications, plastics and
                                                         turnover of £64 (€73) billion. In 2017,            composites subsectors. Double digit revenue
                                                         the Government’s Life Sciences Industrial          growth has been achieved by a number of
                                                         Strategy defined key priorities to support         these companies over the last three years,
                                                         long-term prosperity, which includes               securing contracts to supply components
                                                         broadening the NHS Accelerated Access              for structures and interiors to major industry
                                                         Review to streamline entry for new products,       players such as Bombardier, Rockwell Collins,
                                                         and increasing clinical trials by 50% in five      Thompsons Seating, and GKN Aerospace.
                                                         years.

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USA/Canada
                                                                                                          Canada

€3.96bn
                                                                  +7%                                      An Enterprise Ireland trade mission including
                                                                                                           30 Irish companies, led by Seán Canney T.D.,
                                                                                                           the then Minister of State for the Office of
                                                                                                           Public Works & Flood Relief, visited Toronto
                                                                                                           and Ottawa. Highlights from the trade mission
                                                                                                           included:
USA                                             Cross-sector growth
                                                                                                           A trade visit to Flynn Group (Canada), where
 The United States’ economy is the largest        The continued growth and impact of
                                                                                                           leading Irish suppliers including APA Systems and
 in the world, accounting for approximately       Irish companies in the US was evident
                                                                                                           Carey Glass have contributed to award winning
 20% of global GDP. The US is also the            during a meeting between leading Irish
                                                                                                           multimillion dollar construction projects in
 world’s largest trading nation, with exports     executives and An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
                                                                                                           Canada.
 of goods and services of nearly €1.97            in Washington DC on March 15th this
 trillion in 2017. Economic growth estimates      year. Irish companies currently employ                   Initiafy, a leading provider of onboarding and
 for Q4 2017 were revised up to 2.9% by the       100,000 people in the US and are the 9th                 safety orientation software, announced the
 US Bureau of Economic Analysis.                  largest source of US FDI, with a value of                expansion of their Toronto-based team.
                                                  $85.5 (€73) billion. In 2017, this level of              HealthBeacon, an award winning digital health
 Many Irish companies are already
                                                  activity was boosted with announcements                  company, announced the opening of a new office
 successfully exporting to and building
                                                  confirming new investments and the                       in Montreal.
 businesses in the USA. The main exports
                                                  opening of new offices by companies
 of Irish-owned companies are in sectors                                                                   Leading Edge Group announced a three-
                                                  including Icon plc and Wisetek. An
 including food, medical, pharmaceutical,                                                                  year partnership agreement to provide a Lean
                                                  additional sixty Enterprise Ireland-
 electronics, business services and software                                                               training programme with the City of Mississauga
                                                  supported companies opened new US
 for financial services, telecommunications,                                                               municipality, Canada’s sixth-largest city.
                                                  offices last year.
 enterprise, and education. The innovative,
                                                                                                           OnePosting announced a significant contract for
 high-tech sectors of medical devices,
                                                                                                           the provision of accounts payable automation
 ICT, telecoms, media, gaming, and cloud
                                                                                                           with Shoppers Home Health Care, a leading
 computing applications, continue to show
                                                                                                           Canadian player.
 strong growth creating opportunities for
 Irish exporters.                                                                                          Castlebar-based SportLoMo and Rugby Canada
                                                                                                           announced a new multi-year partnership.
                                                  L-R: Steve Cutler CEO Icon plc, Sarah Clarke CEO
                                                  Intuition North America, Ronan Dowling CFO Kingspan      Clare company Tekelek launched a major
                                                  North America, John McCarthy CEO Ocean Energy, Sean
                                                  Sheehan CEO Wisetek, Julie Sinnamon CEO Enterprise       partnership with Paygo, a leader in fuel
                                                  Ireland, An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Paul Quigley CEO     monitoring solutions in Canada and the US, for
                                                  Newswhip, John Hay SVP Government Relations CRH/
                                                  Oldcastle, Courtney Sunna Business Development           $1.4m.
                                                  Director Allergy Standards, Michael O’Neill CEO Kerry
                                                  North America, Ambassador Dan Mulhall, Sean Davis
                                                  Enterprise Ireland Regional Director North America.
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Asia Pacific

     €1.97bn
                                                            +9%

     Growing Ireland’s export footprint                   China, Korea and Vietnam -
     in Asia Pacific                                      Education Services
       Ireland continues to build its export footprint      Building awareness and momentum in the
       in Asia Pacific, a dynamic region which is           education services sector continued across
       growing and changing rapidly, providing              the region, with 14 Irish Higher Education
       opportunities for Irish companies to build           Institutions participating in events in four     L-R: Tom Cusack, Regional Director Asia Pacific at Enterprise
       scale and expand reach. The growing influence        major cities across China in October 2017.       Ireland, Sabina Higgins, wife of President Higgins, President of
       of China, the region’s expanding youth and           Minister Bruton travelled to Korea and           Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, Julie Sinnamon, CEO of Enterprise
                                                                                                             Ireland, Mary Kinnane, Director Enterprise Ireland Australia/
       middle-class populations, and the digitalisation     Vietnam and Minister Halligan travelled to       New Zealand, Sonia O’Sullivan, David Eccles, Senior Market
       of economies and sectors, all point towards          the OCSC higher education fair in Thailand       Advisor Software and Services, His Excellency Mr. Noel White,
                                                                                                             chargé d'affaires of Ireland to Australia.
       the increasing economic importance of the            accompanied by eight Irish Higher Education
       Asia Pacific region for Irish companies.             Institutions (HEIs).

                                                                                                             Food FDI
     Largest ever trade mission to                        Aviation and aerospace
                                                                                                                 Enterprise Ireland is responsible for
     Australia and New Zealand                              A growing number of Irish companies in this          attracting food sector Foreign Direct
       As part of the state visit made by President         key sector entered the Asia Pacific region in        Investment, actively targeting the Asia
       Michael D. Higgins in October 2017,                  2017, with seven participating at the Aviation       Pacific region to identify food and beverage
       Enterprise Ireland organised its largest ever        Festival in Singapore for the first time.            companies with an interest in exploring
       trade mission to Australia and New Zealand.                                                               investment, joint venture, or collaborative
       More than 50 Enterprise Ireland-supported                                                                 R&D opportunities in Ireland.
                                                          Med in Ireland
       companies participated on the mission,
       spanning nine key sectors including digital          45 buyers from the Asia Pacific region
       technologies, fintech, healthcare, construction,     travelled to Dublin for the Med In Ireland       Buyers to Ireland
       engineering and consumer products.                   healthcare event in October, meeting and             190 buyers across all sectors spanning the
                                                            exploring partnership opportunities with Irish       Asia Pacific region travelled to Ireland on
                                                            companies.                                           Enterprise Ireland itineraries in 2017.

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Southern Europe, Middle East, Africa and India

€2.13bn
                                                                          +6%

Arab Health 2017                                     Irish economic development expertise in
                                                     cooperation with Omani state partners. 8
  Pat Breen T.D. Minister for Employment and
                                                     Enterprise Ireland-supported companies
  Small Business led an Irish delegation of
                                                     exhibited at the Irish national stand at the
  over 20 companies to Arab Health 2017, one
                                                     Dubai Air Show. Botany Weaving announced
  of the world’s largest healthcare exhibitions.
                                                     that it had secured a multimillion dollar deal
  12 Enterprise Ireland-backed companies
                                                     with a UAE airline to supply interior textiles.
  joined the Irish stand including, Aerogen,
  Fleming Medical, Kastus, Locatible, Miravex,
                                                                                                         L-R: Minister Jim Daly TD, Eileen Duffy, Aerogen Vice President,
  Novaerus, Sedana Medical, Syncrophi
                                                   Education Services – India,                           Ambassador of Ireland to the UAE Paul Kavanagh, H.E Dr
  Systems, and 3D4 Medical. Fleming Medical                                                              Mohammed Al Zarooni, Director General of Dubai Airport
  signed a multimillion euro deal with Muscat
                                                   Gulf and Nigeria                                      Freezone, Dr. Tom Kelly, Enterprise Ireland, Saleh Al Nabulsi,
                                                     Education in Ireland continued to expand            Aerogen Clinical Support Manager – Middle East.
  Pharmacy for the distribution of their
  products in Oman, while Aerogen was                activities across the region, through
  awarded for its patented vibrating mesh            exhibitions and in-country visits by Irish HEIs.
                                                     India and the Gulf countries, particularly                 The Education in Ireland brand has gained
  technology, establishing new partners across
                                                     Saudi Arabia, deliver largest numbers,                     traction in Nigeria and is yielding results in
  the region.
                                                     counting 2,500 students from India, and                    both awareness and applications. 14 HEIs
                                                     3,000 from the Gulf, in Ireland in 2017. John              participated in the 2017 edu fairs, compared
Trade Mission to UAE and Oman                        Halligan, Minister of State for Training and               to 9 in previous visits. Students from the
                                                     Skills, led the largest education mission to               region have an estimated in-country spend
  32 Enterprise Ireland-supported companies
                                                     India to date. The mission focused on five                 of €200 million.
  participated in a three-day trade mission
  led by the then Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald        cities: Chennai, Bangalore, Kochi, New Delhi,
  TD, with 11 business events and over 200           and Pune. Admission staff and academics
  meetings with potential buyers arranged in         from 16 Irish HEIs engaged with over 1,250
  Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Muscat. The Oman             Indian students during the fairs.
  visit deepened already extensive links with
  the Sultanate, facilitating greater use of

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                                                                                                    internationalisation
                                                                                                    of Irish businesses

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                                                                                                      opportunities and
                                                                                                      conditions

                                                                                                      Introductions to
                                                                                                      international buyers,
                                                                                                      partners, investors,
                                                                                                      mentors, consultants and
                                                                                                      sales professionals

                                                                                                      Itinerary planning to
                                                                                                      maximise market visits

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                                                                                                      networking opportunities
                                                                                                      through ministerial-led
                                                                                                      trade missions, buyer
                                                                                                      visits to Ireland, embassy
                                                                                                      and other high-profile
                                                                                                      in-market events, and
                                                                                                      Ireland stands, pavilions
                                                                                                      and client speaking
                                                                                                      opportunities at major
                                                                                                      industry expos

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