1. World Trade Structure LATEST WTO TRADE STATISTICS MERCHANDISE AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES TOP 10 EXPORTERS MERCHANDISE AND SERVICES CHANGES IN THE RANKINGS? EU AS “EU” AND AS INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES

2. BALANCE OF MERCHANDISE AND BALANCE OF SERVICES IRELANDS POSITION PRODUCTS REGIONAL GROUPINGS

3. MERCHANDISE EXPORTERS RANK COUNTRY1999 %COUNTRY2008 1 USA12.4GER9.1 2 GER9.6CHINA8.9 3 JAP7.5USA8.0 4 FRA5.3JAP4.9 5 UK4.8NETH3.9 6 CAN4.2FRA3.8 7 ITA4.1ITA3.3 8 NETH3.6BELG3.0 9 CHINA3.5RUSSIA2.9 10 BELG3.1UK2.9

4. OUT……CANADA IN…..RUSSIA NOT MUCH CHANGE IN MEMEBRSHIP SHORT TIME PERIOD SHARES DOWN….USA, JAPAN, FRANCE, UK SHARES UP…. GERMANY, CHINA, NETH, BELGIUM

5. SURPLUS ON MERCHANDISE TRADE CHINA GERMANY JAPAN NETH BELG RUSSIA DEFICIT USA FRANCE ITALY UK EU AS A UNIT 18.8% IN 1999 AND 15.9% IN 2008 DEFICIT IN EU MERCHANDISE TRADE

6. 100% MAX……..BETTER PERFORMERS AND NEW ARRIVALS MEAN THERE MUST BE DECLINES ELSEWHERE TO ADD TO 100% IRELAND 1999 RANK 21 SHARE 1.3% 2008 RANK 33 SHARE 0.8% SURPLUS

7. SERVICE EXPORTERS RANK COUNTRY1999 %COUNTRY2008 1 USA18.8USA13.8 2 UK7.5UK7.5 3 FRA6.1GER6.4 4 GER5.9FRA4.2 5 ITA4.5CHINA3.9 6 JAP4.5JAP3.9 7 NETH4.0SP3.8 8 SP3.9ITA3.2 9 BELG-LUX 2.9INDIA2.7 10 HK2.6NETH2.7

8. HK….CHINA WAS 1.8% IN 1999, THERFORE HK+CHINA WAS 4.4% IN 1999 IRELAND 1999 RANK 24 SHARE 1.0% 2008 RANK 11 SHARE 2.6% ALMOST IN TOP 10 IN SERVICE EXPORTS

9. IRELAND… DEFICIT IN SERVICES DEFICIT……GERMANY, CHINA,JAPAN,ITALY SURPLUS USA,UK, FRANCE, SPAIN, INDIA,NETH OUT OF TOP 10…. BELGIUM INTO TOP 10….. INDIA

10. SERVICES EXPORTS REVOLUTION??? MERCHANDISE $16KB SERVICES UNDER $4KB IRISH RATIO OF MANUF TO SERVICES EG USA SURPLUS ON SERVICES VS DEFICIT ON MERCHANDISE 1999 MERCHANDISE $5.6KB 1999 SERVICES $1.4KB

11. PRODUCT MIX MERCHANDISE EXPORTS …… AGRIC 8.5%, FUELS 18.2%, MINING 4.3%, MANUF 66.5% EXTENSIVE ARRAY OF DATA