Continent: Europe

Official Name: Ireland

Type of Government: Constitutional Monarchy

Head of State: Mr. Michael D. Higgins

Area: 70,273 km²

Currency: Euro

Population (2023): 5.2 million inhabitants

Capital: Dublin

Major Cities: Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford

Official Languages: English and Irish Gaelic

Agreements and Conventions

Before Brexit, cooperation between Ireland and Côte d'Ivoire fell within the framework of political and economic cooperation between the European Union (EU) and ACP (African, Caribbean, and Pacific) countries. This cooperation was governed by the Cotonou Agreement, whose trade component evolved from a unilateral preferential regime to an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), establishing reciprocal free trade between the EU and ACP countries.

In this context, Côte d'Ivoire and the European Union signed an Interim Economic Partnership Agreement on November 26, 2008, pending progress in the negotiations of the Regional Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between West Africa and the EU. The interim EPA of Côte d'Ivoire was ratified by the National Assembly on August 12, 2016.

A. Main Exports from Côte d'Ivoire to Ireland: Rubber, crude oil, processed wood.

B. Main Imports of Côte d'Ivoire from Ireland: Dairy products, essential oils and plant extracts, meats and offal, automatic machines, petroleum products.

 

Sources : DGE-DPCEI

 

  • The value of bilateral trade reached 30.9 billion FCFA in 2023, compared to 19.6 billion FCFA in 2022.

  • Between 2019 and 2023, the average annual value of Ivorian exports was estimated at 9 billion FCFA, while imports averaged 22.8 billion FCFA per year.

  • During the 2019-2023 period, Côte d'Ivoire had a trade surplus in 2019 and 2023, while the balance was deficit in the other years.