The Atradius Payment Practices Barometer for October 2018 found that the proportion of past due B2B invoices in Ireland has declined, but仍有56.3% of Irish respondents said that overdue invoices have affected their businesses over the past 12 months. To manage this impact, many had to take specific measures to correct cash flow or postpone payments to their own suppliers. The proportion of receivables written off as uncollectable is lower than in 2017 and is in line with the regional average. The top 5 export sectors in Ireland are chemicals, machinery/electrical, miscellaneous, foodstuff, and animal/animal products, with the top 5 export destinations being the US, Belgium/Luxembourg, the UK, Germany, and Switzerland. The top 5 import sectors in Ireland are transportation, chemicals, machinery/electrical, foodstuff, and miscellaneous, with the top 5 import destinations being the UK, the US, Germany, France, and China.
