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Trade landscape · Ireland
Coverage: 2 cities · 0 tier-1 · 0 tier-2
↗️ India sell mandates
- IT talent (Dublin tech companies are among the most active EU Blue Card employers of Indian engineers — Google, Meta, Microsoft, LinkedIn)
- Pharmaceutical APIs (Dublin pharma manufacturers source Indian APIs — Pfizer Ireland, MSD Ireland)
- Indian food and restaurant market (growing Dublin Indian diaspora)
- Indian pharmaceutical APIs for Cork pharma manufacturing cluster (Pfizer Ringaskiddy, J+J Janssen)
- Indian IT engineers for Apple Cork European operations and pharmaceutical IT teams
- Indian food ingredients for Cork food processing industry
- Indian steel and engineering for Cork pharma plant construction and maintenance
- Indian biotech scientists for Cork pharma and biotech R+D
↙️ India buy mandates
- Google India (Google Pay, Google India digital advertising — Dublin directs)
- Meta India (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp India — Dublin policy HQ)
- Apple India (App Store India, Apple Maps — Dublin EU base)
- AbbVie pharmaceuticals (Humira — Dublin manufactured — India rheumatology market)
- Pfizer India (Dublin manufactured vaccines and pharmaceuticals)
- Pfizer Cork — vaccines and pharmaceutical products distributed to India market
- Johnson and Johnson Janssen Cork — pharmaceutical supply chain to India
- Boston Scientific medical devices for Indian hospitals (stents, EP catheters)
- Kerrygold butter and Irish dairy products for India premium retail
- Apple Cork (EU operations) — technology products for India market
🌍 Bilateral overview · India ↔ Ireland
🇮🇪 · Ireland · India trade volume: $2B/year
🏛️ Bloc memberships · 1
Trade blocs & groupings
- European Union
📜 FTAs · 1 relevant
FTAs covering Ireland
🏛️ Trade bodies · 1 relevant
Trade bodies — Ireland
- Enterprise Ireland (Enterprise Ireland)
Irish government agency promoting Irish exports with offices in Mumbai.
🌐 enterprise-ireland.com · ✉️ client.service@enterprise-ireland.com
📄 Long-form essays · 1 of 30
Essays relevant to Ireland
- India IT Services in EU: A Growth Strategy for 2026 and Beyonddigital · 8 min read · 2025-02-01
India IT services sector exports USD 150 billion annually with EU accounting for approximately 25%. The India-EU FTA digital trade and Mode 4 chapters could transform the EU IT corridor potentially adding USD 20-30 billion in annual IT services expor…
❓ FAQ · 2 of 155
Frequently asked — Ireland
What is the UKCA mark and is it different from CE?
Post-Brexit, Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) requires UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking instead of CE marking. CE marking is still accepted in Northern Ireland (under Windsor Framework). For Indian exporters selling to both EU and UK: you need both CE (EU) and UKCA (GB). Most UKCA requirements mirror CE, but UKCA requires UK-registered approved bodies and UK Declaration of Conformity. Note: UK accepted CE marking until December 2024 — from 2025, UKCA is mandatory for most products.
Can Indian companies invest in EU?
Yes — Indian outbound FDI into EU is permitted under FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act). Process: (1) Indian company obtains FEMA approval (automatic route for most sectors up to 400% of net worth), (2) Register company in EU country — Portugal, Netherlands, Ireland are popular for Indian companies due to tax treaties and business-friendly environments, (3) Report ODI (Overseas Direct Investment) to RBI, (4) Repatriate dividends and profits to India (Indian company pays tax on overseas income). India-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with individual EU member states provide investment protection until India-EU FTA investment chapter replaces them.