Share of firms sourcing products outside EU in Northern Ireland (UK) 2015, by size
This statistic presents the share of firms sourcing product components from outside of the European Union (EU) in Northern Ireland (UK) in 2015, by employee size band. The figures are based on a survey of 1,615 businesses in the Northern Irish non-financial business economy. That year, 55 percent of businesses with 50 to 249 employees sourced products from outside of the EU, the highest share across the various business size bands. In comparison, only 35 percent of businesses with 250 or more employees had products sourced from outside of the EU.