{"id":21306,"date":"2022-01-27T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/?p=21306"},"modified":"2022-02-27T22:04:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T22:04:47","slug":"is-what-northern-ireland-buys-from-great-britain-four-times-more-valuable-than-from-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/topics\/economy\/is-what-northern-ireland-buys-from-great-britain-four-times-more-valuable-than-from-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Is what Northern Ireland buys from Great Britain four times more valuable than from Ireland?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This claim is accurate. In 2019, the ratio of the estimated total value of Northern Ireland purchases from<\/em> Great Britain (\u00a313.4bn) to purchases from Ireland (\u00a33.0bn) was 4.5:1. The ratio has been similar since 2013. However, the figures may not tell the full story as they do not provide information on transport\/shipping routes or the country of origin of any goods purchased.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n