China is Ireland's 2nd largest trade partner outside Europe: official data

DUBLIN, June 21 (Xinhua) -- China is Ireland's second-largest trade partner outside Europe, according to data released Wednesday by Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO).

In the first four months of this year, the total value of goods traded between China and Ireland amounted to 6.08 billion euros (about 6.67 billion U.S. dollars), of which Ireland's exports to China accounted for 3.05 billion euros and impo