Smart Border 0 Avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland for Customs control and the free movement of persons

Table 1: (2016) Estimated two-way value of trade in goods

	Value a)
Ireland to Northern Ireland^3	1,650
Northern Ireland to Ireland	1,050

Notes:
a. All prices current prices. Where required, GBP/EUR exchange rates based on European Central Bank, Euro foreign exchange reference rates, average for 2015

Further detailed information on the value of trade between Ireland and Northern Ireland is available in Annex 1.

3. Types and nature of businesses trading across the border

¹ Ireland Department for Justice and Equality and the United Kingdom Home Department, Joint Statement regarding co-operation on measures to secure the external common travel area border, 20 December 2011.
² See, in particular: European Commission (2017) Guiding principles for the Dialogue on Ireland/Northern Ireland, Brussels, 20 September (https://ec.europa.eu/commission/publications/guiding-principles-dialogue-ireland- northern-ireland_en); European Council (2017a) Guidelines following the United Kingdom's Notification under Article
50 TEU, EUCO XT 20004/17, Brussels, 29 April (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press- releases/2017/04/29/euco-brexit-guidelines/); UK Government (2017a) Northern Ireland and Ireland: Position Paper, London, 16 August (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/northern-ireland-and-ireland-a-position- paper); and Government of Ireland, Irelan
https://merrionstreet.ie/MerrionStreet/en/EU- UK/Key_Irish_Documents/Government_Position_Paper_on_Brexit.pdf)
³ InterTradeIreland, Potential Impact of WTO Tariffs on Cross Border Trade, June 2017.