| Product Code: ETC12132654 | Publication Date: Apr 2025 | Updated Date: Nov 2025 | Product Type: Market Research Report | |
| Publisher: 6Wresearch | Author: Sachin Kumar Rai | No. of Pages: 65 | No. of Figures: 34 | No. of Tables: 19 |
Ireland`s expanded polystyrene import market saw significant growth in 2024, with top exporting countries including Germany, South Korea, and the Netherlands. The high concentration in the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) indicates a competitive market, with a notable increase from 2023 to 2024. The impressive compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40.84% from 2020 to 2024 demonstrates a strong upward trend, supported by a rapid growth rate of 44.2% in 2024 alone. These figures suggest a flourishing market for expanded polystyrene imports in Ireland.

1 Executive Summary |
2 Introduction |
2.1 Key Highlights of the Report |
2.2 Report Description |
2.3 Market Scope & Segmentation |
2.4 Research Methodology |
2.5 Assumptions |
3 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Overview |
3.1 Ireland Country Macro Economic Indicators |
3.2 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, 2021 & 2031F |
3.3 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market - Industry Life Cycle |
3.4 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market - Porter's Five Forces |
3.5 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume Share, By Product Type, 2021 & 2031F |
3.6 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume Share, By Foam Type, 2021 & 2031F |
3.7 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume Share, By Density, 2021 & 2031F |
3.8 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume Share, By End User, 2021 & 2031F |
4 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Dynamics |
4.1 Impact Analysis |
4.2 Market Drivers |
4.3 Market Restraints |
5 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Trends |
6 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market, By Types |
6.1 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market, By Product Type |
6.1.1 Overview and Analysis |
6.1.2 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By Product Type, 2021 - 2031F |
6.1.3 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By Expanded EPS Beads, 2021 - 2031F |
6.1.4 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By Expanded EPS Sheets, 2021 - 2031F |
6.1.5 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By Expanded EPS Blocks, 2021 - 2031F |
6.1.6 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By EPS Molding Products, 2021 - 2031F |
6.2 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market, By Foam Type |
6.2.1 Overview and Analysis |
6.2.2 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By Small Beads, 2021 - 2031F |
6.2.3 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By Rigid Foam Sheets, 2021 - 2031F |
6.2.4 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By Large Foam Blocks, 2021 - 2031F |
6.2.5 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By Custom Molds, 2021 - 2031F |
6.3 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market, By Density |
6.3.1 Overview and Analysis |
6.3.2 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By 10“40 kg/m , 2021 - 2031F |
6.3.3 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By 30“60 kg/m , 2021 - 2031F |
6.3.4 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By 40“80 kg/m , 2021 - 2031F |
6.3.5 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By 50“70 kg/m , 2021 - 2031F |
6.4 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market, By End User |
6.4.1 Overview and Analysis |
6.4.2 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By Packaging Industry, 2021 - 2031F |
6.4.3 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By Construction Industry, 2021 - 2031F |
6.4.4 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By Automotive Industry, 2021 - 2031F |
6.4.5 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenues & Volume, By Industrial Packaging, 2021 - 2031F |
7 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Import-Export Trade Statistics |
7.1 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Export to Major Countries |
7.2 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Imports from Major Countries |
8 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Key Performance Indicators |
9 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market - Opportunity Assessment |
9.1 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Opportunity Assessment, By Product Type, 2021 & 2031F |
9.2 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Opportunity Assessment, By Foam Type, 2021 & 2031F |
9.3 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Opportunity Assessment, By Density, 2021 & 2031F |
9.4 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Opportunity Assessment, By End User, 2021 & 2031F |
10 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market - Competitive Landscape |
10.1 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Revenue Share, By Companies, 2024 |
10.2 Ireland Expanded Polystyrene Market Competitive Benchmarking, By Operating and Technical Parameters |
11 Company Profiles |
12 Recommendations |
13 Disclaimer |
Export potential enables firms to identify high-growth global markets with greater confidence by combining advanced trade intelligence with a structured quantitative methodology. The framework analyzes emerging demand trends and country-level import patterns while integrating macroeconomic and trade datasets such as GDP and population forecasts, bilateral import–export flows, tariff structures, elasticity differentials between developed and developing economies, geographic distance, and import demand projections. Using weighted trade values from 2020–2024 as the base period to project country-to-country export potential for 2030, these inputs are operationalized through calculated drivers such as gravity model parameters, tariff impact factors, and projected GDP per-capita growth. Through an analysis of hidden potentials, demand hotspots, and market conditions that are most favorable to success, this method enables firms to focus on target countries, maximize returns, and global expansion with data, backed by accuracy.
By factoring in the projected importer demand gap that is currently unmet and could be potential opportunity, it identifies the potential for the Exporter (Country) among 190 countries, against the general trade analysis, which identifies the biggest importer or exporter.
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