The border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland is 310 miles (500km) long, and each day 30,000 people travel across it
Coleraine
Derry
Republic
of Ireland
Northern
Ireland
Strabane
Antrim
Omagh
Belfast
Enniskillen
Armagh
Newry
Cross-border
trade in 2016
UK to Ireland
£13.6bn
Ireland to UK
£9.1bn
30 km
30 miles
80%
of trade crossing the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland is from small business
49%
of cross-border manufacturing trade is from food, beverages and tobacco
Pre-1972 there was a chain of 17 HM Customs and Excise boundary posts at the major road crossing points along the Northern Ireland land border
80%
The border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland is 310 miles (500km) long, and each day 30,000 travel across it
of trade crossing the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland is from small business
49%
of cross-border
manufacturing trade is from food, beverages and tobacco
Pre-1972 there was a chain of 17 HM Customs and Excise
boundary posts at the major road crossing points along the Northern Ireland land border
Coleraine
Derry
Northern
Ireland
Strabane
Antrim
Omagh
Belfast
Armagh
Enniskillen
Newry
Republic
of Ireland
Cross-border
trade in 2016
UK to Ireland
£13.6bn
Ireland to UK
£9.1bn
30 km
30 miles
The border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland is 310 miles (500km) long, and each day 30,000 travel across it
80%
of trade crossing the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland is from small business
49%
of cross-border
manufacturing trade is from food, beverages and tobacco
Pre-1972 there was a chain of 17 HM Customs and Excise
boundary posts at the major road crossing points along the Northern Ireland land border
Coleraine
Derry
Northern
Ireland
Strabane
Antrim
Omagh
Belfast
Enniskillen
Armagh
Newry
Cross-border
trade in 2016
UK to Ireland
£13.6bn
Ireland to UK
£9.1bn
Republic
of Ireland
20 km
20 miles