Claim: 72% of the goods that leave Belfast port come to Great Britain.
Fact-check: Trade across the Irish Sea - Full Fact
Verdict: this claim hasn't been substantiated and we've not seen wider evidence for this. in 2016, 85% of goods which left belfast port went to the uk, measured by their weight. 56% of all northern irish goods sold beyond its borders went to great britain, based on the value of those goods.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joel Reland
Date published: 2018-05-21T00:00:00