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CSO statistical release, 15 November 2016, 11am

Goods Exports and Imports

September 2016

Seasonally adjusted
€ million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
April 2016	9,716	5,526	4,191
May 2016	9,463	6,190	3,273
June 2016	10,072	6,036	4,037
July 2016	8,886	5,740	3,146
August 2016	10,328	5,726	4,601
September 2016	9,876	6,107	3,770

Seasonally adjusted goods trade surplus decreases in September

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Preliminary figures for September 2016 show that seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €451 million (-4%) to €9,876 million compared with August 2016.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports increased by €380 million (+7%) to €6,107 million, leading to a decrease of €831 million (-18%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €3,770 million in September 2016 (see Table 2).

Exports of Electrical machinery increase in September

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports for September 2016 was €10,034 million, representing an increase of €596 million (+6%) when compared with September 2015. The value of goods exports for the period January to September 2016 was €86,284 million, an increase of €4,060 million (+5%) when compared with the first nine months of 2015.

Exports of Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances increased by €327 million (+128%) to €582 million in September 2016 compared with September 2015.

Exports of Organic chemicals increased by €397 million (+27%) to €1,881 million.

Exports of Medical and pharmaceutical products increased by €274 million (+12%) to €2,599 million over the same comparative period.

Imports of Organic chemicals increase in September

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports for September 2016 was €5,916 million, representing an increase of €153 million (+3%) when compared with September 2015. The value of goods imports for January to September 2016 was €51,491 million, which is an increase of €906 million (+2%) compared with the first nine months of 2015.

Imports of Organic chemicals increased by €159 million (+49%) to €484 million in September 2016.

Imports of Other transport equipment increased by €299 million (+34%) to €1,184 million in September 2016 compared with September 2015.

Imports of Machinery specialised for particular industries decreased by €67 million (-43%) to €88 million over the same period.

The value of goods imports for September 2016 excluding SITC 79 (Other transport equipment, including aircraft) was €4,731 million, a decrease of €146 million (-3%) when compared with the corresponding September 2015 figure of €4,878 million.

Geographic breakdown of goods exports and imports

The EU accounted for €5,180 million (52%) of total goods exports in September 2016, of which €1,181 million went to Belgium and €1,145 million to Great Britain.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €2,639 million (26%) of total exports in September 2016.

Exports to the EU decreased by €190 million (-4%) in September 2016 compared with September 2015, while non-EU exports increased by €786 million (+19%) over the same period.

The EU accounted for €3,703 (63%) of the value of goods imports in September 2016, with €1,305 million (22%) of total imports coming from Great Britain.

The USA with €824 million (14%) and China with €351 million (6%) were the main non-EU sources of imports.

Imports from the EU increased by €332 million (+10%) in September 2016 compared with September 2015. Non-EU imports decreased by €180 million (-8%) over the same period.

NOTE on revised data: This release includes significant revisions to International Trade in Goods statistics. While the most significant revision is due to recording trade in aircraft on a "transfer of economic ownership" basis, other revisions have been incorporated into the Trade data back to 2000. The technical note (http://www.cso.ie/en/surveysandmethodology/externaltrade/) gives more detail on the revised trade in aircraft methodology and explains the impact the revisions will have on Trade in Goods, National Accounts and Balance of Payments.

In tables 3,4,5 of this release, the year to-date figure for Exports and Imports for January-September 2015 has been revised on 17 November 2016. The text now reflects this change.

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Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis

Period		Value¹			Volume index²		Unit value index²
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Base year 2010=100
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Base year 2010=100
		€m	€m	€m	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade³
		€m	€m	€m	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade³
2000		83,986	54,960	29,026	86.7	107.8	106.5	104.7	101.7
2001		92,730	56,455	36,275	104.6	116.0	97.5	99.9	97.6
2002		94,059	55,106	38,953	110.7	122.0	93.4	92.7	100.8
2003		82,585	48,515	34,070	99.2	112.6	91.6	88.4	103.5
2004		84,949	51,557	33,392	101.9	108.7	91.7	97.4	94.1
2005		87,173	58,463	28,710	101.3	125.7	94.6	95.5	99.1
2006		87,497	63,833	23,664	99.4	132.4	96.9	99.0	97.8
2007		90,580	65,939	24,640	102.9	141.8	96.8	95.5	101.4
2008		88,503	59,336	29,168	93.2	126.8	104.4	96.1	108.6
2009		87,586	48,203	39,382	103.5	108.3	93.1	91.4	101.8
2010		90,924	48,695	42,229	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
2011		93,191	53,035	40,155	106.1	110.4	96.6	98.7	97.9
2012		93,507	56,179	37,328	100.6	120.2	102.2	96.0	106.5
2013		89,182	55,787	33,394	101.1	123.5	97.0	92.8	104.6
2014		92,616	62,158	30,458	103.8	130.1	98.2	98.1	100.1
2015		112,407	70,111	42,296	115.5	143.6	106.8	100.3	106.5

2014	Quarter 1	21,765	15,227	6,538	102.1	129.8	93.7	96.5	97.2
	Quarter 2	23,559	14,745	8,814	105.9	127.7	97.8	94.9	103.0
	Quarter 3	23,271	15,345	7,926	103.6	127.5	98.9	98.9	100.0
	Quarter 4	24,021	16,840	7,180	103.3	139.1	102.3	99.5	102.9
2015	Quarter 1	26,043	16,864	9,179	110.9	140.2	103.3	98.7	104.6
	Quarter 2	28,705	16,983	11,721	115.6	136.5	109.3	102.4	106.9
	Quarter 3	27,477	16,738	10,739	115.3	136.5	104.8	100.9	103.9
	Quarter 4	30,183	19,526	10,657	124.4	172.9	106.6	94.3	113.0
2016	Quarter 1	27,270	17,189	10,080	123.3	152.6	97.5	92.5	105.5
	Quarter 2	29,790	17,596	12,195	133.0	149.1	98.5	96.9	101.7
	Quarter 3	29,224	16,706	12,518	128.3	136.7	100.1	100.7	99.7

2014	January	7,085	5,181	1,904	99.6	131.8	93.9	96.9	96.9
	February	6,959	4,611	2,348	98.9	116.3	92.9	97.7	95.1
	March	7,720	5,434	2,286	107.9	141.3	94.4	94.8	99.6
	April	7,322	4,866	2,455	102.7	129.3	94.1	92.7	101.5
	May	8,158	4,972	3,187	109.6	130.1	98.2	94.2	104.2
	June	8,080	4,907	3,172	105.4	123.6	101.2	97.9	103.4
	July	7,252	5,267	1,984	96.3	133.1	99.4	97.5	101.9
	August	7,773	4,795	2,978	104.8	118.7	97.9	99.6	98.3
	September	8,247	5,283	2,964	109.6	130.8	99.3	99.6	99.7
	October	7,932	5,586	2,347	102.7	139.0	101.9	99.0	102.9
	November	7,864	5,584	2,280	99.1	138.2	104.7	99.5	105.2
	December	8,224	5,671	2,553	108.1	140.0	100.4	99.8	100.6

2015	January	8,290	5,368	2,922	107.1	133.2	102.1	99.3	102.9
	February	8,348	5,136	3,212	107.7	131.0	102.3	96.6	105.8
	March	9,405	6,360	3,045	117.7	156.4	105.5	100.2	105.2
	April	9,614	5,637	3,977	115.9	133.3	109.5	104.2	105.0
	May	9,180	5,535	3,645	110.3	129.2	109.8	105.6	104.0
	June	9,911	5,811	4,099	120.4	147.0	108.6	97.4	111.5
	July	9,413	5,765	3,648	116.0	139.9	107.1	101.5	105.5
	August	8,626	5,209	3,416	112.9	124.0	100.8	103.6	97.4
	September	9,438	5,763	3,675	117.2	145.5	106.3	97.6	108.9
	October	10,754	6,336	4,418	128.7	171.0	110.1	93.7	117.4
	November	10,179	6,196	3,983	129.2	164.1	104.0	95.5	108.9
	December	9,251	6,994	2,256	115.4	183.7	105.8	93.8	112.8

2016⁴	January	8,761	5,031	3,730	125.0	138.3	92.5	89.7	103.2
	February	8,426	5,352	3,074	108.4	139.6	102.5	94.5	108.5
	March	10,083	6,806	3,276	136.4	180.0	97.6	93.2	104.7
	April	9,892	5,402	4,489	129.7	138.3	100.7	96.3	104.6
	May	9,210	6,096	3,114	126.9	153.5	95.7	97.9	97.8
	June	10,689	6,098	4,591	142.3	155.5	99.2	96.6	102.6
	July	9,087	5,316	3,771	121.4	133.6	98.8	98.1	100.8
	August	10,102	5,474	4,628	134.1	125.6	99.4	107.4	92.5
	September	10,034	5,916	4,119	129.5	150.9	102.2	96.6	105.8
¹Trade statistics revised since 2000, see background notes.
²Monthly data have been rescaled to make their average equal to the annual.
Indices have been rebased to the year 2010. See background notes.
³Export unit value index divided by Import unit value index.
⁴ Revised. September 2016 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.

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Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted¹series
Period		Value			Volume index
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Base year 2010=100
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Base year 2010=100
		€m	€m	€m	Exports	Imports

2013	Quarter 1	21,731	13,474	8,257	93.8	121.8
	Quarter 2	22,023	13,966	8,057	102.1	122.5
	Quarter 3	22,935	14,093	8,841	105.9	123.8
	Quarter 4	22,660	14,319	8,342	104.5	127.0
2014	Quarter 1	21,807	14,448	7,359	102.0	124.2
	Quarter 2	23,183	14,834	8,349	105.1	128.0
	Quarter 3	23,369	16,264	7,105	104.0	134.1
	Quarter 4	24,624	16,804	7,820	105.5	138.8
2015	Quarter 1	26,286	16,062	10,224	112.8	132.4
	Quarter 2	28,460	17,271	11,189	113.8	136.4
	Quarter 3	27,211	17,612	9,599	114.5	145.2
	Quarter 4	30,823	19,205	11,618	126.7	172.4
2016	Quarter 1	27,332	16,274	11,058	123.5	144.4
	Quarter 2	29,251	17,752	11,500	130.4	150.7
	Quarter 3	29,090	17,573	11,516	127.5	144.6

2013	January	6,977	4,457	2,520	93.6	124.6
	February	7,170	4,597	2,574	93.3	122.4
	March	7,584	4,420	3,164	94.6	118.3
	April	7,531	4,603	2,928	98.8	121.5
	May	7,246	4,589	2,657	101.2	121.4
	June	7,246	4,775	2,472	106.2	124.7
	July	7,568	4,666	2,902	110.5	122.2
	August	7,876	4,932	2,944	105.0	128.9
	September	7,490	4,495	2,995	102.3	120.2
	October	7,501	4,765	2,736	105.7	125.9
	November	7,233	4,908	2,325	99.4	130.7
	December	7,927	4,646	3,281	108.5	124.5
2014	January	7,273	4,713	2,560	102.9	121.7
	February	7,415	4,612	2,803	104.2	117.9
	March	7,119	5,123	1,996	99.0	133.0
	April	7,080	4,572	2,508	100.6	123.0
	May	8,171	5,264	2,907	109.9	134.6
	June	7,932	4,998	2,934	104.8	126.4
	July	6,951	5,591	1,360	92.7	140.2
	August	8,388	5,384	3,004	113.3	131.3
	September	8,030	5,289	2,741	105.9	130.7
	October	7,873	5,509	2,364	100.2	135.3
	November	7,408	5,799	1,609	94.1	144.6
	December	9,343	5,496	3,848	122.2	136.4

2015	January	8,641	5,007	3,633	111.0	128.0
	February	8,966	5,316	3,650	116.1	132.0
	March	8,679	5,739	2,941	111.4	137.2
	April	9,740	5,678	4,061	118.6	130.5
	May	9,376	5,887	3,489	108.7	135.2
	June	9,345	5,706	3,639	114.2	143.4
	July	9,076	6,102	2,974	114.5	149.2
	August	9,150	5,725	3,425	118.7	139.0
	September	8,986	5,786	3,200	110.4	147.4
	October	10,820	6,250	4,570	128.7	171.9
	November	9,521	6,108	3,413	121.3	164.2
	December	10,482	6,846	3,635	130.0	181.2

2016	January	9,309	4,980	4,330	131.3	140.9
	February	8,798	5,398	3,400	112.3	138.9
	March	9,225	5,897	3,328	126.8	153.5
	April	9,716	5,526	4,191	129.2	142.2
	May	9,463	6,190	3,273	128.2	156.3
	June	10,072	6,036	4,037	133.7	153.7
	July	8,886	5,740	3,146	119.2	145.3
	August	10,328	5,726	4,601	135.4	133.4
	September	9,876	6,107	3,770	128.0	155.0
¹Based on seasonal patterns up to December 2015. Accordingly all values in this table may have been revised.

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Table 3 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity¹
										€million
SITC (Rev 4)			Exports				Imports
			Exports				Imports
			Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep
			2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016
0	Food and live animals		849	939	7,163	7,323	562	532	4,770	4,833
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	26	68	203	200	6	12	103	109
	01	Meat and meat preparations	294	334	2,572	2,621	86	79	712	696
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	161	177	1,330	1,273	53	40	534	453
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	46	39	416	399	22	21	194	196
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	36	32	296	274	88	84	730	757
	05	Vegetables and fruit	25	24	217	212	97	95	862	914
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	27	24	108	175	37	31	277	285
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	39	33	273	283	54	54	383	399
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	24	24	219	201	71	66	556	555
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	170	184	1,531	1,686	47	49	420	469
1	Beverages and tobacco		137	140	928	958	90	95	636	677
	11	Beverages	134	138	893	923	81	90	569	604
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	4	2	35	34	10	5	66	73
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		145	129	1,385	1,128	68	65	642	620
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	12	11	117	93	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	1	1	11	11	3	3	26	23
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	1	1	1	1	11	8
	24	Cork and wood	14	13	119	119	15	14	112	113
	25	Pulp and waste paper	6	6	45	55	5	4	47	42
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	16	12	109	100	2	1	14	11
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	12	10	104	98	11	10	99	102
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	73	68	786	558	18	19	186	165
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	11	8	95	93	14	14	147	156
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		45	62	605	515	380	345	4,038	2,690
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	6	6	79	80	16	19	142	108
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	38	54	499	400	273	271	2,957	2,044
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	0	1	5	10	89	55	881	526
	35	Electric current	1	2	23	25	2	0	58	13
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		5	7	39	58	19	21	183	183
	41	Animal oils and fats	4	6	33	51	1	1	11	14
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	1	1	4	5	15	17	152	149
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	0	1	2	3	2	20	20
5	Chemicals and related products		4,796	5,504	47,120	49,230	1,174	1,296	10,183	11,077
	51	Organic chemicals	1,485	1,881	15,203	17,759	325	484	2,666	3,295
	52	Inorganic chemicals	11	27	129	132	33	17	199	202
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	10	27	103	180	19	18	169	170
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	2,325	2,599	22,329	21,926	484	466	4,201	4,461
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	617	636	6,142	6,062	126	116	956	1,009
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	0	0	5	4	7	12	352	266
	57	Plastics in primary forms	38	34	310	276	71	65	643	608
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	47	43	383	365	48	47	423	434
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	263	256	2,518	2,526	60	72	575	632
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		193	188	1,581	1,620	410	429	3,537	3,562
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	5	6	27	29	2	2	18	17
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	6	6	57	63	28	25	243	234
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	22	24	182	193	23	23	184	195
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	15	14	108	127	82	76	681	645
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	16	14	133	127	40	38	333	349
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	38	39	309	341	49	47	372	383
	67	Iron and steel	16	13	162	120	59	58	480	487
	68	Non-ferrous metals	6	6	54	59	36	53	447	416
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	70	65	548	561	92	105	779	837
7	Machinery and transport equipment		1,869	1,681	11,927	13,887	2,151	2,297	19,553	20,446
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	43	31	334	334	57	83	439	537
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	44	65	473	532	155	88	1,808	945
	73	Metalworking machinery	2	2	22	18	7	8	83	83
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	157	156	1,292	1,265	159	140	1,191	1,184
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	411	344	2,994	2,760	335	270	2,729	2,450
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	78	80	674	659	136	119	1,082	1,107
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	255	582	2,032	5,044	221	217	1,803	1,849
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	30	21	236	239	194	187	2,308	2,825
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	849	399	3,869	3,035	886	1,184	8,110	9,466
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,281	1,305	10,573	10,911	751	697	5,867	5,983
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	16	12	116	120	23	20	168	170
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	17	15	129	144	39	38	324	327
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	2	2	17	22	13	10	102	102
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	30	25	216	238	191	171	1,334	1,372
	85	Footwear	4	4	31	36	39	35	302	291
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	503	537	4,506	4,511	150	142	1,344	1,283
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	95	111	830	913	34	32	270	305
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	613	599	4,728	4,927	263	251	2,022	2,135
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		52	15	423	170	31	32	238	269
Unclassified estimates²			66	65	479	484	126	107	938	1150

Total			9,438	10,034	82,224	86,284	5,763	5,916	50,585	51,491
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. September 2016 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
² Estimates for which a commodity classification is not available.

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Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by country¹
								€million
Country	Exports				Imports
	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep
	2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016
Austria	34	25	326	268	30	19	200	189
Belgium	1,261	1,181	10,732	11,044	105	116	948	1,028
Bulgaria	6	6	74	62	3	2	55	30
Croatia	2	2	27	30	0	1	4	25
Cyprus	6	2	26	25	0	0	3	2
Czech Republic	30	31	317	275	47	36	360	339
Denmark	55	56	459	450	37	50	336	360
Estonia	2	3	21	35	4	2	37	11
Finland	19	16	232	184	15	10	109	118
France	397	408	3,664	3,682	557	1,079	5,707	6,442
Germany	649	686	5,629	5,906	454	440	4,105	5,101
Great Britain	1,503	1,145	10,166	9,634	1,458	1,305	12,267	11,301
Greece	27	23	229	206	4	4	35	36
Hungary	31	22	247	223	8	9	87	119
Italy	233	210	2,008	1,807	123	112	908	997
Latvia	5	8	40	45	3	3	25	28
Lithuania	3	3	26	27	6	5	66	50
Luxembourg	6	5	50	49	3	2	34	23
Malta	3	2	22	34	1	1	9	9
Netherlands	381	636	3,692	4,361	228	211	2,010	1,941
Northern Ireland	166	146	1,309	1,214	92	81	812	762
Poland	114	105	909	1,093	46	39	385	410
Portugal	29	44	335	315	17	29	150	186
Romania	39	27	277	219	8	9	75	81
Slovakia	6	6	54	62	4	7	53	45
Slovenia	4	6	30	60	2	2	17	30
Spain	269	296	3,003	2,272	59	78	668	800
Sweden	85	66	700	566	38	29	361	324
EU country not specified²	5	14	25	244	19	19	382	253
Total EU	5,370	5,180	44,629	44,392	3,371	3,703	30,208	31,041
of which Euro-Zone³	3,331	3,559	30,093	30,381	1,610	2,122	15,018	17,037

Australia	110	222	772	1,210	10	7	77	81
Brazil	16	20	179	175	64	14	427	113
Canada	65	71	664	704	65	37	371	415
China⁴	215	279	1,670	2,282	425	351	3,183	2,998
India	63	25	427	214	44	47	363	424
Japan	153	164	2,385	1,940	109	76	1,361	938
Malaysia	18	20	181	155	23	20	208	226
Mexico	155	118	1,060	1,021	28	29	272	260
Norway	34	26	227	181	97	104	894	776
Russia	26	29	274	262	5	12	128	125
Saudi Arabia	68	39	744	636	0	1	24	8
Singapore	56	54	464	435	34	50	325	345
South Africa	31	22	211	163	8	8	70	75
South Korea	32	63	406	775	50	88	424	627
Switzerland	313	581	4,224	4,411	62	187	842	1,183
Taiwan	14	18	121	164	27	23	238	280
Thailand	18	13	178	154	45	40	441	329
Turkey	57	45	461	387	33	36	356	369
USA	2,213	2,639	19,257	22,236	998	824	8,041	8,418
Other countries	409	375	3,671	4,054	194	203	1,801	1,633
Country unknown⁵	0	30	19	334	71	57	533	827

Total	9,438	10,034	82,224	86,284	5,763	5,916	50,585	51,491
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. September 2016 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
²Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
³Euro-zone members from January 2015: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
⁴China includes Hong Kong and Macao.
⁵Trade for which the country of origin or country of final destination is unknown.

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									€million
		Exports				Imports
	Country by Section level of SITC	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep
		2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016
Great Britain		1,503	1,145	10,166	9,634	1,458	1,305	12,267	11,301
0	Food and live animals	319	367	2,760	2,662	240	229	1,958	1,965
1	Beverages and tobacco	22	21	183	161	31	38	219	239
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	29	31	302	280	14	11	127	114
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	38	40	296	337	221	174	2,463	1,464
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	8	9	4	3	34	32
5	Chemicals and related products	384	319	2,942	2,786	207	203	1,738	1,766
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	82	82	686	709	167	154	1,335	1,292
7	Machinery and transport equipment	485	159	1,920	1,604	267	247	2,085	2,176
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	108	95	818	841	229	185	1,716	1,577
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	35	29	249	244	79	61	590	675
Other EU²		3,867	4,035	34,463	34,757	1,913	2,399	17,941	19,740
0	Food and live animals	319	345	2,685	2,669	234	207	2,062	2,053
1	Beverages and tobacco	36	41	263	303	44	38	296	304
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	81	66	766	589	23	22	210	210
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	7	7	80	90	14	19	262	221
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	5	29	45	13	13	113	117
5	Chemicals and related products	2,262	2,313	21,102	21,020	419	386	3,736	3,787
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	74	71	635	616	139	164	1,306	1,318
7	Machinery and transport equipment	552	645	4,409	4,652	817	1,339	8,315	9,825
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	492	497	4,201	4,452	149	150	1,177	1,320
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	41	45	294	320	62	61	465	586
USA		2,213	2,639	19,257	22,236	998	824	8,041	8,418
0	Food and live animals	35	37	174	280	23	18	140	174
1	Beverages and tobacco	56	59	337	367	2	2	14	14
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	4	3	30	29	4	4	33	36
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	14	224	84	26	30	108	170
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	-	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	Chemicals and related products	1,172	1,570	12,191	14,102	305	313	2,246	2,503
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	14	20	96	159	30	34	286	290
7	Machinery and transport equipment	495	449	2,564	3,523	510	324	4,331	4,242
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	436	483	3,601	3,664	94	92	843	927
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	3	39	28	5	7	39	62
China³		215	279	1,670	2,282	425	351	3,183	2,998
0	Food and live animals	57	64	463	627	2	3	29	23
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	10	7	84	68	3	4	26	29
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	89	50	533	625	20	31	190	253
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	3	2	27	19	40	38	314	313
7	Machinery and transport equipment	27	120	271	619	202	147	1,642	1,407
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	29	35	287	317	153	124	944	931
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	5	4	37	42
Rest of World		1,639	1,936	16,668	17,374	968	1,037	9,153	9,034
0	Food and live animals	117	125	1,080	1,084	63	76	581	618
1	Beverages and tobacco	23	18	141	122	14	16	107	120
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	22	22	204	162	25	25	246	231
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	4	4	119	123	1,204	835
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	1	2	3	4	35	33
5	Chemicals and related products	888	1,253	10,352	10,698	224	363	2,273	2,769
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	20	12	137	117	34	38	296	350
7	Machinery and transport equipment	310	307	2,763	3,487	355	240	3,180	2,796
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	216	195	1,667	1,638	125	146	1,186	1,229
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	41	2	320	61	6	6	45	54

Total		9,438	10,034	82,224	86,284	5,763	5,916	50,585	51,491
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. September 2016 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
²Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
³ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.

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Introduction

Goods Exports and Imports statistics provide data on the movement of goods between countries. The statistics are a combination of Customs-based non-EU trade statistics and data from the Intrastat Survey of Irish traders involved in trade with other EU member states. The collection of trade data is the responsibility of VIMA (a branch of Revenue). The CSO is responsible for processing and disseminating the data.

Revisions to the Trade in Goods statistics

Since May 2015, significant revisions were incorporated into International Trade in Goods statistics. While the most significant revision is due to recording trade in aircraft on a "transfer of economic ownership" basis, other revisions were incorporated into the Trade data back to 2000.

Along with the aircraft revisions Goods Exports revisions also include upward revisions due to revaluing some products that had previously been recorded on a “transfer of economic ownership” basis, which was not in line with goods statistics methodology. Also Goods Imports revisions include downward revisions due to a change in the estimation methodology for non-response.

The technical note (http://www.cso.ie/en/surveysandmethodology/externaltrade/) gives more detail on the revised trade in aircraft methodology and explains the impact the revisions will have on Trade in Goods, National Accounts and Balance of Payments.

Standard Revisions

Trade figures are subject to revision on the incorporation of late Intrastat and VAT returns and corrections made by traders. When the preliminary results for a month are published, the results for months -1 (August 2016 in this publication), -4 (May 2016) and -8 (January 2016) are revised. Following the move to a "transfer of economic ownership" basis for recording exports and imports of aircraft, SITC 79 figures are subject to revision on the incorporation of transactions from quarterly Balance of Payments (BoP) surveys. Such revisions will generally be incorporated into Goods Exports and Imports releases that coincide with quarterly BoP publications, i.e. when initial results are published for January, April, July and October.

Intrastat System

The Intrastat system has two components. Firstly, the Intrastat survey (conducted by the Revenue Commissioners), in which traders, above the Intrastat survey trade thresholds, make detailed monthly returns giving information on the quantity and value of all exports to or imports from EU countries.

The total number of traders required to make a detailed import return is around 3,500 while around 2,100 must make a detailed export return. The response rate in terms of number of traders in September 2016 was 64%, covering an estimated 91% of the total value of intra-EU trade (these response rates will have increased by the next time data for September is published).

The second component of the Intrastat system is the regular VAT return, on which all traders are required to record the total value of goods imported from and exported to other EU countries. This information provides the basis for determining total EU trade for those traders below the Intrastat survey thresholds. It is also used to maintain the register of EU traders.

Extrastat System

The statistics of trade with non-EU countries are compiled from the documents supplied by importers and exporters to the Customs authorities. The document is the Single Administrative Document (SAD) used for Customs clearance purposes.

Estimation

The figures in this release include estimates for traders above the Intrastat thresholds who did not make detailed returns for the period and for traders below the thresholds who did not provide aggregate intra-EU trade figures on their VAT returns.

Estimates for Intrastat non-respondents are apportioned to individual commodities and countries whenever previous Intrastat returns are available. Estimates for traders below the Intrastat thresholds are assigned to partner country where possible, but not to commodity.

More information is now being processed on lower value transactions. Prior to January 2012, transactions below €254 were grouped together, this value has now decreased to €127. Therefore, this has resulted in more detail being available at commodity level in Table 3 and at country level in Tables 4 and 5.

Unit Value Indices

The monthly unit value index measures monthly unit value trends relative to the annual levels in the preceding year using value weights relating to that year’s trade (Laspeyres index).

The annual index is compiled using value weights for both the current and previous year (Fisher index) to allow for change in the structure of trade in goods.

The monthly index series should be regarded as interim measures suitable for month-to-month comparisons within a given year. Previous monthly indices are revised when late returns are received.

When the annual unit value index is compiled, the monthly unit value indices are rescaled to make their average equal to the annual index.

The unit value index series has been rebased to 2010 from 1990. In the course of this rebasing, a detailed examination of the series was undertaken. This exercise has produced a number of modifications enabling production of a more robust series.

Seasonally Adjusted Series

Monthly exports, imports, trade surplus and the volume series for exports and imports have been seasonally adjusted using the US Bureau of the Census X-11 Variant of the Census Method 11 Seasonal Adjustment Program. In the main, monthly projections are based on series recalculated at the end of the previous year.

Methodology

There are methodological differences between the measurement of exports and imports in this release compared with Industrial Production, National Accounts and Balance of Payments statistics. This release records the movement of all goods over the frontier at the valuation placed on the goods at the time of crossing the frontier. Industrial Production, National Accounts and Balance of Payments statistics take account of additional aspects of cross-frontier activities such as goods sent abroad for processing where goods cross the frontier without change of ownership. The CSO releases for those statistics provide more information on their methodology.

Services Exports and Imports

The quarterly Balance of Payments (BoP) statistics provide detail on Services exports and imports.

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