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Goods Exports and Imports April 2023

Exports of goods were €15.1 billion in April 2023

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CSO statistical publication, 21 June 2023, 11am

This release includes changes to the methodology used to breakdown unallocated or unknown products in trade in goods statistics. This new methodology has been applied to data from January 2021 onwards. In addition, changes have been made to the method for allocating partner country for estimated data. Please see the Information Note.

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €15.1 billion in April 2023, a decrease of €2.1 billion compared with April last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €11.4 billion, which was €80 million more than imports in April 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €16.3 billion in April 2023, a decline of over €300 million compared with March 2023.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €12.1 billion in April 2023.
Imports from Great Britain were €1.9 billion in April 2023, while exports to Great Britain were €1.2 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (21 June 2023) released Goods Exports and Imports April 2023.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In April 2023, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods decreased by €2.1 billion to €15.1 billion compared with April 2022. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods fell by over €300 million compared with March 2023.

The unadjusted imports for April 2023 were valued at €11.4 billion, an increase of €80 million on April 2022. Seasonally adjusted imports were €12.1 billion in April 2023.

Comparing the first four months of 2023 with the same period in 2022, exports of goods were down 5%, and the value of imports increased by 11%. Exports for the first four months of 2023 were almost €66 billion.

Imports from Great Britain fell by 9% to €1.9 billion in April 2023 compared with April 2022, and the largest decrease was in the imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials which fell by 43%.

Exports to Great Britain fell by 22% to €1.2 billion in April 2023 from April 2022.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
March 2023	16,594	11,060	5,534
April 2023	16,289	12,109	4,180
Value change	-305	1,049	-1,354
% change	-1.9	9.5	-24.5

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports decreased by €300 million in April 2023

Seasonally adjusted goods exports fell by €305 million (-2%) to €16,289 million in April 2023 compared with March 2023, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports grew by €1,049 million (+9%) to €12,109 million leading to a decrease of €1,355 million (-24%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €4,180 million in April 2023 compared with March 2023 (See Table 2). Seasonal adjustment compares month-to-month data by removing fluctuations that may occur due to seasonal patterns in trade.

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value¹			Volume index²		Unit value index²		Terms of trade³
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade³
2018		140,645	91,991	48,654	156.2	189.2	99.1	99.5	99.6
2019		152,534	91,019	61,515	168.5	192.7	99.5	96.6	103.0
2020		162,131	87,065	75,066	188.6	194.4	94.4	91.7	103.0
2021		165,715	103,789	61,927	191.3	214.5	95.0	98.6	96.4
2022		208,435	141,157	67,278	233.9	275.2	98.0	105.4	93.0

2021	January	13,329	6,441	6,888	198.6	171.2	88.6	92.7	95.5
	February	12,315	6,647	5,669	171.5	173.7	94.8	94.3	100.5
	March	14,708	9,219	5,489	216.1	226.8	89.8	100.2	89.6
	April	12,289	8,249	4,040	176.8	206.3	91.7	98.5	93.1
	May	13,548	8,759	4,789	193.2	229.2	92.5	94.2	98.3
	June	14,749	9,889	4,860	214.7	243.4	90.7	100.1	90.6
	July	13,203	7,796	5,406	178.3	197.1	97.7	97.5	100.3
	August	13,167	7,803	5,364	177.6	196.6	97.9	98.0	99.8
	September	14,772	8,466	6,306	198.2	204.0	98.4	102.3	96.2
	October	14,958	8,994	5,964	191.8	220.6	102.9	100.5	102.5
	November	15,624	10,403	5,221	208.2	241.5	98.0	102.7	95.4
	December	13,054	11,123	1,931	175.6	261.9	97.2	101.6	95.6

2022⁴	January	16,066	9,357	6,709	219.6	233.0	96.6	98.9	97.6
	February	15,868	9,068	6,799	214.5	233.9	97.6	95.5	102.2
	March	20,267	12,008	8,259	284.1	284.2	94.2	104.1	90.4
	April	17,208	11,284	5,924	235.0	265.7	96.6	104.6	92.3
	May	17,914	13,271	4,643	241.0	309.2	98.1	105.8	92.7
	June	17,745	12,830	4,914	241.5	302.7	97.0	104.4	92.9
	July	14,907	10,702	4,205	201.6	245.2	97.6	107.6	90.7
	August	19,387	12,474	6,913	255.6	281.7	100.1	109.1	91.8
	September	19,399	13,061	6,338	257.8	290.4	99.3	110.8	89.6
	October	17,566	12,508	5,058	227.6	293.6	101.9	105.0	97.0
	November	16,889	12,040	4,849	218.1	270.9	102.2	109.5	93.3
	December	15,221	12,555	2,666	195.5	284.2	102.8	108.9	94.4

2023⁴	January	15,356	11,572	3,784	211.8	308.8	95.7	92.3	103.6
	February	16,652	11,115	5,537	230.0	296.3	95.5	92.4	103.4
	March	18,714	12,255	6,459	261.6	331.6	94.4	91.1	103.7
	April	15,093	11,364	3,729	211.3	307.9	94.3	90.9	103.6
¹Tradestatistics revised since 2000, see background notes.
² Monthly data have been rescaled to make their average equal to the annual.
³ Export unit value index divided by import unit value index.
⁴ Revised. April 2023 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.

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Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted series

Table B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region									€million
Unadjusted		April 2022 - 2023				January - April 2022 - 2023
Unadjusted		2022	2023	Value change	% change	2022	2023	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	17,208	15,093	-2,115	-12	69,408	65,815	-3,593	-5
	Great Britain	1,569	1,221	-348	-22	5,407	5,583	175	3
	Northern Ireland	368	380	12	3	1,504	1,542	37	2
	EU27	6,420	6,431	11	0	26,027	27,986	1,959	8
	USA	5,490	4,176	-1,314	-24	22,961	17,753	-5,208	-23
	Rest of World	3,361	2,885	-476	-14	13,508	12,952	-557	-4

Imports
	Total	11,284	11,364	80	1	41,716	46,306	4,589	11
	Great Britain	2,050	1,873	-177	-9	7,272	8,165	893	12
	Northern Ireland	375	409	33	9	1,620	1,686	66	4
	EU27	3,508	3,951	443	13	12,085	16,480	4,396	36
	USA	1,875	1,443	-432	-23	6,956	6,734	-223	-3
	Rest of World	3,476	3,688	212	6	13,783	13,240	-543	-4

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports fell by €2,115 million (-12%) to €15,093 million in April 2023 compared with April 2022. The value of goods exports for the period January to April 2023 was down by €3,593 million (-5%) to €65,815 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €80 million (+1%) to €11,364 million in April 2023 compared with April 2022. The value of goods imports for the first four months of 2023 increased by €4,589 million (+11%) to €46,306 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,221 million, which was 8% of total exports in April 2023. The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €363 million and Food & Live Animals with €329 million.

Imports from Great Britain in April 2023 were €1,873 million, which was 16% of the total value of imports. Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials were valued at €473 million, and imports of Chemicals & Related Products accounted for €523 million (See Table 5).

The EU accounted for €6,431 million (43%) of total goods exports in April 2023, of which €2,123 million went to Belgium, €1,388 million went to the Netherlands and €1,020 million went to Germany.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €4,176 million (28%) of total exports in April 2023 (See Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Oct 2021	5.12918788059398	2.656838563	1.40791061856762	5.764283375
Nov 2021	5.7871243995022	2.763566978	2.06671239289944	5.006429187
Dec 2021	4.68426743723148	2.939133036	1.48336452062375	3.94675177
Jan 2022	6.27284031153645	2.796754711	1.7511570091017	5.244730516
Feb 2022	6.30266338054554	3.34921348	1.39027186944102	4.825347098
Mar 2022	7.03146794756404	4.00169138399999	1.83317511357736	7.400502251
Apr 2022	6.42002674605994	3.360673459	1.93709378628622	5.490089082
May 2022	6.2983702194085	4.39532270599999	1.83022262751538	5.390377409
Jun 2022	6.38037226352153	3.868853871	2.40887348009257	5.086599753
Jul 2022	6.25253964865399	3.33823685399999	1.57029484440219	3.745679746
Aug 2022	8.55059634679393	3.623791805	1.92626849533277	5.286338789
Sep 2022	7.57923122975094	4.085435417	1.83008435225405	5.904198153
Oct 2022	6.58696172223078	3.591441143	2.08060789733065	5.306523683
Nov 2022	6.651310476208	3.18847492199999	2.0169296817741	5.032571309
Dec 2022	5.92790123025422	3.213190133	1.57570102220137	4.503840011
Jan 2023	6.94840762147448	2.90015880999999	1.68784981353446	3.819107661
Feb 2023	7.46303521382432	3.399105802	1.65177160787829	4.138414131
Mar 2023	7.14375972293542	3.767532353	2.18371666724915	5.6191071
Apr 2023	6.43115954499604	2.88484390900001	1.60090173357142	4.176029584

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Oct 2021	2.68628975764719	2.78322891440016	1.93410238521967	1.5903038632994
Nov 2021	3.50445688428574	3.33734020639254	1.97395856867565	1.59372048411895
Dec 2021	3.38359346140656	3.254661617833	2.18351002497407	2.30676084384214
Jan 2022	2.65591167660714	3.2611086241722	2.13094575006286	1.31652224622383
Feb 2022	2.83272443009999	2.90574911702911	1.92517164588207	1.43438147581768
Mar 2022	3.18108974164591	4.14074180141705	2.37901821288175	2.33093602471201
Apr 2022	3.54191102415513	3.47566700004536	2.41570873038642	1.87450129891659
May 2022	3.65727972300909	5.04974529734677	2.38957783844122	2.18781775376064
Jun 2022	3.71708248762264	4.64475699263231	2.59122572440475	1.87929043009657
Jul 2022	3.14218434843735	3.97767827704352	2.28031383130403	1.30211393590302
Aug 2022	3.23407630733302	4.42266596614623	2.70794026711361	2.10920545319726
Sep 2022	4.52427944321212	3.65020618616388	2.43699274833549	2.44974277170222
Oct 2022	4.08301124213787	3.43283333036278	3.16068356674586	1.79931983564256
Nov 2022	3.95768941800216	3.82477677873277	2.48327375726989	1.77451951799208
Dec 2022	4.45871550114048	3.90206660680212	2.34238094894418	1.85151532102646
Jan 2023	4.45871550114048	3.90206660680212	2.34238094894418	1.85151532102646
Feb 2023	2.96448285140116	3.72127398856188	2.75431154855362	1.6296088414914
Mar 2023	4.00338732010388	2.97960580537226	2.5428814682688	1.6197783288128
Apr 2023	5.56223055699882	2.12407289420579	1.92187789369758	1.57807367384271

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products decreased by €1,578 million (-23%) to €5,314 million in April 2023 compared with April 2022. This represented 35% of total exports.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €416 million (-36%) to €753 million.

Exports of Professional, Scientific & Controlling Apparatus grew by €97 million (+14%) to €773 million.

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €156 million (-5%) to €2,937 million in April 2023 compared with April 2022 (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Other Transport Equipment (including Aircraft) were up by €398 million (+35%) to €1,522 million in April 2023 compared with April 2022.

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials decreased by €424 million (-33%) to €873 million.

Imports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €132 million (-16%) to €693 million.

Imports of Organic Chemicals were up by €309 million (+25%) to €1,540 million.

The value of goods imports for April 2023 excluding SITC 79 (Other Transport Equipment, Including Aircraft) fell by €318 million (-3%) to €9,842 million, compared with the corresponding April 2022 figure of €10,160 million (See Table 3).

Table 3 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity

Table 3 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity¹										€million
SITC (Rev 4)			Exports				Imports
			Exports				Imports
			Apr	Apr	Jan-Apr	Jan-Apr	Apr	Apr	Jan-Apr	Jan-Apr
			2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
0	Food and live animals		1,141	1,157	4,091	4,577	721	757	2,863	3,220
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	47	77	150	189	19	24	57	75
	01	Meat and meat preparations	391	359	1,480	1,513	87	92	337	368
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	271	315	874	1,139	90	86	351	382
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	64	45	215	173	26	24	97	96
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	52	65	213	269	135	122	490	511
	05	Vegetables and fruit	31	26	119	147	124	131	461	512
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	12	13	43	52	37	41	134	172
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	39	39	150	187	51	49	217	246
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	47	49	177	214	93	110	486	528
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	189	169	669	694	59	79	233	331
1	Beverages and tobacco		142	129	624	581	86	95	320	363
	11	Beverages	142	129	623	581	81	90	303	348
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	1	0	4	5	17	15
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		246	136	805	589	117	114	438	422
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	6	5	27	23	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	1	0	4	1	7	2	13	13
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	15	0	35	7	2	1	6	8
	24	Cork and wood	28	20	108	83	28	33	107	110
	25	Pulp and waste paper	7	5	31	20	4	4	16	18
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	11	9	45	39	3	2	8	6
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	13	11	47	40	17	19	76	77
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	153	74	457	319	24	22	81	61
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	11	12	52	57	32	30	131	130
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		196	57	540	356	1,297	873	3,943	4,290
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	14	7	43	36	59	5	125	118
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	177	45	425	285	649	549	2,002	1,886
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	1	0	2	2	556	288	1,696	2,145
	35	Electric current	4	5	70	31	32	32	120	141
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		10	13	46	57	44	44	171	179
	41	Animal oils and fats	7	10	35	43	3	3	13	12
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	2	9	11	37	38	141	153
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	1	2	3	4	4	16	14
5	Chemicals and related products		11,474	9,853	46,497	43,522	2,962	3,475	11,079	13,746
	51	Organic chemicals	3,093	2,937	12,489	12,453	1,231	1,540	4,930	5,993
	52	Inorganic chemicals	56	387	295	1,175	36	485	146	1,659
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	15	10	49	54	28	27	109	111
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	6,892	5,314	29,132	24,178	1,025	911	3,545	3,854
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	955	691	3,032	3,300	144	137	511	576
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	3	2	9	6	162	57	533	243
	57	Plastics in primary forms	30	28	135	130	122	102	468	418
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	91	87	345	370	100	102	388	394
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	340	398	1,012	1,856	115	114	449	497
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		252	274	1,083	1,092	762	676	3,049	2,916
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	2	1	7	3	3	1	11	7
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	29	15	127	75	49	45	190	184
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	39	33	167	156	37	39	162	163
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	18	17	76	74	107	103	413	439
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	14	15	57	63	68	57	260	221
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	50	83	208	253	96	85	370	342
	67	Iron and steel	23	18	83	76	122	108	483	421
	68	Non-ferrous metals	15	10	61	50	94	80	438	455
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	61	81	296	344	187	158	722	685
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,093	1,691	8,872	7,608	4,150	4,131	15,320	16,411
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	74	123	438	627	167	205	830	849
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	52	67	237	334	773	463	1,591	1,714
	73	Metalworking machinery	2	4	9	13	12	15	52	66
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	190	187	716	781	256	255	1,004	1,070
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	362	298	1,549	1,408	387	347	1,578	1,412
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	92	108	412	373	230	185	918	880
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,169	753	4,696	3,140	825	693	3,130	3,010
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	42	37	167	171	376	447	1,675	2,119
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	111	115	647	759	1,124	1,522	4,542	5,292
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,642	1,716	6,693	7,240	1,126	1,182	4,408	4,684
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	12	13	50	63	39	37	170	158
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	18	18	73	74	90	61	352	259
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	2	3	10	10	17	16	68	74
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	40	32	152	118	240	213	907	872
	85	Footwear	4	5	13	14	56	50	194	213
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	677	773	2,822	3,257	233	237	818	992
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	133	124	550	561	54	66	206	239
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	755	749	3,023	3,143	396	501	1,693	1,878
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		7	61	65	169	10	7	35	26
Unclassified estimates²			5	5	91	25	10	11	92	48

Total			17,208	15,093	69,408	65,815	11,284	11,364	41,716	46,306
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. April 2023 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 country

Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by country¹								€million
Country	Exports				Imports
	Apr	Apr	Jan-Apr	Jan-Apr	Apr	Apr	Jan-Apr	Jan-Apr
	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Austria	35	47	118	177	24	234	114	731
Belgium	1,328	2,123	5,346	6,439	392	208	950	832
Bulgaria	35	11	66	52	3	5	14	27
Croatia	6	6	17	30	3	2	13	8
Cyprus	8	6	27	27	1	1	4	3
Czech Republic	70	136	347	479	81	53	308	321
Denmark	45	45	163	207	51	60	251	257
Estonia	2	2	12	11	1	1	4	4
Finland	31	26	86	105	28	15	87	69
France	500	465	2,927	2,070	1,222	1,185	3,345	4,658
Germany	2,570	1,020	9,477	7,462	634	639	2,835	2,928
Greece	26	59	111	201	10	11	34	45
Hungary	41	49	127	196	32	49	126	227
Italy	230	441	1,211	2,280	162	194	748	831
Latvia	2	8	24	31	4	7	22	24
Lithuania	6	9	27	34	36	62	99	96
Luxembourg	6	7	27	32	5	5	20	21
Malta	4	5	14	19	1	1	6	5
Netherlands	941	1,388	3,662	5,056	398	381	1,391	1,610
Poland	86	113	518	481	106	89	394	380
Portugal	29	40	143	847	39	480	133	1,623
Romania	44	41	158	185	10	12	44	46
Slovakia	8	15	39	49	9	7	34	34
Slovenia	20	11	88	40	5	5	17	16
Spain	212	234	746	963	186	189	739	1,335
Sweden	88	77	303	333	49	41	254	269
EU Country not specified²	49	45	244	180	19	13	100	80
Total EU27³	6,420	6,431	26,027	27,986	3,508	3,951	12,085	16,480
Euro-Zone⁴	5,957	5,913	24,084	25,872	3,155	3,628	10,581	14,873

Great Britain	1,569	1,221	5,407	5,583	2,050	1,873	7,272	8,165
Northern Ireland	368	380	1,504	1,542	375	409	1,620	1,686
Total UK	1,937	1,601	6,912	7,124	2,425	2,282	8,892	9,852

Australia	191	62	411	292	6	5	30	30
Brazil	19	31	87	115	30	35	96	113
Canada	328	379	1,215	1,497	47	45	160	257
China⁵	996	706	4,244	3,046	913	886	3,794	3,036
India	39	45	156	171	91	74	354	280
Japan	305	341	1,125	1,194	472	282	1,107	916
Malaysia	22	142	84	465	47	43	176	225
Mexico	191	168	582	814	37	110	146	1,062
Norway	52	24	144	126	51	46	198	246
Russia	45	33	240	163	7	4	277	21
Saudi Arabia	99	68	293	303	5	33	12	55
Singapore	59	48	226	244	53	101	113	343
South Africa	44	31	133	142	20	24	74	109
South Korea	64	47	415	296	112	111	508	503
Switzerland	258	203	1,183	1,620	290	805	2,487	1,824
Taiwan	47	45	161	150	111	80	361	322
Thailand	24	14	83	113	58	70	183	275
Turkey	89	58	309	243	120	91	474	391
USA	5,490	4,176	22,961	17,753	1,875	1,443	6,956	6,734
Other countries	481	428	2,377	1,909	884	803	3,018	3,066
Country unknown⁶	8	13	38	48	122	38	218	167
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	8,851	7,061	36,469	30,704	5,350	5,130	20,740	19,974

Total	17,208	15,093	69,408	65,815	11,284	11,364	41,716	46,306
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. April 2023 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
² Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
³ From February 2020 the United Kingdom exited the EU, therefore the EU total is made up of the 27 remaining member states. For data comparability over time the EU are shown separately for both the current and prior periods.
⁴ Euro-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. On January 1st 2023, Croatia joined the Eurozone. The 2022 data for the Eurozone is made up of 19 Eurozone members, and for 2023 is made up of the 20 Eurozone members.
⁵ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.
⁶ Trade for which the country of origin or country of final destination is unknown.

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Table 5 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity and principal countries

Table 5 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity and principal countries¹									€million
		Exports				Imports
Country by Section level of SITC		Apr	Apr	Jan-Apr	Jan-Apr	Apr	Apr	Jan-Apr	Jan-Apr
		2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Great Britain		1,569	1,221	5,407	5,583	2,050	1,873	7,272	8,165
0	Food and live animals	320	329	1,160	1,285	178	177	667	710
1	Beverages and tobacco	18	22	68	90	20	21	71	74
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	54	29	182	134	12	11	43	42
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	104	11	321	119	832	473	2,385	2,726
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	5	5	7	6	22	22
5	Chemicals and related products	694	363	2,019	2,073	397	523	1,424	1,877
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	88	113	352	397	184	170	740	790
7	Machinery and transport equipment	178	232	806	929	254	322	1,234	1,263
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	113	118	490	541	166	170	681	658
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	5	4	9	1	1	6	4
Northern Ireland		368	380	1,504	1,542	375	409	1,620	1,686
0	Food and live animals	116	144	466	555	111	111	447	464
1	Beverages and tobacco	8	10	31	43	20	24	74	96
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	15	10	60	47	13	14	58	60
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	22	9	82	51	55	37	186	155
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	2	8	10	5	6	21	23
5	Chemicals and related products	66	89	291	342	55	106	335	374
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	51	43	206	185	58	50	236	255
7	Machinery and transport equipment	40	34	164	149	33	31	145	147
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	47	37	189	150	23	27	98	102
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	2	8	10	3	3	19	10
EU 27²		6,420	6,431	26,027	27,986	3,508	3,951	12,085	16,480
0	Food and live animals	392	402	1,354	1,554	269	318	1,061	1,329
1	Beverages and tobacco	31	41	145	171	30	33	119	130
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	111	64	339	224	41	38	173	162
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	45	37	84	166	96	97	301	359
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	6	8	28	38	24	23	90	100
5	Chemicals and related products	4,724	4,823	19,333	21,057	1,332	1,307	3,500	6,004
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	64	82	327	352	232	218	949	938
7	Machinery and transport equipment	535	417	2,232	2,036	1,276	1,601	4,788	6,255
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	504	548	2,085	2,351	198	304	1,015	1,153
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	9	8	100	37	11	11	89	51
USA		5,490	4,176	22,961	17,753	1,875	1,443	6,956	6,734
0	Food and live animals	48	63	163	270	38	38	135	154
1	Beverages and tobacco	57	37	275	184	2	3	7	10
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	3	2	11	11	12	8	32	33
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	141	55	541	347
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	4,398	3,146	18,548	13,515	402	483	1,664	1,918
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	23	14	104	65	45	57	162	208
7	Machinery and transport equipment	317	248	1,404	1,071	1,057	622	3,801	3,330
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	644	664	2,452	2,633	175	176	609	730
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	2	3	4	2	1	4	4
China³		996	706	4,244	3,046	913	886	3,794	3,036
0	Food and live animals	44	48	177	190	8	9	35	35
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	4	3	0	0	1	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5	4	21	21	4	4	20	15
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	0	-	0	0	4	0	64
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	136	128	621	512	238	114	1,011	415
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	3	14	15	98	66	382	267
7	Machinery and transport equipment	737	419	2,979	1,804	342	521	1,451	1,542
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	69	102	427	502	224	167	894	697
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rest of World		2,365	2,178	9,264	9,905	2,563	2,802	9,989	10,204
0	Food and live animals	222	170	770	723	119	104	516	528
1	Beverages and tobacco	28	19	101	89	14	14	48	53
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	60	25	192	151	35	38	113	112
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	24	1	53	19	173	207	529	640
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	6	4	9	9	38	33
5	Chemicals and related products	1,456	1,305	5,684	6,024	538	941	3,143	3,156
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	21	20	80	78	145	115	580	459
7	Machinery and transport equipment	286	341	1,287	1,619	1,187	1,035	3,900	3,873
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	266	247	1,050	1,063	340	336	1,112	1,345
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	50	41	134	3	1	9	4

Total		17,208	15,093	69,408	65,815	11,284	11,364	41,716	46,306
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. April 2023 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
² Includes 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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Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted¹series
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value			Volume index
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports
2021	January	13,862	6,798	7,065	193.2	189.8
	February	12,839	7,183	5,657	178.1	195.2
	March	13,008	8,309	4,699	186.6	205.6
	April	12,349	8,297	4,052	176.4	210.1
	May	13,706	8,931	4,775	192.2	220.8
	June	13,920	9,273	4,647	211.2	225.8
	July	13,413	8,354	5,059	184.2	212.2
	August	13,972	8,580	5,392	182.3	211.4
	September	14,225	8,479	5,746	190.2	211.8
	October	15,437	8,958	6,479	195.1	219.9
	November	14,768	9,827	4,941	205.4	234.5
	December	13,608	10,192	3,417	202.5	243.7

2022	January	16,679	9,897	6,782	223.8	252.5
	February	16,543	9,820	6,723	226.0	259.2
	March	18,567	10,836	7,730	243.1	263.3
	April	17,358	11,691	5,668	250.5	278.1
	May	18,039	13,172	4,867	238.3	290.4
	June	16,761	12,044	4,717	239.2	290.0
	July	15,669	11,808	3,861	220.6	274.6
	August	19,233	13,351	5,882	255.0	298.5
	September	18,678	13,093	5,585	251.6	303.0
	October	18,097	12,468	5,628	238.7	295.7
	November	15,995	11,380	4,615	220.4	273.1
	December	16,467	11,837	4,630	229.8	239.0

2023	January	15,867	11,901	3,967	212.0	316.2
	February	17,361	12,036	5,325	234.8	317.1
	March	16,594	11,060	5,534	220.5	316.1
	April	16,289	12,109	4,180	225.5	318.7
¹ Seasonally adjusted data has been revised from January 2010 onwards using X-13-ARIMA methodology, implemented in JDEMETRA+. Previously X-11 methodology was used.

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