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Goods Exports and Imports April 2025

Ireland's unadjusted exports of goods fell to €21.9 billion in April 2025

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CSO statistical release, 17 June 2025, 11am

Key Findings

In April 2025 exports of goods increased by €2.5 billion (+12.7%) to €21.9 billion, compared with April 2024. The unadjusted value of goods exports fell by 43% (€16.24 billion) in April 2025 compared with March 2025 to €38.1 billion.
The unadjusted value of goods imports declined by 18% (€2.4 billion) to €10.8 billion in April 2025 compared with March 2025 (€13.1 billion). Imports of goods decreased by €18.7 million (-0.2%) to €10.75 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€10.77 billion).
Exports of goods to the US fell by €16 billion (-62%) to €9.7 billion in April 2025 compared with March 2025 (€25.7 billion). However, exports of goods to the US rose by €3.2 billion (48.6%) to €9.7 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€6.6 billion).
Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products were down by €12.8 billion (-54%) in April 2025 compared with March 2025. Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products went up by €2.1 billion (+23.6%) to €10.9 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€8.8 billion).
In the first four months of the year, exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products represented 60.2% (€66.9 billion) of total exports.
In April 2025, seasonally adjusted goods exports and imports decreased, leading to a decrease of €12.7 billion (-53.7%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €10.9 billion compared with March 2025 (€23.6 billion).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (17 June 2025) published Goods Exports and Imports April 2025.

Commenting on the release Jane Burmanje, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “The value of exports of goods declined in April 2025 compared with March 2025 but remained above April 2024 figures. In April 2025, exports of goods fell by 43% (€16.24 billion) to €21.9 billion compared with March 2025 (€38.1 billion). Exports of goods increased by €2.5 billion (+12.7%) to €21.9 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€19.4 billion).

The fall in the value of exports of goods in April compared with March 2025 is primarily driven by a decline in exports to the US. Exports of goods to the US fell by €16 billion (-62%) to €9.7 billion in April 2025 compared with March 2025 (€25.7 billion).

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products fell by €12.8 billion (-54%) in April 2025 compared with March 2025. However, exports of these products increased when compared with April 2024. Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products went up €2.1 billion (+23.6%) to €10.9 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€8.8 billion). In the first four months of the year, exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products represented 60.2% (€66.9 billion) of total exports. This was a 117% (€36.1 billion) increase on figures from 2024 (€30.8 billion).”

Editor's Note

The most recent month’s data on External Trade in Goods figures are provisional and subject to revision. Revisions to the monthly series back data shall take place, if and as required, on foot of late survey returns, VAT returns and corrections made by traders. The data for the same month a year ago may be considered final – revisions would be applied only in exceptional circumstances. Revisions are applied also to the volume indices and to the seasonally adjusted data.

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
March 2025	35,975	12,403	23,572
April 2025	21,839	10,921	10,918
Value change	-14,137	-1,482	-12,654
% change	-39	-12	-54

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Seasonally Adjusted trade surplus falls to €10.9 billion in April 2025

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €14.1 billion (-39.3%) to €21.8 billion in April compared with March 2025(€36 billion), according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports decreased by €1.5 billion (-12%) leading to a decrease of €12.7 billion (-53.7%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €10.9 billion in April compared with March 2025 (€23.6 billion) (See Table 2).

Seasonal adjustment compares month-to-month data by removing fluctuations that may occur due to seasonal patterns in trade.

Exports and Imports

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports fell by 43% (€16.24 billion) in April 2025 compared to March 2025 (€38.1 billion). Compared with this month last year, exports of goods increased by €2.5 billion (+12.7%) to €21.9 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€19.4 billion).

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports declined by 18% (€2.4 billion) to €10.8 billion in April 2025 compared with March 2025 (€13.1 billion). Imports of goods decreased by €18.7 million (-0.2%) to €10.75 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€10.77 billion).

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value			Volume index¹		Unit value index¹		Terms of trade²
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade²
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		208,763	141,037	67,725	233.9	275.2	98.0	105.4	93.0
2023		196,030	140,295	55,735	219.7	270.0	98.5	106.3	92.6
2024		224,340	134,330	90,010	244.7	252.6	101.0	108.9	92.7

2022	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	17,712	12,830	4,882	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	19,434	12,807	6,627	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	17,131	12,128	5,003	218.1	270.9	102.2	109.5	93.3
	December	15,304	12,601	2,703	195.5	284.2	102.8	108.9	94.4

2023	January	15,498	11,505	3,992	211.2	262.5	96.9	108.0	89.7
	February	16,714	11,159	5,555	226.0	257.1	97.6	107.0	91.2
	March	18,738	11,886	6,852	261.0	275.7	94.8	106.3	89.2
	April	15,171	10,808	4,363	207.1	253.2	96.7	105.2	91.9
	May	16,601	12,318	4,283	227.8	297.5	96.3	103.8	92.8
	June	18,373	12,461	5,912	247.2	297.3	98.3	105.0	93.7
	July	15,628	10,895	4,733	212.4	248.9	97.1	107.3	90.4
	August	16,106	10,307	5,799	216.0	246.2	97.8	103.6	94.4
	September	15,847	11,263	4,584	211.9	259.1	98.7	107.2	92.1
	October	17,512	11,533	5,980	227.7	253.7	101.7	106.1	95.8
	November	16,073	14,196	1,876	214.1	317.6	102.7	110.5	92.9
	December	13,770	11,963	1,807	178.6	278.3	101.7	105.9	96.0

2024³	January	18,913	9,670	9,243	251.8	220.2	99.1	108.2	91.6
	February	15,937	10,259	5,678	206.0	233.0	102.1	108.5	94.1
	March	19,177	11,811	7,366	254.3	267.7	99.5	108.7	91.6
	April	19,414	10,772	8,642	253.8	243.3	100.9	109.1	92.5
	May	18,039	11,041	6,998	238.1	250.8	100.0	108.5	92.1
	June	16,727	11,603	5,124	218.4	264.8	101.1	108.0	93.6
	July	18,153	12,097	6,056	237.1	275.8	101.0	108.1	93.5
	August	17,361	11,035	6,326	230.0	249.4	99.6	109.0	91.4
	September	22,189	10,668	11,522	287.9	242.2	101.7	108.5	93.7
	October	21,168	11,655	9,514	277.2	253.8	101.3	109.3	92.7
	November	21,114	11,904	9,211	271.6	266.9	102.6	109.9	93.3
	December	16,148	11,817	4,331	205.9	262.3	103.5	111.0	93.2

2025	January	25,881	10,716	15,164	351.6	240.9	97.1	109.6	88.6
	February	25,224	12,531	12,693	343.8	283.5	96.8	108.9	88.9
	March	38,107	13,139	24,967	520.9	302.5	96.5	107.1	90.2
	April	21,872	10,753	11,119	298.9	249.1	96.6	106.4	90.8
¹ Monthly price and volume indices for 2023 have been revised. See background notes.
² Export unit value index divided by import unit value index.
³ Revised. April 2025 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.

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Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted series

Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted¹series
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value			Volume index
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports
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	16,643	12,088	4,556	226.6	285.7
	July	15,629	11,817	3,812	223.7	268.9
	August	19,289	13,362	5,928	249.5	293.6
	September	18,642	12,866	5,776	244.4	298.1
	October	18,095	12,454	5,641	233.5	290.0
	November	16,216	11,438	4,778	214.9	267.0
	December	16,433	11,819	4,613	228.9	268.5

2023	January	15,985	11,833	4,152	199.8	276.1
	February	17,408	12,061	5,347	231.2	277.8
	March	16,582	10,750	5,832	218.1	263.8
	April	16,333	11,531	4,802	220.2	264.1
	May	15,730	11,865	3,865	215.7	270.6
	June	17,196	11,689	5,507	229.7	273.3
	July	16,421	11,891	4,530	227.8	267.1
	August	16,493	11,077	5,416	215.4	255.8
	September	15,482	11,585	3,896	213.8	263.8
	October	17,726	11,175	6,550	226.4	246.4
	November	15,432	13,338	2,094	219.5	319.3
	December	15,748	11,480	4,268	220.2	263.1

2024	January	18,135	10,046	8,090	237.7	238.1
	February	17,708	10,710	6,998	227.5	244.0
	March	18,180	11,236	6,944	233.7	260.5
	April	19,147	10,874	8,274	235.8	245.3
	May	17,243	10,675	6,568	230.5	229.6
	June	17,042	11,420	5,622	223.7	246.9
	July	17,867	12,368	5,499	240.5	278.3
	August	18,008	12,077	5,930	240.4	260.9
	September	22,016	11,001	11,015	283.3	250.6
	October	20,780	10,706	10,074	259.5	248.7
	November	20,238	11,493	8,745	272.8	266.2
	December	18,211	11,138	7,073	248.3	251.4

2025	January	25,026	11,083	13,943	340.3	265.9
	February	26,048	13,442	12,606	340.5	300.9
	March	35,975	12,403	23,572	465.6	284.8
	April	21,839	10,921	10,918	293.5	261.2
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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Table B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region									€million
Unadjusted		April 2024 - 2025				January - April 2024 - 2025
Unadjusted		2024	2025	Value change	% change	2024	2025	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	19,414	21,872	2,458	13	73,440	111,083	37,643	51
	Great Britain	1,344	1,348	4	0	5,889	5,003	-886	-15
	Northern Ireland	414	472	59	14	1,694	1,768	74	4
	EU27	7,521	7,203	-318	-4	28,826	30,339	1,513	5
	USA	6,555	9,739	3,184	49	22,318	60,226	37,908	170
	Rest of World	3,580	3,109	-471	-13	14,713	13,748	-965	-7

Imports
	Total	10,772	10,753	-19	-0	42,511	47,140	4,629	11
	Great Britain	1,269	1,330	61	5	5,445	5,679	234	4
	Northern Ireland	389	495	107	27	1,687	1,849	162	10
	EU27	3,675	4,233	558	15	15,862	17,655	1,793	11
	USA	1,784	1,211	-574	-32	7,046	7,627	581	8
	Rest of World	3,655	3,485	-170	-5	12,472	14,329	1,858	15

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Exports and imports by region

In April 2025, Ireland’s top exporting partners were the US, the Netherlands and Great Britain, with Ireland exporting 44.5% (€9.7 billion), 9.5% (€2.1 billion) and 6.2% (€1.35 billion) of total export goods respectively to these countries.

Ireland imported the highest value of goods from Germany, Great Britain and the US in April 2025 with these countries representing 15% (€1.6 billion), 12.4% (€1.3 billion) and 11.3% (€1.2 billion) of the total import trade for April 2025.

Exports to Great Britain increased by €3.9 million (+0.3%) to €1.348 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€1.344 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports to Great Britian were Food & Live Animals at €452.7 million, and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €260.5 million, representing 33.6% and 19.3% of total exports to Great Britain in April 2025.

Imports from Great Britain, which accounted for 12.4% of total import trade in April 2025, increased by €60.8 million (+4.8%) to €1.33 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€1.27 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from Great Britian were Mineral fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials at €271.3 million, and Food & Live Animals at €232.2 million, representing 20.4% and 17.5% of total imports from Great Britain in April 2025.

Exports of goods to the US fell €16 billion (-62%) to €9.7 billion in April 2025 compared with March 2025 (€25.7 billion). However, exports of goods to the US rose by €3.2 billion (+48.6%) to €9.7 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€6.6 billion).

Exports of goods to the US accounted for 44.5% (€9.7 billion) of total export trade in April 2025. Of the €9.7 billion worth of goods exported to the US in April 2025, 84.4% (€8.2 billion) were Chemicals & Related Products, which include Medical & Pharmaceutical products.

Imports of goods from the US fell by €600 million (-33%) to €1.2 billion in April 2025 compared with March 2025 (€1.8 billion). Imports from the US decreased by €573.6 million (-32.2%) to €1.2 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€1.78 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports were Chemicals & Related Products at €471.53 million and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €384.04 million representing 39% and 31.7% of total imports from the US in April 2025.

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Apr 2023	6.51781193049492	2.91226385300001	1.58551572378062	4.155685568
May 2023	6.91310535520124	3.53304737500002	2.06147354339916	4.093419028
Jun 2023	6.69558330099911	3.238329714	2.7442516821165	5.694475768
Jul 2023	6.57180988728802	2.83526778300001	2.18692851494005	4.033586402
Aug 2023	6.17655946638319	3.116574302	1.69434464599053	5.118801198
Sep 2023	7.1432334780805	2.903643321	1.56317175363387	4.236656503
Oct 2023	7.63339434249322	3.40484962199999	1.64463124206927	4.829457856
Nov 2023	6.71695747925971	3.209520098	2.16808554975771	3.978017765
Dec 2023	5.15277832090553	3.10941046500001	1.24291046102349	4.264824889
Jan 2024	7.09003372867379	3.39207741545999	1.95925561752101	6.471491266
Feb 2024	7.21803935762676	2.95315612294	1.60906028133623	4.15682019
Mar 2024	6.99739338389018	4.78752681296999	2.25731778714662	5.134415339
Apr 2024	7.52054165127126	3.58016234316	1.75793029138939	6.555017232
May 2024	7.13618580104862	3.46472421337999	1.76756279166732	5.670432186
Jun 2024	6.23937456927408	3.26627258639999	1.53175060142564	5.689849047
Jul 2024	7.40147063515609	3.79264883629001	1.67658677570154	5.282349015
Aug 2024	6.15219671671433	2.95487931096	1.59938176090323	6.654178385
Sep 2024	10.1641677652746	3.26955251320001	1.55150800799843	7.204101996
Oct 2024	9.14559739134253	3.41875101105	1.86330347197433	6.848173797
Nov 2024	7.58324557014803	3.61021702549	1.79689744500398	8.12405811
Dec 2024	5.74028120544383	3.35121792813	1.43174990409413	5.624307086
Jan 2025	9.39074299597547	3.05063621023	1.60582171405056	11.833267078
Feb 2025	7.23350123195385	3.44001817830999	1.63820457490852	12.912642132
Mar 2025	6.51210040176753	4.14771296713	1.706322459159	25.740471601
Apr 2025	7.20258746637822	3.10937602900001	1.82037523138988	9.739213115

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X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Apr 2023	3.64331353534981	3.46314868868828	2.29139474153317	1.41027558021653
May 2023	4.33302925051484	4.27754838066153	1.94619228218385	1.76135485548631
Jun 2023	4.85906307578075	3.40974413051303	2.16026580306357	2.03181837988862
Jul 2023	3.76947973348614	3.49776988734261	2.09283525447007	1.53456855119574
Aug 2023	3.18510901224084	3.20153013312721	2.28888991675692	1.63142817341011
Sep 2023	3.49244601522492	3.3715705897399	2.2138363475185	2.18538453939873
Oct 2023	4.24108393869788	3.62489278627032	1.97545749959323	1.69124266706696
Nov 2023	4.51516933476574	4.44452117527859	2.1962596070393	3.04034378656237
Dec 2023	4.66243395236252	3.45849622608041	1.53375400447074	2.30869845012033
Jan 2024	3.28326601472444	3.17818431423735	1.65384034020985	1.55450771668209
Feb 2024	3.90615251323584	2.77069477173777	1.93155184586916	1.65048803014935
Mar 2024	4.99807449698615	2.86722956167013	1.88894883051199	2.05632607368043
Apr 2024	3.67492959109556	3.65539529524122	1.65721924646856	1.78420807255153
May 2024	3.77300348970383	3.15818585044725	1.92475081536429	2.18520060186128
Jun 2024	4.62408518909124	2.96819585505779	1.96201699709631	2.04857722202298
Jul 2024	4.47091632400258	3.45216244090469	1.69837525284248	2.47586070067305
Aug 2024	3.93420816373947	3.30311238865287	1.74188577335663	2.05551142517191
Sep 2024	3.42237561669645	3.61985241626808	1.64382577531079	1.98153287917605
Oct 2024	4.22501482137091	3.4482735461489	2.04441169166073	1.5417051335635
Nov 2024	4.44737240475125	3.94718613016354	1.85219144080727	1.65708493985926
Dec 2024	4.53638882485018	3.79337210307751	1.69062742693025	1.79625155506807
Jan 2025	3.1850825149508	3.51980533550262	1.75016846821419	2.26119214142991
Feb 2025	4.87172709156135	3.36848531209788	1.94355136133688	2.34749564360154
Mar 2025	5.36588361427721	3.95586112685146	2.00983798518999	1.80762849691499
Apr 2025	4.23273837752903	3.4850473373849	1.82463438014545	1.21058399192652

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products fell by €12.8 billion (-54%) in April 2025 compared with March 2025. Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €2.1 billion (+23.6%) to €10.9 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€8.8 billion).

In the first four months of the year, exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products represented 60.2% (€66.9 billion) of total exports. This is a 117% (€36.1 billion) increase on the same period last year (€30.8 billion).

Exports of Organic Chemicals increased by €44.9 million (+1.8%) to €2.6 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€2.5 billion).

Exports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines (including computers increased by €347.7 million (+119%) to €639.7 million in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€292 million) (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €941.7 million (+106.3%) to €1.8 billion in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€886.1 million). This represented 17% of total imports in April 2025.

Imports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €211.3 million (-30.1%) to €490.9 million in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€702.2 million).

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines (including computers) decreased by €33.8 million (-3.9%) to €830.1 million in April 2025 compared with April 2024 (€863.9 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
			2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
0	Food and live animals		1,215	1,518	4,480	5,259	846	918	3,348	3,620
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	74	89	209	250	20	37	83	120
	01	Meat and meat preparations	366	472	1,514	1,742	100	111	383	426
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	317	447	980	1,344	89	129	358	433
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	51	79	187	233	28	32	108	129
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	66	68	296	259	155	151	580	654
	05	Vegetables and fruit	38	44	142	162	156	159	611	623
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	17	17	62	65	45	44	175	168
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	43	62	175	217	63	78	278	317
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	48	50	207	219	112	89	445	405
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	197	189	706	767	79	87	328	344
1	Beverages and tobacco		174	186	694	734	115	130	397	449
	11	Beverages	174	186	694	734	111	125	382	430
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	0	4	5	15	19
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		153	185	545	793	109	122	459	479
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	5	5	24	22	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	0	8	14	3	2	9	9
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	1	1	1	3	5	7
	24	Cork and wood	20	34	76	107	23	29	104	107
	25	Pulp and waste paper	5	8	21	27	5	4	22	17
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	6	6	26	23	2	1	7	5
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	10	15	42	55	19	20	77	78
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	91	99	282	479	21	27	95	102
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	14	17	64	65	35	36	141	154
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		61	163	318	462	716	574	2,924	2,892
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	6	7	26	27	4	4	23	20
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	52	153	279	367	548	348	2,139	1,771
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	2	1	7	42	125	168	614	832
	35	Electric current	0	2	6	27	40	54	148	269
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		11	15	51	59	37	40	150	151
	41	Animal oils and fats	8	11	38	44	2	3	10	14
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	2	11	10	34	36	133	129
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	1	2	5	1	1	7	8
5	Chemicals and related products		12,964	15,062	48,273	83,892	2,272	2,980	10,303	13,511
	51	Organic chemicals	2,527	2,572	10,758	10,617	702	491	3,787	2,574
	52	Inorganic chemicals	26	21	602	132	52	46	211	205
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	15	16	59	58	30	34	119	123
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	8,800	10,877	30,829	66,903	886	1,828	3,947	8,224
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	1,050	1,028	3,904	4,022	174	169	687	675
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	4	5	11	15	72	86	242	293
	57	Plastics in primary forms	34	41	140	153	104	96	395	385
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	77	79	305	307	110	108	399	464
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	430	424	1,665	1,684	141	122	516	567
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		275	296	1,147	1,110	734	710	2,752	2,851
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	3	4	2	3	7	9
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	22	19	83	87	51	52	187	204
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	35	48	138	141	45	43	167	175
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	19	20	80	79	108	118	412	470
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	16	18	58	74	64	65	232	246
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	64	65	250	233	94	90	376	377
	67	Iron and steel	17	19	94	84	105	94	383	386
	68	Non-ferrous metals	13	13	59	53	67	63	245	250
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	89	94	382	357	199	182	742	733
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,652	2,353	10,291	10,743	4,594	3,954	17,086	17,835
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	187	120	531	486	211	129	856	623
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	89	91	318	384	321	226	1,633	1,088
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	2	12	11	26	12	74	49
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	194	215	788	912	274	274	1,194	1,100
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	292	640	1,345	2,459	864	830	2,307	2,970
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	114	129	428	469	252	251	985	1,081
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	920	1,000	3,426	4,006	726	720	2,807	2,958
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	57	45	214	187	523	542	2,467	2,367
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	795	111	3,227	1,829	1,398	971	4,763	5,600
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,897	2,050	7,543	7,932	1,334	1,310	5,033	5,295
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	13	20	53	66	38	42	170	178
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	17	21	71	86	75	80	296	310
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	3	14	13	19	17	76	76
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	33	39	124	137	245	247	923	970
	85	Footwear	5	6	17	20	64	57	240	224
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	850	909	3,520	3,435	308	290	1,148	1,178
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	135	144	548	587	98	87	320	399
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	840	908	3,196	3,588	487	489	1,861	1,961
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		8	37	81	77	7	7	30	27
Unclassified estimates²			4	8	17	22	7	8	29	30

Total			19,414	21,872	73,440	111,083	10,772	10,753	42,511	47,140
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. April 2025 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 countries and territories

Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by countries and territories¹								€million
Country and Territory	Exports				Imports
	Apr	Apr	Jan-Apr	Jan-Apr	Apr	Apr	Jan-Apr	Jan-Apr
	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Austria	35	36	173	170	37	30	282	152
Belgium	1,759	1,165	5,795	6,418	190	189	879	1,330
Bulgaria	15	15	50	58	8	6	24	25
Croatia	7	10	28	33	5	2	11	9
Cyprus	6	7	33	26	0	1	2	3
Czech Republic	39	47	192	176	67	99	335	379
Denmark	43	47	178	186	78	45	356	194
Estonia	2	2	11	8	1	1	5	5
Finland	17	27	61	99	19	24	72	80
France	506	411	2,029	1,949	1,305	727	5,019	3,474
Germany	1,816	1,252	7,437	5,334	626	1,610	2,832	6,206
Greece	43	52	189	172	20	18	59	66
Hungary	48	69	202	282	70	70	311	259
Italy	553	521	2,427	3,072	238	346	953	1,156
Latvia	4	4	18	15	4	6	22	28
Lithuania	8	8	30	32	12	14	49	48
Luxembourg	8	11	33	46	5	5	17	19
Malta	4	5	29	17	0	1	4	3
Netherlands	1,811	2,078	6,844	7,941	525	530	2,675	2,256
Poland	163	137	516	655	104	127	429	496
Portugal	44	767	535	1,437	38	82	142	177
Romania	35	42	128	145	14	20	73	71
Slovakia	15	12	54	57	20	11	89	61
Slovenia	13	18	50	61	4	4	16	15
Spain	306	318	1,199	1,285	185	193	759	810
Sweden	178	94	435	477	72	49	312	234
EU Country not specified²	43	50	148	188	27	24	135	99
Total EU27³	7,521	7,203	28,826	30,339	3,675	4,233	15,862	17,655
Euro-Zone⁴	6,958	6,702	26,977	28,172	3,235	3,793	13,887	15,898

Great Britain	1,344	1,348	5,889	5,003	1,269	1,330	5,445	5,679
Northern Ireland	414	472	1,694	1,768	389	495	1,687	1,849
Total UK	1,758	1,820	7,584	6,771	1,657	1,825	7,132	7,528

Australia	73	68	421	397	7	9	27	27
Brazil	141	104	453	283	27	27	103	125
Canada	184	107	1,688	774	74	82	261	490
China⁵	938	754	3,436	3,088	840	989	3,441	3,765
India	37	39	143	186	88	104	313	357
Japan	331	193	1,457	1,279	239	210	832	1,030
Malaysia	206	225	959	903	47	71	176	283
Mexico	324	298	1,070	1,223	86	144	402	429
Norway	24	28	95	102	58	57	219	233
Russia	58	80	195	329	6	4	18	6
Saudi Arabia	75	91	318	360	1	1	6	7
Singapore	70	48	278	254	69	82	217	436
South Africa	22	45	90	167	16	22	60	88
South Korea	67	150	264	619	154	166	511	652
Switzerland	351	110	1,418	1,052	498	213	1,265	978
Taiwan	39	41	128	126	279	148	594	578
Thailand	19	20	81	66	102	114	303	340
Turkey	69	87	223	305	110	132	423	448
USA	6,555	9,739	22,318	60,226	1,784	1,211	7,046	7,627
Other countries	537	605	1,925	2,179	858	827	3,000	3,691
Country unknown⁶	14	17	70	58	95	83	304	365
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	10,135	12,849	37,031	73,973	5,440	4,696	19,517	21,956

Total	19,414	21,872	73,440	111,083	10,772	10,753	42,511	47,140
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. April 2025 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 or territory 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
		2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Great Britain		1,344	1,348	5,889	5,003	1,269	1,330	5,445	5,679
0	Food and live animals	339	453	1,292	1,519	201	232	813	893
1	Beverages and tobacco	22	24	89	93	21	23	78	74
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	34	50	139	176	9	11	40	42
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	39	66	196	213	230	271	1,009	1,311
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	5	8	19	25	8	9	27	36
5	Chemicals and related products	404	245	2,089	979	209	212	1,024	872
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	97	112	387	373	180	179	707	701
7	Machinery and transport equipment	286	260	1,206	1,098	251	229	1,073	1,101
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	117	128	464	519	159	161	669	645
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	2	8	9	1	2	5	5
Northern Ireland		414	472	1,694	1,768	389	495	1,687	1,849
0	Food and live animals	147	178	609	657	117	162	465	575
1	Beverages and tobacco	14	17	53	61	24	27	86	91
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	14	18	51	64	14	16	64	57
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	10	5	32	34	41	38	156	169
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	9	10	2	3	12	11
5	Chemicals and related products	78	104	348	356	64	119	392	421
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	49	53	198	207	58	49	235	223
7	Machinery and transport equipment	54	43	213	179	40	46	156	163
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	44	48	170	186	26	33	114	127
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	4	11	14	2	3	8	11
EU 27²		7,521	7,203	28,826	30,339	3,675	4,233	15,862	17,655
0	Food and live animals	435	559	1,528	1,937	344	354	1,397	1,429
1	Beverages and tobacco	46	46	171	169	37	43	142	164
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	48	44	175	243	45	47	172	183
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	11	50	87	151	158	123	705	509
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	4	19	21	21	21	87	80
5	Chemicals and related products	5,560	5,185	21,357	22,270	669	1,536	4,107	6,639
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	84	88	352	339	227	228	892	939
7	Machinery and transport equipment	640	612	2,412	2,754	1,859	1,579	7,105	6,534
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	686	603	2,696	2,422	308	294	1,218	1,148
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	7	11	31	34	8	8	36	31
USA		6,555	9,739	22,318	60,226	1,784	1,211	7,046	7,627
0	Food and live animals	64	80	233	274	23	15	117	111
1	Beverages and tobacco	58	70	265	294	16	22	39	66
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	4	7	13	8	5	23	25
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	42	0	42	211	42	701	341
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	5,442	8,225	17,664	54,238	486	472	1,919	2,743
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	22	22	72	92	81	46	244	202
7	Machinery and transport equipment	367	504	1,607	2,324	734	384	3,188	3,183
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	600	792	2,467	2,942	224	224	810	949
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	1	2	7	2	2	5	7
China³		938	754	3,436	3,088	840	989	3,441	3,765
0	Food and live animals	47	50	145	163	10	11	41	52
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	3	5	0	0	1	0
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	4	5	24	23	4	5	17	20
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	249	179	953	919	113	159	706	702
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	3	24	15	87	99	320	389
7	Machinery and transport equipment	490	361	1,764	1,424	410	492	1,547	1,701
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	142	153	522	538	217	222	807	899
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rest of World		2,643	2,356	11,277	10,660	2,815	2,496	9,031	10,565
0	Food and live animals	183	197	672	708	151	143	515	561
1	Beverages and tobacco	33	28	113	113	16	15	52	53
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	51	63	149	275	30	37	143	152
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	0	3	24	77	101	352	562
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	0	3	2	5	8	23	23
5	Chemicals and related products	1,232	1,124	5,863	5,129	732	482	2,155	2,134
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	19	17	115	84	102	109	354	397
7	Machinery and transport equipment	816	572	3,089	2,964	1,300	1,224	4,018	5,153
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	308	326	1,223	1,326	400	377	1,414	1,527
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	27	47	35	2	0	4	2

Total		19,414	21,872	73,440	111,083	10,772	10,753	42,511	47,140
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. April 2025 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 6 Goods Exports by industrial origin and area of destination

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