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Goods Exports and Imports April 2026

Key Findings

Exports of goods were €18.5 billion in April 2026

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CSO statistical release, 17 June 2026, 11am

Key Findings

The value of exported goods for April 2026 was €18.5 billion, a decrease of €2.8 billion (-13.2%) compared with April 2025 (€21.3 billion).
The value of goods imports increased by €2.4 billion (+22.0%) to €13.2 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€10.8 billion).
Both seasonally adjusted exports and imports of goods rose in April 2026 compared with March 2026 with exports increasing by €1.5 billion (+8.9%) to €18.2 billion and imports up by €238.9 million (+1.8%) to €13.3 billion.
Exports to the United States fell by €4.2 billion (-45.1%) to €5.1 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€9.4 billion).
Exports to Great Britain grew by €645.1 million (+51.7%) to €1.9 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€1.2 billion).
Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products fell by €3.0 billion (-27.9%) to €7.8 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€10.8 billion).
Imports of Petroleum, Petroleum Products & Related Materials rose by €188.5 million (+54.0%) to €537.7 million in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€349.2 million).
Exports of Petroleum, Petroleum Products & Related Materials grew by €116.1 million (+224.0%) to €167.9 million in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€51.8 million).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (17 June 2026) published Goods Exports and Imports April 2026. Commenting on the release Jane Burmanje, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division, said:

“In April 2026, Ireland’s exports of goods decreased by €2.8 billion to €18.5 billion compared with April 2025. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods rose by more than €1.5 billion to €18.2 billion compared with March 2026.

Imports of goods for April 2026 were valued at €13.2 billion, an increase of €2.4 billion on April 2025. Seasonally adjusted imports were €13.3 billion in April 2026.

Exports to the US fell by €4.2 billion (-45.1%) to €5.1 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€9.4 billion). Exports of Chemicals & Related Products, which include pharmaceuticals, fell by almost €5 billion to €3.3 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€8.1 billion).

In contrast, exports to Great Britain grew by €645.1 million (+51.7%) to €1.9 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€1.2 billion). The main driver of this increase was a rise in exports of goods related to Machinery & Transport Equipment to Great Britain which more than doubled to €724.2 million in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€236.1 million).”

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.

April 2026 update on External Trade in Goods – Trade Figures for Goods under CN 28182000

It is the highest priority of the CSO to provide the most accurate data possible. The CSO’s Trade in Goods division is currently working through a number of steps with colleagues in the Revenue Commissioners on revisions to trade figures relating to product CN 28182000 (Aluminium oxide excl. artificial corundum). Users should exercise caution when using this data as it is still considered provisional and is currently under review.

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
March 2026	16,742	13,110	3,632
April 2026	18,232	13,349	4,883
Value change	1,490	239	1,251
% change	9	2	34

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade surplus increased by €1.3 billion in April 2026

Seasonally adjusted goods exports increased by €1.5 billion (+8.9%) to €18.2 billion in April compared with March 2026 (€16.7 billion), according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports increased by €238.9 million (+1.8%) leading to an increase of €1.3 billion (+34.5%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €4.9 billion in April compared with March 2026 (€3.6 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 decreased by €2.8 billion (-13.2%) to €18.5 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€21.3 billion).

The value of goods exports for the first 4 months of 2026 decreased by €40.5 billion (-37.2%) to €68.3 billion, when compared with the same period of 2025 (€108.8 billion) (See Table 1).

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €2.4 billion (+22%) to €13.2 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€10.8 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
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		223,734	134,656	89,078	244.7	252.6	101.0	108.9	92.7
2025		259,199	144,622	114,577	290.9	271.2	98.3	109.5	89.8

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	18,885	9,670	9,215	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	16,766	11,685	5,081	218.4	264.8	101.1	108.0	93.6
	July	18,223	12,198	6,025	237.1	275.8	101.0	108.1	93.5
	August	17,389	11,138	6,251	230.0	249.4	99.6	109.0	91.4
	September	22,298	10,734	11,564	287.9	242.2	101.7	108.5	93.7
	October	21,213	11,724	9,489	277.2	253.8	101.3	109.3	92.7
	November	20,670	11,766	8,905	271.6	266.9	102.6	109.9	93.3
	December	15,724	11,859	3,865	205.9	262.3	103.5	111.0	93.2

2025³	January	24,890	11,009	13,881	328.4	236.8	100.0	114.6	87.3
	February	24,978	12,024	12,954	331.9	260.0	99.3	114.0	87.1
	March	37,577	13,082	24,495	498.6	288.2	99.5	111.9	88.9
	April	21,324	10,795	10,528	284.3	239.1	99.0	111.2	89.0
	May	23,229	11,120	12,109	309.8	255.9	99.0	107.1	92.4
	June	16,923	12,318	4,605	229.2	279.8	97.5	108.5	89.8
	July	16,810	12,693	4,117	229.3	287.9	96.8	108.7	89.0
	August	16,051	11,499	4,551	220.2	267.0	96.2	107.4	89.6
	September	28,670	11,052	17,618	390.8	261.2	97.1	106.0	91.7
	October	16,469	12,760	3,710	225.7	292.0	98.7	106.2	93.0
	November	16,465	13,109	3,357	222.4	296.8	97.7	108.8	89.8
	December	15,813	13,160	2,653	211.7	295.0	98.6	109.9	89.7

2026³	January	16,168	11,274	4,894	225.5	261.1	94.6	106.4	88.9
	February	15,445	11,339	4,105	217.9	263.0	93.5	106.2	88.1
	March	18,149	14,281	3,868	255.7	321.2	93.7	109.6	85.5
	April	18,511	13,171	5,340	258.3	295.1	94.6	110.0	86.0
¹ Monthly price and volume indices for 2025 have been revised. See Background Notes.
² Export unit value index divided by import unit value index.
³ Revised. April 2026 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
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	15,822	11,573	4,249	222.4	273.7

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	233.8	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	19,800	11,334	8,466	272.6	261.7
	December	17,897	11,159	6,739	247.6	249.0

2025	January	24,184	11,380	12,805	343.1	270.1
	February	25,602	12,969	12,633	341.7	293.7
	March	34,968	12,365	22,602	462.2	283.4
	April	21,824	11,006	10,818	293.0	261.2
	May	22,891	11,132	11,759	309.3	260.1
	June	16,657	11,833	4,824	235.8	274.6
	July	17,081	12,883	4,199	236.7	288.8
	August	16,980	12,978	4,002	243.4	288.3
	September	27,341	11,122	16,218	376.2	262.7
	October	15,338	12,093	3,246	217.2	290.0
	November	17,098	12,937	4,161	227.0	289.6
	December	17,229	12,136	5,093	234.9	283.6

2026	January	16,390	12,095	4,295	231.5	286.8
	February	16,072	12,266	3,806	226.9	287.6
	March	16,742	13,110	3,632	231.2	295.9
	April	18,232	13,349	4,883	247.0	306.7
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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Exports and imports by region

In April 2026, Ireland’s top exporting partners were the US, the Netherlands and Great Britain, with Ireland exporting 27.8 % (€5.1 billion), 14.1% (€2.6 billion) and 10.2% (€1.9 billion) of total export goods respectively to these countries (See Table 3).

Ireland imported the highest value of goods in April 2026 from the US, Great Britain and Germany with these countries representing 12.1 % (€ 1.6 billion), 10.9% (€ 1.4 billion) and 9.3% (€1.2 billion) respectively of the total import trade for April 2026.

Exports to Great Britain increased by €645.1 million (+51.7%) to €1.9 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€1.2 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports to Great Britain were Machinery & Transport Equipment at €724.2 million, and Chemicals & Related Products at €416.2 million, representing 38.3% and 22.0% respectively of total exports to Great Britain in April 2026 (See Table 4).

Imports from Great Britain increased by €93.6 million (+7.0%) to €1.4 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€1.3 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from Great Britain were Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials at €374.0 million, and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €264.4 million, representing 26.1% and 18.4% respectively of total exports to Great Britain in April 2026.

Exports to the US fell by €4.2 billion (-45.1%) to €5.1 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€9.4 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €3.3 billion, Machinery & Transport Equipment at €830.2 million and Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles at €808.9 million, representing 63.3%, 16.1% and 15.7% respectively of total exports to the US in April 2026.

Imports from the US increased by €296.8 million (+23.0%) to €1.6 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€1.3 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports were Chemicals & Related Products at €615.9 million, Machinery & Transport Equipment at €507.6 million and Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles at €257.1 million, representing 38.8%, 32.0% and 16.2% respectively of total imports to US in April 2026 (See Table 4).

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Apr 2024	7.52054165127125	3.58016234316	1.75793029138939	6.555017232
May 2024	7.13618580104864	3.46472421338	1.76756279166731	5.670432186
Jun 2024	6.27025462399087	3.2662725864	1.53971397602335	5.689849047
Jul 2024	7.46255950631059	3.79264883629	1.68498467904131	5.282349015
Aug 2024	6.17252402931806	2.95487931096	1.60720462696308	6.654178385
Sep 2024	10.2663521227234	3.2695525132	1.5583172319384	7.204101996
Oct 2024	9.09494168110391	3.28395339905	1.81380426185545	7.020041948
Nov 2024	7.60164858685083	3.28842114249	1.75921685128151	8.021106322
Dec 2024	5.53979245978523	3.16534517463	1.36693743524004	5.652103675
Jan 2025	7.84	3.1	1.62	12.34
Feb 2025	7.13	3.37	1.55	12.93
Mar 2025	6.51	3.95	1.66	25.46
Apr 2025	7.24	2.99	1.72	9.37
May 2025	7.23	3.55	1.76	10.68
Jun 2025	7.76	3.14	1.66	4.36
Jul 2025	7.3	3.48	1.69	4.33
Aug 2025	7.72	2.73	1.48	4.12
Sep 2025	6.95	3.55	1.86	16.3
Oct 2025	7.2	3.29	1.74	4.24
Nov 2025	6.89	3.75	1.75	4.08
Dec 2025	6.78	3.67	2	3.36
Jan 2026	6.61	3.89	2.18	3.49
Feb 2026	6.17	3.49	1.8	3.99
Mar 2026	7.25	3.97	2.45	4.48
Apr 2026	6.91	4.06	2.38	5.15

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Apr 2024	3.67492959109556	3.65539529524123	1.65721924646856	1.78420807255153
May 2024	3.77300348970384	3.15818585044724	1.92475081536429	2.18520060186128
Jun 2024	4.66600650331676	2.99993695653501	1.97031356395477	2.0489115944541
Jul 2024	4.54445031828362	3.46458123454659	1.71239439344523	2.47603079006169
Aug 2024	4.01687957291513	3.31795636653416	1.74736818325535	2.05553306727066
Sep 2024	3.46102599555023	3.6419144188904	1.64950788784543	1.98171386849477
Oct 2024	4.47467239718009	3.50913420466784	2.05088827229276	1.68894924689765
Nov 2024	4.44115128385295	3.8302728260706	1.78495282612548	1.70950965530961
Dec 2024	4.56343747184848	3.80488375851427	1.68649088076986	1.80454606914617
Jan 2025	3.2	3.64	1.76	2.41
Feb 2025	4.87	3.23	1.79	2.14
Mar 2025	5.29	4.01	2.03	1.76
Apr 2025	4.03	3.63	1.84	1.29
May 2025	3.91	3.49	1.86	1.85
Jun 2025	5.13	3.8	1.7	1.69
Jul 2025	4.82	3.96	2.01	1.9
Aug 2025	4.03	3.49	1.72	2.26
Sep 2025	3.45	4.01	1.75	1.85
Oct 2025	4.18	4.77	1.86	1.95
Nov 2025	4.63	4.41	1.89	2.17
Dec 2025	4.61	5.1	1.77	1.67
Jan 2026	3.66	4.29	1.7	1.63
Feb 2026	3.72	4	1.72	1.9
Mar 2026	4.48	6.01	1.86	1.93
Apr 2026	4.15	5.54	1.89	1.59

Table B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region									€million
Unadjusted		April 2025 - 2026				January - April 2025 - 2026
Unadjusted		2025	2026	Value change	% change	2025	2026	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	21,324	18,511	-2,813	-13	108,769	68,272	-40,497	-37
	Great Britain	1,247	1,892	645	52	4,759	7,011	2,252	47
	Northern Ireland	473	492	19	4	1,779	1,797	17	1
	EU27	7,236	6,915	-321	-4	28,717	26,937	-1,780	-6
	USA	9,374	5,149	-4,225	-45	60,100	17,111	-42,989	-72
	Rest of World	2,994	4,063	1,069	36	13,413	15,416	2,002	15

Imports
	Total	10,795	13,171	2,375	22	46,911	50,065	3,154	7
	Great Britain	1,340	1,433	94	7	5,562	5,385	-177	-3
	Northern Ireland	505	460	-45	-9	1,859	1,778	-82	-4
	EU27	4,027	4,148	121	3	17,384	16,012	-1,372	-8
	USA	1,291	1,588	297	23	7,600	7,059	-541	-7
	Rest of World	3,633	5,542	1,909	53	14,505	19,831	5,326	37

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Table 3 Goods Exports and Imports classified by countries and territories

Table 3 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
	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026
Austria	36	39	173	156	30	32	155	129
Belgium	1,181	503	4,963	3,615	189	229	1,315	882
Bulgaria	16	15	57	58	7	4	27	21
Croatia	10	9	32	35	2	2	9	15
Cyprus	6	15	26	53	1	1	3	4
Czech Republic	47	124	176	344	99	117	380	561
Denmark	53	66	199	222	46	94	196	294
Estonia	3	2	8	9	1	9	5	14
Finland	27	48	100	139	24	24	80	84
France	397	622	1,922	1,889	716	826	3,293	2,690
Germany	1,260	1,152	5,250	4,726	1,473	1,224	6,092	4,250
Greece	51	74	174	214	19	16	66	58
Hungary	69	463	284	1,421	69	37	258	360
Italy	529	382	3,087	1,663	329	270	1,115	1,749
Latvia	4	6	15	20	7	5	29	22
Lithuania	8	8	33	37	17	22	52	67
Luxembourg	9	8	43	34	4	5	18	20
Malta	4	6	18	19	1	1	3	3
Netherlands	2,106	2,603	7,897	9,291	541	663	2,383	2,329
Poland	139	107	662	481	129	179	499	745
Portugal	767	94	1,449	250	33	49	141	193
Romania	41	40	143	146	20	20	72	77
Slovakia	13	14	57	61	11	27	60	114
Slovenia	18	13	61	54	5	4	15	18
Spain	323	361	1,312	1,370	200	207	835	999
Sweden	94	100	476	445	48	69	239	267
EU Country not specified²	26	42	101	183	7	12	45	48
Total EU27³	7,236	6,915	28,717	26,937	4,027	4,148	17,384	16,012
Euro-Zone⁴	6,751	5,973	26,619	23,694	3,601	3,621	15,668	13,660

Great Britain	1,247	1,892	4,759	7,011	1,340	1,433	5,562	5,385
Northern Ireland	473	492	1,779	1,797	505	460	1,859	1,778
Total UK	1,720	2,384	6,538	8,808	1,845	1,893	7,421	7,163

Australia	65	95	386	300	9	8	27	33
Brazil	102	26	275	301	28	35	124	106
Canada	104	441	738	1,385	82	57	515	699
China⁵	734	1,333	3,068	3,783	1,130	1,173	3,952	4,402
India	39	51	164	174	105	87	349	325
Japan	213	234	1,325	1,450	207	436	1,027	1,238
Malaysia	225	203	905	1,208	71	262	282	677
Mexico	292	277	1,203	1,083	145	299	425	625
Norway	24	49	88	479	58	54	236	242
Russia	79	110	331	328	4	0	5	7
Saudi Arabia	89	113	339	414	1	3	6	12
Singapore	44	79	250	321	82	100	437	380
South Africa	22	33	99	126	22	13	88	127
South Korea	148	85	593	315	166	247	654	829
Switzerland	103	131	1,023	688	214	389	961	1,090
Taiwan	41	42	124	182	149	901	578	3,690
Thailand	19	45	65	175	114	210	341	610
Turkey	84	87	293	348	133	94	449	393
USA	9,374	5,149	60,100	17,111	1,291	1,588	7,600	7,059
Other countries	553	609	2,096	2,253	829	1,064	3,683	3,912
Country unknown⁶	14	20	48	103	83	109	365	434
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	12,368	9,212	73,513	32,526	4,923	7,129	22,106	26,891

Total	21,324	18,511	108,769	68,272	10,795	13,171	46,911	50,065
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. April 2026 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 2026: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. On January 1st, 2026, Bulgaria joined the Eurozone.
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 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity and principal countries

Table 4 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
		2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026
Great Britain		1,247	1,892	4,759	7,011	1,340	1,433	5,562	5,385
0	Food and live animals	447	390	1,519	1,403	232	212	886	833
1	Beverages and tobacco	24	21	93	84	23	26	74	93
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	48	44	168	155	11	9	41	32
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	6	36	40	120	272	374	1,212	1,173
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	8	4	23	14	9	5	36	29
5	Chemicals and related products	241	416	974	1,706	213	190	869	813
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	109	99	363	385	179	184	694	676
7	Machinery and transport equipment	236	724	1,052	2,606	231	264	1,095	1,063
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	126	156	519	530	168	166	649	660
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	2	9	8	2	3	5	12
Northern Ireland		473	492	1,779	1,797	505	460	1,859	1,778
0	Food and live animals	185	182	671	676	167	138	558	524
1	Beverages and tobacco	17	16	62	57	27	23	91	106
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	19	17	65	60	17	21	57	65
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	5	7	34	30	38	52	171	175
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	10	9	3	4	11	14
5	Chemicals and related products	96	101	349	343	121	50	426	219
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	53	62	208	216	51	58	232	216
7	Machinery and transport equipment	44	49	181	199	46	79	175	318
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	48	53	186	193	33	33	129	128
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	4	3	14	12	3	4	11	14
EU 27²		7,236	6,915	28,717	26,937	4,027	4,148	17,384	16,012
0	Food and live animals	586	524	1,948	1,887	357	406	1,446	1,489
1	Beverages and tobacco	45	51	167	183	42	45	163	159
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	37	46	245	191	49	49	189	188
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	50	77	126	150	121	210	574	580
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	5	5	21	25	21	20	82	77
5	Chemicals and related products	5,217	3,984	20,728	17,080	1,540	1,133	6,687	4,908
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	87	105	338	386	229	244	955	936
7	Machinery and transport equipment	598	1,392	2,688	4,256	1,365	1,706	6,127	6,398
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	602	715	2,423	2,718	294	319	1,132	1,219
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	9	17	32	60	9	16	30	58
USA		9,374	5,149	60,100	17,111	1,291	1,588	7,600	7,059
0	Food and live animals	76	91	258	344	15	40	111	116
1	Beverages and tobacco	69	71	295	252	22	23	66	81
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	4	2	12	8	5	5	24	23
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	57	0	57	42	85	338	451
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	8,141	3,260	54,348	10,762	472	616	2,722	2,541
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	20	24	82	86	46	49	198	306
7	Machinery and transport equipment	338	830	2,208	2,794	464	508	3,197	2,586
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	724	809	2,890	2,790	224	257	937	933
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	6	7	17	2	6	7	22
China³		734	1,333	3,068	3,783	1,130	1,173	3,952	4,402
0	Food and live animals	46	23	155	77	12	12	52	49
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	5	3	0	0	0	2
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5	8	23	30	5	4	20	16
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	165	783	886	1,490	222	496	765	1,455
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	3	5	14	19	99	93	386	332
7	Machinery and transport equipment	360	394	1,458	1,709	567	368	1,821	1,731
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	153	119	528	455	224	196	906	802
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	14
Rest of World		2,260	2,730	10,345	11,632	2,502	4,368	10,554	15,429
0	Food and live animals	177	221	663	738	145	129	563	522
1	Beverages and tobacco	29	32	114	125	16	12	56	46
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	60	55	270	165	37	37	148	132
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	1	2	37	101	92	562	285
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	1	2	2	8	8	23	23
5	Chemicals and related products	1,104	1,272	4,987	4,980	483	535	2,120	1,993
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	15	24	75	84	109	114	396	464
7	Machinery and transport equipment	556	805	2,832	4,230	1,223	2,938	5,144	10,259
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	318	318	1,306	1,231	380	502	1,539	1,684
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	1	93	40	0	2	2	20

Total		21,324	18,511	108,769	68,272	10,795	13,171	46,911	50,065
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. April 2026 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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Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products fell by €3.0 billion (-27.9%) to €7.8 billion in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€10.8 billion). This represented 42.1% of total exports in April 2026.

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €2.1 billion (-80.4%) to €501.9 million in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€2.6 billion).

Exports of Petroleum, Petroleum Products & Related Materials increased by €116.1 million (+224.0%) to €167.9 million in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€51.8 million) (See Table 5).

Imports by product

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €1.0 million (+0.1%) to €1,820 million in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€1,819 million).

Imports of Organic Chemicals fell by €65.9 million (-11.8%) to €490.7 million in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€556.6 million).

Imports of Petroleum, Petroleum Products & Related Materials increased by €188.5 million (+54.0%) to €537.7 million in April 2026 compared with April 2025 (€349.2 million) (See Table 5).

Table 5 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity

Table 5 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity¹										€million
SITC (Rev 4)			Exports				Imports
			Apr	Apr	Jan-Apr	Jan-Apr	Apr	Apr	Jan-Apr	Jan-Apr
			2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026
0	Food and live animals		1,517	1,430	5,215	5,125	929	938	3,616	3,533
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	93	118	260	287	38	24	97	84
	01	Meat and meat preparations	477	431	1,719	1,727	115	115	430	458
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	452	382	1,325	1,217	129	95	430	355
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	75	69	240	248	33	27	131	160
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	68	67	262	254	148	181	650	599
	05	Vegetables and fruit	45	38	165	144	165	174	638	630
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	14	16	64	75	43	44	164	167
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	62	52	219	219	80	76	321	323
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	49	59	209	226	91	115	413	425
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	182	197	752	728	87	87	342	331
1	Beverages and tobacco		186	192	735	705	130	129	451	488
	11	Beverages	186	192	735	704	125	122	430	466
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	0	5	7	21	22
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		171	171	783	610	124	125	480	455
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	5	5	22	20	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	0	14	3	2	3	9	8
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	1	1	2	3	2	7	7
	24	Cork and wood	33	29	105	104	30	32	109	107
	25	Pulp and waste paper	8	5	26	20	4	3	16	17
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	6	4	23	16	1	1	5	5
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	15	16	56	52	19	20	76	75
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	86	92	469	323	27	26	99	85
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	17	19	67	71	38	37	158	151
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		62	178	202	394	573	812	2,857	2,665
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	7	8	27	30	3	4	20	15
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	52	168	132	351	349	538	1,824	1,701
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	1	0	16	0	167	201	744	657
	35	Electric current	2	2	27	13	54	69	269	292
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		15	13	56	51	41	37	152	144
	41	Animal oils and fats	12	9	42	37	4	4	17	16
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	2	3	10	10	36	31	129	122
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	1	1	4	4	1	1	6	6
5	Chemicals and related products		14,965	9,815	82,272	36,360	3,050	3,020	13,590	11,930
	51	Organic chemicals	2,565	502	10,386	4,601	557	491	2,628	1,937
	52	Inorganic chemicals	20	93	131	198	47	50	205	191
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	16	19	57	78	34	36	124	134
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	10,815	7,799	65,599	26,597	1,819	1,820	8,260	7,412
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	1,013	892	3,970	3,071	171	158	675	689
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	5	5	16	17	88	124	296	338
	57	Plastics in primary forms	41	41	154	154	102	107	389	361
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	77	91	304	315	111	122	465	435
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	413	373	1,655	1,329	123	113	548	432
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		287	318	1,081	1,177	712	742	2,860	2,930
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	4	3	2	2	9	8
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	18	27	81	111	52	55	201	201
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	47	35	141	133	45	44	178	160
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	19	27	77	85	108	106	456	397
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	17	22	70	74	66	63	248	245
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	63	72	228	240	92	100	385	375
	67	Iron and steel	18	21	78	85	97	99	392	370
	68	Non-ferrous metals	13	18	52	71	62	79	249	438
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	90	94	350	376	188	194	743	735
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,132	4,195	10,418	15,795	3,896	5,862	17,558	22,355
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	116	130	457	406	122	162	539	618
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	87	79	373	272	232	636	1,085	1,580
	73	Metalworking machinery	2	3	11	8	13	14	52	48
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	187	211	803	759	273	309	1,097	1,230
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	439	1,997	2,219	5,853	829	1,934	2,954	6,724
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	127	110	444	448	251	477	1,078	1,869
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	977	1,203	3,991	5,156	715	852	2,942	3,482
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	44	52	184	187	547	580	2,397	2,713
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	153	410	1,938	2,705	915	898	5,414	4,090
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,971	2,170	7,852	7,918	1,324	1,472	5,292	5,426
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	20	14	70	62	42	41	176	176
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	22	20	87	82	82	80	311	316
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	2	13	9	18	19	78	74
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	39	43	136	150	246	241	952	955
	85	Footwear	5	7	19	21	62	55	242	220
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	901	1,104	3,434	3,748	294	363	1,172	1,232
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	139	167	578	604	88	109	398	402
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	843	812	3,513	3,242	495	564	1,964	2,051
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		12	17	134	87	7	11	26	46
Unclassified estimates²			6	12	21	50	9	23	30	93

Total			21,324	18,511	108,769	68,272	10,795	13,171	46,911	50,065
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. April 2026 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See Background Notes.
² Estimates for which a commodity classification is not available.