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Goods Exports and Imports August 2022

Ireland's unadjusted exports of goods were €19.5 billion in August 2022

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CSO statistical publication, 17 October 2022, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €19.5 billion in August 2022, an increase of more than €6.3 billion compared with August last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €12.5 billion, which was €4.7 billion higher than imports in August 2021.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €19.8 billion in August 2022, an increase of €4,136 million compared with July 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €13.2 billion in August 2022, an increase of €1,125 million compared with July 2022.
Imports from Great Britain were €2.2 billion in August 2022, while exports to Great Britain were €1.5 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (17 October 2022) released Goods Exports and Imports August 2022.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician, in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In August 2022, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods increased by €6.3 billion to €19.5 billion compared with August 2021. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods grew by €4.1 billion compared with July 2022.

The unadjusted imports for August 2022 were valued at €12.5 billion, an increase of more than €4.7 billion on August 2021.

Comparing the first eight months of 2022 with the same period in 2021, exports of goods increased by 30%, and the value of imports increased by 39%.

Imports from Great Britain grew by 77% to nearly €2.2 billion in August 2022 compared with August 2021, where the largest increases were in the imports of Mineral Fuels and Chemicals & Related Products.

Exports to Great Britain increased by 59% to €1.5 billion in August 2022, due to an increase in the exports of Chemicals & Related Products.”

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted
€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
July 2022	15,682	12,057	3,624
August 2022	19,818	13,182	6,636
Value change	4,136	1,125	3,011
% change	26.4	9.3	83.1

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports increased by over €4.1 billion in August 2022

Seasonally adjusted goods exports increased by €4,136 million (+26%) to €19,818 million in August 2022 compared with July 2022, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports increased by €1,125 million (+9%) to €13,182 million leading to an increase of €3,011 million (+83%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €6,636 million in August 2022 compared with July 2022 (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
2016		119,292	74,296	44,996	125.6	158.2	102.7	93.3	110.2
2017		122,785	82,943	39,842	135.8	168.9	99.3	96.1	103.3
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	103,801	61,914	191.3	214.5	95.0	98.6	96.4

2019	January	13,485	7,662	5,824	179.1	196.0	99.4	96.3	103.2
	February	12,414	6,527	5,887	164.9	165.8	99.3	96.6	102.8
	March	11,677	7,658	4,019	155.5	198.2	99.1	95.4	103.8
	April	12,791	7,341	5,451	169.7	190.7	99.4	94.8	104.9
	May	13,698	7,356	6,342	182.1	189.2	99.3	95.8	103.6
	June	12,050	7,461	4,589	160.1	190.3	99.3	96.6	102.8
	July	13,364	7,978	5,385	177.2	203.2	99.5	96.2	103.4
	August	11,758	6,735	5,023	156.2	172.8	99.3	96.0	103.5
	September	12,507	7,365	5,143	166.2	187.7	99.5	96.6	102.9
	October	14,288	8,614	5,675	189.4	218.6	99.5	97.0	102.6
	November	12,844	7,844	4,999	169.5	194.7	99.9	97.5	102.5
	December	11,657	8,478	3,179	153.5	212.3	100.2	96.9	103.4

2020	January	14,989	7,108	7,882	207.1	185.4	95.5	94.5	101.1
	February	11,570	7,971	3,599	166.4	215.7	91.7	91.1	100.7
	March	17,664	6,667	10,997	236.9	175.7	98.4	93.5	105.2
	April	11,343	5,571	5,772	160.3	147.7	93.3	93.0	100.4
	May	12,875	6,153	6,722	180.3	163.8	94.2	92.6	101.7
	June	13,647	6,750	6,897	182.4	175.4	98.7	94.8	104.1
	July	13,617	8,378	5,239	191.8	221.6	93.7	93.1	100.5
	August	12,935	5,999	6,937	182.8	164.5	93.3	89.9	103.8
	September	13,991	6,464	7,527	196.7	166.0	94.0	94.1	99.9
	October	12,230	7,660	4,570	173.8	210.0	92.9	89.2	104.1
	November	14,918	9,343	5,576	211.3	261.4	92.8	87.7	105.8
	December	12,351	9,004	3,347	170.0	252.6	94.8	87.0	108.9

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	10,410	5,214	208.2	241.5	98.0	102.7	95.4
	December	13,054	11,129	1,925	175.6	261.9	97.2	101.6	95.6

2022⁴	January	16,067	9,365	6,703	224.0	236.1	94.7	97.7	96.9
	February	15,869	9,098	6,771	218.8	237.6	95.7	94.4	101.4
	March	20,526	11,314	9,213	280.0	260.9	95.0	104.2	91.2
	April	17,359	11,292	6,067	242.9	270.0	94.6	103.8	91.2
	May	17,993	13,165	4,828	244.6	311.7	97.2	104.4	93.2
	June	17,591	12,849	4,742	244.0	306.8	95.1	103.2	92.2
	July	14,846	10,726	4,120	205.4	248.1	95.4	106.5	89.5
	August	19,497	12,491	7,007	271.1	288.8	94.9	106.6	89.1
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. August 2022 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
2019	January	12,978	7,479	5,499	172.3	198.3
	February	13,062	6,952	6,109	175.2	174.8
	March	11,541	7,309	4,232	149.3	190.5
	April	12,712	7,387	5,325	164.6	195.3
	May	12,672	7,366	5,306	172.9	192.3
	June	12,314	7,378	4,936	163.8	189.7
	July	13,293	8,162	5,131	178.1	207.3
	August	12,488	7,645	4,843	165.4	192.0
	September	12,763	7,588	5,174	170.3	195.8
	October	14,110	7,831	6,280	181.7	195.6
	November	12,414	7,499	4,915	163.4	187.3
	December	12,381	7,760	4,621	168.4	186.8

2020	January	13,672	7,621	6,051	191.0	186.4
	February	12,130	8,206	3,924	174.5	211.0
	March	16,784	6,346	10,438	212.6	155.5
	April	11,364	5,963	5,401	157.2	153.2
	May	12,901	6,449	6,451	181.5	169.2
	June	12,980	6,365	6,615	171.1	168.9
	July	13,166	8,125	5,041	186.0	225.2
	August	14,113	7,122	6,992	198.3	197.0
	September	13,601	6,496	7,105	193.6	159.5
	October	12,387	7,256	5,130	171.7	200.8
	November	14,522	8,755	5,767	200.7	258.7
	December	12,972	7,645	5,328	185.2	213.4

2021	January	14,001	7,183	6,818	188.6	181.3
	February	12,898	7,712	5,186	176.1	185.7
	March	13,240	8,372	4,868	184.9	205.1
	April	12,074	8,330	3,744	179.4	212.6
	May	13,862	8,883	4,979	194.7	236.6
	June	13,815	9,042	4,773	207.1	230.9
	July	13,490	8,217	5,273	185.4	201.6
	August	13,857	8,710	5,147	189.3	220.0
	September	14,273	8,660	5,613	196.0	216.2
	October	15,629	8,774	6,855	199.8	218.1
	November	14,489	9,460	5,030	206.4	237.2
	December	13,815	9,713	4,101	192.0	243.1

2022	January	16,866	10,534	6,332	221.4	248.9
	February	16,594	10,577	6,017	231.1	249.5
	March	18,441	10,309	8,132	239.7	240.5
	April	17,632	11,782	5,850	259.9	277.7
	May	17,848	12,517	5,331	238.4	294.6
	June	16,565	11,797	4,768	236.0	291.4
	July	15,682	12,057	3,624	225.2	273.5
	August	19,818	13,182	6,636	274.2	301.7
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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Table B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region
€million
Unadjusted		August 2021 - 2022				January - August 2021 - 2022
Unadjusted		2021	2022	Value change	% change	2021	2022	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	13,167	19,497	6,330	48	107,308	139,748	32,440	30
	Great Britain	969	1,541	572	59	9,112	11,569	2,457	27
	Northern Ireland	329	406	77	23	2,377	3,208	831	35
	EU27	4,853	8,625	3,771	78	40,203	53,920	13,717	34
	USA	4,229	5,286	1,057	25	33,465	42,414	8,948	27
	Rest of World	2,786	3,639	854	31	22,150	28,638	6,488	29

Imports
	Total	7,803	12,491	4,687	60	64,803	90,298	25,495	39
	Great Britain	1,239	2,199	959	77	9,075	15,491	6,416	71
	Northern Ireland	366	600	234	64	2,607	3,387	780	30
	EU27	2,144	3,241	1,097	51	22,526	25,994	3,468	15
	USA	1,581	2,055	474	30	10,994	13,690	2,696	25
	Rest of World	2,472	4,396	1,924	78	19,600	31,736	12,136	62

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Exports and Imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports increased by €6,330 million (+48%) to €19,497 million in August 2022 compared with August 2021. The value of goods exports for the period January to August 2022 increased by €32,440 million (+30%) to €139,748 million, when compared with the same period of 2021.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €4,687 million (+60%) to €12,491 million in August 2022 compared with August 2021. The value of goods imports for the first eight months of 2022 increased by €25,495 million (+39%) to €90,298 million, when compared with the same period of 2021.

Exports to Great Britain accounted for 8% of total exports in August 2022. The products accounting for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products, at €655 million and Food & Live Animals at €328 million.

Imports from Great Britain in August 2022 were €2,199 million, which was 18% of the total value of imports. Imports of Mineral Fuels accounted for €863 million, and imports of Chemicals & Related Products were valued at €459 million (see Table 5).

The EU accounted for €8,625 million (44%) of total goods exports in August 2022, of which €3,255 million went to Germany, €2,312 million went to Belgium and €1,283 million went to the Netherlands.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €5,286 million (27%) of total exports in August 2022 (see Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Mar 2021	5.71069156633018	2.899116902	1.55585851818113	4.542633046
Apr 2021	4.90713263466844	2.45698396000001	1.34918852232651	3.57577931
May 2021	5.45478810269973	2.689996428	1.50140088056247	3.90149927
Jun 2021	5.60214324394904	3.112772704	1.75320993601654	4.281263191
Jul 2021	4.52685118279434	3.134559757	1.79083712755728	3.750234214
Aug 2021	4.85342560065652	2.785794549	1.29805871461404	4.229442456
Sep 2021	5.85619210292483	2.793674125	1.73716423676024	4.384452418
Oct 2021	5.12918788059397	2.656838563	1.40791061856762	5.764283375
Nov 2021	5.7871243995022	2.763566978	2.06671239289944	5.006429187
Dec 2021	4.68630704488206	2.939133036	1.48132491297317	3.94675177
Jan 2022	6.27725462384199	2.796754711	1.74828446929616	5.244730516
Feb 2022	6.30750048782998	3.34921348	1.38697653465659	4.825347098
Mar 2022	7.31727071217891	4.00371669999999	1.81575375223145	7.389662282
Apr 2022	6.54488992072798	3.360974109	1.96314807398527	5.490122136
May 2022	6.28278937059589	4.34727528399999	1.94683732540357	5.416220648
Jun 2022	6.27580567239441	3.834350227	2.39427130896359	5.086608588
Jul 2022	6.28955280023639	3.30623685399999	1.57499790581805	3.674679746
Aug 2022	8.62478330056253	3.639310648	1.94676409916207	5.28633873

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Mar 2021	3.22380420572407	2.68432034898914	1.70030859810158	1.61071404313418
Apr 2021	2.81846802469977	2.70676447761457	1.48920057588016	1.23441473238069
May 2021	3.4181288019952	2.34016251437405	1.55399712735357	1.44673599207556
Jun 2021	3.68653775830562	3.1218809127626	1.77837455295666	1.30265117268739
Jul 2021	2.79174376634401	2.20922841169683	1.45866757908514	1.336498983027
Aug 2021	2.14427927020579	2.4721595401711	1.60572716821421	1.58098671866229
Sep 2021	2.54651358962204	2.54122225308268	1.73850218878597	1.63970936335317
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	3.10770358084347	3.99459128440475	2.35114145846516	1.86037120790416
Apr 2022	3.66481321445561	3.49010856533858	2.43043087951331	1.70683647583217
May 2022	3.58414247234422	5.0557663084526	2.37734273536575	2.14742717254763
Jun 2022	3.73769269742171	4.63194833418044	2.58182054710169	1.89742742630129
Jul 2022	3.16971134004096	4.00079266673578	2.28251337639092	1.27258290677021
Aug 2022	3.24100656837437	4.39634021589519	2.79854927910431	2.05467218835817

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €1,614 million (+33%) to €6,527 million in August 2022 compared with August 2021. This represented 33% of total exports.

Exports of Organic Chemicals increased by €3,099 million (+163%) to €5,005 million.

Exports of Food & Live Animals increased by €242 million (+25%) to €1,228 million in August 2022 compared with August 2021.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus, Appliances & Parts increased by €266 million (+26%) to €1,286 million (see Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Organic Chemicals increased by €1,514 million (+531%) to €1,799 million, representing 14% of total imports in August 2022.

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Products increased by €831 million (+142%) to €1,417 million in August 2022 compared with August 2021.

Imports of Machinery Specialised for Particular Industries increased by €368 million (+292%) to €495 million.

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines increased by €204 million (+57%) to €560 million.

The value of goods imports for August 2022 excluding SITC 79 (Other Transport Equipment, Including Aircraft) increased by €4,576 million (+65%) to €11,665 million, compared with the corresponding August 2021 figure of €7,089 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
			Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug
			2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
0	Food and live animals		986	1,228	7,639	9,258	614	764	4,624	5,926
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	30	45	284	313	15	15	96	116
	01	Meat and meat preparations	337	394	2,521	3,072	76	101	555	727
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	298	396	2,017	2,624	58	92	511	699
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	42	46	407	443	23	27	175	190
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	46	58	369	439	104	147	758	1,072
	05	Vegetables and fruit	34	34	269	255	92	120	810	936
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	10	10	81	80	30	48	222	282
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	34	42	285	287	53	59	363	430
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	37	45	292	353	104	90	721	988
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	117	157	1,115	1,392	59	63	413	485
1	Beverages and tobacco		162	209	1,084	1,342	95	113	639	722
	11	Beverages	162	209	1,084	1,341	84	101	592	675
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	1	1	11	11	47	47
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		162	198	1,292	1,551	84	95	690	784
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	8	7	44	53	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	1	8	6	4	2	16	20
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	7	21	53	79	1	1	8	10
	24	Cork and wood	24	24	183	216	26	18	177	175
	25	Pulp and waste paper	8	7	56	57	1	3	24	31
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	10	10	90	87	2	2	8	15
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	8	12	85	106	16	30	119	164
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	88	104	687	848	19	17	141	158
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	10	12	86	99	15	22	195	211
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		95	225	613	1,158	585	1,417	3,421	8,298
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	4	6	67	65	22	7	110	218
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	84	164	504	903	341	751	2,364	4,831
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	2	3	11	11	193	614	738	2,992
	35	Electric current	5	53	30	178	29	45	209	258
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		9	13	73	100	33	57	227	374
	41	Animal oils and fats	7	10	62	77	2	5	13	33
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	2	3	10	19	27	45	194	311
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	1	1	4	4	6	20	30
5	Chemicals and related products		7,919	13,035	67,485	91,047	1,630	3,499	16,639	25,887
	51	Organic chemicals	1,905	5,005	17,979	24,898	285	1,799	6,770	12,903
	52	Inorganic chemicals	15	102	215	621	35	47	233	349
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	10	12	90	101	23	27	189	218
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	4,913	6,527	40,087	55,242	838	1,073	6,094	7,300
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	669	902	5,638	6,674	125	162	874	1,082
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	1	1	8	14	24	34	334	740
	57	Plastics in primary forms	25	41	223	279	104	146	724	1,008
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	50	77	607	697	96	99	595	784
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	331	369	2,637	2,521	101	114	826	1,502
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		235	265	1,801	2,121	567	805	4,309	5,947
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	5	2	24	10	2	2	18	17
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	20	19	143	220	39	43	300	359
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	37	34	259	307	35	35	241	306
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	16	22	128	155	84	120	593	849
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	11	13	114	106	50	64	407	490
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	50	57	382	420	71	90	500	717
	67	Iron and steel	18	21	132	163	83	113	684	932
	68	Non-ferrous metals	12	17	85	127	63	155	447	870
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	66	81	535	612	139	184	1,119	1,408
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,128	2,413	15,721	18,412	3,013	4,136	25,498	30,982
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	283	120	1,199	953	199	134	1,395	1,391
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	65	73	512	516	126	495	1,162	3,708
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	2	29	19	12	12	97	101
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	153	205	1,184	1,485	190	240	1,601	2,023
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	317	380	2,614	3,109	357	560	3,176	3,655
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	80	107	656	769	189	229	1,459	1,807
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,020	1,286	7,513	9,741	1,001	1,330	5,248	6,794
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	35	42	272	340	225	311	2,611	3,158
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	171	198	1,743	1,480	714	826	8,748	8,344
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,401	1,745	11,081	13,697	1,026	1,375	7,507	9,540
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	12	11	90	92	33	41	243	312
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	12	16	102	139	67	77	469	632
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	2	2	21	20	16	21	93	144
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	21	44	170	299	207	258	1,612	1,827
	85	Footwear	3	4	20	29	50	60	326	404
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	574	748	4,523	5,899	195	247	1,462	1,998
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	129	140	1,046	1,121	43	195	355	579
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	649	779	5,109	6,099	415	475	2,947	3,645
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		9	54	104	242	6	8	95	63
Unclassified estimates²			61	112	414	821	151	223	1,154	1,775

Total			13,167	19,497	107,308	139,748	7,803	12,491	64,803	90,298
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. August 2022 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
	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug
	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Austria	34	38	238	276	23	31	217	261
Belgium	1,003	2,312	8,366	11,858	147	217	1,397	1,657
Bulgaria	11	19	88	129	2	4	24	28
Croatia	5	11	48	54	1	2	10	28
Cyprus	8	3	22	47	1	1	4	6
Czech Republic	54	136	413	792	63	124	694	742
Denmark	35	55	360	352	49	47	418	460
Estonia	1	2	57	22	2	1	13	9
Finland	27	32	212	210	11	16	100	150
France	472	466	3,502	4,857	523	901	6,748	7,313
Germany	1,630	3,255	12,193	18,272	472	754	4,697	6,170
Greece	31	27	862	242	5	9	57	68
Hungary	25	26	224	240	22	60	184	322
Italy	255	354	3,119	2,804	129	154	1,401	1,524
Latvia	7	6	58	41	9	5	46	42
Lithuania	5	6	72	52	11	14	80	158
Luxembourg	8	7	54	59	8	5	37	39
Malta	3	3	29	53	1	2	8	12
Netherlands	793	1,283	6,140	8,752	309	403	3,088	2,943
Poland	80	101	924	939	70	111	557	803
Portugal	27	37	245	318	29	50	215	297
Romania	35	41	346	326	7	12	76	81
Slovakia	7	7	89	73	9	9	63	64
Slovenia	12	24	118	162	3	4	31	32
Spain	165	209	1,507	1,711	119	139	1,133	1,481
Sweden	67	81	586	634	51	60	531	484
EU Country not specified²	52	83	332	645	68	105	696	817
Total EU27³	4,853	8,625	40,203	53,920	2,144	3,241	22,526	25,994
Euro-Zone⁴	4,488	8,070	36,882	49,809	1,810	2,715	19,336	22,229

Great Britain	969	1,541	9,112	11,569	1,239	2,199	9,075	15,491
Northern Ireland	329	406	2,377	3,208	366	600	2,607	3,387
Total UK	1,298	1,947	11,489	14,777	1,606	2,799	11,682	18,878

Australia	77	235	584	1,176	10	9	64	65
Brazil	15	20	225	235	31	52	224	243
Canada	76	177	839	2,266	33	45	479	389
China⁵	951	1,234	7,798	9,606	704	1,578	4,960	10,636
India	96	44	331	315	88	87	524	694
Japan	199	325	1,856	2,890	91	272	866	2,500
Malaysia	18	60	154	239	481	49	1,616	397
Mexico	192	195	1,414	1,324	35	45	279	334
Norway	120	42	674	298	62	55	567	392
Russia	35	29	336	392	28	4	297	330
Saudi Arabia	45	48	437	555	1	2	24	31
Singapore	31	59	304	440	20	71	405	484
South Africa	26	42	257	289	12	23	98	205
South Korea	45	45	424	631	104	122	885	1,047
Switzerland	270	301	2,016	2,070	90	324	3,444	4,355
Taiwan	30	27	233	347	71	126	503	814
Thailand	21	18	131	157	36	73	369	482
Turkey	60	61	485	557	78	96	684	939
USA	4,229	5,286	33,465	42,414	1,581	2,055	10,994	13,690
Other countries	469	651	3,539	4,756	476	1,334	3,164	7,025
Country unknown⁶	12	25	116	96	22	32	148	377
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	7,015	8,926	55,615	71,052	4,053	6,451	30,595	45,427

Total	13,167	19,497	107,308	139,748	7,803	12,491	64,803	90,298
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. August 2022 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.
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		Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug
		2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Great Britain		969	1,541	9,112	11,569	1,239	2,199	9,075	15,491
0	Food and live animals	277	328	2,107	2,446	153	185	1,142	1,383
1	Beverages and tobacco	19	26	139	153	20	25	131	159
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	35	39	299	353	9	8	77	81
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	30	69	163	590	295	863	1,504	4,832
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	2	6	10	4	7	21	48
5	Chemicals and related products	254	655	3,330	4,513	181	459	1,381	3,653
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	81	100	631	727	154	203	1,190	1,529
7	Machinery and transport equipment	173	191	1,587	1,792	264	256	2,219	2,364
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	97	129	832	978	159	188	1,397	1,426
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	18	7	1	3	13	16
Northern Ireland		329	406	2,377	3,208	366	600	2,607	3,387
0	Food and live animals	126	144	863	1,060	86	113	675	867
1	Beverages and tobacco	7	13	64	74	19	27	144	174
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	12	14	98	120	10	10	83	93
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	6	17	45	190	31	58	197	370
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	2	12	18	4	10	21	49
5	Chemicals and related products	77	72	456	607	95	248	543	814
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	45	51	340	398	45	52	344	392
7	Machinery and transport equipment	23	33	244	293	26	26	199	197
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	26	50	206	368	20	23	153	166
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	6	11	51	81	30	32	248	265
EU 27²		4,853	8,625	40,203	53,920	2,144	3,241	22,526	25,994
0	Food and live animals	316	423	2,459	3,197	224	298	1,809	2,168
1	Beverages and tobacco	41	47	262	295	40	42	250	259
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	74	89	595	639	28	40	259	279
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	9	31	132	138	57	81	467	673
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	5	8	42	60	18	27	128	191
5	Chemicals and related products	3,328	6,890	28,443	39,763	567	1,141	6,282	7,723
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	71	65	532	586	167	223	1,315	1,718
7	Machinery and transport equipment	484	496	3,737	4,313	728	969	9,427	9,588
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	466	468	3,613	4,148	196	226	1,660	1,872
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	59	108	388	780	120	194	927	1,524
USA		4,229	5,286	33,465	42,414	1,581	2,055	10,994	13,690
0	Food and live animals	51	69	315	451	48	25	189	303
1	Beverages and tobacco	61	80	430	578	3	3	17	18
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	1	2	15	20	3	6	40	56
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	36	19	78	105	245	452	1,167
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Chemicals and related products	3,300	4,009	25,984	33,079	509	490	3,285	3,520
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	19	26	141	216	37	97	307	426
7	Machinery and transport equipment	305	347	2,720	2,723	730	855	5,603	6,665
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	489	717	3,826	5,260	145	334	1,062	1,526
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	0	14	7	1	1	39	9
China³		951	1,234	7,798	9,606	704	1,578	4,960	10,636
0	Food and live animals	47	54	492	402	7	12	45	75
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	2	7	10	0	0	1	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	6	7	34	45	4	5	28	42
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	-	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	85	145	1,353	1,742	82	713	499	4,729
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	3	5	21	33	86	96	544	738
7	Machinery and transport equipment	698	898	4,956	6,469	296	475	2,479	3,171
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	110	123	931	905	228	277	1,363	1,876
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Rest of World		1,835	2,405	14,352	19,032	1,768	2,819	14,641	21,101
0	Food and live animals	168	209	1,403	1,701	97	130	764	1,130
1	Beverages and tobacco	33	41	183	232	12	15	96	110
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	33	47	252	373	30	25	203	233
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	50	73	253	161	96	169	800	1,256
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	8	11	7	12	56	85
5	Chemicals and related products	875	1,264	7,919	11,344	197	449	4,649	5,449
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	16	18	137	162	78	134	609	1,143
7	Machinery and transport equipment	444	448	2,477	2,822	969	1,554	5,571	8,997
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	213	258	1,674	2,038	278	328	1,872	2,675
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	3	47	47	189	4	1	20	23

Total		13,167	19,497	107,308	139,748	7,803	12,491	64,803	90,298
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. August 2022 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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