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Goods Exports and Imports August 2025

Ireland's exports of goods fell by 6.7% to €16.2 billion in August 2025

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CSO statistical release, 15 October 2025, 11am

Key Findings

Exports of goods totalled €16.2 billion in August 2025, a decrease of €1.2 billion (-6.7%) compared with August 2024 (€17.4 billion).
Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products decreased by €1.7 billion (-20.4%) to €6.5 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€8.2 billion).
Exports of goods to the United States fell by €2.6 billion (-38.5%) to €4.1 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€6.7 billion).
Exports of goods to the EU increased by €1.5 billion (+24.6%) to €7.7 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€6.2 billion).
Seasonally adjusted exports fell in August 2025 compared with July 2025, falling by €17.6 million (-0.1%) to €17.465 billion.
Imports of goods fell by €166.3 million to €11.0 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€11.1 billion).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (15 October 2025) published Goods Exports and Imports August 2025.

Commenting on the release, Jane Burmanje, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “Both exports and imports of goods decreased in August 2025 compared with August 2024, while exports of goods fell by 6.7% and imports fell by 1.5%.

Exports of goods fell for the third consecutive month in August 2025 to €16.2 billion.

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products, which represented 40.2% of total exports, decreased by €1.7 billion (-20.4%) to €6.5 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€8.2 billion).

Exports to the US fell by two-fifths (€2.6 billion) to €4.1 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€6.7 billion). This fall in exports to the US was driven by a decrease of €2.5 billion (-46%) in exports of Chemicals & Related Products to €3.0 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€5.5 billion).

However, exports of goods to the EU increased by almost a quarter (24.6%) by €1.5 billion to €7.7 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€6.2 billion).

Imports of goods fell by €166.3 million to €11.0 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€11.1 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
July 2025	17,482	12,159	5,323
August 2025	17,465	12,313	5,152
Value change	-18	154	-171
% change	-0	1	-3

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Seasonally Adjusted trade surplus falls by just over 3% in August 2025

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €17.6 million (-0.1%) to €17.465 billion in August compared with July 2025 (€17.482 billion), according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports increased by €153.7 million (+1.3%) leading to a decrease of €171.3 million (-3.2%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €5.2 billion in August compared with July 2025 (€5.3 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 €1.2 billion (-6.7%) to €16.2 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€17.4 billion).

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports decreased by €166.3 million (-1.5%) to €11.0 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€11.1 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		223,734	134,656	89,078	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	16,766	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

2025	January	24,902	11,011	13,891	338.7	246.1	97.0	110.3	88.0
	February	24,988	12,026	12,963	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	21,877	10,607	11,270	300.4	246.1	96.1	106.2	90.5
	May	23,735	11,059	12,676	326.3	264.9	96.0	102.9	93.3
	June	17,298	12,213	5,085	241.7	288.3	94.5	104.4	90.5
	July	17,196	11,905	5,290	241.4	283.4	94.2	104.4	90.3
	August	16,223	10,971	5,252	229.5	260.8	93.3	103.7	90.0
¹ Monthly price and volume indices for 2024 have been revised. See background notes.
² Export unit value index divided by import unit value index.
³ Revised. August 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	19,800	11,334	8,466	272.6	261.7
	December	17,897	11,159	6,739	247.6	249.0

2025	January	23,558	11,320	12,238	324.5	268.6
	February	25,725	12,914	12,812	336.6	287.1
	March	35,963	12,400	23,563	465.5	285.5
	April	21,912	10,819	11,093	290.5	257.7
	May	23,443	11,068	12,375	323.7	256.0
	June	16,837	11,741	5,096	247.7	269.6
	July	17,482	12,159	5,323	252.0	277.4
	August	17,465	12,313	5,152	255.7	277.0
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 2024 - 2025				January - August 2024 - 2025
Unadjusted		2024	2025	Value change	% change	2024	2025	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	17,389	16,223	-1,165	-7	143,828	184,325	40,497	28
	Great Britain	1,195	1,096	-99	-8	10,770	9,871	-899	-8
	Northern Ireland	413	427	14	3	3,385	3,581	196	6
	EU27	6,173	7,688	1,516	25	55,868	58,797	2,929	5
	USA	6,654	4,093	-2,561	-38	45,615	84,465	38,850	85
	Rest of World	2,955	2,920	-35	-1	28,191	27,612	-580	-2

Imports
	Total	11,138	10,971	-166	-1	88,573	92,931	4,358	5
	Great Britain	1,292	1,256	-36	-3	10,949	10,778	-172	-2
	Northern Ireland	455	373	-82	-18	3,537	3,725	188	5
	EU27	4,017	4,063	46	1	32,863	35,144	2,282	7
	USA	2,056	2,004	-52	-3	15,811	14,583	-1,229	-8
	Rest of World	3,318	3,276	-42	-1	25,412	28,701	3,289	13

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Exports and imports by region

In August 2025, Ireland’s top exporting partners were the US, the Netherlands and Germany, with Ireland exporting 25.2 % (€4.1 billion), 15% (€2.4 billion) and 11.6% (€1.9 billion) of total export goods respectively to these countries.

In August 2025, Ireland imported the highest value of goods from the US, Great Britain and Germany with these countries representing 18.3 % (€ 2.0 billion), 11.5% (€ 1.3 billion) and 10% (€1.1 billion) of the total import trade for August 2025.

Exports to Great Britain decreased by €98.6 million (-8.3%) to €1.1 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€1.2 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports to Great Britain were Food & Live Animals at €331.31 million, and Chemicals & Related Products at €265.11 million, representing 30.2% and 24.2% of total exports respectively to Great Britain in August 2025.

Imports from Great Britain decreased by €36 million (-2.8%) to €1.256 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€1.292 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from Great Britain were Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials at €264.2 million, and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €234.6 million, representing 21.0% and 18.7% of total exports respectively to Great Britain in August 2025.

Exports to the US fell by €2.6 billion (-38.5%) to €4.1 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€6.7 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €3.0 billion and Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles at €558.05 million representing 73.1% and 13.6% of total exports respectively to the US in August 2025.

Exports of Chemicals & Related Products to the US fell by €2.5 billion (-46%) to €3.0 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€5.5 billion).

Imports from the US decreased by €51.8 million (-2.5%) to €2.004 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€2.056 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports were Machinery & Transport Equipment at €979.19 million and Chemicals & Related Products at €653.87 million representing 48.9% and 32.6% of total imports respectively to US in August 2025.

Exports of goods to the EU increased by €1.5 billion (+24.6%) to €7.7 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€6.2 billion).

Imports of goods from the EU increased by €46 million (+1.1%) to €4.063 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€4.017 billion).

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Aug 2023	6.17655946638319	3.116574302	1.69434464599054	5.118801198
Sep2023	7.14323347808053	2.903643321	1.56317175363387	4.236656503
Oct 2023	7.63339434249325	3.404849622	1.64463124206927	4.829457856
Nov 2023	6.71695747925976	3.209520098	2.16808554975771	3.978017765
Dec 2023	5.15277832090555	3.109410465	1.24291046102349	4.264824889
Jan 2024	7.09003372867379	3.39207741546	1.95925561752101	6.471491266
Feb 2024	7.21803935762674	2.95315612294	1.60906028133623	4.15682019
Mar 2024	6.99739338389018	4.78752681297	2.25731778714663	5.134415339
Apr 2024	7.52054165127125	3.58016234316	1.75793029138939	6.555017232
May 2024	7.13618580104864	3.46472421338	1.76756279166731	5.670432186
Jun 2024	6.23937456927409	3.2662725864	1.53175060142564	5.689849047
Jul 2024	7.40147063515609	3.79264883629	1.67658677570153	5.282349015
Aug 2024	6.15219671671435	2.95487931096	1.60720462696308	6.654178385
Sep 2024	10.1641677652746	3.2695525132	1.55150800799843	7.204101996
Oct 2024	9.056208009956	3.28395339905	1.80822264125666	7.020041948
Nov 2024	7.53740601857633	3.28842114249	1.74876039173218	8.021106322
Dec 2024	5.53979245978523	3.16534517463	1.36693743524004	5.652103675
Jan 2025	7.84645158544838	3.09584119123001	1.61659912666632	12.343047938
Feb 2025	7.23350123195383	3.44001817830999	1.63820457490852	12.912642132
Mar 2025	6.51210040176753	4.14771296713	1.70632245915899	25.740471601
Apr 2025	7.18621091782677	3.13771882051001	1.81351817545945	9.739213115
May 2025	7.36446329559842	3.78341701205999	1.80397030240175	10.7830186
Jun 2025	7.78501057804012	3.34753319571	1.70004977586122	4.465352829
Jul 2025	7.27075749208212	3.80887395395	1.74296666310299	4.372956339
Aug 2025	7.68813791441101	2.919723774	1.52258924125258	4.092894871

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Aug 2023	3.18510901224085	3.2015301331272	2.28888991675692	1.63142817341011
Sep 2023	3.49244601522493	3.37157058973992	2.2138363475185	2.18538453939872
Oct 2023	4.2410839386979	3.62489278627031	1.97545749959323	1.69124266706696
Nov 2023	4.51516933476574	4.4445211752786	2.1962596070393	3.04034378656237
Dec 2023	4.66243395236252	3.45849622608041	1.53375400447074	2.30869845012033
Jan 2024	3.28326601472443	3.17818431423737	1.65384034020985	1.55450771668208
Feb 2024	3.90615251323584	2.77069477173778	1.93155184586916	1.65048803014935
Mar 2024	4.99807449698613	2.86722956167012	1.88894883051199	2.05632607368043
Apr 2024	3.67492959109556	3.65539529524123	1.65721924646856	1.78420807255153
May 2024	3.77300348970384	3.15818585044724	1.92475081536429	2.18520060186128
Jun 2024	4.62408518909123	2.96819585505779	1.96201699709631	2.04857722202298
Jul 2024	4.47091632400257	3.45216244090468	1.69837525284247	2.47586070067305
Aug 2024	3.93420816373947	3.30311238865286	1.74188577335663	2.05551142517191
Sep 2024	3.42237561669645	3.61985241626809	1.64382577531079	1.98153287917605
Oct 2024	4.43405043306739	3.4867626976388	2.04497538183294	1.6889436656523
Nov 2024	4.42076573266155	3.81949834593889	1.78405171303871	1.70909878864839
Dec 2024	4.56343747184848	3.80488375851427	1.68649088076986	1.80454606914617
Jan 2025	3.1966630965648	3.63698924426155	1.7661020880009	2.41116543398385
Feb 2025	4.87172709156135	3.36848531209788	1.94355136133688	2.34749564360154
Mar 2025	5.36588361427721	3.95586112685146	2.00983798518999	1.80762849691499
Apr 2025	4.06967625384245	3.54909985788836	1.82775413940193	1.16040270711294
May 2025	3.91248618496498	3.4557312421538	1.85357476904582	1.8368340939354
Jun 2025	5.15081177063367	3.81434533196007	1.70349345990862	1.54413238816784
Jul 2025	4.5198729432738	3.7827793214227	1.92523880447027	1.67729570811069
Aug 2025	4.06283140133881	3.27583775223002	1.62904600204387	2.00369292342779

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products decreased by €1.7 billion (-20.4%) to €6.5 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€8.2 billion).

Exports of Organic Chemicals increased by €535.6 million (+35.7%) to €2.0 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€1.5 billion).

Exports of Machinery Specialised for Particular Industries fell by €43.6 million (-47.7%) to €47.8 million in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€91.5 million) (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products decreased by €225.8 million (-12.3%) to €1.6 billion in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€1.8 billion).

Imports of Organic Chemicals increased by €77.9 million (+21.8%) to €434.6 million in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€356.7 million).

Imports of Machinery Specialised for Particular Industries fell by €52.4 million (-22.8%) to €177.2 million in August 2025 compared with August 2024 (€229.6 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
			2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
0	Food and live animals		1,236	1,346	9,618	11,099	891	886	6,855	7,325
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	55	46	457	474	31	30	195	217
	01	Meat and meat preparations	372	404	3,039	3,558	100	110	785	900
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	383	464	2,517	3,230	91	102	716	850
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	48	57	419	485	32	31	227	254
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	63	61	534	518	182	157	1,237	1,294
	05	Vegetables and fruit	41	40	307	349	159	155	1,286	1,307
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	19	18	125	129	41	39	348	322
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	37	42	351	423	73	92	556	673
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	43	43	391	404	95	93	837	837
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	176	171	1,477	1,529	86	77	667	672
1	Beverages and tobacco		214	185	1,466	1,472	155	140	961	1,003
	11	Beverages	214	185	1,465	1,472	143	130	914	955
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	1	12	10	48	48
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		156	153	1,170	1,443	95	90	881	905
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	5	5	44	41	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	1	1	13	19	3	3	21	17
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	2	3	2	1	12	15
	24	Cork and wood	20	22	174	202	20	22	196	211
	25	Pulp and waste paper	6	5	45	49	2	2	34	32
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	6	6	51	47	2	1	13	10
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	10	10	87	106	20	19	162	159
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	93	90	633	852	21	18	187	198
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	15	13	121	124	25	24	255	264
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		90	100	591	666	636	531	5,480	5,138
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	3	3	41	49	4	2	34	29
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	83	76	525	542	487	361	4,070	3,440
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	2	2	16	24	92	111	1,001	1,169
	35	Electric current	1	19	9	50	53	57	375	500
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		10	10	98	109	37	42	295	311
	41	Animal oils and fats	8	7	73	79	4	3	23	28
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	2	21	22	32	38	261	269
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	1	3	9	1	1	11	14
5	Chemicals and related products		11,208	9,733	93,132	129,131	2,749	2,709	19,911	26,368
	51	Organic chemicals	1,502	2,038	18,744	16,597	357	435	5,452	4,854
	52	Inorganic chemicals	24	78	1,106	408	54	32	422	368
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	16	14	123	119	33	28	262	257
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	8,205	6,527	60,672	100,259	1,834	1,608	9,431	16,194
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	908	603	8,045	7,385	163	164	1,380	1,377
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	3	5	23	34	20	31	395	475
	57	Plastics in primary forms	44	34	303	307	92	98	775	764
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	61	54	600	601	94	211	811	999
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	446	380	3,516	3,420	103	102	983	1,080
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		261	251	2,296	2,228	725	624	5,663	5,606
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	2	8	9	2	2	15	17
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	16	22	160	171	54	47	401	405
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	30	28	269	267	52	36	357	333
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	19	19	157	158	115	99	852	887
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	13	15	124	142	60	58	479	487
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	66	59	528	486	94	87	750	752
	67	Iron and steel	20	18	183	184	97	71	786	749
	68	Non-ferrous metals	13	12	112	102	63	61	522	539
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	85	76	754	710	188	162	1,501	1,439
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,396	2,696	19,807	22,378	4,470	4,756	38,048	35,743
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	93	81	1,037	890	165	138	1,504	1,147
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	91	48	767	668	230	177	2,783	1,881
	73	Metalworking machinery	2	3	24	23	18	12	138	98
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	205	198	1,583	1,739	255	252	2,325	2,171
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	429	711	3,004	5,737	902	1,136	5,221	6,845
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	97	73	897	921	261	261	2,075	2,285
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,019	1,286	7,524	8,598	685	647	5,984	5,895
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	37	34	379	357	354	404	4,367	4,510
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	423	262	4,592	3,445	1,599	1,730	13,650	10,911
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,795	1,715	15,338	15,504	1,367	1,178	10,364	10,421
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	14	10	113	126	43	42	338	349
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	18	15	142	161	78	68	598	610
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	5	4	27	26	23	21	165	162
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	35	34	256	270	246	231	1,876	1,901
	85	Footwear	5	4	37	38	69	64	495	472
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	863	894	7,240	7,078	323	256	2,307	2,254
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	134	128	1,084	1,189	82	87	672	759
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	722	625	6,437	6,617	504	409	3,912	3,914
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		18	27	283	252	6	7	57	50
Unclassified estimates²			3	7	30	44	7	8	56	61

Total			17,389	16,223	143,828	184,325	11,138	10,971	88,573	92,931
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. August 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
	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug
	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Austria	32	32	345	338	25	34	393	294
Belgium	1,462	899	10,389	9,242	168	239	1,806	2,264
Bulgaria	14	16	107	129	11	4	55	94
Croatia	21	6	107	70	2	15	20	46
Cyprus	7	7	66	57	0	1	5	7
Czech Republic	34	41	370	353	136	72	708	696
Denmark	50	50	394	418	45	76	564	424
Estonia	3	1	20	16	1	2	13	11
Finland	14	20	127	196	16	16	143	152
France	592	424	4,058	4,004	847	1,056	10,703	7,633
Germany	1,470	1,884	14,061	10,729	1,537	1,096	6,909	11,592
Greece	34	27	349	307	25	12	131	138
Hungary	48	356	434	1,030	55	51	610	537
Italy	357	481	4,828	5,642	169	364	1,844	2,702
Latvia	8	5	43	37	5	4	44	47
Lithuania	9	7	62	64	11	11	112	110
Luxembourg	8	7	64	89	5	5	38	39
Malta	4	4	49	43	2	0	8	7
Netherlands	1,387	2,433	13,700	17,474	506	426	4,805	4,303
Poland	104	159	1,122	1,284	120	284	892	1,177
Portugal	34	382	1,043	2,849	49	26	286	308
Romania	31	23	271	286	10	8	122	140
Slovakia	12	13	134	109	14	13	170	143
Slovenia	8	10	101	107	4	3	34	30
Spain	307	271	2,546	2,731	179	193	1,681	1,660
Sweden	93	100	802	947	48	44	538	444
EU Country not specified²	29	29	276	246	27	7	228	146
Total EU27³	6,173	7,688	55,868	58,797	4,017	4,063	32,863	35,144
Euro-Zone⁴	5,769	6,913	52,090	54,103	3,566	3,516	29,145	31,486

Great Britain	1,195	1,096	10,770	9,871	1,292	1,256	10,949	10,778
Northern Ireland	413	427	3,385	3,581	455	373	3,537	3,725
Total UK	1,607	1,523	14,155	13,452	1,747	1,629	14,486	14,503

Australia	76	56	754	678	6	6	56	60
Brazil	22	66	589	502	25	26	214	259
Canada	73	169	2,630	1,689	59	110	640	1,015
China⁵	813	633	6,985	5,981	900	904	7,003	7,782
India	32	32	314	342	73	86	638	702
Japan	258	195	2,494	2,348	207	179	1,563	1,641
Malaysia	183	212	1,733	1,859	51	62	367	530
Mexico	265	205	2,349	2,436	146	256	886	1,278
Norway	20	146	191	749	35	39	350	443
Russia	56	51	457	601	0	3	30	15
Saudi Arabia	49	114	603	706	20	1	34	35
Singapore	52	83	529	521	132	56	545	763
South Africa	28	52	193	297	16	17	144	170
South Korea	55	61	505	1,024	136	115	1,135	1,327
Switzerland	342	124	2,574	2,092	130	133	1,947	1,634
Taiwan	36	30	264	293	287	281	1,439	1,673
Thailand	39	35	184	167	90	146	627	875
Turkey	53	67	415	662	106	91	837	878
USA	6,654	4,093	45,615	84,465	2,056	2,004	15,811	14,583
Other countries	475	577	4,275	4,515	781	652	6,311	6,912
Country unknown⁶	28	13	153	150	116	114	646	711
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	9,609	7,013	73,806	112,077	5,373	5,280	41,223	43,284

Total	17,389	16,223	143,828	184,325	11,138	10,971	88,573	92,931
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. August 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		Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug
		2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Great Britain		1,195	1,096	10,770	9,871	1,292	1,256	10,949	10,778
0	Food and live animals	323	331	2,649	3,045	220	222	1,670	1,776
1	Beverages and tobacco	25	26	185	186	24	26	179	176
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	33	32	298	311	11	8	85	76
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	29	58	291	296	238	264	2,066	2,146
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	3	38	44	8	9	62	69
5	Chemicals and related products	214	265	3,025	2,074	219	172	2,042	1,725
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	87	83	790	752	174	153	1,427	1,386
7	Machinery and transport equipment	305	203	2,438	2,166	228	235	2,062	2,109
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	172	94	1,039	981	169	166	1,347	1,305
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	2	16	16	1	2	10	11
Northern Ireland		413	427	3,385	3,581	455	373	3,537	3,725
0	Food and live animals	162	165	1,219	1,364	141	140	958	1,154
1	Beverages and tobacco	15	10	112	115	27	37	194	210
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	12	15	108	128	15	16	123	122
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	6	6	59	69	39	26	328	287
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	2	17	22	3	3	23	22
5	Chemicals and related products	83	90	710	713	100	22	878	850
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	52	54	407	427	55	52	461	453
7	Machinery and transport equipment	34	37	383	338	42	41	320	333
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	43	45	349	376	31	33	236	272
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	3	4	21	30	2	3	16	22
EU 27²		6,173	7,688	55,868	58,797	4,017	4,063	32,863	35,144
0	Food and live animals	466	542	3,445	4,287	352	351	2,812	2,858
1	Beverages and tobacco	53	43	356	344	66	50	352	352
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	45	44	363	478	34	36	327	343
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	54	36	166	210	162	117	1,431	1,102
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	4	4	36	38	20	22	165	166
5	Chemicals and related products	4,122	5,307	40,070	41,574	1,432	1,298	7,978	12,949
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	79	80	687	689	220	209	1,812	1,854
7	Machinery and transport equipment	730	953	5,274	6,065	1,452	1,714	15,514	13,160
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	612	670	5,409	5,045	270	259	2,401	2,302
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	8	9	63	66	9	8	72	60
USA		6,654	4,093	45,615	84,465	2,056	2,004	15,811	14,583
0	Food and live animals	80	87	548	627	24	19	225	216
1	Beverages and tobacco	80	63	552	555	21	11	112	137
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	3	2	16	22	6	4	49	47
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	20	42	106	98	978	698
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	Chemicals and related products	5,526	2,991	36,122	73,088	465	654	4,063	5,429
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	20	17	176	179	64	41	489	382
7	Machinery and transport equipment	395	372	3,143	4,367	1,139	979	8,211	5,842
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	551	558	5,033	5,572	230	195	1,675	1,819
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	3	4	13	1	2	9	12
China³		813	633	6,985	5,981	900	904	7,003	7,782
0	Food and live animals	30	30	325	318	15	16	96	110
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	7	9	0	0	1	2
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5	6	46	44	3	4	34	39
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	4	21	38	22
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Chemicals and related products	212	155	2,040	1,776	137	167	1,237	1,527
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	3	3	40	31	104	82	680	717
7	Machinery and transport equipment	422	357	3,502	2,859	395	415	3,243	3,621
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	140	80	1,026	944	240	200	1,672	1,744
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rest of World		2,142	2,287	21,207	21,631	2,418	2,372	18,409	20,919
0	Food and live animals	175	190	1,433	1,458	139	138	1,094	1,211
1	Beverages and tobacco	40	43	254	263	16	16	123	128
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	57	56	339	461	26	23	263	279
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	1	53	50	86	6	639	883
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	0	7	5	5	8	44	53
5	Chemicals and related products	1,052	924	11,165	9,906	395	397	3,715	3,887
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	20	14	196	149	109	87	793	813
7	Machinery and transport equipment	511	774	5,067	6,583	1,214	1,372	8,700	10,679
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	276	269	2,483	2,586	427	325	3,033	2,980
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	8	16	209	171	0	1	6	6

Total		17,389	16,223	143,828	184,325	11,138	10,971	88,573	92,931
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. August 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.

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