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Goods Exports and Imports August 2026

Key Findings

Exports of goods were €15.9 billion in August 2026

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CSO statistical release, 16 October 2026, 11am

Key Findings

The value of export goods for August 2026 was €15.9 billion, a decrease of €184.7 million (-1.2%) compared with August 2025 (€16.0 billion).
Both seasonally adjusted exports and imports of goods fell in August 2026 compared with July 2026 with exports declining by €1.3 billion (–7.1%) to €17.1 billion and imports falling by €48.0 million (–0.3%) to €14.4 billion.
Both seasonally adjusted exports and imports of goods fell in August 2026 compared with July 2026 with exports declining by €1.3 billion (–7.1%) to €17.1 billion and imports falling by €48.0 million (–0.3%) to €14.4 billion.
Exports to Great Britain increased by €252.0 million (+23.9%) to €1.3 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€1.1 billion).
Between January and August 2026, exports to Great Britain rose by €3.7 billion (+38.9%) to €13.2 billion compared with the same period of 2025 (€9.5 billion).
Exports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines went up by €831.5 million (+141.5%) to €1.4 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€587.8 million).
Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines increased by €779.9 million (+63.4%) to €2.0 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€1.2 billion).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (16 October 2026) published Goods Exports and Imports August 2026.

Commenting on the release, Jane Burmanje, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “The value of exports of goods declined slightly by €184.7 million (-1.2%) to €15.9 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€16.0 billion). The value of imports increased by €1.4 billion (+12.4%) to €12.9 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€11.5 billion).

The value of exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products and Organic Chemicals fell in August 2026 compared with August 2025. Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products decreased by €433.9 million (-6.7%) to €6.0 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€6.5 billion) and exports of Organic Chemicals fell by €582.1 million (-28.6%) to €1.5 billion over this period.

However, both the value of exports and the value of imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines sharply rose in August 2026 compared with August 2025. Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines rose by €779.9 million to €2.0 billion, while exports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines more than doubled in value increasing by €831.5 million from €587.8 million in August 2025 to €1.4 billion in August 2026.”

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.

The seasonally adjusted trade surplus fell by €1.3 billion in August 2026

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €1.3 billion (–7.1%) to €17.1 billion in August 2026 compared with July 2026 (€18.4 billion), according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports fell by €48.0 million (–0.3%) leading to a decrease of €1.3 billion (–32.5%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €2.6 billion in August 2026 compared with July 2026 (€3.9 billion) (See Table 2).

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

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
July 2026	18,371	14,484	3,887
August 2026	17,058	14,436	2,622
Value change	-1,313	-48	-1,265
% change	-7	-0	-33

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Exports and Imports

The value of export goods decreased in August 2026 by €184.7million (- 1.2%) to €15.9 billion, when compared with August 2025 (€16.0 billion) (See Table 1).

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €1.4 billion (+12.4%) to €12.9 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€11.5 billion).

Between January and August 2026, exports of goods declined by €43.4 billion (-23.9%) to €138.4 billion, when compared with the same period of 2025 (€181.8 billion).

The value of goods imports in the first 8 months of 2026 increased by €12.3 billion (+13.0%) to €106.9 billion, when compared with the same period of 2025 (€94.5 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		258,900	144,740	114,160	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

2024	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	12,026	12,952	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	21,326	10,795	10,531	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	16,918	12,318	4,600	229.2	279.8	97.5	108.5	89.8
	July	16,811	12,693	4,118	229.3	287.9	96.8	108.7	89.0
	August	16,045	11,499	4,546	220.2	267.0	96.2	107.4	89.6
	September	28,671	11,051	17,620	390.8	261.2	97.1	106.0	91.7
	October	16,467	12,760	3,707	225.7	292.0	98.7	106.2	93.0
	November	16,180	12,991	3,189	222.4	296.8	97.7	108.8	89.8
	December	15,808	13,395	2,413	211.7	295.0	98.6	109.9	89.7

2026³	January	15,759	11,789	3,969	220.6	272.9	94.3	106.4	88.6
	February	15,638	11,497	4,141	225.0	271.1	91.7	105.5	87.0
	March	18,149	14,281	3,868	255.7	321.2	93.7	109.6	85.5
	April	18,608	13,366	5,242	259.6	299.3	94.6	110.0	86.0
	May	17,075	14,220	2,855	234.0	314.0	96.3	111.6	86.3
	June	18,310	14,509	3,802	249.7	319.1	96.8	112.1	86.4
	July	18,983	14,295	4,688	256.1	310.7	97.8	113.4	86.3
	August	15,861	12,924	2,937	212.0	281.4	98.8	113.2	87.3
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. August 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	24,198	11,517	12,681	328.6	261.6
	February	26,021	13,027	12,993	342.0	285.2
	March	35,045	12,333	22,712	448.3	271.9
	April	21,183	10,967	10,216	279.0	247.3
	May	22,828	11,043	11,784	300.3	245.8
	June	16,661	11,831	4,830	228.3	265.1
	July	17,094	12,877	4,217	229.0	278.8
	August	16,993	12,831	4,161	234.6	280.7
	September	27,367	11,124	16,243	376.1	263.5
	October	15,321	12,100	3,221	216.9	289.9
	November	16,831	12,826	4,005	227.0	289.6
	December	17,184	12,337	4,847	237.1	283.3

2026	January	16,052	12,416	3,636	228.1	295.1
	February	16,297	12,565	3,731	228.9	294.0
	March	16,845	13,178	3,667	228.2	297.3
	April	18,133	13,625	4,507	248.7	310.6
	May	17,391	14,490	2,901	236.8	311.0
	June	17,453	13,643	3,810	238.1	298.0
	July	18,371	14,484	3,887	254.1	303.2
	August	17,058	14,436	2,622	229.0	296.1
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 August 2026, Ireland’s top exporting partners were the United States, the Netherlands and Germany, with Ireland exporting 23.7% (€3.8 billion), 12.6% (€2.0 billion) and 12.3% (€1.9 billion) of total export goods respectively to these countries.

In August 2026, Ireland imported the highest value of goods from the United States, Great Britain and Germany with these countries representing 13.9% (€1.8 billion), 11.0% (€1.4 billion) and 8.4% (€1.1 billion) respectively of the total import trade for August 2026 (See Table 3).

Exports to Great Britain increased by €252.0 million (+23.9%) to €1.3 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€1.1 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports to Great Britain in August 2026 were Chemicals & Related Products at €423.4 million and Food & Live Animals at €330.0 million, representing 32.4% and 25.3% respectively of total exports to Great Britain in August 2026.

Imports from Great Britain increased by €151.2 million (+11.9%) to €1.4 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€1.3 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from Great Britain were Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials at €383.6 million and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €234.5 million, representing 26.9% and 16.5% respectively of total imports from Great Britain in August 2026 (See Table 4).

Exports to Great Britain increased by €3.7 billion (+38.9%) to €13.2 billion in the first 8 months of 2026 compared with the same period of 2025 (€9.5 billion).

Exports to the US decreased by €354.3 million (-8.6%) to €3.8 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€4.1 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports to the US in August 2026 were Chemicals & Related Products at €2.3 billion and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €657.5 million, representing 61.4% and 17.5% respectively of total exports to the US in August 2026.

Imports from the US decreased by €464.2 million (-20.5%) to €1.8 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€2.3 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from the US were Machinery & Transport Equipment at €696.3 million and Chemicals & Related Products at €596.7 million, representing 38.7% and 33.2% respectively of total imports from the US in August 2026 (See Table 4).

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Aug 2024	6.17	2.95	1.61	6.65
Sep 2024	10.27	3.27	1.56	7.2
Oct 2024	9.09	3.28	1.81	7.02
Nov 2024	7.6	3.29	1.76	8.02
Dec 2024	5.54	3.17	1.37	5.65
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	7.75	3.14	1.66	4.36
Jul 2025	7.31	3.48	1.69	4.33
Aug 2025	7.71	2.73	1.48	4.12
Sep 2025	6.95	3.55	1.86	16.3
Oct 2025	7.19	3.29	1.74	4.24
Nov 2025	6.88	3.64	1.65	4
Dec 2025	6.86	3.67	1.94	3.34
Jan 2026	6.69	3.6	2.12	3.35
Feb 2026	6.17	3.49	1.8	3.99
Mar 2026	7.25	3.97	2.45	4.48
Apr 2026	6.68	4.43	2.38	5.11
May 2026	6.18	3.96	2.13	4.8
Jun 2026	6.25	5.32	2.22	4.52
Jul 2026	7.23	4.56	2.13	5
Aug 2026	7	3.33	1.76	3.77

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Aug 2024	4.02	3.32	1.75	2.06
Sep 2024	3.46	3.64	1.65	1.98
Oct 2024	4.47	3.51	2.05	1.69
Nov 2024	4.44	3.83	1.78	1.71
Dec 2024	4.56	3.8	1.69	1.8
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	4.6	4.39	1.88	2.13
Dec 2025	4.72	5.19	1.77	1.71
Jan 2026	3.88	4.44	1.77	1.71
Feb 2026	3.72	4	1.71	1.9
Mar 2026	4.48	6.01	1.86	1.93
Apr 2026	4.11	5.74	1.87	1.64
May 2026	4.79	5.56	1.93	1.94
Jun 2026	4.51	5.45	1.99	2.55
Jul 2026	4.09	5.64	1.9	2.02
Aug 2026	3.74	5.48	1.91	1.8

Table B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region									€million
Unadjusted		August 2025 - 2026				January - August 2025 - 2026
Unadjusted		2025	2026	Value change	% change	2025	2026	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	16,045	15,861	-185	-1	181,775	138,382	-43,393	-24
	Great Britain	1,054	1,306	252	24	9,535	13,240	3,705	39
	Northern Ireland	428	458	30	7	3,600	3,676	76	2
	EU27	7,710	6,999	-710	-9	58,720	53,464	-5,257	-9
	USA	4,120	3,766	-354	-9	83,591	35,157	-48,434	-58
	Rest of World	2,734	3,332	598	22	26,328	32,846	6,518	25

Imports
	Total	11,499	12,924	1,424	12	94,543	106,881	12,337	13
	Great Britain	1,274	1,425	151	12	10,900	11,265	364	3
	Northern Ireland	445	488	43	10	3,822	3,673	-149	-4
	EU27	4,032	3,736	-296	-7	35,274	34,018	-1,255	-4
	USA	2,262	1,798	-464	-21	15,303	15,700	397	3
	Rest of World	3,487	5,477	1,990	57	29,244	42,225	12,981	44

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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
	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug
	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026
Austria	32	32	335	315	45	24	307	238
Belgium	909	881	9,275	6,781	232	247	2,262	1,964
Bulgaria	16	14	128	119	4	5	96	44
Croatia	5	27	68	104	15	1	46	23
Cyprus	6	3	57	79	1	1	6	8
Czech Republic	41	112	354	695	72	65	699	975
Denmark	49	43	412	641	78	73	420	610
Estonia	2	2	16	19	2	2	11	23
Finland	21	21	197	681	17	15	152	170
France	418	488	3,925	3,739	981	438	7,775	6,817
Germany	1,883	1,945	10,709	10,583	1,114	1,087	11,637	8,540
Greece	28	38	310	431	12	16	136	114
Hungary	356	312	1,028	2,674	50	50	543	549
Italy	478	248	5,642	3,189	357	439	2,649	3,077
Latvia	5	6	37	40	4	6	47	43
Lithuania	7	4	64	63	11	12	113	128
Luxembourg	7	12	88	74	6	6	38	40
Malta	4	4	43	42	0	0	7	8
Netherlands	2,431	1,998	17,472	16,544	433	700	4,330	4,760
Poland	159	118	1,288	915	285	284	1,183	2,365
Portugal	386	83	2,855	581	39	41	275	333
Romania	22	47	284	342	9	11	143	140
Slovakia	12	13	108	114	13	12	144	180
Slovenia	10	10	106	102	3	3	31	34
Spain	272	375	2,746	2,933	193	140	1,664	1,850
Sweden	95	124	948	1,043	45	48	445	527
EU Country not specified²	56	41	226	618	11	10	114	456
Total EU27³	7,710	6,999	58,720	53,464	4,032	3,736	35,274	34,018
Euro-Zone⁴	6,916	6,204	54,052	46,535	3,478	3,195	31,631	28,395

Great Britain	1,054	1,306	9,535	13,240	1,274	1,425	10,900	11,265
Northern Ireland	428	458	3,600	3,676	445	488	3,822	3,673
Total UK	1,481	1,763	13,135	16,916	1,719	1,913	14,722	14,937

Australia	55	61	666	824	7	7	61	119
Brazil	62	123	476	833	33	42	266	353
Canada	195	73	1,591	2,455	117	74	1,100	1,764
China⁵	666	655	5,948	7,746	980	1,050	8,066	10,102
India	32	58	320	411	92	90	710	682
Japan	181	237	2,339	3,285	140	225	1,648	2,528
Malaysia	191	457	1,821	2,846	80	215	548	1,645
Mexico	199	249	2,393	2,350	266	460	1,284	1,687
Norway	28	46	269	768	44	46	452	454
Russia	50	52	597	569	3	1	14	9
Saudi Arabia	111	198	692	901	2	5	31	22
Singapore	72	125	493	749	58	189	767	868
South Africa	29	30	205	252	18	18	172	214
South Korea	60	92	1,003	642	117	214	1,327	2,088
Switzerland	114	97	2,047	1,411	128	618	1,623	2,416
Taiwan	29	129	291	705	299	323	1,693	5,389
Thailand	32	44	163	364	157	328	886	1,561
Turkey	65	89	611	692	95	135	885	875
USA	4,120	3,766	83,591	35,157	2,262	1,798	15,303	15,700
Other countries	546	508	4,298	4,840	730	1,363	6,995	8,652
Country unknown⁶	15	9	105	203	121	74	717	798
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	6,854	7,098	109,919	68,003	5,749	7,275	44,548	57,925
Total	16,045	15,861	181,775	138,382	11,499	12,924	94,543	106,881
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. August 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		Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug
		2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026
Great Britain		1,054	1,306	9,535	13,240	1,274	1,425	10,900	11,265
0	Food and live animals	327	330	3,025	2,833	227	208	1,784	1,667
1	Beverages and tobacco	25	25	185	177	24	30	175	210
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	31	37	302	315	8	8	76	72
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	19	13	88	191	268	384	2,144	2,435
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	7	41	36	10	6	69	60
5	Chemicals and related products	264	423	2,053	3,506	177	206	1,734	1,649
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	80	85	738	759	157	176	1,391	1,413
7	Machinery and transport equipment	209	261	2,113	4,300	243	235	2,203	2,370
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	93	122	974	1,106	159	172	1,314	1,367
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	3	16	15	2	2	11	22
Northern Ireland		428	458	3,600	3,676	445	488	3,822	3,673
0	Food and live animals	166	181	1,379	1,413	152	119	1,152	996
1	Beverages and tobacco	11	16	116	125	37	29	210	224
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	15	13	129	117	16	17	122	136
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	5	12	71	67	26	59	296	391
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	22	21	2	3	22	24
5	Chemicals and related products	89	92	715	723	22	81	855	515
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	54	52	426	431	51	61	456	462
7	Machinery and transport equipment	37	39	339	373	105	83	417	640
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	45	46	376	383	33	32	271	255
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	3	3	26	24	3	5	21	28
EU 27²		7,710	6,999	58,720	53,464	4,032	3,736	35,274	34,018
0	Food and live animals	555	529	4,289	4,015	358	331	2,867	2,878
1	Beverages and tobacco	44	49	343	369	53	56	357	349
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	37	49	463	395	35	36	345	336
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	36	49	204	342	111	248	1,101	1,410
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	4	4	40	46	21	20	167	150
5	Chemicals and related products	5,316	4,628	41,559	32,937	1,316	1,295	12,984	9,673
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	84	84	690	726	202	219	1,852	1,905
7	Machinery and transport equipment	958	1,040	6,067	9,101	1,669	1,252	13,250	14,378
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	667	553	4,999	5,106	257	263	2,281	2,461
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	8	13	67	425	9	16	70	477
USA		4,120	3,766	83,591	35,157	2,262	1,798	15,303	15,700
0	Food and live animals	85	83	604	654	23	28	221	247
1	Beverages and tobacco	62	78	554	521	12	25	138	182
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	3	22	26	5	12	47	50
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	17	0	74	137	126	737	1,059
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Chemicals and related products	2,976	2,314	72,513	21,644	702	597	5,474	5,021
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	17	33	161	198	43	54	384	508
7	Machinery and transport equipment	427	657	4,256	6,339	1,126	696	6,458	6,612
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	549	577	5,469	5,670	212	257	1,833	1,987
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	3	4	13	32	2	3	12	35
China³		666	655	5,948	7,746	980	1,050	8,066	10,102
0	Food and live animals	30	24	310	185	16	12	112	102
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	9	6	0	0	2	4
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	6	7	44	58	4	5	39	33
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	21	0	22	4
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	Chemicals and related products	155	174	1,726	2,566	184	288	1,545	3,478
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	3	4	30	39	87	100	723	699
7	Machinery and transport equipment	394	342	2,899	3,940	452	406	3,854	4,113
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	77	104	931	952	216	235	1,768	1,635
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	34
Rest of World		2,068	2,676	20,380	25,099	2,507	4,427	21,178	32,123
0	Food and live animals	183	212	1,402	1,640	149	151	1,230	1,109
1	Beverages and tobacco	43	43	263	277	16	12	127	93
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	56	42	443	412	27	33	283	256
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	1	28	123	7	140	883	651
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	5	5	8	6	53	46
5	Chemicals and related products	874	991	9,647	9,771	375	941	3,863	4,223
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	14	23	141	176	92	110	817	973
7	Machinery and transport equipment	642	1,037	5,824	9,788	1,493	2,559	10,916	20,918
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	254	327	2,533	2,637	339	473	3,000	3,834
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	1	94	272	1	2	6	20

Total		16,045	15,861	181,775	138,382	11,499	12,924	94,543	106,881
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. August 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 decreased by €433.9 million (-6.7%) to €6.0 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€6.5 billion).

Exports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines increased by €831.5 million (+141.5%) to €1.4 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€587.8 million) (See Table 5).

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €582.1 million (-28.6%) to €1.5 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€2.0 billion).

Exports of Petroleum, Petroleum Products & Related Materials increased by €45.5 million (+122.9%) to €82.6 million in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€37.1 million).

Imports by product

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €760.6 million (+44.6%) to €2.5 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€1.7 billion).

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines increased by €779.9 million (+63.4%) to €2.0 billion in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€1.2 billion).

Imports of Petroleum, Petroleum Products & Related Materials increased by €272 million (+68.8%) to €667.6 million in August 2026 compared with August 2025 (€395.5 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
			Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug
			2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026
0	Food and live animals		1,346	1,358	11,009	10,738	925	849	7,365	6,999
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	49	59	490	504	24	14	194	156
	01	Meat and meat preparations	392	402	3,491	3,445	117	111	909	908
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	462	457	3,211	3,050	117	83	866	692
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	55	45	481	454	32	36	258	300
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	62	69	518	537	167	158	1,298	1,231
	05	Vegetables and fruit	41	40	350	308	160	147	1,323	1,255
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	32	20	142	120	40	34	321	325
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	42	35	423	396	96	80	680	639
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	41	44	400	422	94	105	843	831
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	169	186	1,505	1,501	79	81	674	663
1	Beverages and tobacco		187	213	1,470	1,475	142	152	1,008	1,062
	11	Beverages	187	213	1,469	1,475	132	138	958	1,006
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	1	1	11	14	50	56
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		146	151	1,402	1,323	94	111	911	883
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	4	5	40	39	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	1	1	19	8	3	3	17	22
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	1	3	4	1	2	15	15
	24	Cork and wood	22	22	201	204	22	31	210	216
	25	Pulp and waste paper	5	5	49	101	2	2	32	24
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	6	3	47	31	1	1	10	11
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	10	13	105	105	19	22	158	168
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	85	85	813	696	21	25	201	169
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	13	16	125	136	25	25	268	257
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		61	91	392	797	569	956	5,183	5,950
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	3	7	44	64	4	2	31	24
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	37	83	271	709	396	668	3,468	3,981
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	2	1	24	5	113	138	1,176	1,245
	35	Electric current	19	1	54	18	57	149	508	699
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		11	14	107	109	42	35	312	281
	41	Animal oils and fats	7	10	77	78	2	3	29	27
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	2	3	21	21	38	30	269	242
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	1	1	9	10	1	2	14	12
5	Chemicals and related products		9,674	8,622	128,213	71,147	2,776	3,408	26,456	24,558
	51	Organic chemicals	2,035	1,453	16,431	9,035	390	343	4,800	3,823
	52	Inorganic chemicals	77	28	405	312	34	50	371	390
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	14	24	119	174	29	33	259	271
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	6,484	6,050	99,647	51,622	1,705	2,466	16,305	15,565
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	598	634	7,322	6,177	169	179	1,384	1,414
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	4	2	34	27	33	39	482	540
	57	Plastics in primary forms	35	34	309	306	100	93	775	820
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	53	62	595	614	213	101	1,002	864
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	375	336	3,351	2,880	102	105	1,078	870
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		251	283	2,184	2,330	633	719	5,623	5,960
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	2	2	9	8	2	2	17	16
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	23	40	167	247	50	53	405	423
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	28	27	267	263	36	37	334	315
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	19	19	157	175	100	101	877	808
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	13	15	138	140	60	67	491	512
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	59	67	476	506	86	96	757	782
	67	Iron and steel	18	18	171	149	73	81	744	777
	68	Non-ferrous metals	11	13	100	124	60	94	537	804
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	78	82	701	716	166	188	1,460	1,524
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,667	3,375	21,498	33,841	5,088	5,232	37,098	49,031
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	81	74	849	871	150	145	1,109	1,558
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	47	58	660	595	188	385	1,910	3,351
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	2	23	18	13	13	101	106
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	163	191	1,545	1,630	242	279	2,168	2,452
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	588	1,419	4,856	12,498	1,231	2,010	6,941	14,077
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	69	129	895	972	274	347	2,281	3,428
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,272	1,280	8,520	10,166	775	867	6,034	7,199
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	33	42	355	354	391	441	4,516	4,947
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	411	180	3,797	6,737	1,824	744	12,038	11,912
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,685	1,728	15,282	15,855	1,214	1,430	10,466	11,540
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	10	14	124	131	44	48	353	358
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	15	17	160	151	72	78	616	626
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	2	3	24	19	22	20	166	157
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	34	35	270	286	242	240	1,899	1,896
	85	Footwear	5	4	38	121	66	63	487	461
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	891	703	7,006	7,131	264	304	2,263	2,537
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	126	135	1,161	1,228	91	112	764	892
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	602	818	6,498	6,788	413	565	3,918	4,613
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		11	13	177	366	7	11	53	89
Unclassified estimates²			5	11	39	402	9	21	68	528
Total			16,045	15,861	181,775	138,382	11,499	12,924	94,543	106,881
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. August 2026 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See Background Notes.
² Estimates for which a commodity classification is not available.