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Goods Exports and Imports December 2022

Record levels of exports and imports in 2022

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CSO statistical publication, 15 February 2023, 11am

Key Findings

The first estimates for 2022 show that exports were valued at €208 billion, and imports were €140 billion.
Unadjusted goods exports were €14.8 billion in December 2022, an increase of €1.7 billion compared with December last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €11.4 billion, which was €225 million higher than imports in December 2021.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €16.4 billion in December 2022, up €575 million compared with November 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €10.4 billion in December 2022.
Imports from Great Britain were €1.7 billion in December 2022, while exports to Great Britain were €1.1 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (15 February 2023) released Goods Exports and Imports December 2022.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In 2022, Ireland’s exports of goods reached a record level of €208 billion, an increase of more than €42 billion compared with 2021. Imports also reached a record level of €140 billion in 2022, up 35% compared with 2021.

In December 2022, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods increased by €1.7 billion to €14.8 billion compared with December 2021. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods rose by €575 million when compared with November 2022.

The unadjusted imports for December 2022 were valued at €11.4 billion, a growth of €225 million on December 2021. Seasonally adjusted imports were €10.4 billion in December 2022.

Imports from Great Britain fell by 10% to €1.7 billion in December 2022 compared with December 2021. The largest decrease was in the imports of Chemicals & Related products while exports to Great Britain were unchanged in December 2022 compared with December 2021.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted
€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
November 2022	15,814	11,285	4,529
December 2022	16,389	10,442	5,947
Value change	575	-843	1,418
% change	3.6	-7.4	31.3

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports increased by €575 million in December 2022.

Seasonally adjusted goods exports increased by €575 million (+4%) to €16,389 million in December 2022 compared with November 2022, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports decreased by €842 million (-7%) to €10,442 million leading to a rise of €1,417 million (+31%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €5,947 million in December 2022 compared with November 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
2022		208,208	140,199	68,009	..	..	..	..	..

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	20,267	12,032	8,235	290.6	288.9	92.3	102.8	89.8
	April	17,208	11,308	5,901	239.7	269.6	94.7	103.4	91.7
	May	17,915	13,284	4,630	246.9	310.5	96.2	104.5	92.1
	June	17,745	12,832	4,912	246.3	306.6	95.1	103.2	92.2
	July	14,846	10,726	4,120	205.4	248.1	95.4	106.5	89.5
	August	19,455	12,549	6,906	278.7	289.8	92.1	106.7	86.3
	September	19,594	13,136	6,458	265.6	295.7	97.4	109.5	88.9
	October	17,570	12,476	5,094	232.2	296.6	99.9	103.7	96.3
	November	16,889	12,040	4,849	222.3	274.4	100.2	108.2	92.6
	December	14,784	11,354	3,430	..	..	..	..	..
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. December 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 adjusted¹ series
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value			Volume index
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports
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	16,656	10,792	5,864	222.3	254.2
	February	16,598	10,633	5,965	231.9	257.8
	March	18,179	10,865	7,314	246.3	267.0
	April	17,594	11,871	5,723	254.8	272.8
	May	17,738	12,514	5,225	240.2	289.5
	June	16,686	11,718	4,968	237.4	285.7
	July	15,762	11,930	3,832	225.0	272.9
	August	19,656	13,065	6,591	280.7	299.0
	September	18,823	13,098	5,725	253.4	308.0
	October	18,172	12,260	5,912	239.9	291.5
	November	15,814	11,285	4,529	208.0	271.6
	December	16,389	10,442	5,947	..	..
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		December 2021 - 2022				January - December 2021 - 2022
Unadjusted		2021	2022	Value change	% change	2021	2022	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	13,054	14,784	1,730	13	165,715	208,208	42,493	26
	Great Britain	1,136	1,137	1	0	14,418	17,167	2,749	19
	Northern Ireland	345	404	58	17	3,764	4,942	1,177	31
	EU27	4,686	5,992	1,306	28	61,662	80,639	18,976	31
	USA	3,947	4,390	443	11	52,567	63,032	10,465	20
	Rest of World	2,939	2,861	-78	-3	33,303	42,429	9,126	27

Imports
	Total	11,129	11,354	225	2	103,801	140,199	36,398	35
	Great Britain	1,907	1,722	-184	-10	15,468	24,040	8,572	55
	Northern Ireland	277	627	350	127	4,044	5,354	1,310	32
	EU27	3,384	3,761	378	11	34,647	42,447	7,800	23
	USA	2,307	1,362	-945	-41	18,125	21,721	3,596	20
	Rest of World	3,255	3,881	627	19	31,517	46,637	15,120	48

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports rose by €1,730 million (+13%) to €14,784 million in December 2022 compared with December 2021. The value of goods exports for the year 2022 increased by €42,493 million (+26%) to €208,208 million, when compared with 2021.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports grew by €225 million (+2%) to €11,354 million in December 2022 compared with December 2021. The value of goods imports for 2022 rose by €36,398 million (+35%) to €140,199 million, when compared with the same period of 2021.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,137 million, which was 8% of total exports in December 2022. The products accounting for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products, at €394 million and Food & Live Animals at €311 million.

Exports to Great Britain for the year 2022 increased by €2,749 million (+19%) to €17,167 million compared with 2021, while exports to Northern Ireland rose by €1,177 (+31%) to €4,942 million.

Imports from Great Britain in December 2022 were €1,722 million, which was 15% of the total value of imports. Imports of Mineral Fuels accounted for €574 million, and imports of Chemicals & Related Products were valued at €335 million (see Table 5).

Imports from Great Britain increased by €8,572 (+55%) to €24,040 million in 2022 compared with 2021. Imports from Northern Ireland grew by €1,310 (+32%) to €5,354 million.

The EU accounted for €5,992 million (41%) of total goods exports in December 2022, of which €2,201 million went to Germany, €1,104 million went to the Netherlands, and €866 million went to Belgium.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €4,390 million (30%) of total exports in December 2022. Exports to the USA in the year 2022 were €63,032 million. (see Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
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	7.03328837324932	4.00169138399999	1.83135468789207	7.400502251
Apr 2022	6.42369394328578	3.360673459	1.93379661446037	5.490089082
May 2022	6.30089123364906	4.39532270599999	1.82804450347881	5.390377409
Jun 2022	6.38254413296886	3.868853871	2.40670161064523	5.086599753
Jul 2022	6.28955280023639	3.30623685399999	1.57499790581805	3.674679746
Aug 2022	8.59684914653353	3.623791805	1.9480955192008	5.286338789
Sep 2022	7.76705629604463	4.085414753	1.83733109031194	5.904288261
Oct 2022	6.61297282372152	3.591441143	2.05920423606061	5.306523683
Nov 2022	6.65452078252831	3.18847492199999	2.01371937545377	5.032571309
Dec 2022	5.99242367447436	2.861190133	1.54032808771283	4.389840011

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
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	3.18108974164591	4.14074180141705	2.37901821288175	2.33093602471201
Apr 2022	3.54191102415513	3.47566700004536	2.41570873038642	1.87450129891659
May 2022	3.65727972300909	5.04974529734677	2.38957783844122	2.18781775376064
Jun 2022	3.71708248762264	4.64475699263231	2.59122572440475	1.87929043009657
Jul 2022	3.16971134004096	4.00079266673578	2.28251337639092	1.27258290677021
Aug 2022	3.31572077153164	4.38113306942322	2.79448750759633	2.05752350369794
Sep 2022	4.57378719329566	3.63823813210219	2.4923743805914	2.43188414696008
Oct 2022	4.08301124213787	3.43283333036278	3.16068356674586	1.79931983564256
Nov 2022	3.95768941800216	3.82477677873277	2.48327375726989	1.77451951799208
Dec 2022	3.76115925983156	3.88122729186415	2.34955291939279	1.36177820012353

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €642 million (+14%) to €5,297 million in December 2022 compared with December 2021. This represented 36% of total exports.

Exports of Organic Chemicals rose by €515 million (+29%) to €2,263 million.

Exports of Professional, Scientific & Controlling Apparatus grew by €404 million (+70%) to €981 million.

Exports of Food & Live Animals were up by €152 million (+14%) to €1,231 million in December 2022 compared with December 2021 (see Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Products increased by €269 million (+32%) to €1,107 million in December 2022 compared with December 2021.

Imports of Machinery Specialised for Particular Industries grew by €131 million (+71%) to €315 million.

Imports of Organic Chemicals rose by €196 million (+18%) to €1,304 million.

Imports of Other Transport Equipment (including aircraft) decreased by €1,145 million (-46%) to €1,328 million.

The value of goods imports for December 2022 excluding SITC 79 (Other Transport Equipment, Including Aircraft) were up by €1,370 million (+16%) to €10,026 million, compared with the corresponding December 2021 figure of €8,655 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
			Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec
			2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
0	Food and live animals		1,079	1,231	12,129	14,795	751	826	7,415	9,354
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	36	47	534	591	63	51	324	316
	01	Meat and meat preparations	378	426	4,021	4,727	86	93	881	1,108
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	291	369	3,236	4,521	63	102	782	1,094
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	46	47	600	630	24	24	263	296
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	48	63	575	697	136	148	1,237	1,677
	05	Vegetables and fruit	30	28	399	378	115	121	1,234	1,415
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	9	9	123	125	28	35	354	439
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	31	34	438	476	52	59	600	697
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	44	47	454	551	120	128	1,087	1,518
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	165	161	1,749	2,100	64	65	653	793
1	Beverages and tobacco		155	148	1,759	2,047	85	96	1,014	1,161
	11	Beverages	155	147	1,757	2,046	81	93	942	1,085
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	1	1	4	3	72	76
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		179	152	2,069	2,196	101	85	1,059	1,130
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	6	6	72	81	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	3	4	17	30	7	2	28	27
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	4	8	79	98	1	2	13	15
	24	Cork and wood	14	13	272	295	21	17	271	256
	25	Pulp and waste paper	6	6	86	83	3	4	35	49
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	10	9	140	126	2	2	15	24
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	8	8	118	143	21	17	195	218
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	116	86	1,149	1,187	24	20	225	241
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	11	12	135	153	23	21	276	300
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		80	191	948	1,792	837	1,107	6,183	13,117
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	8	8	97	95	13	82	213	390
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	23	150	707	1,405	449	654	3,936	7,539
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	0	1	20	13	360	337	1,706	4,826
	35	Electric current	49	32	123	279	15	33	327	362
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		10	13	114	154	37	41	369	578
	41	Animal oils and fats	8	10	96	114	3	2	24	44
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	2	3	16	31	31	35	308	472
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	1	1	10	3	4	37	62
5	Chemicals and related products		7,515	8,859	102,603	133,756	2,347	2,936	25,904	38,392
	51	Organic chemicals	1,748	2,263	25,903	36,792	1,108	1,304	10,406	17,976
	52	Inorganic chemicals	30	95	347	1,451	38	36	365	904
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	8	12	135	156	19	24	283	325
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	4,655	5,297	62,642	80,038	682	951	9,506	11,591
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	646	786	8,348	10,000	150	179	1,502	1,850
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	1	0	9	19	59	89	518	1,071
	57	Plastics in primary forms	28	30	346	421	96	98	1,136	1,474
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	57	94	872	1,065	69	79	905	1,164
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	340	282	4,001	3,813	127	176	1,283	2,038
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		209	228	2,810	3,277	564	618	6,903	8,979
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	3	1	41	14	2	2	29	28
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	24	26	242	316	39	38	465	538
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	26	25	410	454	29	29	398	459
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	16	17	204	249	95	105	982	1,331
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	15	13	175	164	54	51	651	737
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	42	46	588	632	70	71	822	1,064
	67	Iron and steel	13	15	205	254	79	93	1,095	1,399
	68	Non-ferrous metals	11	12	136	193	60	78	733	1,301
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	59	73	808	1,002	136	151	1,729	2,123
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,247	1,919	25,025	27,413	5,017	4,248	40,808	50,135
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	101	121	1,699	1,378	194	238	2,143	2,202
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	53	61	764	816	184	315	1,838	5,028
	73	Metalworking machinery	2	4	42	32	11	11	144	155
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	149	205	1,791	2,318	260	235	2,501	3,078
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	406	426	3,999	4,754	473	557	4,913	6,090
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	132	90	1,075	1,171	210	268	2,389	2,943
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,156	882	11,959	14,296	713	746	8,108	10,307
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	33	41	415	523	498	550	3,989	4,794
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	214	89	3,282	2,125	2,473	1,328	14,783	15,538
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,486	1,946	17,404	21,186	1,232	1,211	12,292	14,761
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	10	12	140	149	37	31	417	476
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	14	14	159	205	75	57	762	922
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	2	33	33	21	22	166	230
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	23	30	264	435	250	244	2,606	2,972
	85	Footwear	3	4	33	43	55	62	522	669
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	577	981	7,116	9,383	190	251	2,242	2,980
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	130	129	1,594	1,664	46	53	559	819
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	727	774	8,066	9,274	557	490	5,017	5,692
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		35	7	203	448	9	6	130	91
Unclassified estimates²			59	89	652	1,143	150	182	1,724	2,502

Total			13,054	14,784	165,715	208,208	11,129	11,354	103,801	140,199
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. December 2022 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.

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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
	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec
	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Austria	21	28	346	426	31	25	313	354
Belgium	1,025	866	13,530	17,594	172	150	2,223	2,366
Bulgaria	9	9	128	173	3	4	40	47
Croatia	5	8	77	79	2	3	25	39
Cyprus	6	5	44	66	0	1	7	8
Czech Republic	78	124	645	1,482	84	106	993	1,096
Denmark	43	58	552	577	54	49	628	679
Estonia	5	3	73	33	2	1	20	12
Finland	23	26	318	321	30	29	453	240
France	416	562	5,348	7,156	1,139	931	10,315	12,183
Germany	1,405	2,201	17,774	25,223	773	1,151	7,297	10,435
Greece	41	30	1,101	388	9	11	107	116
Hungary	27	32	340	442	32	56	274	573
Italy	240	289	4,366	4,543	250	235	2,193	2,348
Latvia	8	8	97	72	7	3	70	63
Lithuania	8	7	112	77	11	11	121	204
Luxembourg	7	8	82	92	4	4	53	62
Malta	4	4	680	69	1	2	12	24
Netherlands	728	1,104	9,387	14,219	345	478	4,499	4,756
Poland	149	132	1,402	1,491	78	97	885	1,228
Portugal	36	40	648	670	28	39	305	805
Romania	47	34	557	484	12	10	120	132
Slovakia	8	12	129	118	8	7	102	96
Slovenia	18	12	203	198	3	5	48	48
Spain	206	221	2,325	2,726	154	197	1,767	2,667
Sweden	76	98	864	1,035	72	89	811	769
EU Country not specified²	51	71	536	884	81	69	968	1,098
Total EU27³	4,686	5,992	61,662	80,639	3,384	3,761	34,647	42,447
Euro-Zone⁴	4,203	5,426	56,562	73,990	2,965	3,278	29,904	36,787

Great Britain	1,136	1,137	14,418	17,167	1,907	1,722	15,468	24,040
Northern Ireland	345	404	3,764	4,942	277	627	4,044	5,354
Total UK	1,481	1,540	18,182	22,109	2,184	2,350	19,512	29,395

Australia	73	67	837	1,568	11	7	107	106
Brazil	23	27	357	367	51	37	350	444
Canada	175	109	1,321	3,379	90	73	665	672
China⁵	1,227	851	12,035	13,789	963	812	8,556	14,541
India	33	123	523	616	68	62	841	1,022
Japan	197	253	2,715	4,100	184	173	1,431	3,174
Malaysia	20	111	231	751	42	89	1,842	723
Mexico	150	220	2,017	2,191	45	95	440	615
Norway	18	32	776	397	32	42	786	661
Russia	68	31	627	549	66	3	600	379
Saudi Arabia	55	73	683	855	2	42	72	87
Singapore	46	61	499	719	13	95	499	769
South Africa	22	23	380	430	13	16	164	331
South Korea	70	64	683	902	253	290	1,499	1,763
Switzerland	74	255	2,813	3,275	461	934	5,140	6,410
Taiwan	29	44	348	505	64	118	809	1,313
Thailand	41	22	221	237	42	81	530	813
Turkey	73	75	718	808	101	95	1,033	1,363
USA	3,947	4,390	52,567	63,032	2,307	1,362	18,125	21,721
Other countries	446	409	5,261	6,850	685	750	5,796	10,633
Country unknown⁶	101	11	259	141	69	68	357	821
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	6,886	7,251	85,871	105,461	5,561	5,243	49,642	68,358

Total	13,054	14,784	165,715	208,208	11,129	11,354	103,801	140,199
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. December 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		Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec
		2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Great Britain		1,136	1,137	14,418	17,167	1,907	1,722	15,468	24,040
0	Food and live animals	281	311	3,414	3,877	211	198	2,017	2,249
1	Beverages and tobacco	20	19	234	242	16	16	210	240
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	36	31	459	513	8	8	119	119
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	31	50	318	781	498	574	2,838	7,702
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	10	17	4	4	36	76
5	Chemicals and related products	447	394	5,257	6,657	557	335	2,686	5,554
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	63	70	970	1,104	146	138	1,884	2,279
7	Machinery and transport equipment	167	165	2,411	2,476	265	267	3,424	3,564
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	89	95	1,319	1,486	197	181	2,232	2,233
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	26	14	5	2	23	24
Northern Ireland		345	404	3,764	4,942	277	627	4,044	5,354
0	Food and live animals	129	153	1,371	1,650	87	127	1,036	1,334
1	Beverages and tobacco	9	13	101	129	19	26	224	283
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	9	10	146	166	9	12	134	141
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	30	26	125	301	29	47	341	536
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	19	28	5	6	42	86
5	Chemicals and related products	54	65	685	934	19	248	855	1,378
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	39	44	536	607	38	49	524	609
7	Machinery and transport equipment	32	38	366	459	27	58	306	332
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	36	41	340	542	21	25	238	259
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	6	12	75	126	21	30	344	396
EU 27²		4,686	5,992	61,662	80,639	3,384	3,761	34,647	42,447
0	Food and live animals	403	494	3,978	5,438	272	310	2,799	3,444
1	Beverages and tobacco	32	43	451	484	34	35	403	427
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	85	67	952	905	33	32	380	394
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	19	88	170	300	67	143	781	1,085
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	6	9	66	94	20	25	205	295
5	Chemicals and related products	2,995	4,094	42,482	58,653	627	706	9,220	12,337
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	63	71	823	920	185	206	2,076	2,673
7	Machinery and transport equipment	535	543	6,384	6,435	1,779	1,906	14,776	16,835
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	491	500	5,740	6,329	249	245	2,625	2,823
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	57	83	616	1,080	119	153	1,382	2,135
USA		3,947	4,390	52,567	63,032	2,307	1,362	18,125	21,721
0	Food and live animals	29	46	483	716	39	34	298	462
1	Beverages and tobacco	56	47	658	830	2	3	25	32
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	3	25	30	7	6	65	80
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	27	19	215	147	107	876	1,648
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	Chemicals and related products	2,971	3,166	40,608	48,707	350	407	5,116	5,563
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	22	19	229	328	32	55	494	662
7	Machinery and transport equipment	330	216	4,445	3,915	1,611	592	9,620	10,987
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	535	867	6,076	8,282	118	157	1,581	2,269
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	0	23	10	1	1	50	17
China³		1,227	851	12,035	13,789	963	812	8,556	14,541
0	Food and live animals	52	48	698	605	8	8	75	108
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	10	15	0	0	1	2
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5	6	54	70	5	3	43	57
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	-	0	0	4	12	5	13
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	-	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	233	123	2,043	2,368	177	107	1,039	5,259
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	3	3	33	49	85	60	900	1,066
7	Machinery and transport equipment	822	538	7,859	9,286	389	416	3,961	5,136
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	110	132	1,332	1,395	294	205	2,528	2,897
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	3
Rest of World		1,712	2,011	21,268	28,640	2,291	3,070	22,961	32,096
0	Food and live animals	185	179	2,185	2,508	135	149	1,190	1,756
1	Beverages and tobacco	38	24	303	348	13	16	152	179
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	41	36	432	512	40	25	318	339
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	0	316	196	92	223	1,341	2,134
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	13	15	8	7	84	120
5	Chemicals and related products	814	1,018	11,528	16,435	618	1,133	6,988	8,300
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	18	22	219	270	78	110	1,026	1,688
7	Machinery and transport equipment	360	419	3,560	4,842	944	1,009	8,723	13,282
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	226	311	2,597	3,152	352	399	3,087	4,280
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	29	1	114	362	12	1	51	19

Total		13,054	14,784	165,715	208,208	11,129	11,354	103,801	140,199
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. December 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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