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Goods Exports and Imports December 2025

Key Findings

Exports of goods hit a record level of €260.3 billion in 2025

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CSO statistical release, 17 February 2026, 11am

Key Findings

Preliminary figures indicate that the value of export goods went up by €36.6 billion (+16.4%) to a record level of €260.3 billion in 2025. The value of imported goods also rose in 2025 by €9.4 billion (+7.0%) to €144.0 billion, when compared with 2024.
The (unadjusted) value of exports grew by €267.9 million (+1.7%) to €16.0 billion in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€15.7 billion).
The seasonally adjusted trade surplus increased by €809.4 million (+19.7%) to €4.9 billion in December 2025 compared with November 2025 (€4.1 billion).
Exports to the United States fell by €2.3 billion (-41.1%) to €3.3 billion in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€5.7 billion).
In 2025, Ireland’s top export trading partners were the United States, the Netherlands, and Belgium, with Ireland exporting 42.9% (€111.7 billion), 9.9% (€25.7 billion), and 6.1% (€15.8 billion) of total exports respectively to these countries.
Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products went up by €166.9 million (+2.7%) to €6.4 billion in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€6.2 billion).
In 2025, exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €38.9 billion (+39.0%) to €138.6 billion compared with 2024 (€99.7 billion) with Medical & Pharmaceutical Products representing 53.2% of total export goods in 2025.

Statistician's Comment

Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (17 February 2026) published Goods Exports and Imports December 2025.

Commenting on the release, Jane Burmanje, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said:

“The first estimates for 2025 show that both the value of exports and the value of imports increased when compared with 2024. The value of export goods went up by €36.6 billion (+16.4%) to a record high of €260.3 billion and the value of imported goods rose by €9.4 billion (+7.0%) to €144.0 billion in 2025.

In December 2025, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods increased by €267.9 million to €16.0 billion compared with December 2024. The unadjusted imports for December 2025 were valued at €13.1 billion, up €1.3 billion on December 2024.

More than half or 53.2% (€138.6 billion) of all goods exported in 2025 were Medical & Pharmaceutical Products.

Exports to the US rose by €38.2 billion (+52.0%) to €111.7 billion in 2025 compared with 2024 (€73.5 billion) and represented 42.9% of total goods exported in 2025.”

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
November 2025	17,026	12,924	4,102
December 2025	16,997	12,085	4,911
Value change	-30	-839	809
% change	-0	-6	20

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports and imports decreased in December 2025

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €29.5 million (-0.2%) to €17.00 billion in December compared with November 2025 (€17.03), according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports decreased by €838.9 million (-6.5%) to €12.1 billion in December 2025 compared with November 2025 (€12.9 billion).

The seasonally adjusted trade surplus increased by €809.4 million (+19.7%) to €4.9 billion in December 2025 compared with November 2025 (€4.1 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 exports increased by €267.9 million (+1.7%) to €16.0 billion in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€15.7 billion).

Preliminary figures indicate that goods exports in 2025 increased by €36.6 billion (+16.4%) to €260.3 billion, compared with €223.7 billion recorded in 2024.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €1.3 billion (+10.7%) to €13.1 billion in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€11.9 billion).

The value of goods imports in 2025 increased by €9.4 billion (+7.0%) to €144.0 billion, when compared with the same period of 2024 (€134.7 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	18,885	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

2025	January	24,890	11,009	13,881	338.7	246.1	97.0	110.3	88.0
	February	24,978	12,024	12,954	342.3	270.1	96.3	109.7	87.8
	March	37,577	13,082	24,495	514.1	299.4	96.5	107.7	89.6
	April	21,324	10,795	10,528	293.1	248.5	96.0	107.1	89.7
	May	23,229	11,120	12,109	319.4	265.9	96.0	103.1	93.1
	June	16,923	12,318	4,605	236.3	290.7	94.5	104.4	90.5
	July	17,136	12,167	4,969	241.4	281.2	94.0	104.4	90.1
	August	16,183	11,453	4,730	228.9	273.0	93.3	103.4	90.3
	September	28,761	11,230	17,532	402.9	271.3	94.2	102.0	92.4
	October	16,883	12,583	4,299	232.7	303.4	95.8	102.2	93.7
	November	16,465	13,109	3,357	229.3	308.4	94.8	104.8	90.5
	December	15,992	13,125	2,867	220.7	305.8	95.6	105.8	90.4
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. December 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	15,822	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	233.7	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	35,457	12,354	23,103	459.5	281.9
	April	21,361	11,008	10,353	285.4	259.2
	May	22,945	11,126	11,819	315.5	258.2
	June	16,467	11,831	4,636	238.1	273.1
	July	17,361	12,405	4,956	247.7	280.5
	August	17,368	12,793	4,575	250.0	287.1
	September	27,628	11,363	16,265	387.1	274.9
	October	16,163	11,949	4,215	227.3	300.4
	November	17,026	12,924	4,102	236.4	301.2
	December	16,997	12,085	4,911	250.5	295.2
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 2024 - 2025				January - December 2024 - 2025
Unadjusted		2024	2025	Value change	% change	2024	2025	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	15,724	15,992	268	2	223,734	260,341	36,607	16
	Great Britain	945	1,532	587	62	15,452	15,146	-306	-2
	Northern Ireland	422	445	22	5	5,201	5,439	238	5
	EU27	5,540	7,175	1,635	30	88,370	86,774	-1,597	-2
	USA	5,652	3,330	-2,322	-41	73,512	111,744	38,232	52
	Rest of World	3,165	3,511	346	11	41,199	41,239	40	0

Imports
	Total	11,859	13,125	1,266	11	134,656	144,016	9,360	7
	Great Britain	1,183	1,335	153	13	16,176	16,317	141	1
	Northern Ireland	504	457	-47	-9	5,482	5,496	13	0
	EU27	4,563	4,606	42	1	49,803	52,138	2,335	5
	USA	1,805	1,664	-141	-8	22,996	22,657	-339	-1
	Rest of World	3,805	5,064	1,259	33	40,198	47,408	7,210	18

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Exports and imports by region

In December 2025, Ireland’s top exporting partners were the United States (US), the Netherlands and Belgium, with Ireland exporting 20.8% (€3.3 billion), 13.4% (€2.1 billion) and 12.2% (€2.0 billion) of total export goods respectively to these countries.

In 2025, 42.9% (€111.7 billion) of Ireland’s total goods exports were destined for the US, while 9.9% (€25.7 billion) went to the Netherlands and 6.1% (€15.8 billion) to Belgium.

In December 2025, Ireland imported the highest value of goods from France, the US and Great Britain with these countries representing 12.8 % (€ 1.67 billion), 12.7% (€ 1.66 billion) and 10.2% (€ 1.3 billion) of the total import trade respectively for December 2025.

Ireland imported the most goods in 2025 from the US, Great Britain, and Germany, representing 15.7% (€22.7 billion), 11.3% (€16.3 billion), and 11.1% (€16.0 billion) of total imports, respectively.

Exports to Great Britain increased by €586.8 million (+62.1%) to €1.5 billion in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€944.7 million).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports to Great Britain were Machinery & Transport Equipment at €472.9 million, and Food & Live Animals at €349.1 million, representing 30.9% and 22.8% of total exports to Great Britain respectively in December 2025.

Imports from Great Britain increased by €152.7 million (+12.9%) to €1.3 billion in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€1.2 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from Great Britain were Machinery & Transport Equipment at €315.6 million, and Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials at €242.7 million, representing 23.6% and 18.2% of total imports from Great Britain respectively in December 2025.

Exports to the US decreased by €2.3 billion (-41.1%) to €3.3 billion in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€5.7 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €1.8 billion and Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles at €689.7 million, representing 55.2% and 20.7% of total exports to the US respectively in December 2025.

Comparing 2024 and 2025, exports to the US increased by €38.2 billion (+52.0%) from €73.5 billion in 2024 to €111.7 billion in 2025. Exports to the US accounted for 42.9% of total export trade in 2025.

Imports from the US fell by €141.0 million (-7.8%) to €1.7 billion in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€1.8 billion). Imports from the US accounted for 12.67% of total import trade in December 2025.

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports were Machinery & Transport Equipment at €723.1 million and Chemicals & Related Products at €488.5, representing 43.5% and 29.4% of total imports to the US respectively in December 2025.

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Dec 2023	5.15277832090555	3.109410465	1.24291046102349	4.264824889
Jan 2024	7.09003372867379	3.39207741546	1.93102366752101	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	6.27025462399087	3.2662725864	1.53971397602335	5.689849047
Jul 2024	7.46255950631059	3.79264883629	1.68498467904131	5.282349015
Aug 2024	6.17252402931806	2.95487931096	1.60720462696308	6.654178385
Sep 2024	10.2663521227234	3.2695525132	1.5583172319384	7.204101996
Oct 2024	9.09494168110391	3.28395339905	1.81380426185545	7.020041948
Nov 2024	7.60164858685083	3.28842114249	1.75921685128151	8.021106322
Dec 2024	5.53979245978523	3.16534517463	1.36693743524004	5.652103675
Jan 2025	7.8356650871751	3.09584119123	1.61545718975386	12.343047938
Feb 2025	7.13429020868777	3.37110587031	1.54504445645825	12.927649726
Mar 2025	6.51138257014578	3.95258321813	1.65764945529864	25.455491408
Apr 2025	7.23577280385842	2.99394309051	1.72032079926313	9.37363148
May 2025	7.23062832998164	3.55446143206	1.76133822980707	10.682799455
Jun 2025	7.75908732227271	3.14178998471	1.66294962836101	4.358967708
Jul 2025	7.26055261271897	3.76685667095	1.73966254270898	4.369324667
Aug 2025	7.65922756707015	2.91145920181	1.51938529147835	4.092464554
Sep 2025	6.89797303133172	3.5792988059	1.85366384404866	16.430231182
Oct 2025	7.1850256419686	3.61529492119	1.78531340076198	4.297189186
Nov 2025	6.88883291621385	3.7452231505	1.74839069598349	4.082871238
Dec 2025	7.17515304472392	3.511055865	1.97608544535654	3.329833845

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X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
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	4.66600650331676	2.99993695653501	1.97031356395477	2.0489115944541
Jul 2024	4.54445031828362	3.46458123454659	1.71239439344523	2.47603079006169
Aug 2024	4.01687957291513	3.31795636653416	1.74736818325535	2.05553306727066
Sep 2024	3.46102599555023	3.6419144188904	1.64950788784543	1.98171386849477
Oct 2024	4.47467239718009	3.50913420466784	2.05088827229276	1.68894924689765
Nov 2024	4.44115128385295	3.8302728260706	1.78495282612548	1.70950965530961
Dec 2024	4.56343747184848	3.80488375851427	1.68649088076986	1.80454606914617
Jan 2025	3.19666309656479	3.63698924426155	1.76442250610938	2.41116543398385
Feb 2025	4.86609728925628	3.23068162192874	1.78619976899472	2.1413739656715
Mar 2025	5.29403685142352	4.00518339434651	2.02582408599459	1.75676866079815
Apr 2025	4.02692506134691	3.63261698017711	1.84487580202262	1.29085298777895
May 2025	3.91063412448358	3.49259694885341	1.86481493561587	1.85215623264407
Jun 2025	5.12618947945614	3.79992907732514	1.70103600515557	1.6910114968614
Jul 2025	4.7608729432738	3.7688293352127	1.92157083661324	1.71570701956069
Aug 2025	4.03741107540588	3.53360514893231	1.64188248030477	2.23972400395448
Sep 2025	3.52836062932089	4.06785371863415	1.74218713496991	1.89120518884374
Oct 2025	4.15150756038034	4.76645739105805	1.83673447817087	1.82871301525102
Nov 2025	4.63347483856772	4.41014391142293	1.89058078916931	2.17442648160269
Dec 2025	4.60584450500791	5.06355838342348	1.79246985186297	1.6635144915225

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €166.9 million (+2.7%) to €6.4 billion in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€6.2 billion). This represented 40.0% of total exports in December 2025.

Comparing 2024 and 2025, exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €38.9 billion (+39.0%) from €99.7 billion in 2024 to €138.6 billion in 2025. Medical & Pharmaceutical Products represented 53.2% of total export goods in 2025.

Exports of Organic Chemicals fell by €101.8 million (-14.1%) to €617.6 million in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€719.4 million).

Exports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines (including computers) increased by €459.6 million (+91.2%) to €963.5 million in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€503.9 million) (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €184.9 million (+16.4%) to €1.3 billion in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€1.1 billion).

Imports of Organic Chemicals increased by €37.3 million (+6.8%) to €588.6 million in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€551.3 million).

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines (including computers) increased by €659.0 million (+89.8%) to €1.4 billion in December 2025 compared with December 2024 (€733.6 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
			Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec
			2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
0	Food and live animals		1,291	1,355	15,139	16,668	879	918	10,623	11,350
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	58	54	796	881	61	65	420	455
	01	Meat and meat preparations	421	472	4,701	5,264	114	120	1,221	1,398
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	393	387	4,228	4,873	85	86	1,071	1,177
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	51	47	598	672	33	36	364	401
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	58	65	810	784	155	167	1,910	2,044
	05	Vegetables and fruit	34	33	458	487	143	139	1,915	1,982
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	14	18	189	201	34	41	518	494
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	34	40	544	623	73	81	914	1,102
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	47	50	584	600	108	109	1,296	1,279
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	180	189	2,231	2,283	73	74	992	1,018
1	Beverages and tobacco		169	192	2,199	2,236	124	122	1,507	1,562
	11	Beverages	169	192	2,198	2,235	120	118	1,428	1,483
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	1	3	4	79	78
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		171	156	1,870	2,056	99	107	1,300	1,350
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	6	5	69	61	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	3	2	21	30	2	2	33	28
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	3	4	1	1	16	21
	24	Cork and wood	15	17	255	296	25	25	292	310
	25	Pulp and waste paper	5	5	75	71	3	3	49	45
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	5	3	72	62	1	1	18	14
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	9	12	127	154	16	20	247	252
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	118	97	1,069	1,192	28	27	284	296
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	11	15	180	185	25	28	361	382
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		24	66	742	723	610	630	7,896	7,518
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	10	5	65	64	7	3	72	46
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	12	56	640	564	346	417	5,673	5,056
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	1	1	19	28	196	143	1,556	1,650
	35	Electric current	2	4	18	67	60	67	595	766
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		10	14	146	156	32	31	445	458
	41	Animal oils and fats	8	10	110	112	3	4	37	46
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	2	3	32	32	28	26	386	393
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	1	1	4	13	1	2	21	20
5	Chemicals and related products		8,583	8,109	145,294	175,822	2,223	2,548	31,169	37,785
	51	Organic chemicals	719	618	25,854	20,228	551	589	7,763	6,979
	52	Inorganic chemicals	457	27	1,642	496	41	47	858	572
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	11	16	183	189	23	25	382	380
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	6,228	6,395	99,662	138,554	1,129	1,314	15,706	22,768
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	758	619	11,498	9,960	177	193	2,185	2,193
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	1	1	29	40	37	60	504	643
	57	Plastics in primary forms	29	31	441	474	70	63	1,111	1,104
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	48	63	872	888	80	139	1,184	1,566
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	331	339	5,113	4,994	115	118	1,475	1,580
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		197	214	3,350	3,303	608	612	8,538	8,359
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	13	14	2	3	25	27
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	14	22	238	279	44	50	613	603
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	21	24	392	393	44	32	548	501
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	15	16	235	230	96	110	1,296	1,316
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	13	15	190	210	58	58	738	746
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	41	45	752	713	75	80	1,127	1,128
	67	Iron and steel	20	17	270	242	77	71	1,172	1,092
	68	Non-ferrous metals	8	10	165	176	56	44	769	772
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	64	66	1,096	1,046	155	165	2,253	2,173
7	Machinery and transport equipment		3,485	3,797	31,443	35,301	5,938	6,732	56,758	59,212
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	61	134	1,534	1,324	112	159	2,171	1,698
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	90	71	1,158	1,015	316	227	3,949	2,855
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	2	35	32	14	14	192	152
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	170	254	2,357	2,433	252	291	3,470	3,338
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	504	963	5,018	8,898	734	1,393	8,160	12,363
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	108	99	1,356	1,249	336	466	3,278	4,188
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,067	1,390	11,818	13,981	776	992	9,103	9,358
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	39	36	565	523	695	737	6,422	6,740
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	1,443	847	7,601	5,845	2,704	2,452	20,013	18,521
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,634	2,067	23,031	23,693	1,333	1,402	16,242	16,226
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	10	13	167	177	37	39	524	551
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	19	16	224	257	68	75	909	921
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	3	40	35	22	23	250	248
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	35	41	404	433	277	287	3,029	3,037
	85	Footwear	5	5	59	58	63	68	770	750
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	711	851	10,709	10,792	270	293	3,441	3,436
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	125	136	1,613	1,770	95	102	1,039	1,145
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	727	1,002	9,815	10,170	501	515	6,280	6,139
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		156	7	472	306	7	12	86	88
Unclassified estimates²			5	13	49	77	7	11	94	107

Total			15,724	15,992	223,734	260,341	11,859	13,125	134,656	144,016
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. December 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
	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec
	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Austria	43	35	534	489	34	25	523	419
Belgium	743	1,952	17,080	15,841	302	220	2,852	3,152
Bulgaria	9	13	150	186	5	5	80	116
Croatia	5	7	132	95	2	3	29	57
Cyprus	9	7	95	90	0	1	7	10
Czech Republic	33	67	513	606	66	81	1,059	1,370
Denmark	48	43	608	613	39	49	757	652
Estonia	2	2	29	25	1	1	26	17
Finland	48	22	227	327	19	28	213	237
France	711	424	6,362	5,751	1,166	1,675	14,231	12,239
Germany	993	1,020	20,127	15,280	1,296	925	12,377	16,034
Greece	25	22	490	420	16	18	194	194
Hungary	61	309	664	2,281	48	64	933	809
Italy	399	388	6,972	7,263	458	471	3,050	4,035
Latvia	4	3	60	54	6	5	69	82
Lithuania	10	10	103	100	15	13	173	171
Luxembourg	12	12	103	137	5	3	64	58
Malta	3	4	65	59	1	1	10	9
Netherlands	1,679	2,144	22,916	25,668	419	475	6,769	6,368
Poland	133	146	1,758	1,934	135	184	1,432	1,866
Portugal	38	41	1,743	3,022	24	23	587	403
Romania	24	18	427	424	19	28	184	234
Slovakia	17	10	195	167	19	25	245	233
Slovenia	7	11	145	155	4	4	49	51
Spain	329	276	5,226	4,022	388	201	2,682	2,442
Sweden	122	143	1,259	1,421	56	54	790	695
EU Country not specified²	32	46	388	340	23	26	418	185
Total EU27³	5,540	7,175	88,370	86,774	4,563	4,606	49,803	52,138
Euro-Zone⁴	5,078	6,390	82,604	78,968	4,174	4,116	44,151	46,211

Great Britain	945	1,532	15,452	15,146	1,183	1,335	16,176	16,317
Northern Ireland	422	445	5,201	5,439	504	457	5,482	5,496
Total UK	1,367	1,976	20,653	20,585	1,686	1,792	21,658	21,813

Australia	49	52	1,034	918	9	9	89	94
Brazil	18	101	682	702	42	26	374	430
Canada	523	221	4,088	2,693	292	169	1,155	1,539
China⁵	649	762	10,021	8,850	1,141	1,327	11,832	12,751
India	36	49	496	477	68	114	960	1,225
Japan	157	313	3,457	3,754	160	260	2,226	2,319
Malaysia	266	364	2,629	2,948	70	117	662	1,041
Mexico	217	292	3,383	3,616	83	111	1,338	2,298
Norway	15	140	272	937	46	51	526	657
Russia	59	105	689	836	3	13	38	34
Saudi Arabia	64	82	830	999	11	1	50	40
Singapore	59	54	829	785	80	52	918	990
South Africa	14	24	276	348	12	16	222	254
South Korea	106	77	888	1,532	180	245	1,698	2,174
Switzerland	175	166	3,597	3,064	201	275	2,757	2,779
Taiwan	32	34	373	458	153	775	2,053	4,305
Thailand	16	35	252	317	174	162	1,111	1,529
Turkey	61	42	600	868	99	104	1,237	1,268
USA	5,652	3,330	73,512	111,744	1,805	1,664	22,996	22,657
Other countries	644	523	6,579	6,803	861	1,059	9,832	10,406
Country unknown⁶	7	76	221	334	120	177	1,121	1,276
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	8,817	6,841	114,711	152,982	5,609	6,727	63,194	70,065

Total	15,724	15,992	223,734	260,341	11,859	13,125	134,656	144,016
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. December 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		Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec
		2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Great Britain		945	1,532	15,452	15,146	1,183	1,335	16,176	16,317
0	Food and live animals	314	349	4,151	4,651	229	238	2,674	2,867
1	Beverages and tobacco	20	24	281	294	18	19	264	261
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	25	33	442	453	6	6	118	108
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	6	33	312	271	300	243	3,017	3,095
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	5	5	60	58	6	6	91	99
5	Chemicals and related products	194	262	3,966	3,198	156	209	2,840	2,583
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	60	61	1,123	1,122	125	136	2,111	2,060
7	Machinery and transport equipment	218	473	3,543	3,401	191	316	3,011	3,190
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	101	291	1,551	1,678	152	163	2,035	2,036
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	0	23	21	1	2	14	18
Northern Ireland		422	445	5,201	5,439	504	457	5,482	5,496
0	Food and live animals	164	202	1,922	2,113	122	133	1,464	1,663
1	Beverages and tobacco	14	13	174	174	28	30	310	338
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	10	10	162	187	11	11	185	184
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	7	7	93	114	51	40	507	435
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	27	33	3	3	35	34
5	Chemicals and related products	78	67	1,038	1,016	113	92	1,368	1,120
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	40	41	613	644	53	47	690	673
7	Machinery and transport equipment	44	40	557	512	93	66	536	602
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	60	60	579	607	29	31	364	410
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	3	3	35	39	2	4	25	36
EU 27²		5,540	7,175	88,370	86,774	4,563	4,606	49,803	52,138
0	Food and live animals	519	493	5,523	6,297	340	348	4,284	4,442
1	Beverages and tobacco	33	37	539	536	44	39	574	568
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	71	62	585	692	34	41	479	506
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	11	25	261	287	139	129	2,069	1,597
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	5	49	59	17	18	251	245
5	Chemicals and related products	2,892	4,751	63,122	59,724	857	798	12,934	17,289
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	63	67	1,031	1,018	211	208	2,770	2,764
7	Machinery and transport equipment	1,448	1,101	9,204	10,380	2,641	2,709	22,688	21,076
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	493	618	7,963	7,670	273	307	3,643	3,549
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	7	15	94	111	7	10	112	103
USA		5,652	3,330	73,512	111,744	1,805	1,664	22,996	22,657
0	Food and live animals	69	66	922	955	31	31	358	345
1	Beverages and tobacco	81	92	829	829	18	16	171	199
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	2	24	38	4	5	69	65
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	20	20	56	130	1,276	1,156
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	Chemicals and related products	4,065	1,837	58,130	94,713	445	488	6,042	7,836
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	17	20	254	248	47	43	706	573
7	Machinery and transport equipment	821	622	5,595	6,626	973	723	11,815	9,716
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	597	690	7,729	8,296	228	222	2,544	2,743
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	1	8	19	2	5	15	25
China		649	762	10,021	8,850	1,141	1,327	11,832	12,751
0	Food and live animals	45	27	499	411	13	14	150	164
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	11	13	0	0	2	3
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	6	8	70	77	4	8	51	68
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	1	0	39	71
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	Chemicals and related products	152	156	2,880	2,605	224	381	2,513	2,753
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	5	55	47	79	90	1,068	1,077
7	Machinery and transport equipment	322	450	5,022	4,213	588	608	5,217	5,844
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	121	115	1,484	1,484	231	226	2,789	2,769
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1
Rest of World		2,516	2,749	31,178	32,389	2,664	3,736	28,366	34,657
0	Food and live animals	180	219	2,122	2,240	145	155	1,694	1,870
1	Beverages and tobacco	20	25	365	391	16	17	186	193
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	57	42	587	609	39	35	399	418
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	1	55	30	64	88	989	1,163
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	10	7	7	4	65	79
5	Chemicals and related products	1,202	1,037	16,158	14,566	428	580	5,473	6,205
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	13	20	274	224	92	89	1,192	1,212
7	Machinery and transport equipment	632	1,111	7,521	10,170	1,452	2,311	13,491	18,784
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	262	294	3,725	3,959	420	454	4,867	4,720
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	149	1	361	193	0	3	10	13

Total		15,724	15,992	223,734	260,341	11,859	13,125	134,656	144,016
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. December 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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Table 6 Goods Exports by industrial origin and area of destination				€million
Industrial origin and area	Exports
	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec
	2024	2025	2024	2025
Agricultural produce	1,016	1,046	11,359	12,673
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	358	422	4,430	4,972
EU¹	457	406	4,628	5,215
USA	59	53	752	853
Rest of World	141	166	1,550	1,633

Forestry and fishing produce	67	64	864	979
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	21	19	329	359
EU¹	35	35	394	431
USA	0	0	4	4
Rest of World	11	9	138	185

Industrial produce	14,631	14,862	211,394	246,531
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	983	1,528	15,826	15,159
EU¹	5,043	6,722	83,305	81,066
USA	5,592	3,276	72,757	110,886
Rest of World	3,013	3,336	39,507	39,420

Unclassified exports	11	19	117	159

Total	15,724	15,992	223,734	260,341
¹EU excluding Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Table 7 Goods Imports by main use and area of origin				€million
Main use and area of origin	Imports
	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec
	2024	2025	2024	2025
Producers capital goods ready for use	3,754	3,494	31,580	29,071
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	203	244	1,979	2,123
EU¹	2,061	2,059	16,238	14,180
USA	735	466	8,641	6,960
Rest of World	756	725	4,722	5,809

Consumption goods ready for use - food drink and tobacco	730	750	9,097	9,677
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	290	309	3,695	3,967
EU¹	311	312	3,921	4,102
USA	23	22	251	268
Rest of World	106	107	1,230	1,340
Consumption goods ready for use - other	2,339	2,248	27,302	31,037
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	533	531	6,119	6,119
EU¹	797	654	9,624	12,851
USA	222	203	2,453	2,829
Rest of World	787	859	9,107	9,238

Materials for further production - agriculture	256	485	3,470	5,230
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	66	61	776	748
EU¹	103	249	1,606	2,866
USA	34	16	340	303
Rest of World	53	159	749	1,314
Materials for further production - other	4,767	6,129	63,030	68,815
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	593	643	9,058	8,812
EU¹	1,285	1,323	18,302	18,034
USA	789	954	11,297	12,276
Rest of World	2,101	3,210	24,373	29,694

Unclassified imports	13	20	176	185

Total	11,859	13,125	134,656	144,016
¹EU excluding Great Britain and Northern Ireland.