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Goods Exports and Imports February 2024

Exports of goods in February 2024 were almost €16 billion

Online ISSN: 2009-5155

CSO statistical publication, 16 April 2024, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €15.9 billion in February 2024, a decrease of over €700 million compared with February last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €10 billion, which was more than €1.1 billion lower than imports in February 2023.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €17.6 billion in February 2024, down almost €500 million compared with January 2024.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €10.4 billion in February 2024.
Imports from Great Britain were €1.4 billion in February 2024, while exports to Great Britain were €1.2 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (16 April 2024) released Goods Exports and Imports February 2024.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said:“In February 2024, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods decreased by more than €700 million to €15.9 billion compared with February 2023. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods fell by €500 million compared with January 2024.

The unadjusted imports for February 2024 were valued at €10 billion, down €1.1 billion on February 2023. Seasonally adjusted imports were €10.4 billion in February 2024.

Comparing the first two months of 2024 with the same period in 2023, exports of goods were 8% higher, and the value of imports dropped by 14%. Exports for January and February 2024 were almost €35 billion.

Imports from Great Britain fell by 34% to €1.4 billion in February 2024 compared with February 2023, and the largest falls were in the imports of Chemicals & Related products and Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Products.

Exports to Great Britain were down by 5% to €1.2 billion in February 2024 from February 2023.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
January 2024	18,058	9,683	8,375
February 2024	17,591	10,393	7,198
Value change	-467	710	-1,177
% change	-3.0	7.0	-14.0

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports decreased by almost €500 million in February 2024

Seasonally adjusted goods exports fell by €467 million (-3%) to €17,591 million in February 2024 compared with January 2024, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports increased by €710 million (+7%) to €10,393 million leading to a decrease of €1,177 million (-14%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €7,198 million in February 2024 compared with January 2024 (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
		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		196,700	139,767	56,933	..	..	..	..	..

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	10,403	5,221	208.2	241.5	98.0	102.7	95.4
	December	13,054	11,123	1,931	175.6	261.9	97.2	101.6	95.6

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

2023³	January	15,497	11,505	3,992	210.3	261.4	97.3	108.5	89.7
	February	16,714	11,159	5,555	225.1	256.1	98.0	107.4	91.2
	March	18,738	11,886	6,852	259.9	274.6	95.1	106.7	89.2
	April	15,171	10,808	4,363	205.5	250.7	97.1	105.6	91.9
	May	16,625	12,529	4,096	226.9	296.3	96.7	104.2	92.8
	June	18,420	12,668	5,752	246.3	296.2	98.7	105.4	93.7
	July	15,623	10,839	4,784	211.6	247.9	97.5	107.8	90.4
	August	16,009	10,354	5,655	215.1	245.2	98.2	104.1	94.4
	September	16,019	11,209	4,810	213.3	256.7	99.1	107.6	92.1
	October	17,543	10,920	6,623	226.8	256.0	102.1	106.5	95.8
	November	16,607	14,137	2,470	212.0	313.9	103.4	111.0	93.1
	December	13,734	11,753	1,981	175.8	272.9	103.1	106.1	97.1

2024³	January	18,811	9,419	9,392	..	..	..	..	..
	February	15,936	10,023	5,913	..	..	..	..	..
¹ Monthly price and volume indices for 2023 have been revised. See background notes.
² Export unit value index divided by import unit value index.
³ Revised. February 2024 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
.. Indices not yet available.

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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
2021	January	13,862	6,798	7,065	193.2	189.8
	February	12,839	7,183	5,657	178.1	195.2
	March	13,008	8,309	4,699	186.6	205.6
	April	12,349	8,297	4,052	176.4	210.1
	May	13,706	8,931	4,775	192.2	220.8
	June	13,920	9,273	4,647	211.2	225.8
	July	13,413	8,354	5,059	184.2	212.2
	August	13,972	8,580	5,392	182.3	211.4
	September	14,225	8,479	5,746	190.2	211.8
	October	15,437	8,958	6,479	195.1	219.9
	November	14,768	9,827	4,941	205.4	234.5
	December	13,608	10,192	3,417	202.5	243.7

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	210.9	273.9
	February	17,408	12,061	5,347	231.4	277.5
	March	16,582	10,750	5,832	219.0	263.9
	April	16,333	11,531	4,802	220.9	264.9
	May	15,753	12,002	3,751	214.8	269.0
	June	17,264	11,840	5,424	228.8	274.2
	July	16,439	11,839	4,599	225.7	269.8
	August	16,410	11,099	5,311	213.9	259.5
	September	15,638	11,521	4,117	211.9	271.9
	October	17,746	10,623	7,123	222.5	256.1
	November	15,826	13,296	2,530	213.7	301.4
	December	15,671	11,316	4,355	213.9	265.5

2024	January	18,058	9,683	8,375	..	..
	February	17,591	10,393	7,198	..	..
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.
.. Indices not yet available

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Table B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region									€million
Unadjusted		February 2023 - 2024				January - February 2023 - 2024
Unadjusted		2023	2024	Value change	% change	2023	2024	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	16,714	15,936	-777	-5	32,211	34,748	2,536	8
	Great Britain	1,274	1,207	-67	-5	2,610	2,719	109	4
	Northern Ireland	396	402	6	2	781	792	11	1
	EU27	7,430	7,151	-279	-4	14,431	14,247	-184	-1
	USA	4,160	4,217	57	1	8,010	10,677	2,667	33
	Rest of World	3,454	2,960	-494	-14	6,379	6,312	-67	-1

Imports
	Total	11,159	10,023	-1,136	-10	22,664	19,442	-3,222	-14
	Great Britain	2,133	1,401	-733	-34	4,652	2,667	-1,985	-43
	Northern Ireland	394	533	138	35	830	926	97	12
	EU27	3,711	3,819	108	3	6,592	7,016	424	6
	USA	1,686	1,504	-182	-11	3,501	2,876	-625	-18
	Rest of World	3,235	2,767	-468	-14	7,090	5,957	-1,132	-16

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports fell by €777 million (-5%) to €15,936 million in February 2024 compared with February 2023. The value of goods exports for the period January to February 2024 grew by €2,536 million (+8%) to €34,748 million, when compared with the same period of 2023.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports decreased by €1,136 million (-10%) to €10,023 million in February 2024 compared with February 2023. The value of goods imports for the first two months of 2024 fell by €3,222 million (-14%) to €19,442 million, when compared with the same period of 2023.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,207 million, which was 8% of total exports in February 2024. The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €318 million and Food & Live Animals with €310 million.

Imports from Great Britain in February 2024 were €1,401 million, which was 14% of the total value of imports. Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Products were valued at €294 million imports of Machinery & Transport Equipment were €281 million and imports of Chemicals & Related Products accounted for €240 million. (See Table 5).

The EU accounted for €7,151 million (45%) of total goods exports in February 2024, of which €2,073 million went to the Netherlands, €1,699 million went to Germany and €1,014 million went to Belgium.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €4,217 million (26%) of total exports in February 2024 (See Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Mar 2022	7.03146794756404	4.00169138399999	1.83317511357736	7.400502251
Apr 2022	6.42002674605994	3.360673459	1.93709378628622	5.490089082
May 2022	6.2983702194085	4.39532270599999	1.83022262751538	5.390377409
Jun 2022	6.34773818352154	3.868853871	2.40887348009257	5.086599753
Jul 2022	6.252539648654	3.33823685399999	1.57029484440219	3.745679746
Aug 2022	8.5505963467939	3.623791805	1.92626849533277	5.286338789
Sep 2022	7.59441998675093	4.085435417	1.84991809025405	5.904198153
Oct 2022	6.58696172223077	3.591441143	2.08060789733065	5.306523683
Nov 2022	6.88716979415636	3.18847492199999	2.0230150332706	5.032571309
Dec 2022	5.99495427339276	3.109313866	1.59205177242982	4.433765332
Jan 2023	7.00166929718193	2.92517220399999	1.7209164793019	3.849700567
Feb 2023	7.42978453362456	3.45412363200001	1.66987909018109	4.160032732
Mar 2023	7.22757806925556	3.76719638199999	2.12421141690795	5.6191061
Apr 2023	6.51781193049492	2.91226385300001	1.58551572378062	4.155685568
May 2023	6.93597110225951	3.53304737500002	2.06231359049922	4.093419028
Jun 2023	6.73918999299196	3.238329714	2.74841906843818	5.694475768
Jul 2023	6.5714152812016	2.83526778300001	2.18257702962032	4.033586402
Aug 2023	6.15102668919328	3.116574302	1.69275244089181	5.048801198
Sep 2023	7.08986143398138	2.987962531	1.60411600701267	4.33656717
Oct 2023	7.60752099262603	3.426367506	1.63051131012241	4.878499338
Nov 2023	6.80117674795935	3.423425428	2.18914185748906	4.193145893
Dec 2023	5.11607332988393	3.085495526	1.24759361678862	4.284592452
Jan 2024	7.09661644501684	3.35165294603999	1.9026045013976	6.460237898
Feb 2024	7.15052182562671	2.96047511	1.60841805110593	4.216990123

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Mar 2022	3.14827285263081	4.14074180141705	2.38788087199404	2.33093602471201
Apr 2022	3.50820880534995	3.47566700004536	2.42535617848881	1.87450129891659
May 2022	3.63431123344235	5.04974529734677	2.39913877867239	2.18781775376064
Jun 2022	3.70567560725347	4.64475699263232	2.60061488293834	1.87929043009657
Jul 2022	3.13287526703743	3.97767827704352	2.28953937000186	1.30211393590302
Aug 2022	3.22470655490728	4.42266596614623	2.71722647683728	2.10920545319726
Sep 2022	4.18791765441382	3.65020618602282	2.51928762735894	2.44974277170222
Oct 2022	4.10630401530525	3.42453851520585	3.17778865553939	1.79897633135657
Nov 2022	4.01826956910247	3.81420263511006	2.46985495786996	1.82583888094956
Dec 2022	4.53533522838145	3.87919934498645	2.35469298147492	1.80623668992089
Jan 2023	2.88128591209521	3.85484855996731	2.95404147862947	1.81484609051063
Feb 2023	3.71055878151335	3.23485258166375	2.52779149987961	1.68600377733813
Mar 2023	5.17418205576562	2.70981209370352	2.14894222506542	1.85297748577796
Apr 2023	3.64331353534981	3.46314868868828	2.29139474153317	1.41027558021653
May 2023	4.45428760942382	4.27891724580067	1.94938450868741	1.84648065909634
Jun 2023	5.01171830946167	3.42564837046959	2.16076601350301	2.07012732566615
Jul 2023	3.72106131619383	3.50939695008623	2.07422831521297	1.53445947815736
Aug 2023	3.1774585764123	3.19502890739246	2.27015848479361	1.711615391636
Sep 2023	3.42098773414742	3.38908147191301	2.21339077622132	2.30643603199226
Oct 2023	3.51513519984257	3.62341411589095	1.97149868038394	1.37221136404805
Nov 2023	4.60451731456051	4.32791693574278	2.1715636533203	1.37221136404805
Dec 2023	4.53561613849351	3.40790853346218	1.50254254362204	1.37221136404805
Jan 2024	3.19665823535661	3.19064155061769	1.65948123764835	1.37221136404805
Feb 2024	3.81901258836965	2.76662239694455	1.93373137120872	1.50400572951246

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €843 million (+15%) to €6,451 million in February 2024 compared with February 2023. This represented 40% of total exports.

Exports of Organic Chemicals fell by €1,400 million (-38%) to €2,269 million.

Exports of Professional, Scientific & Controlling Apparatus grew by €54 million (+7%) to €830 million. (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Organic Chemicals were down by €424 million (-27%) to €1,135 million in February 2024 compared with February 2023.

Imports of Other Transport Equipment (Including Aircraft) decreased by €793 million (-56%) to €612 million.

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Products decreased by €195 million (-20%) to €757 million.

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines increased by €102 million (+29%) to €453 million.

The value of goods imports for February 2024 excluding SITC 79 (Other Transport Equipment, Including Aircraft) fell by €343 million (-4%) to €9,412 million, compared with the corresponding February 2023 figure of €9,755 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
			Feb	Feb	Jan-Feb	Jan-Feb	Feb	Feb	Jan-Feb	Jan-Feb
			2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
0	Food and live animals		1,096	1,038	2,130	2,067	787	834	1,656	1,633
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	45	42	77	87	25	24	36	38
	01	Meat and meat preparations	363	360	714	723	93	89	184	180
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	282	211	531	422	94	96	188	177
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	46	49	78	88	23	27	48	57
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	63	66	128	132	114	145	261	285
	05	Vegetables and fruit	27	35	56	64	122	154	247	298
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	12	14	24	30	37	47	92	91
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	46	51	93	93	70	81	138	149
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	48	46	101	97	125	94	296	200
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	164	165	328	332	84	78	165	159
1	Beverages and tobacco		139	153	286	322	89	92	172	187
	11	Beverages	139	153	286	322	84	88	164	180
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	0	4	4	8	7
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		149	120	301	255	105	117	203	222
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	5	6	12	13	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	1	1	8	2	2	8	4
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	4	0	7	1	2	1	5	2
	24	Cork and wood	20	19	42	36	27	24	53	48
	25	Pulp and waste paper	5	5	11	11	5	7	12	13
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	10	7	20	13	2	1	3	4
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	8	10	18	19	22	18	38	35
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	84	55	162	119	13	19	25	46
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	13	16	29	36	33	44	60	68
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		135	77	206	152	952	757	2,579	1,517
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	9	7	19	14	51	8	107	15
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	115	67	166	132	360	511	899	1,059
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	1	1	1	3	509	205	1,504	370
	35	Electric current	11	1	19	4	32	33	70	72
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		15	13	28	28	42	35	84	77
	41	Animal oils and fats	12	10	21	21	3	3	6	6
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	2	3	5	6	35	31	72	67
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	1	1	2	2	3	2	6	5
5	Chemicals and related products		11,293	10,401	21,553	23,410	3,134	2,856	6,344	5,353
	51	Organic chemicals	3,669	2,269	6,293	4,930	1,559	1,135	3,061	2,036
	52	Inorganic chemicals	571	202	665	294	47	48	106	97
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	14	15	27	30	28	29	55	59
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	5,608	6,451	11,693	15,289	987	1,087	2,026	2,106
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	860	950	1,701	1,824	143	167	297	328
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	1	1	2	2	55	60	121	106
	57	Plastics in primary forms	29	38	63	71	98	99	203	187
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	84	76	188	154	95	99	191	192
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	455	399	920	817	122	132	283	242
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		263	275	522	682	743	680	1,509	1,324
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	4
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	18	24	39	42	49	48	95	91
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	38	37	79	72	43	42	81	81
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	18	20	36	41	107	100	226	197
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	14	15	30	32	53	57	109	111
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	55	64	105	124	90	93	178	179
	67	Iron and steel	19	22	39	57	113	98	216	185
	68	Non-ferrous metals	12	15	24	33	118	57	264	116
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	87	78	168	282	169	184	337	359
7	Machinery and transport equipment		1,854	1,995	3,630	4,147	4,114	3,447	7,738	6,737
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	171	110	288	216	204	189	454	370
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	102	86	172	151	372	271	845	644
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	3	6	7	17	14	35	33
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	193	177	369	400	258	343	522	588
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	348	373	788	740	351	453	755	806
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	81	98	161	194	204	232	487	483
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	767	698	1,448	1,509	728	679	1,504	1,398
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	42	53	88	105	577	654	1,151	1,349
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	148	398	311	824	1,404	612	1,984	1,066
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,731	1,850	3,448	3,611	1,180	1,186	2,351	2,359
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	14	13	28	25	43	48	86	89
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	19	18	36	36	70	73	135	146
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	4	5	7	19	19	40	39
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	27	28	53	59	221	205	455	418
	85	Footwear	3	4	7	8	52	54	107	112
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	775	830	1,524	1,722	255	255	509	548
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	138	147	276	250	55	70	113	126
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	753	807	1,520	1,504	465	461	905	881
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		35	9	99	62	5	10	12	15
Unclassified estimates²			3	6	7	11	8	9	16	18

Total			16,714	15,936	32,211	34,748	11,159	10,023	22,664	19,442
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. February 2024 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
² Estimates for which a commodity classification is not available.

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Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by country

Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by country¹								€million
Country	Exports				Imports
	Feb	Feb	Jan-Feb	Jan-Feb	Feb	Feb	Jan-Feb	Jan-Feb
	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
Austria	50	41	96	88	31	43	57	218
Belgium	1,615	1,014	3,057	2,204	193	173	387	369
Bulgaria	12	12	27	25	13	6	18	12
Croatia	9	6	17	14	2	2	3	3
Cyprus	7	9	13	20	0	1	1	2
Czech Republic	127	40	220	109	85	70	193	151
Denmark	44	43	96	83	63	83	142	191
Estonia	3	3	7	7	1	1	2	2
Finland	27	15	50	29	16	20	34	37
France	509	503	1,014	991	1,385	1,290	2,012	1,820
Germany	2,170	1,699	4,487	3,729	770	756	1,419	1,371
Greece	58	30	113	73	8	13	21	24
Hungary	32	56	94	98	47	98	100	160
Italy	508	581	1,103	1,216	207	248	401	468
Latvia	8	8	15	11	4	5	9	10
Lithuania	7	9	14	16	11	12	22	23
Luxembourg	7	7	15	15	4	6	9	10
Malta	5	15	9	20	1	1	3	2
Netherlands	1,219	2,073	2,402	3,894	347	504	742	1,153
Poland	119	127	223	235	98	111	191	224
Portugal	478	400	518	442	40	30	77	70
Romania	30	35	76	63	13	27	23	38
Slovakia	11	13	20	25	25	22	55	45
Slovenia	9	8	18	24	4	3	8	8
Spain	263	256	497	549	238	201	436	413
Sweden	71	99	168	171	62	62	144	127
EU Country not specified²	31	52	63	97	42	32	83	67
Total EU27³	7,430	7,151	14,431	14,247	3,711	3,819	6,592	7,016
Euro-Zone⁴	6,964	6,688	13,465	13,366	3,289	3,330	5,698	6,047

Great Britain	1,274	1,207	2,610	2,719	2,133	1,401	4,652	2,667
Northern Ireland	396	402	781	792	394	533	830	926
Total UK	1,670	1,608	3,391	3,511	2,528	1,934	5,482	3,593

Australia	85	81	152	203	7	6	13	13
Brazil	41	46	65	137	30	19	55	47
Canada	612	333	726	564	39	45	131	140
China⁵	818	616	1,457	1,382	676	918	1,506	1,821
India	36	34	86	72	68	74	142	144
Japan	229	274	513	569	205	183	372	406
Malaysia	86	187	197	437	73	29	136	66
Mexico	267	266	445	488	257	101	853	184
Norway	19	36	55	55	105	51	152	105
Russia	52	20	95	81	10	3	14	7
Saudi Arabia	85	98	168	178	2	1	17	2
Singapore	52	63	108	198	63	42	124	71
South Africa	33	25	68	47	17	15	46	29
South Korea	63	82	140	137	119	118	258	229
Switzerland	403	276	875	623	564	158	1,138	605
Taiwan	33	26	70	54	72	95	169	195
Thailand	24	23	49	38	83	66	142	123
Turkey	63	43	125	102	100	104	211	221
USA	4,160	4,217	8,010	10,677	1,686	1,504	3,501	2,876
Other countries	443	425	961	921	700	673	1,515	1,408
Country unknown⁶	9	8	23	25	44	67	95	139
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	7,614	7,177	14,389	16,989	4,921	4,271	10,591	8,833

Total	16,714	15,936	32,211	34,748	11,159	10,023	22,664	19,442
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. February 2024 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 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		Feb	Feb	Jan-Feb	Jan-Feb	Feb	Feb	Jan-Feb	Jan-Feb
		2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
Great Britain		1,274	1,207	2,610	2,719	2,133	1,401	4,652	2,667
0	Food and live animals	295	310	598	616	197	205	378	395
1	Beverages and tobacco	20	23	39	42	19	18	34	34
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	30	37	70	74	11	10	20	19
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	48	40	67	79	562	294	1,759	562
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	4	3	11	5	6	11	14
5	Chemicals and related products	460	318	973	947	644	240	1,048	418
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	91	83	178	201	215	175	435	344
7	Machinery and transport equipment	195	277	425	511	313	281	632	540
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	132	113	255	234	165	170	332	338
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	2	3	3	1	2	3	3
Northern Ireland		396	402	781	792	394	533	830	926
0	Food and live animals	139	139	268	274	115	116	231	222
1	Beverages and tobacco	10	13	22	25	23	18	46	37
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	12	10	24	22	16	16	30	28
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	16	7	30	15	42	39	79	75
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	2	5	5	6	3	12	7
5	Chemicals and related products	87	83	184	170	66	204	180	298
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	48	51	94	99	65	63	120	121
7	Machinery and transport equipment	44	54	78	96	36	43	80	80
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	37	40	72	81	24	28	48	56
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	2	4	5	2	2	4	4
EU 27²		7,430	7,151	14,431	14,247	3,711	3,819	6,592	7,016
0	Food and live animals	372	345	708	668	316	348	648	698
1	Beverages and tobacco	49	44	89	85	31	37	59	76
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	64	50	113	89	45	43	78	80
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	70	30	91	56	72	142	166	342
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	10	6	19	11	22	20	47	45
5	Chemicals and related products	5,708	5,355	11,013	10,700	937	1,340	1,739	2,177
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	82	96	172	184	235	224	474	424
7	Machinery and transport equipment	526	574	1,084	1,135	1,769	1,351	2,828	2,578
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	543	641	1,130	1,301	276	300	535	572
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	7	9	13	17	8	13	17	22
USA		4,160	4,217	8,010	10,677	1,686	1,504	3,501	2,876
0	Food and live animals	68	55	132	122	20	35	80	63
1	Beverages and tobacco	38	46	90	113	2	6	5	14
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	2	5	4	12	6	19	12
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	124	229	233	373
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	3,112	3,175	6,033	8,556	526	500	1,021	964
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	19	17	35	33	49	55	98	108
7	Machinery and transport equipment	278	326	476	688	762	484	1,672	981
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	642	595	1,238	1,160	189	186	370	359
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	2
China³		818	616	1,457	1,382	676	918	1,506	1,821
0	Food and live animals	41	30	81	58	10	12	19	20
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	4	7	11	14	4	5	8	9
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	-	-	-	35	0	45	0
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	155	177	257	444	90	234	219	474
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	4	7	16	70	79	144	154
7	Machinery and transport equipment	482	256	859	596	288	398	703	779
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	132	142	240	252	180	190	367	384
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rest of World		2,636	2,344	4,922	4,930	2,558	1,849	5,584	4,136
0	Food and live animals	181	159	343	329	129	118	300	235
1	Beverages and tobacco	21	26	46	54	14	13	28	26
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	36	14	80	51	18	37	48	74
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	1	18	2	117	53	297	165
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	1	2	8	5	15	11
5	Chemicals and related products	1,772	1,292	3,094	2,593	871	337	2,136	1,023
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	20	24	37	151	109	85	237	173
7	Machinery and transport equipment	331	508	708	1,120	946	890	1,823	1,779
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	245	319	513	582	345	311	699	650
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	27	0	83	47	0	0	2	2

Total		16,714	15,936	32,211	34,748	11,159	10,023	22,664	19,442
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. February 2024 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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