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Goods Exports and Imports January 2026

Key Findings

Exports of goods total €16.2 billion in January 2026

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CSO statistical release, 19 March 2026, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €16.2 billion in January 2026, a decrease of €8.7 billion (-35.0%) compared with January 2025 (€24.9 billion).
Unadjusted goods imports were €11.4 billion in January 2026, an increase of over €341.5 million compared with imports in January 2025 (€11.0 billion).
Both seasonally adjusted exports and imports of goods fell in January 2026, leading to a decrease of €420.6 million (-9.0%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €4.2 billion in January compared with December 2025 (€4.7 billion).
Both exports and imports to the US fell in January 2025 compared with January 2026. Exports fell by €8.8 billion (-71.7%) to €3.5 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€12.3 billion) while imports fell by €817.7 million (-33.9%) to €1.6 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€2.4 billion).
Exports to the US of Chemicals & Related Products, which include pharmaceutical products, went down by €8.9 billion (-81.3%) to €2.0 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€10.9 billion).
Exports to Great Britain rose by €567.5 million (+47.3%) to €1.8 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€1.2 billion).
Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products fell by €9.3 billion (-61.0%) to €5.9 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€15.2 billion).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (19 March 2026) published Goods Exports and Imports January 2026.

Commenting on the release, Jane Burmanje, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In January 2026, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods decreased by more than a third (€8.7 billion) to €16.2 billion compared with January 2025 (€24.9 billion).

This fall was largely driven by a decline in the export of pharmaceutical products over this period. A record level of goods (€87.4 billion) were exported in Quarter 1 of 2025; however, exports of goods have declined on average each quarter since Q1 2025.

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products more than halved (-61.0%) to €5.9 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€15.2 billion), nonetheless, pharmaceuticals remain Ireland’s largest export product. More than a third (36.8%) of all goods exported in January 2026 were pharmaceuticals (€5.9 billion).”

Editor's Note

The most recent month’s data on External Trade in Goods figures are provisional and subject to revision. Revisions to the monthly series back data shall take place, if and as required, on foot of late survey returns, VAT returns and corrections made by traders. The data for the same month a year ago may be considered final – revisions would be applied only in exceptional circumstances. Revisions are applied also to the volume indices and to the seasonally adjusted data.

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
December 2025	16,780	12,113	4,667
January 2026	16,280	12,034	4,246
Value change	-500	-79	-421
% change	-3	-1	-9

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports and imports decreased in January 2026

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €499.9 million (-3.0%) to €16.3 billion in January 2026 compared with December 2025 (€16.8 billion), according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports decreased by €79.3 million (-0.7%) leading to a decrease of €420.6 million (-9.0%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €4.2 billion in January 2026 compared with December 2025 (€4.7 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 good exports decreased by €8.7 billion (-35.0%) to €16.2 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€24.9 billion).

The (unadjusted) value of good imports increased by €341.5 million (+3.1%) to €11.4 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€11.0 billion).

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value			Volume index¹		Unit value index¹		Terms of trade²
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade²
2019		152,534	91,019	61,515	168.5	192.7	99.5	96.6	103.0
2020		162,131	87,065	75,066	188.6	194.4	94.4	91.7	103.0
2021		165,715	103,789	61,927	191.3	214.5	95.0	98.6	96.4
2022		208,763	141,037	67,725	233.9	275.2	98.0	105.4	93.0
2023		196,030	140,295	55,735	219.7	270.0	98.5	106.3	92.6
2024		223,734	134,656	89,078	244.7	252.6	101.0	108.9	92.7
2025		259,835	144,576	115,259	..	..	..	..	..

2023	January	15,498	11,505	3,992	211.20	262.50	96.90	108.00	89.7
	February	16,714	11,159	5,555	226.00	257.10	97.60	107.00	91.2
	March	18,738	11,886	6,852	261.00	275.70	94.80	106.30	89.2
	April	15,171	10,808	4,363	207.10	253.20	96.70	105.20	91.9
	May	16,601	12,318	4,283	227.80	297.50	96.30	103.80	92.8
	June	18,373	12,461	5,912	247.20	297.30	98.30	105.00	93.7
	July	15,628	10,895	4,733	212.40	248.90	97.10	107.30	90.4
	August	16,106	10,307	5,799	216.00	246.20	97.80	103.60	94.4
	September	15,847	11,263	4,584	211.90	259.10	98.70	107.20	92.1
	October	17,512	11,533	5,980	227.70	253.70	101.70	106.10	95.8
	November	16,073	14,196	1,876	214.10	317.60	102.70	110.50	92.9
	December	13,770	11,963	1,807	178.60	278.30	101.70	105.90	96.0

2024³	January	18,885	9,670	9,215	251.80	220.20	99.10	108.20	91.6
	February	15,937	10,259	5,678	206.00	233.00	102.10	108.50	94.1
	March	19,177	11,811	7,366	254.30	267.70	99.50	108.70	91.6
	April	19,414	10,772	8,642	253.80	243.30	100.90	109.10	92.5
	May	18,039	11,041	6,998	238.10	250.80	100.00	108.50	92.1
	June	16,766	11,685	5,081	218.40	264.80	101.10	108.00	93.6
	July	18,223	12,198	6,025	237.10	275.80	101.00	108.10	93.5
	August	17,389	11,138	6,251	230.00	249.40	99.60	109.00	91.4
	September	22,298	10,734	11,564	287.90	242.20	101.70	108.50	93.7
	October	21,213	11,724	9,489	277.20	253.80	101.30	109.30	92.7
	November	20,670	11,766	8,905	271.60	266.90	102.60	109.90	93.3
	December	15,724	11,859	3,865	205.90	262.30	103.50	111.00	93.2

2025³	January	24,890	11,009	13,881	338.70	246.10	97.00	110.30	88.0
	February	24,978	12,024	12,954	342.30	270.10	96.30	109.70	87.8
	March	37,577	13,082	24,495	514.10	299.40	96.50	107.70	89.6
	April	21,324	10,795	10,528	293.10	248.50	96.00	107.10	89.7
	May	23,229	11,120	12,109	319.40	265.90	96.00	103.10	93.1
	June	16,923	12,318	4,605	236.30	290.70	94.50	104.40	90.5
	July	16,810	12,693	4,117	236.40	299.10	93.80	104.60	89.7
	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	15,813	13,160	2,653	218.3	306.5	95.6	105.8	90.4

2026³	January	16,177	11,351	4,826	..	..	..	..	..
¹ Monthly price and volume indices for 2025 have been revised. See Background Notes.
² Export unit value index divided by import unit value index.
³ Revised. January 2026 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
2023	January	15,985	11,833	4,152	199.84	276.09
	February	17,408	12,061	5,347	231.20	277.78
	March	16,582	10,750	5,832	218.10	263.81
	April	16,333	11,531	4,802	220.22	264.05
	May	15,730	11,865	3,865	215.65	270.62
	June	17,196	11,689	5,507	229.74	273.29
	July	16,421	11,891	4,530	227.84	267.12
	August	16,493	11,077	5,416	215.39	255.79
	September	15,482	11,585	3,896	213.77	263.78
	October	17,726	11,175	6,550	226.43	246.35
	November	15,432	13,338	2,094	219.48	319.29
	December	15,822	11,573	4,249	222.44	273.69

2024	January	18,135	10,046	8,090	237.65	238.14
	February	17,708	10,710	6,998	227.52	243.99
	March	18,180	11,236	6,944	233.75	260.52
	April	19,147	10,874	8,274	235.84	245.30
	May	17,243	10,675	6,568	230.50	229.63
	June	17,042	11,420	5,622	223.73	246.87
	July	17,867	12,368	5,499	240.46	278.28
	August	18,008	12,077	5,930	240.42	260.86
	September	22,016	11,001	11,015	283.27	250.62
	October	20,780	10,706	10,074	259.54	248.71
	November	19,800	11,334	8,466	272.62	261.67
	December	17,897	11,159	6,739	247.57	248.96

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	459.6	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	17,047	12,871	4,175	244.1	289.0
	August	17,297	12,793	4,504	249.3	288.6
	September	27,472	11,345	16,127	386.6	273.3
	October	16,110	11,940	4,169	226.7	301.6
	November	16,831	12,925	3,907	235.4	302.0
	December	16,780	12,113	4,667	248.3	296.9

2026	January	16,280	12,034	4,246	..	..
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		January 2025 - 2026
Unadjusted		2025	2026	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	24,890	16,177	-8,713	-35
	Great Britain	1,199	1,766	568	47
	Northern Ireland	417	407	-10	-2
	EU27	7,836	6,622	-1214	-15
	USA	12,343	3,497	-8,846	-72
	Rest of World	3,096	3,885	789	25

Imports
	Total	11,009	11,351	342	3
	Great Britain	1,388	1,243	-144	-10
	Northern Ireland	377	460	83	22
	EU27	3,197	3,698	502	16
	USA	2,411	1,593	-818	-34
	Rest of World	3,637	4,355	719	20

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Exports and imports by region

In January 2026, Ireland’s top exporting partners were the US, the Netherlands and Great Britain, with Ireland exporting 21.6 % (€3.5 billion), 12.8% (€2.1 billion) and 10.9% (€1.8 billion) of total export goods respectively to these countries.

In January 2026, Ireland imported the highest value of goods from the US, Great Britain and China with these countries representing 14.0% (€1.6 billion), 11.0% (€1.2 billion) and 10.0% (€1.1 billion) respectively of the total import trade for January 2026.

Exports to Great Britain increased by €567.5 million (+47.3%) to €1.8 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€1.2 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports to Great Britain were Machinery & Transport Equipment at €744.3 million, and Chemicals & Related Products at €398.5 million, representing 42.1% and 22.6% respectively of total exports to Great Britain in January 2026.

Imports from Great Britain fell by €144.1 million (-10.4%) to €1.2 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€1.4 billion). Imports from Great Britain accounted for 11.0% of total import trade in January 2026.

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from Great Britain were Machinery & Transport Equipment at €249.9 million, and Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials at €248.8 million, representing 20.1% and 20.0% respectively of total imports from Great Britain in January 2026.

Exports to the US fell by €8.8 billion (-71.7%) to €3.5 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€12.3 billion).

Exports to the US of Chemicals & Related Products, which include pharmaceutical products, fell by €8.9 billion (-81.3%) to €2.0 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€10.9 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports to the US in January 2026 were Chemicals & Related Products at €2.0 billion and Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles at €674.7 million, representing 58.4% and 19.3% respectively of total exports to the US in January 2026.

Imports from the US declined by €817.7 million (-33.9%) to €1.6 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€2.4 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from the US were Chemicals & Related Products at €612.4 million and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €583.2 million, representing 38.4% and 36.6% respectively of total imports from US in January 2026.

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
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	7.30498065808406	3.48452318495	1.69092651423837	4.329463496
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	6.77672261750162	3.669285992	2.00353723208307	3.363031748
Jan 2026	6.62159525318302	3.884846973	2.17319013094491	3.497141195

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X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
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	4.8217672947449	3.95922761650581	2.0137913140707	1.89836940294818
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	4.61453018888597	5.10289179620534	1.77393884445513	1.66848934910343
Jan 2026	3.6981871458366	4.35549820200763	1.70360914334896	1.59348254645781

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products fell by €9.3 billion (-61.0%) to €5.9 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€15.2 billion).

Exports of Organic Chemicals fell by €481.0 million (-29.3%) to €1.2 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€1.6 billion).

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances increased by €506.8 million (+53.6%) to €1.5 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€0.9 billion) (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €54.2 million (+3.0%) to €1.81 billion in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€1.76 billion).

Imports of Organic Chemicals fell by €174.3 million (-25.5%) to €508.6 million in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€682.9 million).

Imports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances increased by €176.8 million (24.7%) to €892.1 million in January 2026 compared with January 2025 (€715.2 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
			January	January	January	January
			2025	2026	2025	2026
0	Food and live animals		1,166	1,143	899	842
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	39	50	24	13
	01	Meat and meat preparations	387	412	105	114
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	285	265	97	85
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	37	39	34	34
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	64	64	166	136
	05	Vegetables and fruit	37	34	153	153
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	16	19	43	41
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	48	52	85	83
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	48	50	101	105
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	205	157	91	77
1	Beverages and tobacco		181	173	93	117
	11	Beverages	181	173	88	112
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	5	5
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		227	140	103	96
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	7	5	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	5	1	2	2
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	1	1
	24	Cork and wood	23	25	23	24
	25	Pulp and waste paper	6	5	4	3
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	6	4	1	1
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	13	11	18	18
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	152	73	25	19
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	16	17	27	27
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		75	79	787	560
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	7	6	6	4
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	51	68	505	346
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	5	0	208	128
	35	Electric current	12	5	67	82
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		11	13	35	32
	41	Animal oils and fats	8	10	4	5
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	2	2	30	26
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	1	1	1	2
5	Chemicals and related products		18,390	8,327	3,052	2,901
	51	Organic chemicals	1,639	1,158	683	509
	52	Inorganic chemicals	60	50	42	34
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	12	21	26	28
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	15,235	5,947	1,760	1,812
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	882	700	163	178
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	2	2	63	42
	57	Plastics in primary forms	41	43	96	75
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	68	68	92	102
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	451	338	127	121
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		259	264	705	719
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	2	2
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	20	26	48	48
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	32	33	44	36
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	19	18	108	95
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	19	16	57	55
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	51	55	91	82
	67	Iron and steel	18	19	113	92
	68	Non-ferrous metals	14	16	62	54
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	84	79	180	254
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,549	4,181	4,066	4,802
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	97	89	152	171
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	63	54	271	240
	73	Metalworking machinery	4	1	12	10
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	241	154	255	314
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	670	1,555	711	1,261
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	110	129	288	434
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	946	1,453	715	892
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	44	37	608	722
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	373	709	1,054	757
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,927	1,831	1,255	1,238
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	20	15	44	46
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	23	19	71	79
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	2	20	19
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	30	33	236	230
	85	Footwear	4	4	57	51
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	826	896	278	291
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	142	140	104	87
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	880	721	446	435
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		100	11	6	14
Unclassified estimates²			5	14	7	28

Total			24,890	16,177	11,009	11,351
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. January 2026 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
	January	January	January	January
	2025	2026	2025	2026
Austria	59	34	31	36
Belgium	1,711	989	243	210
Bulgaria	15	14	5	5
Croatia	9	8	3	6
Cyprus	4	8	1	1
Czech Republic	38	92	83	133
Denmark	46	51	48	79
Estonia	1	2	1	2
Finland	24	22	16	24
France	588	423	517	539
Germany	1,328	1,273	913	1,011
Greece	41	29	15	17
Hungary	71	359	78	38
Italy	764	480	177	475
Latvia	3	5	13	7
Lithuania	7	10	10	13
Luxembourg	12	9	5	4
Malta	4	4	1	1
Netherlands	1,781	2,072	567	554
Poland	170	141	136	180
Portugal	586	71	30	50
Romania	28	32	13	15
Slovakia	14	13	15	18
Slovenia	15	14	3	4
Spain	335	277	202	204
Sweden	158	122	63	55
EU Country not specified²	25	67	8	14
Total EU27³	7,836	6,622	3,197	3,698
Euro-Zone⁴	7,285	5,757	2,763	3,183

Great Britain	1,199	1,766	1,388	1,243
Northern Ireland	417	407	377	460
Total UK	1,615	2,173	1,764	1,704

Australia	95	71	5	7
Brazil	35	55	26	25
Canada	168	420	77	118
China⁵	628	755	1,026	1,131
India	49	46	86	75
Japan	228	464	273	228
Malaysia	216	323	50	55
Mexico	254	245	92	80
Norway	21	160	49	48
Russia	90	70	0	4
Saudi Arabia	61	136	1	1
Singapore	70	83	129	136
South Africa	25	31	27	33
South Korea	199	76	201	112
Switzerland	309	233	326	192
Taiwan	22	53	131	999
Thailand	15	41	102	131
Turkey	65	87	113	96
USA	12,343	3,497	2,411	1,593
Other countries	535	503	807	771
Country unknown⁶	12	34	115	114
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	15,439	7,382	6,048	5,949

Total	24,890	16,177	11,009	11,351
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. January 2026 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See Background Notes.
² Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
³ From February 2020 the United Kingdom exited the EU, therefore the EU total is made up of the 27 remaining member states. For data comparability over time the EU are shown separately for both the current and prior periods.
⁴ Euro-zone members from January 2026: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. On January 1st, 2026, Bulgaria joined the Eurozone.
⁵ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.
⁶ Trade for which the country or territory of origin or country of final destination is unknown.

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Table 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		January	January	January	January
		2025	2026	2025	2026
Great Britain		1,199	1,766	1,388	1,243
0	Food and live animals	351	334	222	191
1	Beverages and tobacco	22	22	13	19
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	40	38	10	7
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	15	14	348	249
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	5	4	8	8
5	Chemicals and related products	255	399	212	204
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	83	83	169	157
7	Machinery and transport equipment	290	744	248	250
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	136	127	156	158
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	2	1	3
Northern Ireland		417	407	377	460
0	Food and live animals	149	157	131	127
1	Beverages and tobacco	15	14	20	27
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	14	14	11	13
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	16	7	48	40
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	3	3
5	Chemicals and related products	84	76	31	90
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	51	49	62	48
7	Machinery and transport equipment	38	41	37	76
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	43	43	30	33
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	4	3	3	3
EU 27²		7,836	6,622	3,197	3,698
0	Food and live animals	407	396	361	344
1	Beverages and tobacco	37	42	40	34
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	76	49	39	39
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	44	42	190	118
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	4	6	19	17
5	Chemicals and related products	5,894	4,260	999	1,223
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	82	90	218	205
7	Machinery and transport equipment	695	1,104	1,060	1,424
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	590	619	264	279
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	7	14	7	17
USA		12,343	3,497	2,411	1,593
0	Food and live animals	64	82	30	30
1	Beverages and tobacco	71	59	8	24
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	3	1	5	4
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	156	90
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	10,899	2,041	967	612
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	21	18	51	42
7	Machinery and transport equipment	564	616	969	583
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	719	675	225	202
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	4	2	7
China³		628	755	1,026	1,131
0	Food and live animals	39	12	14	14
1	Beverages and tobacco	2	1	0	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	7	7	5	4
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	138	196	195	321
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	3	5	96	168
7	Machinery and transport equipment	319	421	499	415
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	119	113	215	205
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	4
Rest of World		2,468	3,130	2,611	3,224
0	Food and live animals	156	163	141	136
1	Beverages and tobacco	34	35	12	13
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	86	32	33	30
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	16	45	64
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	5	4
5	Chemicals and related products	1,120	1,355	648	452
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	19	19	109	100
7	Machinery and transport equipment	643	1,254	1,253	2,054
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	319	254	366	362
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	89	1	0	10

Total		24,890	16,177	11,009	11,351
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. January 2026 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See Background Notes.
² Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
³ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.

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Table 6 Goods Exports by industrial origin and area of destination		€million
Industrial origin and area	Exports
	January	January
	2025	2026
Agricultural produce	841	849
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	353	357
EU¹	324	318
USA	52	66
Rest of World	112	108

Forestry and fishing produce	60	66
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	26	28
EU¹	26	27
USA	0	0
Rest of World	7	11

Industrial produce	23,977	15,243
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1,227	1,781
EU¹	7,482	6,266
USA	12,292	3,431
Rest of World	2,976	3,766

Unclassified exports	13	19

Total	24,890	16,177
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
	January	January
	2025	2026
Producers capital goods ready for use	1,945	1,684
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	144	149
EU¹	531	734
USA	731	348
Rest of World	538	453

Consumption goods ready for use - food drink and tobacco	728	743
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	299	293
EU¹	314	310
USA	14	29
Rest of World	101	110
Consumption goods ready for use - other	2,272	2,245
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	479	507
EU¹	850	780
USA	230	260
Rest of World	713	699

Materials for further production - agriculture	294	661
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	57	54
EU¹	131	382
USA	29	34
Rest of World	76	190
Materials for further production - other	5,757	5,976
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	782	695
EU¹	1,363	1,475
USA	1,406	916
Rest of World	2,207	2,889

Unclassified imports	13	42
Total	11,009	11,351
¹EU excluding Great Britain and Northern Ireland.