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Goods Exports and Imports June 2023

Exports of goods were €19.5 billion in June 2023

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CSO statistical release, 15 August 2023, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €19.5 billion in June 2023, an increase of €1.8 billion compared with June last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €12.3 billion, which was €500 million less than imports in June 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €18.3 billion in June 2023, an increase of over €2.4 billion compared with May 2023.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €11.6 billion in June 2023.
Exports to Great Britain were €2.3 billion in June 2023, while imports from Great Britain were €1.7 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (15 August 2023) released Goods Exports and Imports June 2023.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In June 2023, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods increased by €1.8 billion to €19.5 billion compared with June 2022. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods grew by more than €2.4 billion compared with May 2023.

The unadjusted imports for June 2023 were valued at €12.3 billion, down by €500 million on June 2022. Seasonally adjusted imports were €11.6 billion in June 2023.

Comparing the first half of 2023 with the same period in 2022, exports of goods were down 3%, and the value of imports increased by 2%. Exports for the first six months of 2023 were more than €102 billion.

Imports from Great Britain fell by 20% to €1.7 billion in June 2023 compared with June 2022, and the largest decrease was in the imports of Chemicals & Related Products which fell by 41%.

Exports to Great Britain grew by 19% to €2.3 billion in June 2023 from June 2022.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
May 2023	15,856	11,929	3,928
June 2023	18,279	11,596	6,683
Value change	2,423	-333	2,756
% change	15.3	-2.8	70.2

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports increased by over €2.4 billion in June 2023

Seasonally adjusted goods exports grew by €2,422 million (+15%) to €18,279 million in June 2023 compared with May 2023, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports fell by €333 million (-3%) to €11,595 million leading to an increase of €2,756 million (+70%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €6,683 million in June 2023 compared with May 2023 (See Table 2). Seasonal adjustment compares month-to-month data by removing fluctuations that may occur due to seasonal patterns in trade.

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value¹			Volume index²		Unit value index²		Terms of trade³
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade³
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		208,589	141,012	67,576	233.9	275.2	98.0	105.4	93.0

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

2022⁴	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	15,130	12,576	2,555	195.5	284.2	102.8	108.9	94.4

2023⁴	January	15,389	11,484	3,905	211.8	293.3	95.9	96.5	99.4
	February	16,652	10,828	5,825	228.1	278.4	96.3	95.9	100.5
	March	18,683	11,663	7,020	261.9	301.0	94.1	95.5	98.6
	April	15,116	10,745	4,372	208.6	279.6	95.6	94.7	101.0
	May	16,653	12,384	4,269	231.8	326.3	94.8	93.5	101.4
	June	19,550	12,308	7,242	..	..	..	..	..
¹Tradestatistics revised since 2000, see background notes.
² Monthly data have been rescaled to make their average equal to the annual.
³ Export unit value index divided by import unit value index.
⁴ Revised. June 2023 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 B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region									€million
Unadjusted		June 2022 - 2023				January - June 2022 - 2023
Unadjusted		2022	2023	Value change	% change	2022	2023	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	17,712	19,550	1,838	10	105,034	102,045	-2,989	-3
	Great Britain	1,953	2,330	377	19	8,742	9,528	786	9
	Northern Ireland	456	407	-49	-11	2,408	2,357	-52	-2
	EU27	6,348	6,708	360	6	38,673	41,711	3,038	8
	USA	5,087	5,696	609	12	33,438	27,522	-5,916	-18
	Rest of World	3,869	4,409	540	14	21,773	20,927	-845	-4

Imports
	Total	12,830	12,308	-522	-4	67,818	69,412	1,594	2
	Great Britain	2,166	1,741	-424	-20	11,441	11,453	12	0
	Northern Ireland	435	401	-34	-8	2,451	2,532	82	3
	EU27	3,706	4,659	954	26	19,425	24,067	4,642	24
	USA	1,879	1,836	-43	-2	11,023	10,386	-638	-6
	Rest of World	4,645	3,670	-975	-21	23,478	20,973	-2,505	-11

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports grew by €1,838 million (+10%) to €19,550 million in June 2023 compared with June 2022. The value of goods exports for the period January to June 2023 was down by €2,989 million (-3%) to €102,045 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports decreased by €522 million (-4%) to €12,308 million in June 2023 compared with June 2022. The value of goods imports for the first half of 2023 increased by €1,594 million (+2%) to €69,412 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

Exports to Great Britain were €2,330 million, which was 12% of total exports in June 2023. The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €1,383 million and Food & Live Animals with €345 million. Exports to Great Britain for the first six months of 2023 increased by €786 million (+9%) to €9,528 million when compared with the first six months of 2022.

Imports from Great Britain in June 2023 were €1,741 million, which was 14% of the total value of imports. Imports of Chemicals & Related Products accounted for €475 million, and imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials were valued at €338 million. Imports from Great Britain in the first half of 2023 were virtually identical to the same period in 2022, increasing by €12 million (+0.1%) to €11,453 million (See Table 5).

The EU accounted for €6,708 million (34%) of total goods exports in June 2023, of which €1,703 million went to Belgium, €1,335 million went to Germany and €1,263 million went to the Netherlands.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €5,696 million (29%) of total exports in June 2023 (See Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Dec 2021	4.68426743723148	2.939133036	1.48336452062375	3.94675177
Jan 2022	6.27284031153645	2.796754711	1.7511570091017	5.244730516
Feb 2022	6.30266338054554	3.34921348	1.39027186944102	4.825347098
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	6.9601588714745	2.90015880999999	1.71000177053446	3.819107661
Feb 2023	7.46303523000521	3.399105802	1.65177160787829	4.138414131
Mar 2023	7.14375972293541	3.767532353	2.15279219624915	5.6191071
Apr 2023	6.46946857622058	2.91226324600001	1.57879788429575	4.155685568
May 2023	6.96604574214221	3.53883352100002	2.05495099437952	4.093418994
Jun 2023	6.70818496326028	4.409318816	2.73676455097437	5.696089114

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Dec 2021	3.3725668412242	3.254661617833	2.18893770756643	2.30676084384214
Jan 2022	2.63674905237381	3.26110862417221	2.14244990593779	1.31652224622383
Feb 2022	2.79170509949076	2.90574911702911	1.9362272411329	1.43438147581768
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	2.81910696977787	3.88061560788788	2.96863460084503	1.81580633944147
Feb 2023	3.70602743033502	2.98013815967698	2.52150316285715	1.61988397597299
Mar 2023	4.9795960066047	2.69160070475644	2.13685986705317	1.85538103162638
Apr 2023	3.57297247609102	3.47778667160089	2.28322993138557	1.41060289253054
May 2023	4.33026339846935	4.27304992256034	1.93250571548629	1.84803210288846
Jun 2023	4.65938992783318	3.66961539528565	2.14274031017216	1.83623850980133

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €621 million (+10%) to €7,076 million in June 2023 compared with June 2022. This represented 36% of total exports.

Exports of Organic Chemicals increased by €1,309 million (+42%) to €4,436 million in June 2023 compared with June 2022.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €595 million (-48%) to €633 million.

Exports of Food and Live Animals fell by €67 million (-5%) to €1,364 million (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials decreased by €296 million (-29%) to €708 million.

Imports of Organic Chemicals fell by €408 million (-17%) to €2,020 million.

Imports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €89 million (-11%) to €692 million.

Imports of other transport equipment (including aircraft) increased by €354 million (+24%) to €1,804 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
			Jun	Jun	Jan-Jun	Jan-Jun	Jun	Jun	Jan-Jun	Jan-Jun
			2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
0	Food and live animals		1,431	1,364	6,846	7,177	799	836	4,488	4,938
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	48	74	244	314	14	13	83	104
	01	Meat and meat preparations	413	403	2,299	2,290	105	99	551	572
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	521	432	1,786	1,940	88	93	526	562
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	62	56	353	286	25	38	148	167
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	62	65	334	403	158	135	799	804
	05	Vegetables and fruit	34	35	187	184	129	151	717	815
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	11	14	66	80	33	46	203	274
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	44	39	237	274	51	55	321	361
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	50	49	276	312	128	120	769	770
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	187	195	1,064	1,095	67	87	370	510
1	Beverages and tobacco		163	133	962	878	103	113	527	595
	11	Beverages	163	133	961	877	98	109	498	570
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	1	0	5	4	29	25
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		199	141	1,209	877	106	96	662	620
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	8	6	41	33	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	0	5	1	2	2	17	21
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	53	8	2	1	10	11
	24	Cork and wood	31	24	174	130	29	23	165	156
	25	Pulp and waste paper	7	4	46	29	3	3	23	23
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	12	9	68	57	2	2	13	10
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	16	12	77	64	22	19	122	115
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	111	70	667	469	19	19	120	96
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	14	15	78	86	26	27	191	188
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		247	72	880	517	1,005	708	5,962	5,685
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	7	5	60	48	80	4	210	128
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	222	65	720	427	721	462	3,436	2,800
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	3	2	7	6	175	205	2,148	2,542
	35	Electric current	15	1	93	36	29	37	168	215
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		15	13	76	82	59	44	279	269
	41	Animal oils and fats	11	10	57	63	5	3	23	19
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	4	3	16	15	49	37	229	231
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	0	3	4	5	4	26	19
5	Chemicals and related products		11,118	13,443	69,152	67,904	3,992	3,846	19,493	20,349
	51	Organic chemicals	3,127	4,436	18,545	19,251	2,428	2,020	9,463	10,151
	52	Inorganic chemicals	41	234	441	1,800	59	60	267	315
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	16	17	79	88	32	31	171	174
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	6,455	7,076	42,676	37,766	926	951	5,451	6,205
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	938	995	4,880	5,267	150	412	814	1,157
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	2	1	12	10	39	37	669	340
	57	Plastics in primary forms	43	44	214	204	138	99	742	639
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	97	94	539	576	108	113	610	618
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	400	545	1,766	2,943	113	123	1,306	751
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		304	295	1,679	1,677	829	750	4,677	4,418
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	2	1	11	4	2	2	15	10
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	32	22	191	121	51	49	293	278
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	41	36	247	226	55	40	268	246
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	20	23	116	118	117	113	641	669
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	18	17	90	96	66	57	391	346
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	58	73	323	393	105	95	588	535
	67	Iron and steel	24	22	129	122	113	107	732	636
	68	Non-ferrous metals	18	15	97	79	124	91	636	641
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	91	88	474	519	196	195	1,114	1,058
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,306	2,113	13,610	11,656	4,615	4,677	24,469	25,321
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	89	160	726	970	140	157	1,163	1,254
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	80	82	392	499	601	451	2,916	2,698
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	4	15	22	14	16	84	99
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	189	227	1,123	1,200	300	300	1,590	1,649
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	358	348	2,318	2,111	590	423	2,648	2,119
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	87	104	599	567	247	238	1,378	1,310
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,228	633	7,174	4,559	781	692	4,893	4,393
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	56	50	267	274	492	597	2,572	3,294
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	216	505	996	1,454	1,451	1,804	7,224	8,503
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,872	1,908	10,362	10,992	1,302	1,220	7,147	7,098
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	13	12	76	89	44	37	255	235
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	19	19	110	114	86	74	530	408
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	3	16	17	21	24	108	119
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	34	28	222	186	257	219	1,430	1,328
	85	Footwear	3	3	20	22	58	56	308	330
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	911	866	4,472	5,003	310	262	1,445	1,505
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	142	153	841	840	62	75	335	385
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	746	824	4,605	4,720	464	472	2,737	2,787
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		50	64	181	243	10	7	53	40
Unclassified estimates²			7	4	76	42	11	11	62	79

Total			17,712	19,550	105,034	102,045	12,830	12,308	67,818	69,412
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. June 2023 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
	Jun	Jun	Jan-Jun	Jan-Jun	Jun	Jun	Jan-Jun	Jan-Jun
	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Austria	36	46	192	258	30	52	175	817
Belgium	1,529	1,703	8,034	9,504	160	175	1,293	1,198
Bulgaria	14	10	92	75	5	6	24	40
Croatia	10	7	35	45	2	4	18	16
Cyprus	6	6	38	40	1	1	5	4
Czech Republic	61	54	557	621	134	94	535	483
Denmark	52	58	258	320	58	68	371	381
Estonia	4	3	18	19	1	1	7	6
Finland	29	21	139	159	20	17	123	104
France	517	781	3,929	3,526	1,431	2,219	5,526	8,413
Germany	1,654	1,335	13,160	10,627	654	845	4,819	4,774
Greece	40	51	183	314	8	24	50	82
Hungary	29	49	187	293	65	66	236	429
Italy	436	628	2,012	3,551	195	213	1,174	1,299
Latvia	3	3	31	39	9	7	34	38
Lithuania	8	10	41	54	17	11	130	164
Luxembourg	8	9	44	51	5	5	31	32
Malta	25	5	44	28	2	1	10	7
Netherlands	1,264	1,263	6,215	7,795	431	399	2,182	2,421
Poland	90	147	719	775	102	92	603	576
Portugal	38	45	230	932	37	43	216	257
Romania	47	53	242	290	11	11	65	75
Slovakia	9	11	57	77	9	9	52	56
Slovenia	22	10	118	59	4	4	24	29
Spain	271	272	1,261	1,495	225	210	1,193	1,852
Sweden	94	93	487	521	66	61	385	391
EU Country not specified²	51	34	347	244	25	22	144	120
Total EU27³	6,348	6,708	38,673	41,711	3,706	4,659	19,425	24,067
Euro-Zone⁴	5,899	6,210	35,748	38,573	3,238	4,240	17,044	21,572

Great Britain	1,953	2,330	8,742	9,528	2,166	1,741	11,441	11,453
Northern Ireland	456	407	2,408	2,357	435	401	2,451	2,532
Total UK	2,409	2,737	11,151	11,885	2,601	2,143	13,892	13,985

Australia	131	81	814	445	10	7	50	46
Brazil	26	24	138	195	24	25	148	161
Canada	289	389	1,853	2,485	82	41	303	376
China⁵	1,284	758	7,118	4,722	2,070	763	7,433	4,317
India	46	45	236	250	91	71	540	448
Japan	649	374	2,374	1,898	374	276	1,915	1,582
Malaysia	31	117	151	686	68	57	290	335
Mexico	167	235	937	1,263	48	131	231	1,290
Norway	24	23	230	171	43	40	305	385
Russia	51	38	316	245	17	5	312	30
Saudi Arabia	75	74	438	465	2	4	27	63
Singapore	56	1,047	339	1,374	111	80	343	522
South Africa	49	42	218	220	46	35	136	181
South Korea	51	73	521	427	141	95	793	738
Switzerland	220	261	1,558	2,145	288	640	3,752	3,959
Taiwan	48	30	279	225	107	87	583	501
Thailand	24	174	122	310	76	78	335	416
Turkey	76	69	440	379	123	111	745	595
USA	5,087	5,696	33,438	27,522	1,879	1,836	11,023	10,386
Other countries	561	546	3,630	2,956	891	823	4,932	4,521
Country unknown⁶	11	8	59	66	34	300	305	507
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	8,955	10,105	55,210	48,449	6,524	5,506	34,501	31,359

Total	17,712	19,550	105,034	102,045	12,830	12,308	67,818	69,412
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. June 2023 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		Jun	Jun	Jan-Jun	Jan-Jun	Jun	Jun	Jan-Jun	Jan-Jun
		2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Great Britain		1,953	2,330	8,742	9,528	2,166	1,741	11,441	11,453
0	Food and live animals	327	345	1,815	1,937	172	200	1,006	1,113
1	Beverages and tobacco	17	24	105	136	20	29	113	131
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	42	32	274	201	11	11	64	64
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	135	52	470	231	488	338	3,505	3,389
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	7	9	6	5	34	32
5	Chemicals and related products	1,001	1,383	3,551	4,156	804	475	2,656	2,693
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	94	104	539	607	196	194	1,131	1,164
7	Machinery and transport equipment	213	255	1,247	1,423	280	315	1,862	1,840
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	122	132	730	817	187	174	1,062	1,020
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	5	11	1	1	8	7
Northern Ireland		456	407	2,408	2,357	435	401	2,451	2,532
0	Food and live animals	161	158	781	861	113	111	672	683
1	Beverages and tobacco	11	12	51	71	26	26	124	150
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	16	14	96	75	14	15	88	90
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	26	7	140	65	43	31	265	219
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	2	13	14	11	6	41	35
5	Chemicals and related products	94	70	471	493	97	72	499	578
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	57	54	320	293	67	61	368	373
7	Machinery and transport equipment	44	46	253	238	34	49	221	235
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	43	40	276	233	28	27	157	154
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	3	9	15	3	3	16	16
EU 27²		6,348	6,708	38,673	41,711	3,706	4,659	19,425	24,067
0	Food and live animals	564	507	2,379	2,505	303	344	1,676	2,041
1	Beverages and tobacco	32	35	217	255	36	42	196	216
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	88	65	512	351	40	36	254	237
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	43	13	141	200	108	69	486	529
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	9	8	46	54	28	25	143	151
5	Chemicals and related products	4,399	4,843	28,218	31,101	1,028	1,610	5,941	7,544
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	93	86	514	527	246	238	1,476	1,440
7	Machinery and transport equipment	547	551	3,305	3,109	1,642	1,998	7,610	10,152
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	561	594	3,243	3,547	264	288	1,572	1,676
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	13	7	98	62	12	11	70	82
USA		5,087	5,696	33,438	27,522	1,879	1,836	11,023	10,386
0	Food and live animals	76	63	309	386	57	27	232	215
1	Beverages and tobacco	72	42	422	281	3	3	13	17
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	3	3	16	15	5	3	45	41
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	42	0	42	0	152	45	832	484
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	3,764	4,560	26,541	21,047	499	476	2,661	2,932
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	31	16	161	95	58	62	279	332
7	Machinery and transport equipment	341	338	2,047	1,690	902	1,028	5,943	5,246
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	757	674	3,894	4,002	202	190	1,012	1,113
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	5	6	1	2	7	7
China³		1,284	758	7,118	4,722	2,070	763	7,433	4,317
0	Food and live animals	60	48	288	296	11	9	55	57
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	5	5	0	0	1	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	7	5	33	31	5	4	33	22
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	-	0	0	0	1	1	83
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	235	194	1,438	986	1,293	109	3,122	624
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	5	8	24	30	92	81	560	421
7	Machinery and transport equipment	851	326	4,666	2,578	445	370	2,280	2,030
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	125	177	663	796	223	188	1,382	1,079
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	-	-	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rest of World		2,585	3,651	14,654	16,205	2,575	2,907	16,044	16,656
0	Food and live animals	244	243	1,274	1,192	143	145	847	831
1	Beverages and tobacco	30	19	161	130	18	12	80	81
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	44	22	278	203	30	27	178	166
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	1	88	21	214	226	873	981
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	9	5	13	8	60	51
5	Chemicals and related products	1,626	2,393	8,933	10,122	270	1,105	4,614	5,978
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	24	28	122	125	170	114	863	687
7	Machinery and transport equipment	309	596	2,093	2,619	1,312	917	6,553	5,818
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	264	292	1,556	1,597	400	353	1,961	2,056
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	41	56	141	191	4	1	15	6

Total		17,712	19,550	105,034	102,045	12,830	12,308	67,818	69,412
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. June 2023 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 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	15,883	11,773	4,111	212.1	300.9
	February	17,368	11,718	5,650	234.0	298.8
	March	16,536	10,545	5,991	221.2	289.5
	April	16,341	11,489	4,852	225.5	292.9
	May	15,856	11,929	3,928	221.3	300.2
	June	18,279	11,596	6,683	..	..
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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