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Goods Exports and Imports March 2023

Exports of goods were €18.8 billion in March 2023

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CSO statistical publication, 17 May 2023, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €18.8 billion in March 2023, a decrease of €1.4 billion compared with March last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €11.2 billion, which was more than €800 million lower than imports in March 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €16.9 billion in March 2023, a decline of over €500 million compared with February 2023.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €10.3 billion in March 2023.
Imports from Great Britain were €1.5 billion in March 2023, while exports to Great Britain were €1.8 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (17 May 2023) released Goods Exports and Imports March 2023.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In March 2023, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods decreased by €1.4 billion to €18.8 billion compared with March 2022. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods fell by more than €500 million compared with February 2023.

The unadjusted imports for March 2023 were valued at €11.2 billion, down more than €800 million on March 2022. Seasonally adjusted imports were €10.3 billion in March 2023.

Comparing the first three months of 2023 with the same period in 2022, exports of goods were down 3%, and the value of imports increased by 10%. Exports for the first quarter of 2023 were almost €51 billion.

Imports from Great Britain fell by 24% to €1.5 billion in March 2023 compared with March 2022, and the largest decreases were in the imports of Chemicals & Related Products, Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials and Machinery & Transport Equipment.

Exports to Great Britain rose by 25% to more than €1.7 billion in March 2023 from March 2022.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
February 2023	17,400	12,964	4,435
March 2023	16,886	10,323	6,563
Value change	-514	-2,641	2,127
% change	-3.0	-20.4	48.0

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports decreased by over €500 million in March 2023

Seasonally adjusted goods exports fell by €514 million (-3%) to €16,886 million in March 2023 compared with February 2023, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports dropped by €2,641 million (-20%) to €10,323 million leading to an increase of €2,127 million (+48%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €6,563 million in March 2023 compared with February 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	103,801	61,914	191.3	214.5	95.0	98.6	96.4
2022		208,445	141,227	67,218	..	..	..	..	..

2021	January	13,329	6,441	6,888	198.6	171.2	88.6	92.7	95.5
	February	12,315	6,647	5,669	171.5	173.7	94.8	94.3	100.5
	March	14,708	9,219	5,489	216.1	226.8	89.8	100.2	89.6
	April	12,289	8,249	4,040	176.8	206.3	91.7	98.5	93.1
	May	13,548	8,759	4,789	193.2	229.2	92.5	94.2	98.3
	June	14,749	9,889	4,860	214.7	243.4	90.7	100.1	90.6
	July	13,203	7,796	5,406	178.3	197.1	97.7	97.5	100.3
	August	13,167	7,803	5,364	177.6	196.6	97.9	98.0	99.8
	September	14,772	8,466	6,306	198.2	204.0	98.4	102.3	96.2
	October	14,958	8,994	5,964	191.8	220.6	102.9	100.5	102.5
	November	15,624	10,410	5,214	208.2	241.5	98.0	102.7	95.4
	December	13,054	11,129	1,925	175.6	261.9	97.2	101.6	95.6

2022⁴	January	16,067	9,365	6,703	224.0	236.1	94.7	97.7	96.9
	February	15,869	9,098	6,771	218.8	237.6	95.7	94.4	101.4
	March	20,267	12,032	8,235	290.6	288.9	92.3	102.8	89.8
	April	17,208	11,308	5,901	239.7	269.6	94.7	103.4	91.7
	May	17,915	13,284	4,630	246.9	310.5	96.2	104.5	92.1
	June	17,745	12,832	4,912	246.3	306.6	95.1	103.2	92.2
	July	14,908	10,702	4,206	204.8	248.8	95.7	106.2	90.1
	August	19,387	12,474	6,913	260.7	285.2	98.2	107.8	91.1
	September	19,399	13,061	6,338	265.6	295.7	97.4	109.5	88.9
	October	17,570	12,476	5,094	232.2	296.6	99.9	103.7	96.3
	November	16,889	12,040	4,849	222.3	274.4	100.2	108.2	92.6
	December	15,221	12,555	2,666	193.6	260.2	100.8	107.5	93.7

2023⁴	January	15,356	11,070	4,286	..	..	..	..	..
	February	16,683	11,146	5,537	..	..	..	..	..
	March	18,830	11,186	7,643	..	..	..	..	..
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. March 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		March 2022 - 2023				January - March 2022 - 2023
Unadjusted		2022	2023	Value change	% change	2022	2023	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	20,267	18,830	-1,437	-7	52,203	50,868	-1,335	-3
	Great Britain	1,408	1,758	350	25	3,838	4,362	524	14
	Northern Ireland	423	422	-1	0	1,129	1,160	31	3
	EU27	7,033	7,296	263	4	19,618	21,737	2,119	11
	USA	7,401	5,645	-1,755	-24	17,471	13,603	-3,868	-22
	Rest of World	4,002	3,707	-294	-7	10,148	10,007	-141	-1

Imports
	Total	12,032	11,186	-846	-7	30,494	33,402	2,907	10
	Great Britain	1,914	1,459	-454	-24	5,222	5,931	709	14
	Northern Ireland	465	463	-3	-1	1,213	1,288	75	6
	EU27	3,181	5,562	2,381	75	8,670	12,530	3,860	45
	USA	2,331	1,578	-753	-32	5,082	4,827	-254	-5
	Rest of World	4,141	2,124	-2,017	-49	10,308	8,825	-1,483	-14

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports fell by €1,437 million (-7%) to €18,830 million in March 2023 compared with March 2022. The value of goods exports for the period January to March 2023 was down by €1,335 million (-3%) to €50,868 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports decreased by €846 million (-7%) to €11,186 million in March 2023 compared with March 2022. The value of goods imports for the first quarter of 2023 increased by €2,907 million (+10%) to €33,402 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,758 million, which was 9% of total exports in March 2023. The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €737 million and Food & Live Animals with €358 million.

Imports from Great Britain in March 2023 were €1,459 million, which was 13% of the total value of imports. Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials were valued at €420 million, imports of Chemicals & Related Products accounted for €275 million, and imports of Machinery & Transport Equipment accounted for €274 million (See Table 5)

The EU accounted for €7,296 million (39%) of total goods exports in March 2023, of which €1,989 million went to Germany, €1,306 million went to the Netherlands and €1,271 million went to Belgium.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €5,645 million (30%) of total exports in March 2023 (See Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Sep 2021	5.85619210292483	2.793674125	1.73716423676024	4.384452418
Oct 2021	5.12918788059397	2.656838563	1.40791061856762	5.764283375
Nov 2021	5.7871243995022	2.763566978	2.06671239289944	5.006429187
Dec 2021	4.68630704488206	2.939133036	1.48132491297317	3.94675177
Jan 2022	6.27725462384199	2.796754711	1.74828446929616	5.244730516
Feb 2022	6.30750048782998	3.34921348	1.38697653465659	4.825347098
Mar 2022	7.03328837324932	4.00169138399999	1.83135468789207	7.400502251
Apr 2022	6.42369394328578	3.360673459	1.93379661446037	5.490089082
May 2022	6.30089123364906	4.39532270599999	1.82804450347881	5.390377409
Jun 2022	6.38254413296886	3.868853871	2.40670161064523	5.086599753
Jul 2022	6.25688163685062	3.33823685399999	1.56729233270556	3.745679746
Aug 2022	8.5539455172318	3.623791805	1.92291932489488	5.286338789
Sep 2022	7.58183459884213	4.085435417	1.82748098316285	5.904198153
Oct 2022	6.61297282372152	3.591441143	2.05920423606061	5.306523683
Nov 2022	6.65452078252831	3.18847492199999	2.01371937545377	5.032571309
Dec 2022	5.93067795512827	3.213190133	1.57292429732733	4.503840011
Jan 2023	6.94854000339703	2.90015880999999	1.68784981353446	3.819107661
Feb 2023	7.49215867260839	3.399105802	1.65330527956337	4.138414131
Mar 2023	7.29638293061686	3.70724426499999	2.18045371475261	5.645451148

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Sep 2021	2.54651358962204	2.54122225308268	1.73850218878597	1.63970936335317
Oct 2021	2.68628975764719	2.78322891440016	1.93410238521967	1.5903038632994
Nov 2021	3.50445688428574	3.33734020639254	1.97395856867565	1.59372048411895
Dec 2021	3.38359346140656	3.254661617833	2.18351002497407	2.30676084384214
Jan 2022	2.65591167660714	3.2611086241722	2.13094575006286	1.31652224622383
Feb 2022	2.83272443009999	2.90574911702911	1.92517164588207	1.43438147581768
Mar 2022	3.18108974164591	4.14074180141705	2.37901821288175	2.33093602471201
Apr 2022	3.54191102415513	3.47566700004536	2.41570873038642	1.87450129891659
May 2022	3.65727972300909	5.04974529734677	2.38957783844122	2.18781775376064
Jun 2022	3.71708248762264	4.64475699263231	2.59122572440475	1.87929043009657
Jul 2022	3.14218434843735	3.97767827704352	2.28031383130403	1.30211393590302
Aug 2022	3.23407630733302	4.42266596614623	2.70794026711361	2.10920545319726
Sep 2022	4.52427944321212	3.65020618616388	2.43699274833549	2.44974277170222
Oct 2022	4.08301124213787	3.43283333036278	3.16068356674586	1.79931983564256
Nov 2022	3.95768941800216	3.82477677873277	2.48327375726989	1.77451951799208
Dec 2022	4.45871550114048	3.90206660680212	2.34238094894418	1.85151532102646
Jan2023	2.96448285140116	3.72127398856188	2.75431154855362	1.6296088414914
Feb2023	4.00338732010388	2.97960580537226	2.5428814682688	1.6197783288128
Mar 2023	5.56223055699882	2.12407289420579	1.92187789369758	1.57807367384271

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products decreased by €1,998 million (-22%) to €7,224 million in March 2023 compared with March 2022. This represented 38% of total exports.

Exports of Professional, Scientific & Controlling Apparatus grew by €194 million (+25%) to €965 million.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €336 million (-27%) to €926 million.

Exports of Food & Live Animals rose by €176 million (+16%) to €1,313 million in March 2023 compared with March 2022 (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Organic Chemicals were down by €251 million (-13%) to €1,622 million in March 2023 compared with March 2022.

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials decreased by €271 million (-27%) to €736 million.

Imports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances were down by €217 million (-25%) to €666 million.

The value of goods imports for March 2023 excluding SITC 79 (Other Transport Equipment, Including Aircraft) fell by €1,100 million (-10%) to €9,471 million, compared with the corresponding March 2022 figure of €10,571 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
			Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar
			2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
0	Food and live animals		1,137	1,313	2,917	3,402	745	743	2,096	2,301
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	34	33	99	107	15	13	36	48
	01	Meat and meat preparations	408	437	1,080	1,145	88	90	241	258
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	255	329	600	839	85	98	257	290
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	65	51	147	125	24	22	68	66
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	59	74	159	203	120	112	348	355
	05	Vegetables and fruit	35	66	89	121	119	128	330	363
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	12	14	30	37	30	37	95	125
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	44	51	109	145	56	54	164	182
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	47	61	125	157	148	110	387	375
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	178	196	479	524	59	79	171	238
1	Beverages and tobacco		163	166	479	447	91	90	228	249
	11	Beverages	163	166	479	446	86	85	215	238
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	0	5	5	13	11
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		228	154	550	447	113	90	296	273
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	7	6	21	18	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	0	4	1	2	2	6	10
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	11	0	19	7	1	1	3	6
	24	Cork and wood	30	22	77	61	27	20	69	65
	25	Pulp and waste paper	8	5	23	15	5	3	11	14
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	12	11	34	30	2	1	4	4
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	12	12	33	29	20	17	55	52
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	131	80	299	242	18	9	57	34
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	15	18	40	45	38	35	90	89
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		95	147	342	379	1,007	736	2,643	3,251
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	12	12	27	30	7	4	65	113
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	70	74	248	240	568	360	1,351	1,209
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	0	1	1	2	382	299	1,139	1,775
	35	Electric current	14	60	66	106	50	73	88	155
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		13	15	35	42	52	46	126	128
	41	Animal oils and fats	11	12	28	32	4	2	10	9
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	2	3	6	8	44	40	103	109
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	1	0	2	2	5	4	12	10
5	Chemicals and related products		14,129	12,346	34,988	33,796	3,540	3,572	8,059	9,919
	51	Organic chemicals	3,403	3,388	9,394	9,632	1,872	1,622	3,696	4,399
	52	Inorganic chemicals	107	119	239	788	47	638	109	1,170
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	15	16	34	43	28	25	77	77
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	9,222	7,224	22,218	18,877	911	787	2,501	2,764
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	886	922	2,075	2,616	141	121	360	398
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	3	2	6	4	173	70	370	187
	57	Plastics in primary forms	39	40	102	101	131	102	342	301
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	118	93	251	278	113	90	278	264
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	337	542	670	1,457	124	118	327	359
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		294	291	803	799	745	661	2,188	2,065
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	4	2	2	1	7	4
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	37	20	96	58	49	39	133	126
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	47	42	123	120	41	35	114	107
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	20	21	57	57	105	103	299	316
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	13	16	37	43	61	47	184	145
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	56	64	155	167	92	72	253	225
	67	Iron and steel	23	19	59	55	122	89	348	297
	68	Non-ferrous metals	15	15	46	40	80	106	340	365
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	82	93	226	257	193	169	510	480
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,332	2,225	6,721	5,707	4,361	4,064	10,994	11,420
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	84	205	359	490	268	170	658	580
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	68	97	178	259	428	353	780	1,101
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	3	7	9	14	13	37	45
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	235	229	515	587	272	259	711	748
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	366	311	1,176	1,094	399	282	1,180	1,008
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	139	111	314	269	248	161	672	627
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,262	926	3,515	2,357	882	666	2,278	2,102
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	42	46	121	130	389	445	1,264	1,578
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	133	297	536	514	1,461	1,715	3,415	3,632
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,792	2,072	5,017	5,481	1,155	993	3,155	3,233
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	15	22	36	46	43	31	123	106
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	19	20	52	53	90	52	244	172
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	2	7	7	17	16	48	52
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	47	35	107	84	223	180	632	601
	85	Footwear	3	3	9	9	48	51	129	159
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	771	965	2,134	2,466	209	210	570	739
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	151	161	416	437	54	48	148	151
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	785	866	2,256	2,379	471	405	1,261	1,253
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		19	10	57	108	6	6	23	17
Unclassified estimates²			64	91	293	261	217	186	687	544

Total			20,267	18,830	52,203	50,868	12,032	11,186	30,494	33,402
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. March 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
	Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar
	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Austria	33	45	83	134	35	439	86	494
Belgium	1,233	1,271	4,017	4,314	217	267	545	632
Bulgaria	15	16	31	41	4	4	11	22
Croatia	6	7	12	24	3	2	9	6
Cyprus	4	7	19	21	1	1	3	2
Czech Republic	132	124	277	343	101	74	225	268
Denmark	50	70	118	163	77	58	195	194
Estonia	4	2	10	9	1	1	3	3
Finland	26	29	55	78	24	20	59	53
France	828	598	2,412	1,624	793	1,407	2,110	3,444
Germany	2,510	1,989	6,901	6,444	716	833	2,154	2,282
Greece	30	34	85	146	9	12	23	34
Hungary	27	53	86	145	46	81	91	175
Italy	385	745	980	1,842	200	225	573	637
Latvia	6	10	23	24	7	7	16	16
Lithuania	6	10	20	24	29	13	61	34
Luxembourg	9	62	21	105	6	6	15	25
Malta	5	4	10	14	1	2	5	5
Netherlands	1,097	1,306	2,714	3,707	394	486	964	1,221
Poland	119	144	430	366	103	102	282	288
Portugal	58	287	114	803	31	634	91	1,144
Romania	50	38	114	133	12	11	31	34
Slovakia	10	13	31	33	12	10	24	27
Slovenia	22	9	68	28	4	4	11	11
Spain	238	282	533	771	194	724	547	1,151
Sweden	81	89	213	257	61	82	201	225
EU Country not specified²	48	52	242	145	100	56	334	103
Total EU27³	7,033	7,296	19,618	21,737	3,181	5,562	8,670	12,530
Euro-Zone⁴	6,504	6,711	18,096	20,144	2,675	5,094	7,292	11,222

Great Britain	1,408	1,758	3,838	4,362	1,914	1,459	5,222	5,931
Northern Ireland	423	422	1,129	1,160	465	463	1,213	1,288
Total UK	1,831	2,180	4,967	5,522	2,379	1,922	6,435	7,219

Australia	90	78	220	230	11	10	24	23
Brazil	32	18	69	83	21	19	66	72
Canada	500	392	886	1,118	28	34	114	162
China⁵	1,125	896	3,248	2,306	1,222	528	2,881	1,977
India	38	41	118	127	90	50	262	186
Japan	331	341	820	822	246	208	635	567
Malaysia	23	127	62	323	56	40	129	167
Mexico	102	202	392	647	34	80	109	974
Norway	38	47	92	102	69	41	147	190
Russia	72	36	195	130	84	3	269	17
Saudi Arabia	79	67	195	235	2	4	7	27
Singapore	45	88	167	196	26	114	60	235
South Africa	28	43	89	111	14	38	54	81
South Korea	176	109	351	249	117	80	395	362
Switzerland	224	542	925	1,418	1,030	129	2,196	988
Taiwan	41	35	114	105	100	57	250	217
Thailand	26	50	60	99	42	47	125	184
Turkey	69	60	219	185	108	60	354	265
USA	7,401	5,645	17,471	13,603	2,331	1,578	5,082	4,827
Other countries	951	523	1,896	1,485	812	551	2,134	2,014
Country unknown⁶	11	12	30	35	31	31	96	119
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	11,402	9,353	27,618	23,609	6,472	3,702	15,389	13,652

Total	20,267	18,830	52,203	50,868	12,032	11,186	30,494	33,402
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. March 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		Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar
		2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Great Britain		1,408	1,758	3,838	4,362	1,914	1,459	5,222	5,931
0	Food and live animals	300	358	841	956	180	147	490	488
1	Beverages and tobacco	21	29	50	68	20	17	50	47
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	50	36	128	106	12	9	31	28
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	68	42	217	109	532	420	1,553	2,149
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	4	4	6	4	15	14
5	Chemicals and related products	501	737	1,325	1,710	384	275	1,027	1,298
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	99	106	264	284	207	165	557	576
7	Machinery and transport equipment	215	279	629	697	381	274	980	859
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	152	168	377	423	189	148	514	469
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	3	4	2	1	6	3
Northern Ireland		423	422	1,129	1,160	465	463	1,213	1,288
0	Food and live animals	136	150	343	399	119	121	325	341
1	Beverages and tobacco	10	11	23	33	19	27	52	70
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	16	14	43	36	15	14	38	39
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	14	14	60	44	70	41	130	122
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	5	7	6	6	17	17
5	Chemicals and related products	75	80	219	243	93	85	268	257
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	57	49	151	136	56	81	148	183
7	Machinery and transport equipment	44	43	117	108	30	28	75	88
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	59	41	138	105	21	25	58	62
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	10	17	30	49	36	36	102	109
EU 27²		7,033	7,296	19,618	21,737	3,181	5,562	8,670	12,530
0	Food and live animals	406	460	936	1,145	267	345	758	974
1	Beverages and tobacco	39	42	112	126	35	36	85	89
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	87	49	222	155	47	41	115	108
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	13	91	37	208	104	152	203	283
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	8	10	22	29	27	29	65	74
5	Chemicals and related products	5,236	5,317	14,580	16,287	846	2,510	2,123	4,648
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	83	93	239	258	236	230	648	664
7	Machinery and transport equipment	565	492	1,646	1,540	1,183	1,785	3,373	4,495
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	538	663	1,552	1,761	254	282	707	749
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	59	80	273	228	183	153	592	444
USA		7,401	5,645	17,471	13,603	2,331	1,578	5,082	4,827
0	Food and live animals	47	74	115	206	29	24	98	83
1	Beverages and tobacco	74	57	219	147	2	2	6	7
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	3	3	8	8	8	6	20	24
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	190	49	400	284
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	6,241	4,448	14,150	10,441	490	343	1,262	1,300
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	28	16	81	51	43	44	117	138
7	Machinery and transport equipment	331	314	1,086	778	1,428	958	2,744	2,488
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	676	732	1,808	1,970	142	152	434	501
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	3
China³		1,125	896	3,248	2,306	1,222	528	2,881	1,977
0	Food and live animals	48	60	133	141	9	6	27	24
1	Beverages and tobacco	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5	6	17	16	5	2	16	10
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	-	-	-	0	14	0	60
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	190	126	486	383	520	53	774	264
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	5	4	10	12	93	49	283	185
7	Machinery and transport equipment	764	540	2,242	1,352	346	269	1,110	951
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	112	160	357	400	249	135	670	483
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rest of World		2,877	2,811	6,900	7,700	2,919	1,597	7,426	6,848
0	Food and live animals	200	211	548	553	142	100	398	391
1	Beverages and tobacco	20	25	73	70	14	9	34	35
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	66	46	133	126	27	19	78	65
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	1	29	19	110	60	357	354
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	1	4	2	13	8	29	22
5	Chemicals and related products	1,886	1,637	4,228	4,731	1,208	306	2,605	2,151
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	22	22	58	59	109	93	435	319
7	Machinery and transport equipment	412	558	1,001	1,233	994	749	2,712	2,539
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	255	309	784	822	300	252	772	968
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	13	1	40	84	1	1	7	3

Total		20,267	18,830	52,203	50,868	12,032	11,186	30,494	33,402
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. March 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	14,001	7,183	6,818	188.6	181.3
	February	12,898	7,712	5,186	176.1	185.7
	March	13,240	8,372	4,868	184.9	205.1
	April	12,074	8,330	3,744	179.4	212.6
	May	13,862	8,883	4,979	194.7	236.6
	June	13,815	9,042	4,773	207.1	230.9
	July	13,490	8,217	5,273	185.4	201.6
	August	13,857	8,710	5,147	189.3	220.0
	September	14,273	8,660	5,613	196.0	216.2
	October	15,629	8,774	6,855	199.8	218.1
	November	14,489	9,460	5,030	206.4	237.2
	December	13,815	9,713	4,101	192.0	243.1

2022	January	16,656	10,792	5,864	222.3	254.2
	February	16,598	10,633	5,965	231.9	257.8
	March	18,179	10,865	7,314	246.3	267.0
	April	17,594	11,871	5,723	254.8	272.8
	May	17,738	12,514	5,225	240.2	289.5
	June	16,686	11,718	4,968	237.4	285.7
	July	15,743	11,935	3,808	219.5	272.2
	August	19,622	13,040	6,583	265.2	297.6
	September	18,643	13,049	5,595	258.7	307.7
	October	18,141	12,254	5,887	240.3	297.2
	November	15,807	11,213	4,595	208.6	263.6
	December	16,717	11,528	5,189	221.6	253.0

2023	January	15,680	12,099	3,581	..	..
	February	17,400	12,964	4,435	..	..
	March	16,886	10,323	6,563	..	..
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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