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Goods Exports and Imports March 2026

Key Findings

Exports of goods in March 2026 were over €18 billion

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CSO statistical release, 15 May 2026, 11am

Key Findings

Seasonally adjusted goods exports increased by €761.6 million (+4.8%) to €16.7 billion in March 2026 compared with February 2026 (€15.9 billion), while seasonally adjusted goods imports rose by €862.5 million (+7.0%) to €13.1 billion.
The value of goods exports in March 2026 was €18.3 billion, a fall of €19.3 billion (-51.4%) compared with March 2025 (€37.6 billion).
The value of exported goods in Quarter 1 (Q1) 2026 decreased by €37.6 billion (-43.0%) to €49.9 billion, when compared with Q1 2025 (€87.4 billion).
Comparing Q1 2024 and Q1 2026, the value of export goods fell by €4.1 billion (-7.6%) from €54.0 billion in Q1 2024 to €49.9 billion in Q1 2026.
The value of goods imports went up by €1.2 billion (+9.3%) to €14.3 billion in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€13.1 billion).
The value of imported goods in Q1 2026 increased by €0.8 billion (+2.2%) to €36.9 billion, when compared with Q1 2025 (€36.1 billion).
Exports of goods to Great Britain rose by €764.2 million (+64.1%) to €2.0 billion in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€1.2 billion), with exports to Great Britain accounting for 10.7% of total export trade in March 2026.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (15 May 2026) published Goods Exports and Imports March 2026.

Commenting on the release Jane Burmanje, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “The value of goods exported from Ireland in Q1 2026 decreased by €37.6 billion (-43.0%) to €49.9 billion when compared with Q1 2025 (€87.4 billion). However, Q1 2025 saw a record level of exports, driven by exports of €37.6 billion recorded in March 2025, the highest level of goods exported in any one month to date.

The value of goods exported in March 2026 was €18.3 billion. This represents a decline in the value of export of €19.3 billion (-51.4%) compared with March 2025 (€37.6 billion). However, comparing March 2024 and March 2026, the value of exported goods fell by less than 5% (€0.9 billion) from €19.2 billion in March 2024 to €18.3 billion in March 2026.

In contrast, the value of good imports rose by €1.2 billion (+9.3%) to €14.3 billion in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€13.1 billion). Imports of goods in Q1 of 2026 increased by €0.8 million (+2.2%) to €36.9 billion, when compared with Q1 2025 (€36.1 billion). Comparing imports of goods between Q1 2024 and Q1 2026, imports of goods went up by 16.3% (€5.2 billion) from €31.7 billion in Q1 2024 to €36.9 billion in Q1 2026.”

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
February 2026	15,940	12,245	3,695
March 2026	16,701	13,107	3,594
Value change	762	863	-101
% change	5	7	-3

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade imports increased by €863 million in March 2026

Seasonally adjusted goods exports increased by €761.6 million (+4.8%) to €16.7 billion in March 2026 compared with February 2026 (€15.9 billion), according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports increased by €862.5 million (+7.0%) to €13.1 billion in March 2026 compared with February 2026 (€12.2 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 value of goods exports in March 2026 was €18.3 billion. This represents a decrease in the value of exports of €19.3 billion (-51.4%) compared with March 2025 (€37.6 billion).

However, there was a record level of goods exported in March 2025. Comparing March 2024 and March 2026, the value of exported goods decreased by €0.9 billion (-4.8%) from €19.2 billion in March 2024 to €18.3 billion in March 2026 (See Table 1).

The value of exported goods in Q1 2026 decreased by €37.6 billion (-43.0%) to €49.9 billion, when compared with Q1 2025 (€87.4 billion).

Comparing Q1 2024 and Q1 2026, the value of export goods fell by €4.1 billion (-7.6%) from €54.0 billion in Q1 2024 to €49.9 billion in Q1 2026.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €1.2 billion (+9.3%) to €14.3 billion in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€13.1 billion).

The value of imported goods in Q1 2026 increased by €0.8 billion (+2.2%) to €36.9 billion, when compared with Q1 2025 (€36.1 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		259,612	144,446	115,166	290.9	271.2	98.3	109.5	89.8

2023	January	15,498	11,505	3,992	211.2	262.5	96.9	108.0	89.7
	February	16,714	11,159	5,555	226.0	257.1	97.6	107.0	91.2
	March	18,738	11,886	6,852	261.0	275.7	94.8	106.3	89.2
	April	15,171	10,808	4,363	207.1	253.2	96.7	105.2	91.9
	May	16,601	12,318	4,283	227.8	297.5	96.3	103.8	92.8
	June	18,373	12,461	5,912	247.2	297.3	98.3	105.0	93.7
	July	15,628	10,895	4,733	212.4	248.9	97.1	107.3	90.4
	August	16,106	10,307	5,799	216.0	246.2	97.8	103.6	94.4
	September	15,847	11,263	4,584	211.9	259.1	98.7	107.2	92.1
	October	17,512	11,533	5,980	227.7	253.7	101.7	106.1	95.8
	November	16,073	14,196	1,876	214.1	317.6	102.7	110.5	92.9
	December	13,770	11,963	1,807	178.6	278.3	101.7	105.9	96.0

2024³	January	18,885	9,670	9,215	251.8	220.2	99.1	108.2	91.6
	February	15,937	10,259	5,678	206.0	233.0	102.1	108.5	94.1
	March	19,177	11,811	7,366	254.3	267.7	99.5	108.7	91.6
	April	19,414	10,772	8,642	253.8	243.3	100.9	109.1	92.5
	May	18,039	11,041	6,998	238.1	250.8	100.0	108.5	92.1
	June	16,766	11,685	5,081	218.4	264.8	101.1	108.0	93.6
	July	18,223	12,198	6,025	237.1	275.8	101.0	108.1	93.5
	August	17,389	11,138	6,251	230.0	249.4	99.6	109.0	91.4
	September	22,298	10,734	11,564	287.9	242.2	101.7	108.5	93.7
	October	21,213	11,724	9,489	277.2	253.8	101.3	109.3	92.7
	November	20,670	11,766	8,905	271.6	266.9	102.6	109.9	93.3
	December	15,724	11,859	3,865	205.9	262.3	103.5	111.0	93.2

2025³	January	24,890	11,009	13,881	328.4	236.8	100.0	114.6	87.3
	February	24,978	12,024	12,954	331.9	260.0	99.3	114.0	87.1
	March	37,577	13,082	24,495	498.6	288.2	99.5	111.9	88.9
	April	21,324	10,795	10,528	284.3	239.1	99.0	111.2	89.0
	May	23,229	11,120	12,109	309.8	255.9	99.0	107.1	92.4
	June	16,923	12,318	4,605	229.2	279.8	97.5	108.5	89.8
	July	16,810	12,693	4,117	229.3	287.9	96.8	108.7	89.0
	August	16,051	11,635	4,415	220.2	267.0	96.2	107.4	89.6
	September	28,670	11,052	17,618	390.8	261.2	97.1	106.0	91.7
	October	16,883	12,583	4,299	225.7	292.0	98.7	106.2	93.0
	November	16,465	13,109	3,357	222.4	296.8	97.7	108.8	89.8
	December	15,813	13,160	2,653	211.7	295.0	98.6	109.9	89.7

2026³	January	16,168	11,274	4,894	225.5	261.1	94.6	106.4	88.9
	February	15,445	11,339	4,105	217.9	263.0	93.5	106.2	88.1
	March	18,259	14,299	3,960	265.9	326.7	90.6	107.9	84.0
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. March 2026 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See Background Notes.

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Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted series

Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted¹series
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value			Volume index
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports
2023	January	15,985	11,833	4,152	199.8	276.1
	February	17,408	12,061	5,347	231.2	277.8
	March	16,582	10,750	5,832	218.1	263.8
	April	16,333	11,531	4,802	220.2	264.1
	May	15,730	11,865	3,865	215.7	270.6
	June	17,196	11,689	5,507	229.7	273.3
	July	16,421	11,891	4,530	227.8	267.1
	August	16,493	11,077	5,416	215.4	255.8
	September	15,482	11,585	3,896	213.8	263.8
	October	17,726	11,175	6,550	226.4	246.4
	November	15,432	13,338	2,094	219.5	319.3
	December	15,822	11,573	4,249	222.4	273.7

2024	January	18,135	10,046	8,090	237.7	238.1
	February	17,708	10,710	6,998	227.5	244.0
	March	18,180	11,236	6,944	233.8	260.5
	April	19,147	10,874	8,274	235.8	245.3
	May	17,243	10,675	6,568	230.5	229.6
	June	17,042	11,420	5,622	223.7	246.9
	July	17,867	12,368	5,499	240.5	278.3
	August	18,008	12,077	5,930	240.4	260.9
	September	22,016	11,001	11,015	283.3	250.6
	October	20,780	10,706	10,074	259.5	248.7
	November	19,800	11,334	8,466	272.6	261.7
	December	17,897	11,159	6,739	247.6	249.0

2025	January	23,558	11,320	12,238	324.5	268.6
	February	25,725	12,914	12,812	336.6	287.1
	March	35,457	12,354	23,103	459.6	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	16,980	12,978	4,002	243.4	288.3
	September	27,251	11,142	16,109	376.6	262.0
	October	15,673	11,935	3,738	217.8	291.2
	November	17,074	12,925	4,149	227.2	291.1
	December	17,140	12,130	5,010	234.7	285.1

2026	January	16,333	12,077	4,255	231.9	285.1
	February	15,940	12,245	3,695	225.7	285.9
	March	16,701	13,107	3,594	235.7	296.4
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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Exports and imports by region

In March 2026, Ireland’s top exporting partners were the United States and the Netherlands, with Ireland exporting 24.7% (€4.5 billion) and 13.5% (€2.5 billion) of total export goods respectively to these countries.

In March 2026, Ireland imported the highest value of goods from the US and Great Britain with these countries representing 13.8% (€2.0 billion) and 9.8% (€1.4 billion) respectively of the total import trade for March 2026 (See Table 3).

Exports to Great Britain increased by €764.2 million (+64.1%) to €2.0 billion in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€1.2 billion).

Exports to Great Britain accounted for 10.7% of total export trade in March 2026.

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports to Great Britain were Machinery & Transport Equipment at €837.7 million, and Chemicals & Related Products at €382.0 million, representing 42.8% and 19.5% of total exports respectively to Great Britain in March 2026 (See Table 4).

Imports from Great Britain fell by €192.4 million (-12.1%) to €1.4 billion in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€1.6 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from Great Britain were Machinery & Transport Equipment at €278.3 million, and Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials at €262.0 million, representing 19.9% and 18.8% respectively of total imports from Great Britain in March 2026.

Exports to the US fell by €21.0 billion (-82.3%) to €4.5 billion in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€25.5 billion).

Exports to the US accounted for 24.7% of total export trade in March 2026 while they accounted for 67.7% in March 2025.

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €2.8 billion and Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles at €779.4 million, representing 62.6% and 17.3% respectively of total exports to the US in March 2026 (See Table 4).

Imports from the US increased by €220.8 million (+12.6%) to €2.0 billion in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€1.8 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports were Chemicals & Related Products at €702.9 million and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €669.5 million, representing 35.5% and 33.9% respectively of total imports from the US in March 2026.

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
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	7.7151431129284	2.73389819481	1.4813893030975	4.120139597
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	6.61459635390163	3.8921708701	2.1753756400976	3.491324908
Feb 2026	6.85772556232418	3.320386037	1.79836745516965	3.918458832
Mar 2026	7.33	4	2.43	4.5

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X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
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	4.16750079831683	3.48715099778984	1.71897801536992	2.26171827830108
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	3.75338898436284	4.28568779243263	1.6971336287716	1.63242926414727
Feb 2026	3.90457003132379	3.85427558972399	1.71384752912077	1.81908237426355
Mar 2026	4.5	5.98	1.84	1.98

Table B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region									€million
Unadjusted		March 2025 - 2026				January - March 2025 - 2026
Unadjusted		2025	2026	Value change	% change	2025	2026	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	37,577	18,258	-19,319	-51	87,445	49,870	-37,575	-43
	Great Britain	1,193	1,957	764	64	3,512	5,098	1,586	45
	Northern Ireland	465	474	9	2	1,306	1,305	-1	0
	EU27	6,511	7,328	817	13	21,481	20,102	-1,379	-6
	USA	25,455	4,501	-20,955	-82	50,726	11,987	-38,739	-76
	Rest of World	3,953	3,999	46	1	10,420	11,379	959	9

Imports
	Total	13,082	14,299	1,217	9	36,115	36,912	797	2
	Great Britain	1,588	1,395	-192	-12	4,222	3,953	-270	-6
	Northern Ireland	438	443	5	1	1,354	1,300	-54	-4
	EU27	5,294	4,504	-790	-15	13,357	11,884	-1,473	-11
	USA	1,757	1,978	221	13	6,309	5,515	-795	-13
	Rest of World	4,005	5,979	1,974	49	10,873	14,261	3,388	31

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Table 3 Goods Exports and Imports classified by countries and territories

Table 3 Goods Exports and Imports classified by countries and territories¹								€million
Country and Territory	Exports				Imports
	Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar
	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026
Austria	43	51	136	117	50	30	125	97
Belgium	1,225	1,160	3,782	3,112	221	248	1,125	665
Bulgaria	15	16	42	45	9	4	20	17
Croatia	6	9	23	27	2	6	7	14
Cyprus	8	8	19	26	1	1	2	2
Czech Republic	46	49	129	220	81	177	281	443
Denmark	56	59	145	159	49	68	150	201
Estonia	2	3	5	8	2	1	4	5
Finland	24	36	73	92	21	19	56	60
France	494	458	1,525	1,280	1,165	788	2,577	1,851
Germany	1,170	1,245	3,991	3,604	2,152	1,236	4,619	3,018
Greece	41	78	123	140	15	16	47	44
Hungary	64	355	215	959	49	215	189	325
Italy	852	501	2,559	1,287	326	314	786	1,463
Latvia	5	5	12	14	4	4	22	15
Lithuania	8	15	24	30	14	18	35	44
Luxembourg	9	9	34	27	5	5	14	14
Malta	5	5	13	13	1	1	2	2
Netherlands	1,630	2,461	5,792	6,697	642	559	1,843	1,663
Poland	208	117	523	377	118	195	370	565
Portugal	46	52	682	156	29	58	108	148
Romania	38	40	102	107	21	16	51	57
Slovakia	14	21	44	47	15	36	49	87
Slovenia	15	16	43	41	4	4	10	14
Spain	342	387	988	1,014	212	345	635	766
Sweden	122	127	382	358	69	59	191	200
EU Country not specified²	24	42	75	144	18	81	38	105
Total EU27³	6,511	7,328	21,481	20,102	5,294	4,504	13,357	11,884
Euro-Zone⁴	5,938	6,537	19,868	17,778	4,881	3,693	12,067	9,988

Great Britain	1,193	1,957	3,512	5,098	1,588	1,395	4,222	3,953
Northern Ireland	465	474	1,306	1,305	438	443	1,354	1,300
Total UK	1,658	2,431	4,818	6,403	2,026	1,838	5,576	5,253

Australia	105	75	322	205	7	9	18	25
Brazil	121	155	173	287	36	22	96	72
Canada	398	245	634	945	243	286	433	642
China⁵	853	949	2,335	2,469	1,031	1,097	2,822	3,193
India	39	47	125	122	78	87	244	238
Japan	455	496	1,112	1,216	216	305	820	802
Malaysia	259	369	680	1,005	81	255	212	414
Mexico	356	275	911	806	117	151	280	334
Norway	20	72	64	430	70	58	179	188
Russia	87	95	252	218	1	1	2	7
Saudi Arabia	99	86	251	301	3	7	5	10
Singapore	73	67	206	242	180	96	355	280
South Africa	33	29	77	93	19	64	66	114
South Korea	151	74	445	229	153	218	488	581
Switzerland	233	190	920	557	275	239	747	704
Taiwan	29	56	83	140	179	1,305	429	2,789
Thailand	17	47	45	130	74	121	227	400
Turkey	76	86	209	261	92	111	316	299
USA	25,455	4,501	50,726	11,987	1,757	1,978	6,309	5,515
Other countries	538	571	1,543	1,645	1,071	1,435	2,854	2,846
Country unknown⁶	10	14	34	78	80	113	282	324
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	29,408	8,500	61,146	23,366	5,762	7,957	17,182	19,775

Total	37,577	18,258	87,445	49,870	13,082	14,299	36,115	36,912
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. March 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 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity and principal countries

Table 4 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
		2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026
Great Britain		1,193	1,957	3,512	5,098	1,588	1,395	4,222	3,953
0	Food and live animals	374	354	1,072	1,013	232	224	654	621
1	Beverages and tobacco	26	21	69	63	20	26	51	67
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	40	41	120	112	11	8	31	23
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	5	52	35	83	429	262	940	798
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	4	15	10	11	8	26	24
5	Chemicals and related products	253	382	732	1,290	222	234	657	623
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	91	131	254	286	184	178	515	492
7	Machinery and transport equipment	269	838	816	1,860	307	278	864	800
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	131	132	393	375	170	173	481	495
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	2	7	6	1	5	3	9
Northern Ireland		465	474	1,306	1,305	438	443	1,354	1,300
0	Food and live animals	183	181	486	495	133	124	390	369
1	Beverages and tobacco	15	15	44	42	25	30	64	84
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	17	16	47	43	14	16	40	44
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	6	7	29	23	39	47	133	125
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	2	7	7	3	4	8	10
5	Chemicals and related products	82	80	253	240	86	51	305	169
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	55	56	155	156	60	58	181	157
7	Machinery and transport equipment	51	62	137	151	41	77	129	238
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	50	51	137	139	34	32	96	94
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	3	3	11	9	3	4	8	10
EU 27²		6,511	7,328	21,481	20,102	5,294	4,504	13,357	11,884
0	Food and live animals	538	580	1,363	1,418	372	418	1,089	1,101
1	Beverages and tobacco	43	49	122	133	46	41	121	113
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	71	51	209	145	52	49	139	135
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	14	11	75	73	152	160	453	385
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	7	7	16	21	22	24	60	57
5	Chemicals and related products	4,356	4,845	15,511	13,120	2,211	1,258	5,147	3,758
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	90	97	252	283	246	245	726	693
7	Machinery and transport equipment	737	959	2,090	2,853	1,896	1,969	4,762	4,697
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	647	714	1,821	2,012	291	325	838	903
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	8	15	23	43	8	13	21	42
USA		25,455	4,501	50,726	11,987	1,757	1,978	6,309	5,515
0	Food and live animals	58	92	182	253	34	29	95	76
1	Beverages and tobacco	85	65	225	181	22	21	44	59
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	3	3	9	7	8	9	19	18
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	44	121	296	366
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	23,580	2,817	46,206	7,503	629	703	2,251	1,967
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	21	23	62	62	54	169	153	257
7	Machinery and transport equipment	924	718	1,869	1,924	694	670	2,732	2,078
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	784	779	2,167	2,046	270	250	713	677
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	4	6	11	2	6	6	16
China³		853	949	2,335	2,469	1,031	1,097	2,822	3,193
0	Food and live animals	35	25	109	55	15	12	41	37
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5	8	18	22	5	3	15	11
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	278	306	721	707	239	327	542	959
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	5	11	14	99	86	286	239
7	Machinery and transport equipment	409	474	1,097	1,332	417	450	1,254	1,328
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	120	130	375	336	256	216	681	606
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	10
Rest of World		3,100	3,050	8,085	8,910	2,975	4,882	8,051	11,067
0	Food and live animals	173	201	487	517	156	136	418	391
1	Beverages and tobacco	28	28	85	92	15	14	40	38
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	55	49	210	110	43	31	111	95
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	1	2	36	178	105	461	192
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	2	2	7	8	15	16
5	Chemicals and related products	1,457	1,273	3,884	3,705	635	473	1,637	1,457
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	19	22	60	60	89	154	287	350
7	Machinery and transport equipment	989	1,118	2,277	3,435	1,444	3,510	3,921	7,328
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	377	338	988	913	407	445	1,159	1,184
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	18	91	40	1	5	2	18

Total		37,577	18,258	87,445	49,870	13,082	14,299	36,115	36,912
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. March 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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Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products fell by €16.5 billion (-70.0%) to €7.0 billion in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€23.5 billion).

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €3.4 billion (-70.8%) to €1.4 billion in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€4.8 billion).

Exports of Petroleum, Petroleum Products & Related Materials increased by €48.2 million (+439.1%) to €59.2 million in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€11.0 million) (See Table 5).

Imports by product

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products decreased by €792.0 million (-29.9%) to €1.9 billion in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€2.7 billion).

Imports of Organic Chemicals declined by €62.4 million (-11.4%) to €484.7 million in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€547.1 million).

Imports of Petroleum, Petroleum Products & Related Materials increased by €24.8 million (+5.6%) to €465.1 million in March 2026 compared with March 2025 (€440.3 million) (See Table 5).

Table 5 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity

Table 5 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity¹										€million
SITC (Rev 4)			Exports				Imports
			Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar
			2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026
0	Food and live animals		1,360	1,434	3,698	3,751	942	943	2,687	2,594
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	66	66	167	166	21	26	59	59
	01	Meat and meat preparations	459	528	1,242	1,350	111	118	315	341
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	333	315	873	835	102	99	301	262
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	74	83	164	181	31	44	98	132
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	69	67	194	187	177	159	502	417
	05	Vegetables and fruit	44	39	120	107	176	166	473	456
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	16	17	50	59	41	44	121	123
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	58	58	157	168	83	86	241	248
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	59	62	160	167	112	119	322	312
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	183	197	569	531	89	83	255	243
1	Beverages and tobacco		197	180	549	514	127	133	321	362
	11	Beverages	197	180	549	514	122	129	305	347
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	0	5	4	16	15
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		191	168	613	438	133	116	355	327
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	5	6	17	15	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	3	0	14	3	2	2	7	6
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	5
	24	Cork and wood	25	27	71	76	25	27	80	75
	25	Pulp and waste paper	6	5	19	15	4	5	12	13
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	6	4	18	12	1	2	3	4
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	15	14	41	35	21	19	57	54
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	113	94	384	230	27	19	72	59
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	19	19	49	52	51	42	119	110
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		25	71	140	216	843	697	2,284	1,867
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	7	9	20	22	4	3	17	11
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	11	59	80	183	440	465	1,474	1,176
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	5	0	16	0	317	148	578	456
	35	Electric current	3	3	24	11	82	80	215	224
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		14	14	41	39	43	44	110	107
	41	Animal oils and fats	10	11	31	29	4	4	13	11
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	2	7	7	37	39	92	91
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	1	1	3	3	2	1	5	5
5	Chemicals and related products		30,006	9,703	67,307	26,565	4,022	3,045	10,540	8,933
	51	Organic chemicals	4,791	1,398	7,821	4,100	547	485	2,071	1,446
	52	Inorganic chemicals	22	29	111	105	55	59	158	141
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	16	21	41	60	34	37	90	98
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	23,505	7,050	54,783	18,818	2,653	1,861	6,442	5,620
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	1,119	756	2,958	2,179	183	178	505	530
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	5	6	11	12	91	100	208	215
	57	Plastics in primary forms	40	43	113	113	111	98	287	253
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	85	78	227	222	172	117	354	314
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	423	323	1,242	955	176	110	425	317
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		277	335	794	862	733	891	2,148	2,188
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	3	2	2	2	6	6
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	23	31	62	84	50	53	149	146
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	31	35	94	98	47	40	133	117
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	19	20	58	57	106	101	348	292
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	17	19	53	53	65	70	182	181
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	61	62	164	169	106	103	292	274
	67	Iron and steel	21	22	60	64	92	90	296	273
	68	Non-ferrous metals	13	22	39	53	65	235	187	357
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	92	124	260	282	200	197	555	543
7	Machinery and transport equipment		3,380	4,168	8,286	11,557	4,798	6,953	13,662	16,469
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	141	135	341	312	160	135	418	456
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	135	77	286	192	252	410	854	942
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	2	9	6	15	12	39	34
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	198	229	615	550	300	309	824	921
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	563	1,390	1,779	3,863	741	2,618	2,126	4,796
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	109	102	317	316	321	531	827	1,392
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,114	1,245	3,014	3,968	779	951	2,227	2,599
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	50	48	140	135	637	737	1,850	2,137
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	1,067	941	1,785	2,215	1,592	1,252	4,499	3,192
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		2,110	2,144	5,880	5,821	1,427	1,441	3,968	3,958
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	16	18	51	47	44	44	134	135
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	23	22	66	62	83	84	229	236
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	2	10	7	20	19	60	55
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	35	40	97	107	242	257	706	713
	85	Footwear	6	6	14	14	63	62	181	165
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	902	959	2,533	2,651	317	312	879	872
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	163	163	439	437	109	110	310	293
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	962	934	2,671	2,495	549	552	1,469	1,490
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		9	28	122	70	7	12	19	35
Unclassified estimates²			6	13	15	38	7	24	21	70

Total			37,577	18,258	87,445	49,871	13,082	14,299	36,115	36,912
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. March 2026 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See Background Notes.
² Estimates for which a commodity classification is not available.