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Goods Exports and Imports May 2025

Goods exports increased by 47% in the first five months of 2025

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CSO statistical release, 17 July 2025, 11am

Key Findings

Exports of goods had a total value of €134.4 billion in the first five months of 2025 compared with the same period last year, an increase of €42.9 billion (+46.9%).
Goods imports rose by €4.2 billion (+7.8%) in January to May of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024.
Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products grew by €5.8 billion (+73.9%) to €13.7 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€7.9 billion). This represented 58.7% of total export goods in May 2025.
Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €703.8 million (+60.6%) to €1.9 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€1.2 billion).
In May 2025, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods rose by €5.3 billion (+29.3%) to €23.3 billion compared with May 2024 (€18 billion).
The unadjusted imports for May 2025 fell by €296.4 million (-2.7%) to €10.7 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€11.0 billion).
Exports to the US increased by €4.9 billion (+86.5%) to €10.6 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€5.7 billion).
Year to date, January to May 2025 exports of goods to the US amounted to €70.8 billion, an increase of €42.8 billion (+153%) compared with the same period last year (€28 billion).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (17 July 2025) published Goods Exports and Imports May 2025.

Commenting on the release Jane Burmanje, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In the first five months of the year, exports of goods increased by 47% (€42.9 billion) to €134.4 billion compared with the same period last year.

This is largely driven by growth in the exports of goods to the US. Year to date, January to May 2025 exports of goods to the US increased by 153% (€42.8 billion) to €70.8 billion compared with the same period last year (€28 billion).

In May 2025, the unadjusted value of goods exports increased by €5.3 billion (+29.3%) to €23.3 billion compared with May 2024.

The unadjusted value of imports decreased by €296.4 million (-2.7%) to €10.7 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024.

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products represented over half of all goods exported in May 2025 (58.7%). Exports of these goods increased by €5.8 billion (+73.9%) to €13.7 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€7.9 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
April 2025	21,910	10,794	11,116
May 2025	23,010	10,742	12,269
Value change	1,100	-53	1,153
% change	5	-0	10

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports increased by €1.1 billion in May 2025

Seasonally adjusted goods exports increased by €1.1 billion (+5%) to €23.0 billion in May 2025 compared with April 2025(€21.9 billion), according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports decreased by €52.7 million (-0.5%) leading to an increase of €1.2 billion (+10.4%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €12.3 billion in May 2025 compared with April 2025 (€11.1 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 goods exports increased by €5.3 billion (+29.3%) to €23.3 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€18 billion).

The value of goods exports for the first five months of 2025 increased by €42.9 billion (+46.9%) to €134.4 billion, when compared with the same period of 2024 (€91.5 billion).

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports decreased by €296.4 million (-2.7%) to €10.7 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€11.0 billion).

The value of imported goods for the first five months of 2025 increased by €4.2 billion (+7.8%) to €57.7 billion, when compared with the same period of 2024 (€53.6 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
2018		140,645	91,991	48,654	156.2	189.2	99.1	99.5	99.6
2019		152,534	91,019	61,515	168.5	192.7	99.5	96.6	103.0
2020		162,131	87,065	75,066	188.6	194.4	94.4	91.7	103.0
2021		165,715	103,789	61,927	191.3	214.5	95.0	98.6	96.4
2022		208,763	141,037	67,725	233.9	275.2	98.0	105.4	93.0
2023		196,030	140,295	55,735	219.7	270.0	98.5	106.3	92.6
2024		223,821	134,159	89,662	244.7	252.6	101.0	108.9	92.7

2022	January	16,066	9,357	6,709	219.6	233.0	96.6	98.9	97.6
	February	15,868	9,068	6,799	214.5	233.9	97.6	95.5	102.2
	March	20,267	12,008	8,259	284.1	284.2	94.2	104.1	90.4
	April	17,208	11,284	5,924	235.0	265.7	96.6	104.6	92.3
	May	17,914	13,271	4,643	241.0	309.2	98.1	105.8	92.7
	June	17,712	12,830	4,882	241.5	302.7	97.0	104.4	92.9
	July	14,907	10,702	4,205	201.6	245.2	97.6	107.6	90.7
	August	19,387	12,474	6,913	255.6	281.7	100.1	109.1	91.8
	September	19,434	12,807	6,627	257.8	290.4	99.3	110.8	89.6
	October	17,566	12,508	5,058	227.6	293.6	101.9	105.0	97.0
	November	17,131	12,128	5,003	218.1	270.9	102.2	109.5	93.3
	December	15,304	12,601	2,703	195.5	284.2	102.8	108.9	94.4

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	18,913	9,670	9,243	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	16,727	11,603	5,124	218.4	264.8	101.1	108.0	93.6
	July	18,153	12,097	6,056	237.1	275.8	101.0	108.1	93.5
	August	17,361	11,035	6,326	230.0	249.4	99.6	109.0	91.4
	September	22,189	10,668	11,522	287.9	242.2	101.7	108.5	93.7
	October	21,168	11,655	9,514	277.2	253.8	101.3	109.3	92.7
	November	20,596	11,733	8,862	271.6	266.9	102.6	109.9	93.3
	December	16,148	11,817	4,331	205.9	262.3	103.5	111.0	93.2

2025	January	25,881	10,716	15,164	351.6	240.9	97.1	109.6	88.6
	February	25,224	12,531	12,693	343.8	283.5	96.8	108.9	88.9
	March	38,107	13,139	24,967	520.9	302.5	96.5	107.1	90.2
	April	21,877	10,607	11,270	300.4	246.1	96.1	106.2	90.5
	May	23,333	10,745	12,588	320.7	257.1	96.0	103.0	93.2
¹ Monthly price and volume indices for 2024 have been revised. See background notes.
² Export unit value index divided by import unit value index.
³ Revised. May 2025 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
2022	January	16,679	9,897	6,782	223.8	252.5
	February	16,543	9,820	6,723	226.0	259.2
	March	18,567	10,836	7,730	243.1	263.3
	April	17,358	11,691	5,668	250.5	278.1
	May	18,039	13,172	4,867	238.3	290.4
	June	16,643	12,088	4,556	226.6	285.7
	July	15,629	11,817	3,812	223.7	268.9
	August	19,289	13,362	5,928	249.5	293.6
	September	18,642	12,866	5,776	244.4	298.1
	October	18,095	12,454	5,641	233.5	290.0
	November	16,216	11,438	4,778	214.9	267.0
	December	16,433	11,819	4,613	228.9	268.5

2023	January	15,985	11,833	4,152	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	15,748	11,480	4,268	220.2	263.1

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	233.7	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	18,250	11,113	7,137	246.8	249.1

2025	January	25,028	11,067	13,961	324.3	255.2
	February	26,052	13,425	12,627	340.4	305.5
	March	35,926	12,381	23,545	465.6	288.3
	April	21,910	10,794	11,116	306.1	257.4
	May	23,010	10,742	12,269	324.3	246.3
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		May 2024 - 2025				January - May 2024 - 2025
Unadjusted		2024	2025	Value change	% change	2024	2025	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	18,039	23,333	5,294	29	91,479	134,421	42,942	47
	Great Britain	1,311	1,320	9	1	7,201	6,322	-879	-12
	Northern Ireland	456	482	25	6	2,150	2,243	93	4
	EU27	7,136	7,223	87	1	35,962	37,545	1,583	4
	USA	5,670	10,575	4,904	86	27,988	70,800	42,812	153
	Rest of World	3,465	3,734	269	8	18,178	17,510	-668	-4

Imports
	Total	11,041	10,745	-296	-3	53,552	57,738	4,186	8
	Great Britain	1,460	1,350	-110	-8	6,905	7,031	127	2
	Northern Ireland	465	507	42	9	2,152	2,357	206	10
	EU27	3,773	3,721	-52	-1	19,635	21,214	1,578	8
	USA	2,185	1,715	-471	-22	9,231	9,291	60	1
	Rest of World	3,158	3,452	294	9	15,630	17,845	2,215	14

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Exports and imports by region

In May 2025, Ireland’s top exporting partners were the USA, Netherlands and Great Britain, with Ireland exporting 45.3 % (€10.6 billion), 10.6% (€2.5 billion) and 5.7% (€1.3 billion) of total export goods respectively to these countries.

In May 2025, Ireland imported the highest value of goods from the USA, Great Britain and Germany with these countries representing 16 % (€ 1.7 billion), 12.6% (€ 1.4 billion) and 9.8% (€ 1.1 billion) of the total import trade for May 2025.

Great Britain

Exports to Great Britain increased by €8.6 million (+0.7%) to €1.32 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€1.31 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports to Great Britain were Food & Live Animals at €424.3 million, and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €279.2 million, representing 32.1% and 21.1% of total exports to Great Britain in May 2025 respectively.

Imports from Great Britain fell by €109.6 million (-7.5%) to €1.35 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€1.46 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from Great Britain were Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials at €254.5 million, and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €250.6 million, representing 18.9% and 18.6% of total exports to Great Britain in May 2025.

The United States

Exports to the US increased by €4.9 billion (+86.5%) to €10.6 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€5.7 billion).

Exports to the US accounted for 45.3% of total export trade in May 2025. It accounted for 31.4% in May 2024.

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €9.4 billion, Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles at €683.6 million and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €320.5 million, representing 88.8% 6.5% and 3.0% of total exports of goods to the US in May 2025.

Year to date, exports of goods to the US increased by €42.8 billion (+153%) to €70.8 billion compared with the same period last year (€28 billion).

Imports from the US fell by €470.7 million (-21.5%) to €1.7 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€2.2 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports were Chemicals & Related Products at €918.7 million, Machinery & Transport Equipment at €365.7 million and Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles at €244.9 million, representing 53.6% 21.3% and 14.3% of total import goods to the US in May 2025.

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
May 2023	6.51781193049492	2.91226385300001	1.58551572378062	4.155685568
Jun 2023	6.91310535520124	3.53304737500002	2.06147354339916	4.093419028
Jul 2023	6.69558330099911	3.238329714	2.7442516821165	5.694475768
Aug 2023	6.57180988728802	2.83526778300001	2.18692851494005	4.033586402
Sep 2023	6.17655946638319	3.116574302	1.69434464599053	5.118801198
Oct 2023	7.1432334780805	2.903643321	1.56317175363387	4.236656503
Nov 2023	7.63339434249322	3.40484962199999	1.64463124206927	4.829457856
Dec 2023	6.71695747925971	3.209520098	2.16808554975771	3.978017765
Jan 2024	5.15277832090553	3.10941046500001	1.24291046102349	4.264824889
Feb 2024	7.09003372867379	3.39207741545999	1.95925561752101	6.471491266
Mar 2024	7.21803935762676	2.95315612294	1.60906028133623	4.15682019
Apr 2024	6.99739338389018	4.78752681296999	2.25731778714662	5.134415339
May 2024	7.52054165127126	3.58016234316	1.75793029138939	6.555017232
Jun 2024	7.13618580104862	3.46472421337999	1.76756279166732	5.670432186
Jul 2024	6.23937456927408	3.26627258639999	1.53175060142564	5.689849047
Aug 2024	7.40147063515609	3.79264883629001	1.67658677570154	5.282349015
Sep 2024	6.15219671671433	2.95487931096	1.59938176090323	6.654178385
Oct 2024	10.1641677652746	3.26955251320001	1.55150800799843	7.204101996
Nov 2024	7.53740601857636	3.28842114249	1.74876039173219	8.021106322
Dec 2024	5.74028120544383	3.35121792813	1.43174990409413	5.624307086
Jan 2025	9.39074299597547	3.05063621023	1.60582171405056	11.833267078
Feb 2025	7.23350123195385	3.44001817830999	1.63820457490852	12.912642132
Mar 2025	6.51210040176753	4.14771296713	1.706322459159	25.740471601
Apr 2025	7.18621091782676	3.13771882051001	1.81351817545945	9.739213115
May 2025	7.2227780689219	3.73383194205999	1.8013521218954	10.574695307

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X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
May 2023	3.64331353534981	3.46314868868828	2.29139474153317	1.41027558021653
Jun 2023	4.33302925051484	4.27754838066153	1.94619228218385	1.76135485548631
Jul 2023	4.85906307578075	3.40974413051303	2.16026580306357	2.03181837988862
Aug 2023	3.76947973348614	3.49776988734261	2.09283525447007	1.53456855119574
Sep 2023	3.18510901224084	3.20153013312721	2.28888991675692	1.63142817341011
Oct 2023	3.49244601522492	3.3715705897399	2.2138363475185	2.18538453939873
Nov 2023	4.24108393869788	3.62489278627032	1.97545749959323	1.69124266706696
Dec 2023	4.51516933476574	4.44452117527859	2.1962596070393	3.04034378656237
Jan 2024	4.66243395236252	3.45849622608041	1.53375400447074	2.30869845012033
Feb 2024	3.28326601472444	3.17818431423735	1.65384034020985	1.55450771668209
Mar 2024	3.90615251323584	2.77069477173777	1.93155184586916	1.65048803014935
Apr 2024	4.99807449698615	2.86722956167013	1.88894883051199	2.05632607368043
May 2024	3.67492959109556	3.65539529524122	1.65721924646856	1.78420807255153
Jun 2024	3.77300348970383	3.15818585044725	1.92475081536429	2.18520060186128
Jul 2024	4.62408518909124	2.96819585505779	1.96201699709631	2.04857722202298
Aug 2024	4.47091632400258	3.45216244090469	1.69837525284248	2.47586070067305
Sep 2024	3.93420816373947	3.30311238865287	1.74188577335663	2.05551142517191
Oct 2024	3.42237561669645	3.61985241626808	1.64382577531079	1.98153287917605
Nov 2024	4.42076573266155	3.81949834593889	1.78405171303871	1.70909878864839
Dec 2024	4.53638882485018	3.79337210307751	1.69062742693025	1.79625155506807
Jan 2025	3.1850825149508	3.51980533550262	1.75016846821419	2.26119214142991
Feb 2025	4.87172709156135	3.36848531209788	1.94355136133688	2.34749564360154
Mar 2025	5.36588361427721	3.95586112685146	2.00983798518999	1.80762849691499
Apr 2025	4.06967625384245	3.54909985788836	1.82775413940193	1.16040270711294
May 2025	3.72126859625743	3.45172069865926	1.85725756633702	1.71450865385034

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €5.8 billion (+73.9%) to €13.7 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€7.9 billion). This represented 58.7% of total export goods in May 2025.

Exports of Organic Chemicals fell by €605 million (-35.5%) to €1.1 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€1.7 billion).

Exports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines (including computers) increased by €390.7 million (+96%) to €797.7 million in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€407 million) (See Table 3).

Please note on 17 July 2025, the label for May 2024 in Figure 4 was updated. The label previously read as May 2025.

Imports by product

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €703.8 million (+60.6%) to €1.9 billion in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€1.2 billion).

Imports of Organic Chemicals increased by €333.7 million (+88.8%) to €709.3 million in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€375.6 million).

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines (including computers) increased by €200.5 million (+30.8%) to €852.3 million in May 2025 compared with May 2024 (€651.9 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
			May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May
			2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
0	Food and live animals		1,377	1,510	5,857	6,773	868	962	4,216	4,587
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	87	70	296	321	30	19	113	138
	01	Meat and meat preparations	394	464	1,908	2,207	103	122	486	551
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	382	480	1,363	1,824	98	102	456	535
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	69	72	257	309	29	34	137	163
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	73	66	369	326	148	176	728	830
	05	Vegetables and fruit	44	46	186	208	175	175	786	799
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	16	15	78	78	41	35	216	203
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	44	57	219	274	62	87	339	405
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	51	54	259	274	98	124	543	530
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	217	185	923	952	83	89	411	433
1	Beverages and tobacco		185	171	880	906	124	140	522	589
	11	Beverages	185	171	880	906	119	132	501	562
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	0	5	8	21	27
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		147	166	692	953	117	126	576	606
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	5	5	29	26	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	3	2	11	16	6	2	15	11
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	1	1	2	2	2	7	10
	24	Cork and wood	25	26	101	133	24	26	128	134
	25	Pulp and waste paper	7	7	28	33	3	3	24	20
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	6	6	33	29	2	1	8	6
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	12	14	54	69	22	24	99	102
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	76	93	358	566	23	33	118	135
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	15	14	78	79	36	34	177	189
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		113	77	431	545	654	567	3,578	3,458
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	5	13	31	44	3	3	26	23
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	106	62	385	430	491	357	2,629	2,129
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	1	2	8	44	106	140	720	970
	35	Electric current	0	1	7	28	55	67	203	336
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		14	14	65	72	37	37	186	189
	41	Animal oils and fats	11	10	49	54	3	3	13	18
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	3	13	13	33	32	166	161
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	1	3	6	1	2	7	10
5	Chemicals and related products		11,486	16,541	59,759	100,419	2,197	3,276	12,501	16,854
	51	Organic chemicals	1,705	1,100	12,463	11,716	376	709	4,162	3,349
	52	Inorganic chemicals	23	100	625	232	50	44	262	250
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	18	15	77	73	40	39	159	162
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	7,873	13,694	38,702	80,594	1,162	1,866	5,109	10,087
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	1,249	1,065	5,154	5,088	173	197	860	871
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	3	4	14	19	65	54	307	346
	57	Plastics in primary forms	40	43	180	195	110	109	505	495
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	87	78	392	385	108	120	507	588
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	488	442	2,153	2,116	114	138	630	705
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		290	303	1,437	1,414	729	680	3,481	3,537
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	4	4	2	2	10	11
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	19	20	102	107	56	52	243	256
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	34	32	172	174	49	43	215	219
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	20	22	100	101	112	107	524	578
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	17	19	75	92	66	62	298	309
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	71	67	320	299	95	93	471	472
	67	Iron and steel	17	34	111	118	108	88	491	476
	68	Non-ferrous metals	14	13	73	66	59	60	304	309
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	96	97	478	454	183	173	925	909
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,373	2,588	12,664	13,347	4,956	3,617	22,043	21,222
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	162	91	693	577	163	134	1,018	750
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	89	90	407	472	278	219	1,911	1,308
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	3	15	14	15	12	89	62
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	216	228	1,004	1,142	281	262	1,475	1,361
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	407	798	1,752	3,255	652	852	2,959	3,820
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	142	122	570	590	262	255	1,247	1,336
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,094	1,081	4,520	5,080	843	733	3,650	3,686
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	55	48	269	235	490	560	2,958	2,928
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	206	128	3,433	1,983	1,973	589	6,736	5,971
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		2,040	1,946	9,584	9,876	1,345	1,326	6,378	6,625
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	16	20	69	86	42	43	211	219
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	18	20	89	107	75	74	372	384
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	2	3	17	16	21	20	97	96
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	33	35	157	171	265	256	1,188	1,228
	85	Footwear	5	5	22	25	64	55	304	279
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	942	875	4,462	4,308	282	270	1,429	1,449
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	153	157	701	743	91	95	411	495
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	870	833	4,066	4,420	505	513	2,366	2,475
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		13	17	112	114	13	15	72	71
Unclassified estimates²			3	6	20	26	7	8	36	39

Total			18,039	23,333	91,479	134,421	11,041	10,745	53,552	57,738
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. May 2025 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
	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May
	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Austria	58	47	231	217	26	29	308	181
Belgium	935	1,012	6,730	7,429	221	202	1,100	1,529
Bulgaria	14	17	64	75	5	5	29	30
Croatia	8	10	37	43	2	4	13	13
Cyprus	10	11	43	37	0	1	3	4
Czech Republic	52	40	244	213	78	71	413	449
Denmark	59	61	237	253	56	57	412	252
Estonia	2	2	14	10	4	2	9	7
Finland	19	30	80	128	14	17	87	97
France	449	548	2,477	2,480	1,289	823	6,308	4,287
Germany	1,699	1,002	9,135	6,340	742	1,051	3,574	7,115
Greece	52	41	241	213	19	18	77	85
Hungary	46	86	248	369	92	77	402	336
Italy	736	735	3,163	3,808	250	306	1,203	1,453
Latvia	7	5	25	20	6	5	28	33
Lithuania	9	7	39	40	22	10	71	59
Luxembourg	7	13	40	57	8	5	25	23
Malta	6	6	35	23	1	0	5	3
Netherlands	2,215	2,483	9,059	10,428	455	552	3,130	2,807
Poland	147	152	663	806	120	112	549	608
Portugal	41	238	576	1,676	25	28	167	199
Romania	34	38	162	183	13	23	87	95
Slovakia	37	12	91	68	19	25	108	86
Slovenia	10	11	60	71	5	4	20	19
Spain	348	431	1,547	1,717	219	209	977	1,022
Sweden	95	129	531	604	57	56	369	290
EU Country not specified²	42	58	190	238	26	30	162	130
Total EU27³	7,136	7,223	35,962	37,545	3,773	3,721	19,635	21,214
Euro-Zone⁴	6,647	6,642	33,624	34,804	3,326	3,290	17,213	19,023

Great Britain	1,311	1,320	7,201	6,322	1,460	1,350	6,905	7,031
Northern Ireland	456	482	2,150	2,243	465	507	2,152	2,357
Total UK	1,768	1,801	9,351	8,565	1,925	1,857	9,056	9,389

Australia	78	95	500	492	7	8	34	35
Brazil	29	92	482	375	23	42	125	166
Canada	60	245	1,748	1,019	77	140	338	631
China⁵	967	776	4,403	3,864	902	908	4,342	4,731
India	50	42	193	228	98	107	411	464
Japan	220	242	1,676	1,546	158	145	989	1,177
Malaysia	246	237	1,205	1,140	41	41	217	323
Mexico	406	335	1,476	1,557	106	247	509	677
Norway	25	201	120	303	34	35	253	268
Russia	91	69	286	398	2	3	20	9
Saudi Arabia	89	88	407	448	1	2	7	9
Singapore	71	57	349	311	51	68	267	505
South Africa	26	30	115	197	11	15	71	103
South Korea	85	122	349	741	128	117	639	770
Switzerland	275	345	1,693	1,397	188	169	1,453	1,148
Taiwan	38	51	166	177	172	245	767	823
Thailand	20	19	101	85	52	105	355	445
Turkey	46	119	269	424	99	124	523	573
USA	5,670	10,575	27,988	70,800	2,185	1,715	9,231	9,291
Other countries	630	559	2,555	2,738	927	862	3,927	4,555
Country unknown⁶	15	10	84	70	80	67	385	432
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	9,135	14,309	46,166	88,310	5,343	5,166	24,860	27,136

Total	18,039	23,333	91,479	134,421	11,041	10,745	53,552	57,738
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. May 2025 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 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		May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May
		2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Great Britain		1,311	1,320	7,201	6,322	1,460	1,350	6,905	7,031
0	Food and live animals	369	424	1,662	1,943	213	225	1,026	1,117
1	Beverages and tobacco	26	22	115	115	25	26	104	101
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	39	35	178	211	13	10	53	52
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	55	42	251	255	329	255	1,338	1,566
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	7	6	26	31	9	7	36	43
5	Chemicals and related products	259	272	2,348	1,250	257	238	1,281	1,110
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	103	101	490	474	183	177	889	877
7	Machinery and transport equipment	323	279	1,529	1,377	254	251	1,327	1,353
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	128	136	592	655	175	161	844	806
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	2	9	10	1	2	7	7
Northern Ireland		456	482	2,150	2,243	465	507	2,152	2,357
0	Food and live animals	159	182	769	841	127	147	592	724
1	Beverages and tobacco	14	15	67	76	25	27	111	118
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	15	18	66	83	17	19	80	76
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	7	11	38	45	43	39	199	208
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	11	13	3	3	14	15
5	Chemicals and related products	106	99	453	446	117	137	509	558
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	54	55	252	262	61	55	296	279
7	Machinery and transport equipment	47	45	261	224	42	42	198	202
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	49	49	219	236	29	36	143	164
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	3	4	13	18	2	3	10	13
EU 27²		7,136	7,223	35,962	37,545	3,773	3,721	19,635	21,214
0	Food and live animals	511	594	2,039	2,535	354	350	1,751	1,781
1	Beverages and tobacco	49	41	220	210	41	47	183	210
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	48	66	223	301	41	44	213	228
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3	23	90	179	94	101	800	608
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	4	5	23	26	19	20	106	100
5	Chemicals and related products	5,132	5,011	26,488	27,277	753	1,387	4,861	8,029
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	84	95	436	435	236	226	1,128	1,171
7	Machinery and transport equipment	599	764	3,011	3,508	1,917	1,251	9,022	7,608
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	699	615	3,395	3,033	309	287	1,528	1,438
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	9	9	39	41	8	8	44	39
USA		5,670	10,575	27,988	70,800	2,185	1,715	9,231	9,291
0	Food and live animals	77	81	310	355	29	34	145	144
1	Beverages and tobacco	63	60	328	353	14	19	52	85
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	1	3	9	16	9	7	32	32
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	42	59	75	760	416
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	4,377	9,396	22,041	63,634	574	919	2,493	3,662
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	23	30	95	122	60	49	304	250
7	Machinery and transport equipment	455	321	2,062	2,645	1,211	366	4,399	3,499
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	673	684	3,141	3,626	229	245	1,039	1,194
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	1	2	8	1	1	6	8
China³		967	776	4,403	3,864	902	908	4,342	4,731
0	Food and live animals	56	41	201	204	15	15	56	68
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	4	6	0	0	1	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5	5	29	28	6	5	22	25
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	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	369	238	1,322	1,157	109	180	816	945
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	4	28	20	87	77	407	466
7	Machinery and transport equipment	402	364	2,166	1,788	472	417	2,019	2,113
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	129	123	651	661	213	213	1,020	1,112
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	-	0	-	0	0	1	1
Rest of World		2,498	2,958	13,775	13,646	2,257	2,544	11,287	13,114
0	Food and live animals	205	187	877	895	130	190	646	752
1	Beverages and tobacco	32	31	145	145	19	21	71	75
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	39	40	187	314	33	41	176	193
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	49	1	51	24	128	98	480	660
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	4	3	6	8	29	31
5	Chemicals and related products	1,243	1,525	7,106	6,655	386	414	2,542	2,549
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	21	17	136	101	103	97	457	494
7	Machinery and transport equipment	546	816	3,635	3,806	1,060	1,291	5,078	6,447
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	363	340	1,586	1,666	390	383	1,804	1,910
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	1	48	36	0	1	4	3

Total		18,039	23,333	91,479	134,421	11,041	10,745	53,552	57,738
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. May 2025 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.

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Table 6 Goods Exports by industrial origin and area of destination

Table 7 Goods Imports by main use and area of origin

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Table 7 Goods Imports by main use and area of origin				€million
Main use and area of origin	Imports
	Imports
	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May
	2024	2025	2024	2025
Producers capital goods ready for use	2,776	1,390	11,961	10,325
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	161	152	804	832
EU¹	1,437	703	6,456	4,756
USA	871	164	3,012	2,406
Rest of World	307	371	1,690	2,331

Consumption goods ready for use - food drink and tobacco	765.36	816.48	3572.11	3857.46
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	313.89	331.52	1455.95	1578.65
EU¹	323.58	333.17	1557.31	1617.46
USA	21.72	24.79	86.48	115.85
Rest of World	106.18	127.00	472.38	545.50
Consumption goods ready for use - other	2,111	2,496	9,950	13,695
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	558	530	2,494	2,743
EU¹	580	817	2,889	5,832
USA	237	399	1,045	1,408
Rest of World	737	749	3,522	3,712

Materials for further production - agriculture	279	410	1,481	2,008
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	75	69	336	358
EU¹	107	212	642	1,090
USA	30	53	154	148
Rest of World	67	77	349	412
Materials for further production - other	5,098	5,619	26,519	27,783
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	815	771	3,954	3,860
EU¹	1,318	1,647	8,047	7,878
USA	1,025	1,073	4,928	5,205
Rest of World	1,941	2,128	9,590	10,840

Unclassified imports	12	14	68	69

Total	11,041	10,745	53,552	57,738
¹EU excluding Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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