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Goods Exports and Imports May 2026

Key Findings

Ireland's exports of goods were €16.5 billion in May 2026

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CSO statistical release, 15 July 2026, 11am

Information Note on External Trade in Goods Revision for Goods under CN 28182000 (Aluminium oxide excl. artificial corundum) for 2025 and Quarter 1 (Q1) 2026 data

Revised data has been received from Revenue for Goods under CN 28182000 (Aluminium oxide excl. artificial corundum) and data has now been revised for the year 2025 and Quarter 1 (Q1) 2026. Further details on these revisions are available in the Information Note.

Key Findings

Ireland’s export of goods decreased by €6.8 billion (-29.1%) to €16.5 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€23.2 billion).
The value of goods imports for May 2026 was €13.1 billion, an increase of €2.0 billion (+17.5%) compared with May 2025 (€11.1 billion).
Both seasonally adjusted exports and imports of goods fell in May 2026 compared with April 2026, with exports falling €1.4 billion (-7.6%) to €16.9 billion and imports falling by €150.9 million (-1.1%) to €13.4 billion.
In May 2026, Ireland’s top exporting partners were the United States, the Netherlands and Great Britain, with Ireland exporting 28.6% (€4.7 billion), 10.7% (€1.8 billion) and 9.8% (€1.6 billion) of total export goods respectively to these countries.
Exports to Great Britain increased by €336.4 million (+26.3%) to €1.6 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€1.3 billion).
Exports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines rose by €1.2 billion (+177.2%) to €1.8 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€665.7 million).

Statistician's Comment

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

Commenting on the release, Jane Burmanje, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “The unadjusted value of goods exports fell by €6.8 billion (-29.1%) to €16.5 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€23.2 billion). The unadjusted value of goods imports in May 2026 increased by €2.0 billion (+17.5%) to €13.1 billion.

When seasonally adjusted, both exports and imports of goods fell. This led to a decline of €1.2 billion in the trade surplus to €3.5 billion in May 2026 compared with April 2026 (€4.8 billion).

Great Britian was Ireland’s third largest export trading partner in May 2026, with Ireland exporting almost 10% (€1.6 billion) of the total export trade for May 2026 to Great Britian.

Both exports and imports of goods to Great Britian increased in May 2026 compared with May 2025, with exports increasing by €336.4 million (+26.3%) to €1.6 billion and imports increasing by €37.2 million (+2.7%) to €1.39 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.

Seasonally Adjusted trade surplus fell by €1.2 billion in May 2026

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €1.4 billion (-7.6%) to €16.9 billion in May 2026 compared with April 2026 (€18.3 billion), according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports decreased by €150.9 million (-1.1%) leading to a decrease of €1.2 billion (-26.0%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €3.5 billion in May 2026 compared with April 2026 (€4.8 billion) (See Table 2).

Seasonal adjustment compares month-to-month data by removing fluctuations that may occur due to seasonal patterns in trade.

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
April 2026	18,327	13,542	4,785
May 2026	16,930	13,391	3,539
Value change	-1,397	-151	-1,246
% change	-8	-1	-26

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Exports and Imports

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports decreased by €6.8 billion (-29.1%) to €16.5 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€23.2 billion).

The value of goods exports for the first 5 months of 2026 decreased by €47.2 billion (-35.7%) to €84.8 billion, when compared with the same period of 2025 (€132 billion).

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €2.0 billion (17.5%) to €13.1 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€11.1 billion) (See Table 1).

In the first five months of 2026, imports of goods increased by €5.3 billion (+9.1%) to €63.3 billion, when compared with the same period of 2025 (€58.0 billion).

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value			Volume index¹		Unit value index¹		Terms of trade²
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade²
2019		152,534	91,019	61,515	168.5	192.7	99.5	96.6	103.0
2020		162,131	87,065	75,066	188.6	194.4	94.4	91.7	103.0
2021		165,715	103,789	61,927	191.3	214.5	95.0	98.6	96.4
2022		208,763	141,037	67,725	233.9	275.2	98.0	105.4	93.0
2023		196,030	140,295	55,735	219.7	270.0	98.5	106.3	92.6
2024		223,734	134,656	89,078	244.7	252.6	101.0	108.9	92.7
2025		258,949	144,503	114,446	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	21,326	10,795	10,531	284.3	239.1	99.0	111.2	89.0
	May	23,230	11,120	12,110	309.8	255.9	99.0	107.1	92.4
	June	16,918	12,318	4,600	229.2	279.8	97.5	108.5	89.8
	July	16,811	12,693	4,118	229.3	287.9	96.8	108.7	89.0
	August	16,061	11,499	4,562	220.2	267.0	96.2	107.4	89.6
	September	28,671	11,051	17,620	390.8	261.2	97.1	106.0	91.7
	October	16,470	12,760	3,710	225.7	292.0	98.7	106.2	93.0
	November	16,189	12,991	3,198	222.4	296.8	97.7	108.8	89.8
	December	15,828	13,160	2,669	211.7	295.0	98.6	109.9	89.7

2026³	January	16,172	11,272	4,900	225.5	261.1	94.6	106.4	88.9
	February	15,445	11,338	4,106	217.9	263.0	93.5	106.2	88.1
	March	18,149	14,281	3,868	255.7	321.2	93.7	109.6	85.5
	April	18,608	13,366	5,242	259.6	299.3	94.6	110.0	86.0
	May	16,464	13,070	3,394	225.6	288.4	96.3	111.7	86.2
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. May 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	24,198	11,517	12,681	328.6	261.6
	February	25,992	13,012	12,980	340.2	284.2
	March	35,023	12,322	22,701	449.0	270.5
	April	21,172	10,937	10,235	279.1	245.0
	May	22,918	11,111	11,806	302.9	252.2
	June	16,638	11,823	4,815	228.0	263.8
	July	17,083	12,872	4,212	229.1	278.4
	August	17,022	12,839	4,183	234.9	281.3
	September	27,322	11,119	16,203	376.5	262.9
	October	15,329	12,088	3,242	217.2	290.1
	November	16,856	12,829	4,027	226.8	289.6
	December	17,202	12,130	5,072	234.8	283.4

2026	January	16,367	12,091	4,276	231.0	286.7
	February	16,055	12,270	3,785	225.8	287.2
	March	16,725	13,119	3,606	230.5	295.5
	April	18,327	13,542	4,785	246.7	307.1
	May	16,930	13,391	3,539	228.7	294.4
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 May 2026, Ireland’s top exporting partners were the US, the Netherlands and Great Britain, with Ireland exporting 28.6% (€4.7 billion), 10.7% (€1.8 billion) and 9.8% (€1.6 billion) of total export goods respectively to these countries.

In May 2026, Ireland imported the highest value of goods from the US, Great Britain and France with these countries representing 12.2% (€1.6 billion), 10.7% (€1.4 billion) and 9.0% (€1.2 billion) respectively of the total import trade for May 2026 (See Table 3).

Exports to Great Britain increased by €336.4 million (+26.3%) to €1.6 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€1.3 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports to Great Britain were Machinery & Transport Equipment at €563.8 million, and Food & Live Animals at €366.2 million, representing 34.9% and 22.7% respectively of total exports to Great Britain in May 2026.

Imports from Great Britain increased by €37.2 million (+2.7%) to €1.39 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€1.36 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from Great Britain were Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials at €305.7 million, and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €284.9 million, representing 21.9% and 20.4% respectively of total imports from Great Britain in May 2026 (See Table 4).

Exports to the US fell by €6.0 billion (-55.9%) to €4.7 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€10.7 billion).

Exports to the US accounted for 28.6% of total export trade in May 2026. It accounted for 46.0% in May 2025.

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €2.8 billion and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €935.6 million, representing 59.7% and 19.9% respectively of total exports to the US in May 2026.

Imports from the US fell by €251.3 million (-13.6%) to €1.6 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€1.9 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports were Chemicals & Related Products at €500.1 million and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €488.3 million, representing 31.2% and 30.5% respectively of total imports to US in May 2026 (See Table 4).

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
May 2024	7.14	3.46	1.77	5.67
Jun 2024	6.27	3.27	1.54	5.69
Jul 2024	7.46	3.79	1.68	5.28
Aug 2024	6.17	2.95	1.61	6.65
Sep 2024	10.27	3.27	1.56	7.2
Oct 2024	9.09	3.28	1.81	7.02
Nov 2024	7.6	3.29	1.76	8.02
Dec 2024	5.54	3.17	1.37	5.65
Jan 2025	7.84	3.1	1.62	12.34
Feb 2025	7.13	3.37	1.55	12.93
Mar 2025	6.51	3.95	1.66	25.46
Apr 2025	7.24	2.99	1.72	9.37
May 2025	7.23	3.55	1.76	10.68
Jun 2025	7.75	3.14	1.66	4.36
Jul 2025	7.31	3.48	1.69	4.33
Aug 2025	7.73	2.73	1.48	4.12
Sep 2025	6.95	3.55	1.86	16.3
Oct 2025	7.2	3.29	1.74	4.24
Nov 2025	6.88	3.64	1.66	4
Dec 2025	6.79	3.67	2	3.36
Jan 2026	6.61	3.89	2.18	3.49
Feb 2026	6.17	3.49	1.8	3.99
Mar 2026	7.25	3.97	2.45	4.48
Apr 2026	6.68	4.43	2.38	5.11
May 2026	6.02	3.63	2.1	4.71

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
May 2024	3.77	3.16	1.92	2.19
Jun 2024	4.67	3	1.97	2.05
Jul 2024	4.54	3.46	1.71	2.48
Aug 2024	4.02	3.32	1.75	2.06
Sep 2024	3.46	3.64	1.65	1.98
Oct 2024	4.47	3.51	2.05	1.69
Nov 2024	4.44	3.83	1.78	1.71
Dec 2024	4.56	3.8	1.69	1.8
Jan 2025	3.2	3.64	1.76	2.41
Feb 2025	4.87	3.23	1.79	2.14
Mar 2025	5.29	4.01	2.03	1.76
Apr 2025	4.03	3.63	1.84	1.29
May 2025	3.91	3.49	1.86	1.85
Jun 2025	5.13	3.8	1.7	1.69
Jul 2025	4.82	3.96	2.01	1.9
Aug 2025	4.03	3.49	1.72	2.26
Sep 2025	3.45	4.01	1.75	1.85
Oct 2025	4.18	4.77	1.86	1.95
Nov 2025	4.6	4.39	1.88	2.13
Dec 2025	4.61	5.1	1.77	1.67
Jan 2026	3.66	4.29	1.7	1.63
Feb 2026	3.72	4	1.71	1.9
Mar 2026	4.48	6.01	1.86	1.93
Apr 2026	4.11	5.74	1.87	1.64
May 2026	4.59	4.99	1.88	1.6

Table B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region									€million
Unadjusted		May 2025 - 2026				January - May 2025 - 2026
Unadjusted		2025	2026	Value change	% change	2025	2026	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	23,230	16,464	-6,766	-29	132,001	84,838	-47,163	-36
	Great Britain	1,278	1,614	336	26	6,037	8,652	2,615	43
	Northern Ireland	484	491	7	1	2,263	2,260	-3	0
	EU27	7,232	6,015	-1,216	-17	35,951	32,722	-3,229	-9
	USA	10,683	4,711	-5,972	-56	70,783	21,787	-48,996	-69
	Rest of World	3,554	3,633	79	2	16,968	19,418	2,450	14

Imports
	Total	11,120	13,070	1,950	18	58,031	63,328	5,297	9
	Great Britain	1,356	1,393	37	3	6,918	6,778	-140	-2
	Northern Ireland	509	489	-20	-4	2,368	2,243	-125	-5
	EU27	3,911	4,595	684	17	21,294	20,571	-724	-3
	USA	1,852	1,601	-251	-14	9,452	8,714	-739	-8
	Rest of World	3,493	4,992	1,500	43	17,998	25,023	7,025	39

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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
	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May
	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026
Austria	48	39	220	194	32	24	187	149
Belgium	1,015	658	5,978	4,249	203	221	1,517	1,089
Bulgaria	16	15	73	73	5	4	31	25
Croatia	9	9	41	44	4	4	13	20
Cyprus	11	6	36	60	1	1	4	5
Czech Republic	40	83	216	427	72	143	452	702
Denmark	64	80	263	300	55	91	251	382
Estonia	2	2	10	13	1	4	6	18
Finland	29	35	130	173	16	28	96	111
France	549	390	2,474	2,129	1,008	1,181	4,301	3,934
Germany	1,007	1,294	6,257	6,005	1,050	1,106	7,141	5,338
Greece	41	45	214	258	17	12	82	68
Hungary	86	348	370	1,768	76	34	334	394
Italy	742	409	3,829	2,063	309	292	1,424	2,028
Latvia	5	5	20	25	5	4	33	26
Lithuania	6	6	38	43	12	18	64	83
Luxembourg	13	10	56	44	4	4	22	24
Malta	6	5	24	23	0	2	3	5
Netherlands	2,506	1,757	10,403	11,036	544	570	2,927	2,872
Poland	151	83	813	561	113	350	612	1,091
Portugal	235	72	1,684	321	30	52	171	236
Romania	38	32	181	178	27	21	98	96
Slovakia	12	11	69	72	26	19	87	132
Slovenia	11	12	71	66	4	4	19	22
Spain	435	358	1,747	1,723	211	244	1,046	1,241
Sweden	132	132	608	577	58	73	297	339
EU Country not specified²	24	118	124	297	28	87	73	143
Total EU27³	7,232	6,015	35,951	32,722	3,911	4,595	21,294	20,571
Euro-Zone⁴	6,681	5,139	33,303	28,613	3,477	3,794	19,145	17,424

Great Britain	1,278	1,614	6,037	8,652	1,356	1,393	6,918	6,778
Northern Ireland	484	491	2,263	2,260	509	489	2,368	2,243
Total UK	1,761	2,105	8,300	10,912	1,865	1,882	9,286	9,020

Australia	88	62	475	362	8	11	35	44
Brazil	86	144	361	501	42	32	166	139
Canada	254	189	992	1,631	165	164	680	962
China⁵	764	751	3,833	4,649	923	1,171	4,875	5,645
India	42	39	206	212	108	97	457	422
Japan	300	244	1,625	1,803	145	251	1,172	1,520
Malaysia	237	311	1,142	1,546	41	181	323	862
Mexico	309	333	1,513	1,415	247	323	672	948
Norway	49	101	136	580	35	79	271	320
Russia	68	63	399	391	3	0	8	8
Saudi Arabia	84	99	424	513	2	2	8	14
Singapore	52	70	302	391	69	120	506	500
South Africa	27	32	126	158	15	32	103	160
South Korea	119	84	712	399	116	302	770	1,131
Switzerland	338	153	1,361	841	169	195	1,131	1,285
Taiwan	51	51	175	233	246	665	823	4,355
Thailand	19	58	83	233	105	154	446	765
Turkey	116	75	409	422	126	87	575	480
USA	10,683	4,711	70,783	21,787	1,852	1,601	9,452	8,714
Other countries	542	751	2,638	3,003	863	1,018	4,546	4,929
Country unknown⁶	10	25	58	135	67	105	432	539
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	14,237	8,344	87,751	41,204	5,345	6,593	27,450	33,737

Total	23,230	16,464	132,001	84,838	11,120	13,070	58,031	63,328
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. May 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		May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May
		2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026
Great Britain		1,278	1,614	6,037	8,652	1,356	1,393	6,918	6,778
0	Food and live animals	420	366	1,940	1,769	224	205	1,110	1,038
1	Beverages and tobacco	22	21	115	105	26	29	100	122
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	34	41	202	196	10	9	51	41
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	22	18	62	137	254	306	1,467	1,478
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	6	5	28	19	7	7	43	36
5	Chemicals and related products	270	359	1,243	2,066	237	194	1,107	1,007
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	98	95	461	480	176	184	869	859
7	Machinery and transport equipment	271	564	1,322	3,196	252	285	1,346	1,348
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	133	143	652	674	169	174	818	834
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	2	10	9	2	2	7	14
Northern Ireland		484	491	2,263	2,260	509	489	2,368	2,243
0	Food and live animals	193	181	864	847	149	120	707	633
1	Beverages and tobacco	15	17	77	74	27	29	118	135
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	18	16	83	75	19	20	76	82
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	11	11	44	41	39	52	209	224
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	3	13	12	3	3	14	16
5	Chemicals and related products	94	107	443	448	137	91	563	309
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	55	58	263	268	55	57	287	271
7	Machinery and transport equipment	43	45	224	240	42	84	216	399
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	49	50	235	239	36	30	165	156
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	3	3	18	15	3	3	13	18
EU 27²		7,232	6,015	35,951	32,722	3,911	4,595	21,294	20,571
0	Food and live animals	611	525	2,559	2,403	348	376	1,794	1,851
1	Beverages and tobacco	40	44	207	225	47	43	210	201
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	67	45	315	238	44	37	233	220
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	13	40	139	169	103	206	677	771
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	5	6	26	32	19	17	101	92
5	Chemicals and related products	5,005	3,475	25,734	20,521	1,388	1,180	8,076	6,050
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	94	88	432	467	229	240	1,183	1,165
7	Machinery and transport equipment	779	1,019	3,467	5,120	1,443	2,093	7,569	8,517
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	609	679	3,032	3,392	280	316	1,412	1,527
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	9	94	41	154	10	87	40	177
USA		10,683	4,711	70,783	21,787	1,852	1,601	9,452	8,714
0	Food and live animals	76	85	333	428	34	45	145	161
1	Beverages and tobacco	60	55	354	307	19	33	85	115
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	3	3	15	11	7	5	31	27
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	57	75	217	412	668
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	9,301	2,814	63,649	13,574	920	500	3,642	3,040
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	20	22	102	109	49	53	247	359
7	Machinery and transport equipment	546	936	2,754	3,700	503	488	3,700	3,130
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	676	793	3,567	3,581	244	258	1,182	1,190
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	4	8	21	1	2	8	24
China³		764	751	3,833	4,649	923	1,171	4,875	5,645
0	Food and live animals	40	30	196	107	16	12	69	61
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	6	4	0	0	1	2
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5	7	28	36	5	4	25	20
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	230	211	1,115	1,700	181	429	946	1,884
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	6	18	25	77	85	463	417
7	Machinery and transport equipment	363	402	1,821	2,226	430	411	2,251	2,216
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	121	95	649	550	213	223	1,119	1,024
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	18
Rest of World		2,790	2,882	13,135	14,769	2,570	3,821	13,123	19,379
0	Food and live animals	180	223	843	961	192	157	755	678
1	Beverages and tobacco	31	27	145	154	21	15	77	61
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	39	49	309	213	41	36	189	168
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	25	3	61	97	47	659	332
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	0	3	3	8	5	31	28
5	Chemicals and related products	1,463	1,143	6,450	6,124	414	427	2,535	2,419
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	16	25	91	109	97	129	493	593
7	Machinery and transport equipment	731	1,018	3,564	5,500	1,314	2,443	6,459	12,834
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	327	339	1,633	1,569	385	563	1,923	2,246
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	33	93	74	1	1	3	20

Total		23,230	16,464	132,001	84,838	11,120	13,070	58,031	63,328
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. May 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 €8.0 billion (-58.8%) to €5.6 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€13.5 billion). This represented 33.9% of total exports in May 2026.

Exports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines increased by €1.2 billion (+177.2%) to €1.8 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€665.7 million).

Exports of Petroleum, Petroleum Products & Related Materials increased by €47.5 million (+125.1%) to €85.5 million in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€38.0 million) (See Table 5).

Imports by product

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products fell by €98.8 million (-5.3%) to €1.8 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€1.9 billion).

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines increased by €921.1 million (+108.2%) to €1.8 billion in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€851.7 million).

Imports of Petroleum, Petroleum Products & Related Materials increased by €249.3 million (+69.9%) to €605.8 million in May 2026 compared with May 2025 (€356.5 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
			May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May
			2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026	2025	2026
0	Food and live animals		1,519	1,410	6,734	6,516	964	915	4,580	4,421
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	71	73	332	350	21	22	118	105
	01	Meat and meat preparations	482	424	2,201	2,142	123	111	552	563
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	477	437	1,802	1,667	101	92	531	440
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	69	55	309	298	34	30	165	191
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	66	72	328	324	174	170	824	763
	05	Vegetables and fruit	46	42	210	186	175	160	813	787
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	15	15	80	87	36	39	199	205
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	55	47	275	266	87	81	408	404
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	57	49	265	271	126	128	540	551
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	180	197	932	924	87	82	429	412
1	Beverages and tobacco		169	165	904	870	140	149	591	635
	11	Beverages	169	165	904	869	131	144	561	608
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	0	8	5	29	26
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		166	160	952	771	126	109	606	558
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	5	4	26	24	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	3	3	18	6	2	6	11	15
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	1	1	2	2	2	2	10	9
	24	Cork and wood	26	27	131	128	26	24	136	129
	25	Pulp and waste paper	7	5	33	25	3	2	20	18
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	5	4	29	19	1	2	6	7
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	14	14	69	66	24	21	100	95
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	91	85	563	412	33	21	132	106
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	15	17	82	88	34	31	192	180
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		46	93	248	466	568	830	3,425	3,477
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	6	6	33	35	3	3	23	18
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	38	85	170	415	356	606	2,180	2,292
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	2	1	18	1	141	131	886	788
	35	Electric current	1	2	28	15	67	90	336	380
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		14	14	71	66	37	32	189	173
	41	Animal oils and fats	10	10	53	48	4	3	21	19
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	3	12	12	31	28	160	148
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	1	1	5	6	2	1	8	7
5	Chemicals and related products		16,363	8,110	98,635	44,433	3,278	2,822	16,868	14,709
	51	Organic chemicals	1,083	1,187	11,469	5,786	705	363	3,332	2,300
	52	Inorganic chemicals	99	26	230	224	44	48	249	239
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	16	22	73	100	39	36	164	169
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	13,546	5,584	79,144	32,148	1,868	1,769	10,128	9,150
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	1,056	801	5,026	3,872	196	174	871	862
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	4	3	20	20	55	76	350	416
	57	Plastics in primary forms	43	37	198	190	114	127	503	487
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	78	77	382	389	120	119	585	552
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	438	373	2,093	1,704	138	109	686	535
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		287	293	1,367	1,458	683	746	3,543	3,662
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	4	4	2	2	10	10
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	19	24	100	135	52	57	253	257
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	32	37	173	169	43	41	220	198
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	21	31	98	112	106	103	562	500
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	18	19	88	91	62	70	310	314
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	64	63	292	301	94	102	478	475
	67	Iron and steel	24	19	103	102	90	91	482	458
	68	Non-ferrous metals	13	14	65	85	61	97	310	535
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	94	86	444	460	174	183	917	916
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,733	3,984	13,151	19,981	3,983	5,804	21,541	28,444
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	90	123	547	528	134	227	673	844
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	86	70	459	343	218	420	1,303	1,993
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	2	14	11	13	14	64	62
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	193	244	995	1,003	267	299	1,364	1,524
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	666	1,845	2,884	7,697	852	1,773	3,806	8,502
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	111	102	555	549	253	336	1,331	2,204
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,061	1,197	5,052	6,350	740	970	3,682	4,423
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	47	41	231	224	572	665	2,968	3,380
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	477	360	2,415	3,277	936	1,101	6,350	5,512
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,916	2,098	9,768	10,006	1,326	1,564	6,618	6,977
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	19	20	89	82	42	44	218	219
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	20	17	107	99	75	106	385	421
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	2	16	12	20	19	98	93
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	35	37	171	185	250	244	1,202	1,195
	85	Footwear	5	87	24	108	58	53	301	272
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	861	960	4,295	4,706	269	329	1,441	1,557
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	155	159	733	764	96	122	494	524
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	819	815	4,333	4,051	516	647	2,480	2,696
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		11	46	145	130	6	7	32	52
Unclassified estimates²			4	90	25	142	10	92	40	220

Total			23,230	16,464	132,001	84,838	11,120	13,070	58,031	63,328
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. May 2026 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See Background Notes.
² Estimates for which a commodity classification is not available.