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Goods Exports and Imports October 2024

Exports of goods were over €21 billion in October 2024

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CSO statistical release, 16 December 2024, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €21.2 billion in October 2024, this is an increase of 21% on exports compared to October 2023.
Medical & Pharmaceutical Products made up half of the value of exports in October 2024.
Ireland’s exports of goods have grown by 13% in the first ten months of the year to over €187 billion compared with the same period of 2023.
Imports have fallen by €4 billion in the period from January to October 2024 when compared with the first 10 months of 2023.
Imports in October 2024 were €11.3 billion, a decrease of 2% compared with October 2023.
Seasonally adjusted exports were valued at €21 billion in October 2024, a €1.6 billion (-7%) decrease compared with September 2024.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (16 December 2024) published Goods Exports and Imports October 2024.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division, said: “Ireland’s exports of goods in October 2024 were €21.2 billion. Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products made up half of this value at €11.1 billion (53%).

Exports of goods for the first ten months of the year were over €187 billion, an increase of 13% on the same period of 2023.

When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods decreased by €1.6 billion when compared with September 2024.

The unadjusted imports for October 2024 were valued at €11.3 billion, a 2% decrease compared with October 2023. Seasonally adjusted imports were €10.7 billion in October 2024.

Exports to Great Britain have fallen by 10% over the last ten months of 2024, while exports to the US have grown by 30% in the same period.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
September 2024	22,272	11,074	11,198
October 2024	20,700	10,747	9,953
Value change	-1,572	-327	-1,245
% change	-7	-3	-11

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Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €21 billion in October 2024

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €1,572 million (-7%) to €20,700 million in October 2024 compared with September 2024, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports decreased by €327 million (-3%) to €10,747 million leading to a decrease of €1,245 million (-11%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €9,953 million in October 2024 compared with September 2024 (See Table 2). Seasonal adjustment compares month-to-month data by removing fluctuations that may occur due to seasonal patterns in trade.

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		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

2021	January	13,329	6,441	6,888	198.6	171.2	88.6	92.7	95.5
	February	12,315	6,647	5,669	171.5	173.7	94.8	94.3	100.5
	March	14,708	9,219	5,489	216.1	226.8	89.8	100.2	89.6
	April	12,289	8,249	4,040	176.8	206.3	91.7	98.5	93.1
	May	13,548	8,759	4,789	193.2	229.2	92.5	94.2	98.3
	June	14,749	9,889	4,860	214.7	243.4	90.7	100.1	90.6
	July	13,203	7,796	5,406	178.3	197.1	97.7	97.5	100.3
	August	13,167	7,803	5,364	177.6	196.6	97.9	98.0	99.8
	September	14,772	8,466	6,306	198.2	204.0	98.4	102.3	96.2
	October	14,958	8,994	5,964	191.8	220.6	102.9	100.5	102.5
	November	15,624	10,403	5,221	208.2	241.5	98.0	102.7	95.4
	December	13,054	11,123	1,931	175.6	261.9	97.2	101.6	95.6

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	259.2	230.2	96.5	103.5	93.2
	February	15,937	10,259	5,678	211.6	243.5	99.4	103.8	95.7
	March	19,177	11,811	7,366	261.1	279.8	96.9	104.0	93.2
	April	19,414	10,772	8,642	260.7	254.3	98.3	104.4	94.1
	May	18,020	11,054	6,966	245.0	262.3	97.1	103.9	93.5
	June	16,769	11,572	5,197	225.0	276.4	98.4	103.2	95.3
	July	17,907	11,404	6,504	240.4	272.0	98.3	103.3	95.2
	August	17,305	11,452	5,854	234.1	270.9	97.6	104.2	93.7
	September	22,480	10,734	11,746	299.6	254.7	99.0	103.9	95.4
	October	21,184	11,319	9,865	284.4	267.8	98.3	104.2	94.4
¹ Monthly price and volume indices for 2023 have been revised. See background notes.
² Export unit value index divided by import unit value index.
³ Revised. October 2024 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
2021	January	13,862	6,798	7,065	193.2	189.8
	February	12,839	7,183	5,657	178.1	195.2
	March	13,008	8,309	4,699	186.6	205.6
	April	12,349	8,297	4,052	176.4	210.1
	May	13,706	8,931	4,775	192.2	220.8
	June	13,920	9,273	4,647	211.2	225.8
	July	13,413	8,354	5,059	184.2	212.2
	August	13,972	8,580	5,392	182.3	211.4
	September	14,225	8,479	5,746	190.2	211.8
	October	15,437	8,958	6,479	195.1	219.9
	November	14,768	9,827	4,941	205.4	234.5
	December	13,608	10,192	3,417	202.5	243.7

2022	January	16,679	9,897	6,782	223.8	252.5
	February	16,543	9,820	6,723	226.0	259.2
	March	18,567	10,836	7,730	243.1	263.3
	April	17,358	11,691	5,668	250.5	278.1
	May	18,039	13,172	4,867	238.3	290.4
	June	16,643	12,088	4,556	226.6	285.7
	July	15,629	11,817	3,812	223.7	268.9
	August	19,289	13,362	5,928	249.5	293.6
	September	18,642	12,866	5,776	244.4	298.1
	October	18,095	12,454	5,641	233.5	290.0
	November	16,216	11,438	4,778	214.9	267.0
	December	16,433	11,819	4,613	228.9	268.5

2023	January	15,985	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	18,103	9,856	8,247	238.5	246.0
	February	17,673	10,631	7,042	229.0	251.7
	March	18,159	11,225	6,934	241.0	276.1
	April	19,115	10,917	8,198	243.8	256.5
	May	17,232	10,723	6,509	237.1	242.8
	June	17,085	11,404	5,681	231.3	258.5
	July	17,660	11,785	5,875	245.0	273.8
	August	17,997	12,534	5,463	247.0	280.0
	September	22,272	11,074	11,198	295.9	263.1
	October	20,700	10,747	9,953	266.8	261.4
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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Table B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region									€million
Unadjusted		October 2023 - 2024				January - October 2023 - 2024
Unadjusted		2023	2024	Value change	% change	2023	2024	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	17,512	21,184	3,672	21	166,187	187,105	20,918	13
	Great Britain	1,160	1,407	247	21	14,863	13,382	-1,482	-10
	Northern Ireland	484	461	-23	-5	4,132	4,265	132	3
	EU27	7,633	9,049	1,415	19	69,311	75,282	5,971	9
	USA	4,829	6,849	2,019	42	45,791	59,338	13,547	30
	Rest of World	3,405	3,419	14	0	32,090	34,839	2,748	9

Imports
	Total	11,533	11,319	-214	-2	114,135	110,045	-4,090	-4
	Great Britain	1,502	1,497	-5	-0	18,331	14,204	-4,128	-23
	Northern Ireland	474	596	122	26	4,268	4,518	249	6
	EU27	4,241	4,246	5	0	39,290	39,738	449	1
	USA	1,691	1,536	-155	-9	17,600	19,136	1,537	9
	Rest of World	3,625	3,443	-182	-5	34,646	32,449	-2,197	-6

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports increased by €3,672 million (+21%) to €21,184 million in October 2024 compared with October 2023. The value of goods exports for the first ten months of 2024 grew by €20,918 million (+13%) to €187,105 million, when compared with the same period of 2023.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports decreased by €214 million (-2%) to €11,319 million in October 2024 compared with October 2023. The value of goods imports for the period January to October 2024 fell by €4,090 million (-4%) to €110,045 million, when compared with the same period of 2023.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,407 million, which was 7% of total exports in October 2024, an increase of €247 million (+21%) when compared with October 2023. The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Food & Live Animals with €439 million and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €300 million.

Imports from Great Britain in October 2024 were €1,497 million, which was 13% of the total value of imports. Imports of Food & Live Animals were valued at €305 million, imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials were valued at €268 million, and imports of Machinery & Transport Equipment accounted for €265 million. (See Table 5).

The EU accounted for €9,049 million (43%) of total goods exports in October 2024, of which €2,899 million went to the Netherlands, €1,911 million went to Germany and €1,825 million went to Belgium.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €6,849 million (32%) of total exports in October 2024 (See Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Sep 2022	7.59441998675093	4.085435417	1.84991809025405	5.904198153
Oct 2022	6.58696172223077	3.591441143	2.08060789733065	5.306523683
Nov 2022	6.88716979415636	3.18847492199999	2.0230150332706	5.032571309
Dec 2022	5.99495427339276	3.213190133	1.59211622042982	4.503840011
Jan 2023	7.00166929718186	2.92517220399999	1.7209164793019	3.849700567
Feb 2023	7.42978453362456	3.45412363200001	1.66987909018109	4.160032732
Mar 2023	7.22757806925556	3.76719638199999	2.12421141690795	5.6191061
Apr 2023	6.51781193049492	2.91226385300001	1.58551572378062	4.155685568
May 2023	6.91310535520124	3.53304737500002	2.06147354339916	4.093419028
Jun 2023	6.69558330099911	3.238329714	2.7442516821165	5.694475768
Jul 2023	6.57180988728802	2.83526778300001	2.18692851494005	4.033586402
Aug 2023	6.17655946638319	3.116574302	1.69434464599053	5.118801198
Sep 2023	7.1432334780805	2.903643321	1.56317175363387	4.236656503
Oct 2023	7.63339434249322	3.40484962199999	1.64463124206927	4.829457856
Nov 2023	6.71695747925971	3.209520098	2.16808554975771	3.978017765
Dec 2023	5.15277832090553	3.10941046500001	1.24291046102349	4.264824889
Jan 2024	7.09003372867379	3.39207741545999	1.95925561752101	6.471491266
Feb 2024	7.21803935762676	2.95315612294	1.60906028133623	4.15682019
Mar 2024	6.99739338389018	4.78752681296999	2.25731778714662	5.134415339
Apr 2024	7.52054165127126	3.58016234316	1.75793029138939	6.555017232
May 2024	7.05639613112869	3.50401657637999	1.76274383527978	5.696482235
Jun 2024	6.24708436530726	3.29272783039999	1.53338234396328	5.695378181
Jul 2024	7.38743118841328	3.66940870829	1.68184007285761	5.168442515
Aug 2024	6.10545485910204	2.92889973096	1.61074606285849	6.66028139
Sep 2024	10.6109261124127	3.31195899520001	1.60582822009195	6.951056772
Oct 2024	9.04866743731098	3.41866350104999	1.86806444380727	6.848777664

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Sep 2022	4.18791765441382	3.65020618602282	2.51928762735894	2.44974277170222
Oct 2022	4.10630401530525	3.42453851520585	3.17778865553939	1.79897633135657
Nov 2022	4.01826956910247	3.81420263511006	2.46985495786996	1.82583888094956
Dec 2022	4.53533522838146	3.87751691779645	2.33585888054492	1.85196719394089
Jan 2023	2.88128591209542	3.85484855996733	2.95404147862949	1.81484609051063
Feb 2023	3.71055878151335	3.23485258166375	2.52779149987961	1.68600377733813
Mar 2023	5.17418205576562	2.70981209370352	2.14894222506542	1.85297748577796
Apr 2023	3.64331353534981	3.46314868868828	2.29139474153317	1.41027558021653
May 2023	4.33302925051484	4.27754838066153	1.94619228218385	1.76135485548631
Jun 2023	4.85906307578075	3.40974413051303	2.16026580306357	2.03181837988862
Jul 2023	3.76947973348614	3.49776988734261	2.09283525447007	1.53456855119574
Aug 2023	3.18510901224084	3.20153013312721	2.28888991675692	1.63142817341011
Sep 2023	3.49244601522492	3.3715705897399	2.2138363475185	2.18538453939873
Oct 2023	4.24108393869788	3.62489278627032	1.97545749959323	1.69124266706696
Nov 2023	4.51516933476574	4.44452117527859	2.1962596070393	3.04034378656237
Dec 2023	4.66243395236252	3.45849622608041	1.53375400447074	2.30869845012033
Jan 2024	3.28326601472444	3.17818431423735	1.65384034020985	1.55450771668209
Feb 2024	3.90615251323584	2.77069477173777	1.93155184586916	1.65048803014935
Mar 2024	4.99807449698615	2.86722956167013	1.88894883051199	2.05632607368043
Apr 2024	3.67492959109556	3.65539529524122	1.65721924646856	1.78420807255153
May 2024	3.77125415135243	3.15995611798392	1.93771275660661	2.18503839506553
Jun 2024	4.48501177007941	2.98839919875785	2.05085870387382	2.04739852690258
Jul 2024	4.02339711056728	3.4551192451978	1.8404741808345	2.08452930539312
Aug 2024	3.91580984506094	3.30855841703163	1.93825272428455	2.28928220441781
Sep 2024	3.43369284970478	3.62233915600309	1.72937750985668	1.94838107611055
Oct 2024	4.24648590471291	3.44309099971462	2.09296991594861	1.53626299848329

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €3,680 million (+49%) to €11,137 million in October 2024 compared with October 2023, accounting for 53% of total exports.

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €789 million (-31%) to €1,722 million.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances grew by €433 million (+64%) to €1,105 million.

Exports of Food & Live Animals increased by €308 million (+26%) to €1,486 million. (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines increased by €229 million (+54%) to €653 million in October 2024 compared with October 2023.

Imports of Organic Chemicals were down by €840 million (-69%) to €375 million.

Imports of Other Transport Equipment, including Aircraft decreased by €785 million (-50%) to €783 million.

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €718 million (+53%) to €2,076 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
			Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct	Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct
			2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
0	Food and live animals		1,177	1,486	11,994	12,488	926	1,046	8,370	8,726
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	70	121	606	660	95	89	288	290
	01	Meat and meat preparations	376	414	3,794	3,852	104	105	986	992
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	322	463	3,376	3,410	74	89	851	893
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	43	37	460	489	35	33	297	285
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	63	75	647	707	155	204	1,417	1,584
	05	Vegetables and fruit	29	38	305	380	146	158	1,410	1,595
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	13	17	131	155	48	46	475	444
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	45	55	441	464	77	104	647	747
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	43	51	484	484	113	132	1,182	1,071
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	172	215	1,751	1,886	79	85	816	826
1	Beverages and tobacco		182	213	1,579	1,925	120	138	1,101	1,207
	11	Beverages	182	213	1,579	1,924	119	135	1,036	1,141
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	0	1	3	65	66
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		149	187	1,407	1,518	103	108	1,007	1,088
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	9	8	60	59	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	3	1	13	14	3	2	30	25
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	8	2	1	1	16	14
	24	Cork and wood	18	21	207	216	28	24	253	245
	25	Pulp and waste paper	5	14	47	64	9	6	44	44
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	7	6	85	62	2	1	17	16
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	10	11	101	108	19	23	197	207
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	82	113	742	846	17	27	169	238
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	14	14	144	147	24	23	281	298
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		78	52	814	727	775	632	8,671	7,218
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	5	5	64	50	9	16	179	56
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	71	44	692	647	555	405	4,952	4,891
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	1	0	11	18	152	160	3,159	1,793
	35	Electric current	1	3	46	12	59	52	382	477
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		11	14	126	124	32	40	423	368
	41	Animal oils and fats	8	11	92	93	4	3	30	27
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	2	24	27	26	33	357	324
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	0	9	4	2	4	37	17
5	Chemicals and related products		11,339	14,374	108,742	123,315	3,186	3,100	33,008	25,718
	51	Organic chemicals	2,511	1,722	26,906	24,192	1,215	375	16,485	6,561
	52	Inorganic chemicals	64	34	2,256	1,165	57	47	520	514
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	13	18	153	161	31	31	296	326
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	7,457	11,137	64,940	82,403	1,359	2,076	10,370	12,901
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	731	919	8,395	9,906	195	212	1,585	1,782
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	1	2	15	26	14	18	440	423
	57	Plastics in primary forms	30	33	338	362	93	100	1,009	958
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	69	75	875	751	96	105	993	1,007
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	465	433	4,865	4,349	126	138	1,310	1,247
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		293	329	2,771	2,892	715	796	7,302	7,131
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	8	11	2	3	19	21
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	25	20	213	207	50	56	474	512
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	33	33	355	329	43	54	426	452
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	20	51	194	230	109	121	1,101	1,084
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	17	21	154	166	59	68	593	606
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	63	65	650	646	103	105	941	944
	67	Iron and steel	18	22	192	227	103	116	1,012	979
	68	Non-ferrous metals	26	19	141	146	68	69	964	651
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	92	96	864	929	178	205	1,772	1,882
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,418	2,419	20,377	24,624	4,244	3,828	41,844	45,143
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	105	146	1,598	1,344	183	239	1,940	1,967
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	72	86	848	968	436	306	4,371	3,348
	73	Metalworking machinery	2	2	35	30	19	16	164	163
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	186	240	1,920	2,044	263	314	2,707	2,894
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	420	503	3,535	3,869	424	653	3,774	6,634
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	95	143	942	1,146	241	315	2,263	2,647
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	672	1,105	7,174	9,637	682	761	7,204	7,494
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	49	48	464	482	428	442	5,025	5,133
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	816	146	3,861	5,105	1,568	783	14,395	14,864
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,852	2,095	17,991	19,284	1,417	1,617	12,249	13,299
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	13	18	136	143	50	56	412	434
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	19	22	191	182	72	91	695	766
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	5	31	32	19	19	201	203
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	34	40	326	332	281	304	2,346	2,440
	85	Footwear	4	6	39	47	59	64	570	599
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	859	899	8,218	8,951	289	285	2,542	2,870
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	133	140	1,385	1,345	70	101	691	853
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	787	965	7,664	8,252	579	698	4,792	5,133
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		9	12	343	159	5	6	60	72
Unclassified estimates²			5	4	43	50	10	7	99	75

Total			17,512	21,184	166,187	187,105	11,533	11,319	114,135	110,045
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. October 2024 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 bycountries and territories¹								€million
Country	Exports				Imports
	Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct	Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct
	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
Austria	44	53	460	443	35	33	954	452
Belgium	1,309	1,825	16,164	14,923	225	296	2,137	2,305
Bulgaria	19	11	137	129	5	7	65	67
Croatia	7	7	70	120	2	3	26	25
Cyprus	6	5	67	78	1	1	7	7
Czech Republic	78	37	950	442	68	95	742	903
Denmark	48	49	530	476	54	53	597	664
Estonia	3	2	30	24	2	4	13	17
Finland	14	18	232	166	17	17	172	171
France	507	544	5,911	5,060	1,625	750	14,000	11,544
Germany	2,273	1,911	17,333	17,794	749	1,519	7,331	9,321
Greece	27	47	474	427	12	15	129	154
Hungary	45	62	473	535	93	103	703	809
Italy	523	539	5,245	6,053	246	306	2,193	2,424
Latvia	5	4	68	51	4	7	60	56
Lithuania	13	9	95	76	12	21	213	139
Luxembourg	7	9	81	82	5	5	51	53
Malta	4	4	45	57	1	0	11	8
Netherlands	1,734	2,899	13,731	19,019	610	524	4,626	5,738
Poland	147	178	1,444	1,439	114	145	1,030	1,155
Portugal	360	279	1,428	1,352	26	33	388	362
Romania	40	50	415	357	20	15	123	147
Slovakia	12	13	126	160	18	15	193	200
Slovenia	13	14	100	124	6	5	51	42
Spain	249	324	2,485	4,477	202	189	2,575	2,007
Sweden	105	110	850	1,009	48	57	606	658
EU Country not specified²	43	45	366	412	44	29	292	310
Total EU27³	7,633	9,049	69,311	75,282	4,241	4,246	39,290	39,738
Euro-Zone⁴	7,110	8,507	64,145	70,483	3,796	3,743	35,130	35,026

Great Britain	1,160	1,407	14,863	13,382	1,502	1,497	18,331	14,204
Northern Ireland	484	461	4,132	4,265	474	596	4,268	4,518
Total UK	1,645	1,868	18,995	17,646	1,975	2,093	22,600	18,721

Australia	54	81	690	930	15	8	84	71
Brazil	16	23	309	640	23	41	274	296
Canada	368	258	3,723	3,357	58	74	661	797
China⁵	898	834	7,952	8,525	827	1,031	7,729	9,300
India	55	48	458	407	122	100	843	804
Japan	470	292	3,252	2,945	184	166	2,263	1,862
Malaysia	121	206	1,161	2,164	56	65	538	488
Mexico	194	302	2,127	2,935	93	113	1,651	1,182
Norway	16	31	251	242	107	42	614	446
Russia	44	47	382	552	2	4	63	35
Saudi Arabia	68	67	778	729	1	2	67	39
Singapore	72	90	640	723	156	114	898	771
South Africa	21	53	301	310	23	29	287	194
South Korea	84	68	678	635	133	133	1,137	1,381
Switzerland	471	294	3,345	3,233	710	215	7,161	2,360
Taiwan	20	23	367	341	102	114	987	1,668
Thailand	19	18	241	219	98	114	751	829
Turkey	45	50	659	511	91	113	913	1,025
USA	4,829	6,849	45,791	59,338	1,691	1,536	17,600	19,136
Other countries	362	588	4,678	5,229	698	856	7,197	8,026
Country unknown⁶	8	48	99	211	126	109	527	874
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	8,234	10,267	77,881	94,177	5,316	4,979	52,246	51,585

Total	17,512	21,184	166,187	187,105	11,533	11,319	114,135	110,045
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. October 2024 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 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		Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct	Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct
		2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
Great Britain		1,160	1,407	14,863	13,382	1,502	1,497	18,331	14,204
0	Food and live animals	345	439	3,292	3,480	256	305	2,007	2,186
1	Beverages and tobacco	25	28	228	235	24	22	237	222
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	36	36	338	371	11	9	106	103
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	37	39	382	336	284	268	4,548	3,058
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	4	7	25	48	7	8	56	77
5	Chemicals and related products	189	284	5,922	3,577	284	225	4,819	2,471
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	106	129	1,000	1,015	180	204	1,921	1,806
7	Machinery and transport equipment	290	300	2,377	2,978	267	265	2,911	2,565
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	128	143	1,282	1,320	188	189	1,715	1,705
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	2	16	20	1	1	12	12
Northern Ireland		484	461	4,132	4,265	474	596	4,268	4,518
0	Food and live animals	140	173	1,455	1,576	111	127	1,125	1,203
1	Beverages and tobacco	14	14	123	138	27	29	257	255
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	11	14	126	134	15	14	154	154
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	7	8	103	73	51	44	369	413
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	2	22	22	4	3	49	27
5	Chemicals and related products	160	89	939	876	137	238	997	1,174
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	54	55	497	504	60	61	613	578
7	Machinery and transport equipment	43	44	424	460	38	43	408	394
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	51	58	420	453	30	36	275	299
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	3	24	28	2	2	21	21
EU 27²		7,633	9,049	69,311	75,282	4,241	4,246	39,290	39,738
0	Food and live animals	397	524	4,235	4,447	391	386	3,465	3,519
1	Beverages and tobacco	51	54	462	465	46	57	420	436
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	56	69	526	483	42	39	388	399
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	14	4	269	242	178	205	1,253	1,767
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	5	4	71	45	18	24	241	209
5	Chemicals and related products	5,869	6,947	51,530	54,896	912	1,509	11,285	10,470
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	84	94	848	853	231	242	2,354	2,239
7	Machinery and transport equipment	555	699	5,462	7,033	2,083	1,450	16,874	17,594
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	594	645	5,828	6,729	330	327	2,907	3,015
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	9	8	79	90	9	8	103	91
USA		4,829	6,849	45,791	59,338	1,691	1,536	17,600	19,136
0	Food and live animals	78	115	627	784	48	44	350	300
1	Beverages and tobacco	62	76	510	737	8	13	40	138
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	2	23	20	5	4	64	58
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	20	71	4	938	1,088
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	Chemicals and related products	3,421	5,485	34,607	47,391	651	572	4,914	5,157
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	24	22	175	225	59	60	570	602
7	Machinery and transport equipment	581	392	3,394	3,802	638	609	8,855	9,667
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	662	755	6,447	6,350	209	229	1,858	2,112
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	2	8	7	1	1	10	12
China³		898	834	7,952	8,525	827	1,031	7,729	9,300
0	Food and live animals	40	50	471	413	11	15	98	124
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	9	9	0	0	2	2
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	9	7	58	60	4	5	34	42
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	0	0	91	39
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	Chemicals and related products	251	253	1,780	2,525	123	125	1,268	1,815
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	4	45	48	84	112	750	898
7	Machinery and transport equipment	452	394	4,238	4,198	342	459	3,469	4,133
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	141	126	1,351	1,272	262	315	2,012	2,245
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	2
Rest of World		2,507	2,585	24,139	26,314	2,798	2,412	26,916	23,149
0	Food and live animals	178	185	1,914	1,789	109	168	1,325	1,394
1	Beverages and tobacco	29	40	248	340	15	17	146	154
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	35	59	336	450	26	37	261	331
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	20	1	60	54	191	111	1,471	852
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	7	8	3	5	76	54
5	Chemicals and related products	1,449	1,316	13,965	14,050	1,079	433	9,726	4,632
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	22	24	206	246	101	117	1,094	1,009
7	Machinery and transport equipment	497	590	4,483	6,153	875	1,002	9,327	10,791
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	278	368	2,662	3,160	399	522	3,482	3,923
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	1	258	63	0	1	8	9

Total		17,512	21,184	166,187	187,105	11,533	11,319	114,135	110,045
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. October 2024 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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