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Goods Exports and Imports October 2025

Key Findings

Goods exports increased by 22% in the first 10 months of 2025

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CSO statistical release, 17 December 2025, 11am

Key Findings

The value of goods exports decreased by €4.6 billion (-21.6%) to €16.6 billion in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€21.2 billion).
Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products fell by €4.0 billion (-36.2%) to €7.0 billion in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€11.0 billion), representing 42.2% of total exports in October 2025.
The value of goods imports rose by €548.3 million (+4.7%) to €12.3 billion in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€11.7 billion).
Ireland’s exports of goods have grown by €41.1 billion (+22.0%) in the first 10 months of the year to €228.5 billion compared with the same period of 2024 (€187.3 billion).
Imports have increased by €6.3 billion (+5.6%) in the period from January to October 2025 to €117.3 billion when compared with the first 10 months of 2024 (€111.0 billion).
Seasonally adjusted exports were valued at €15.9 billion in October 2025, a €11.7 billion (-42.3%) decline compared with September 2025 (€27.6 billion).

Statistician's Comment

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

Commenting on the release, Jane Burmanje, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: Both Ireland’s exports of goods and imports of goods increased in the first 10 months of 2025; exports increased by 22% (€41.1 billion) from €187.3 billion to €228.5 billion while imports rose by 5.6% (€6.3 billion) from €111.0 billion to €117.3 billion.

Medical & Pharmaceutical Products represented 55.0% (€125.6 billion) of the total value of export goods in the period from January to October 2025.

Almost half (45.7% or €104.5 billion) of all goods exported in the period January to October 2025 were exported to the US.

The unadjusted exports for October 2025 were valued at €16.6 billion, a 21.6% decrease compared with October 2024 (€21.2 billion), while imports for October 2025 increased slightly by €548.3 million (+4.7%) to €12.3 billion compared with October 2024 (€11.7 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
September 2025	27,647	11,355	16,292
October 2025	15,942	11,649	4,293
Value change	-11,705	294	-11,999
% change	-42	3	-74

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports decreased by €11.7 billion in October 2025

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €11.7 billion (-42.3%) to €15.9 billion in October compared with September 2025 (€27.6 billion), according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports increased by €294.3 million (+2.6%) leading to a decrease of €12.0 billion (-73.6%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €4.3 billion in October compared with September 2025 (€16.3 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 decreased by €4.6 billion (-21.6%) to €16.6 billion in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€21.2 billion).

The value of goods exports for the first 10 months of 2025 increased by €41.1 billion (+22%) to €228.5 billion, when compared with the same period of 2024 (€187.3 billion).

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €548.3 million (+4.7%) to €12.3 billion in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€11.7 billion).

The value of goods imports for the first 10 months of 2025 increased by €6.3 billion (+5.6%) to €117.3 billion, when compared with the same period of 2024 (€111.0 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
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		223,734	134,656	89,078	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	16,766	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

2025	January	24,890	11,009	13,881	338.7	246.1	97.0	110.3	88.0
	February	24,978	12,024	12,954	342.3	270.1	96.3	109.7	87.8
	March	37,577	13,082	24,495	514.1	299.4	96.5	107.7	89.6
	April	21,324	10,795	10,528	293.1	248.5	96.0	107.1	89.7
	May	23,713	11,050	12,663	326.3	264.9	96.0	102.9	93.3
	June	17,276	12,203	5,073	241.7	288.3	94.5	104.4	90.5
	July	17,136	12,167	4,969	241.4	281.2	94.0	104.4	90.1
	August	16,183	11,453	4,730	228.9	273.0	93.3	103.4	90.3
	September	28,761	11,230	17,532	402.9	271.3	94.2	102.0	92.4
	October	16,623	12,272	4,351	228.9	295.8	95.8	102.2	93.7
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. October 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	17,897	11,159	6,739	247.6	249.0

2025	January	23,558	11,320	12,238	324.5	268.6
	February	25,725	12,914	12,812	336.6	287.1
	March	35,457	12,354	23,103	459.5	281.9
	April	21,361	11,008	10,353	285.4	259.2
	May	23,386	11,060	12,326	321.5	256.8
	June	16,773	11,727	5,046	247.3	270.2
	July	17,356	12,385	4,970	247.8	279.3
	August	17,351	12,787	4,564	249.7	286.3
	September	27,647	11,355	16,292	386.0	273.6
	October	15,942	11,649	4,293	224.3	293.8
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 2024 - 2025				January - October 2024 - 2025
Unadjusted		2024	2025	Value change	% change	2024	2025	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	21,213	16,623	-4,590	-22	187,339	228,461	41,121	22
	Great Britain	1,340	1,291	-49	-4	13,218	12,368	-850	-6
	Northern Ireland	474	461	-13	-3	4,309	4,537	228	5
	EU27	9,095	7,009	-2,086	-23	75,229	72,652	-2,577	-3
	USA	7,020	4,259	-2,761	-39	59,839	104,499	44,661	75
	Rest of World	3,284	3,603	319	10	34,745	34,405	-340	-1

Imports
	Total	11,724	12,272	548	5	111,030	117,285	6,255	6
	Great Britain	1,454	1,437	-17	-1	13,637	13,560	-77	-1
	Northern Ireland	597	407	-190	-32	4,550	4,551	1	0
	EU27	4,475	4,003	-472	-11	40,798	42,776	1,978	5
	USA	1,689	1,664	-25	-1	19,482	18,491	-990	-5
	Rest of World	3,509	4,761	1,252	36	32,563	37,907	5,344	16

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Exports and imports by region

In October 2025, Ireland’s top exporting partners were the United States, the Netherlands and Belgium, with Ireland exporting 25.6% (€4.3 billion), 10.8% (€1.8 billion) and 10.3% (€1.7 billion) of total export goods respectively to these countries.

In October 2025, Ireland imported the highest value of goods from the US, Great Britain and Germany with these countries representing 13.6% (€ 1.7 billion), 11.7% (€ 1.4 billion) and 9.3% (€ 1.1 billion) of the total import trade respectively to these countries for October 2025.

Exports to Great Britain fell by €49.1 million (-3.7%) to €1.29 billion in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€1.34 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports to Great Britain were Food & Live Animals at €425.6 million and Chemicals & Related Products at €287.8 million, representing 33.0% and 22.3%, respectively, of total exports to Great Britain in October 2025.

Imports from Great Britain fell by €16.5 million (-1.1%) to €1.44 billion in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€1.45 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from Great Britain were Food & Live Animals at €316.4 million, and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €268.2 million.

Exports to the US fell by €2.8 billion (-39.3%) to €4.3 billion in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€7.0 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €2.9 billion and Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles at €765.4 million, representing 67.3% and 18.0%, respectively, of total exports to the US in October 2025.

Imports from the US decreased by €25.3 million (-1.5%) to €1.66 billion in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€1.69 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports were Chemicals & Related Products at €649.2 million and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €573.7 million, representing 39.0% and 34.5%, respectively, of total imports from the US in October 2025.

Between January and October 2025, Ireland exported 45.7% (€104.5 billion) of the total value of export goods to the US.

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Oct 2023	7.63339434249325	3.404849622	1.64463124206927	4.829457856
Nov 2023	6.71695747925976	3.209520098	2.16808554975771	3.978017765
Dec 2023	5.15277832090555	3.109410465	1.24291046102349	4.264824889
Jan 2024	7.09003372867379	3.39207741546	1.93102366752101	6.471491266
Feb 2024	7.21803935762674	2.95315612294	1.60906028133623	4.15682019
Mar 2024	6.99739338389018	4.78752681297	2.25731778714663	5.134415339
Apr 2024	7.52054165127125	3.58016234316	1.75793029138939	6.555017232
May 2024	7.13618580104864	3.46472421338	1.76756279166731	5.670432186
Jun 2024	6.27025462399087	3.2662725864	1.53971397602335	5.689849047
Jul 2024	7.46255950631059	3.79264883629	1.68498467904131	5.282349015
Aug 2024	6.17252402931806	2.95487931096	1.60720462696308	6.654178385
Sep 2024	10.2663521227234	3.2695525132	1.5583172319384	7.204101996
Oct 2024	9.09494168110391	3.28395339905	1.81380426185545	7.020041948
Nov 2024	7.60164858685083	3.28842114249	1.75921685128151	8.021106322
Dec 2024	5.53979245978523	3.16534517463	1.36693743524004	5.652103675
Jan 2025	7.8356650871751	3.09584119123	1.61545718975386	12.343047938
Feb 2025	7.13429020868777	3.37110587031	1.54504445645825	12.927649726
Mar 2025	6.51138257014578	3.95258321813	1.65764945529864	25.455491408
Apr 2025	7.23577280385842	2.99394309051	1.72032079926313	9.37363148
May 2025	7.3443073100573	3.78341701206	1.8025199404819	10.7830186
Jun 2025	7.76364258483735	3.34753319571	1.69946966646215	4.465352829
Jul 2025	7.26055261271897	3.76685667095	1.73966254270898	4.369324667
Aug 2025	7.65922756707015	2.91145920181	1.51938529147835	4.092464554
Sep 2025	6.89797303133172	3.5792988059	1.85366384404866	16.430231182
Oct 2025	7.00916482774564	3.60270419719	1.75162692957107	4.259103545

FALSE FALSE

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Oct 2023	4.2410839386979	3.62489278627031	1.97545749959323	1.69124266706696
Nov 2023	4.51516933476574	4.4445211752786	2.1962596070393	3.04034378656237
Dec 2023	4.66243395236252	3.45849622608041	1.53375400447074	2.30869845012033
Jan 2024	3.28326601472443	3.17818431423737	1.65384034020985	1.55450771668208
Feb 2024	3.90615251323584	2.77069477173778	1.93155184586916	1.65048803014935
Mar 2024	4.99807449698613	2.86722956167012	1.88894883051199	2.05632607368043
Apr 2024	3.67492959109556	3.65539529524123	1.65721924646856	1.78420807255153
May 2024	3.77300348970384	3.15818585044724	1.92475081536429	2.18520060186128
Jun 2024	4.66600650331676	2.99993695653501	1.97031356395477	2.0489115944541
Jul 2024	4.54445031828362	3.46458123454659	1.71239439344523	2.47603079006169
Aug 2024	4.01687957291513	3.31795636653416	1.74736818325535	2.05553306727066
Sep 2024	3.46102599555023	3.6419144188904	1.64950788784543	1.98171386849477
Oct 2024	4.47467239718009	3.50913420466784	2.05088827229276	1.68894924689765
Nov 2024	4.44115128385295	3.8302728260706	1.78495282612548	1.70950965530961
Dec 2024	4.56343747184848	3.80488375851427	1.68649088076986	1.80454606914617
Jan 2025	3.19666309656479	3.63698924426155	1.76442250610938	2.41116543398385
Feb 2025	4.86609728925628	3.23068162192874	1.78619976899472	2.1413739656715
Mar 2025	5.29403685142352	4.00518339434651	2.02582408599459	1.75676866079815
Apr 2025	4.02692506134691	3.63261698017711	1.84487580202262	1.29085298777895
May 2025	3.91248618496499	3.4557312421538	1.84506040535261	1.8368340939354
Jun 2025	5.15081177063367	3.81434533196008	1.69401257956617	1.54413238816784
Jul 2025	4.7608729432738	3.7688293352127	1.92157083661324	1.71570701956069
Aug 2025	4.03741107540588	3.53360514893231	1.64188248030477	2.23972400395448
Sep 2025	3.52836062932089	4.06785371863415	1.74218713496991	1.89120518884374
Oct 2025	4.00259842516611	4.76117344795352	1.84450004523609	1.66364371396481

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products fell by €4.0 billion (-36.2%) to €7.0 billion in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€11.0 billion). This represented 42.2% of total exports in October 2025.

Medical & Pharmaceutical Products accounted for 55.0% (€125.6 billion) of the total value of export goods in the period from January to October 2025.

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €785.3 million (-46.1%) to €916.7 million in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€1.7 billion).

Exports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines (including computers) increased by €423.5 million (+82.1%) to €939 million in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€515.6 million) (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products decreased by €427.1 million (-20.4%) to €1.7 billion in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€2.1 billion).

Imports of Organic Chemicals increased by €220.3 million (+58.7%) to €595.7 million in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€375.4 million).

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines (including computers) increased by €882.6 million (+133.2%) to €1.5 billion in October 2025 compared with October 2024 (€662.4 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
			Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct	Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct
			2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
0	Food and live animals		1,476	1,411	12,446	13,919	1,067	1,110	8,815	9,484
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	117	108	652	740	91	88	308	313
	01	Meat and meat preparations	417	434	3,864	4,336	106	131	999	1,155
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	457	405	3,379	4,095	89	98	891	1,036
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	38	42	495	575	36	37	293	330
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	75	71	681	655	207	214	1,595	1,713
	05	Vegetables and fruit	40	35	386	421	164	188	1,617	1,699
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	17	17	157	163	47	44	444	412
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	54	54	461	534	105	115	754	919
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	49	53	490	500	135	105	1,076	1,054
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	212	191	1,880	1,899	87	90	837	854
1	Beverages and tobacco		205	190	1,858	1,865	141	146	1,246	1,308
	11	Beverages	205	190	1,858	1,864	136	140	1,173	1,235
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	1	5	6	73	72
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		167	178	1,494	1,763	110	115	1,094	1,134
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	8	6	58	51	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	1	5	14	25	2	2	26	21
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	2	3	1	1	15	18
	24	Cork and wood	21	26	218	257	25	24	246	263
	25	Pulp and waste paper	14	6	64	61	6	4	44	39
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	6	6	62	58	1	1	16	12
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	10	15	106	131	23	28	205	205
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	94	100	819	1,025	26	27	237	249
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	14	14	150	152	25	28	306	327
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		19	59	695	640	567	616	6,598	6,301
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	5	4	50	52	19	5	60	40
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	11	51	614	501	381	442	4,846	4,258
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	0	0	18	26	117	102	1,215	1,376
	35	Electric current	3	4	12	60	52	66	477	627
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		13	11	122	131	41	41	371	393
	41	Animal oils and fats	10	7	91	94	4	5	30	38
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	3	27	26	34	34	326	339
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	1	3	11	3	2	15	17
5	Chemicals and related products		14,220	9,228	123,133	158,892	3,120	2,926	25,785	31,893
	51	Organic chemicals	1,702	917	24,066	18,446	375	596	6,545	5,999
	52	Inorganic chemicals	34	25	1,157	450	47	50	515	468
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	18	18	158	156	32	34	332	326
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	11,005	7,016	82,423	125,636	2,098	1,671	12,970	19,232
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	910	688	9,827	8,702	211	203	1,781	1,764
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	2	1	27	38	20	28	433	538
	57	Plastics in primary forms	34	48	375	411	99	77	955	935
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	76	85	746	756	103	131	1,008	1,290
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	439	429	4,354	4,297	135	136	1,247	1,341
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		299	300	2,872	2,813	817	733	7,196	7,054
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	11	11	3	2	20	22
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	19	28	202	226	57	50	514	506
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	35	37	338	335	53	42	456	425
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	21	20	199	197	122	114	1,088	1,100
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	19	19	160	178	69	65	612	622
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	65	66	654	614	107	101	954	955
	67	Iron and steel	24	22	227	222	119	104	991	932
	68	Non-ferrous metals	19	21	145	150	70	62	654	668
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	95	86	937	879	218	193	1,906	1,824
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,719	3,060	25,018	28,552	4,214	5,102	46,366	46,205
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	221	111	1,372	1,070	238	168	1,945	1,417
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	81	77	962	861	311	255	3,367	2,369
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	2	29	27	16	10	164	123
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	212	222	1,979	2,072	323	307	2,939	2,778
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	516	939	3,882	7,617	662	1,545	6,659	9,725
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	132	79	1,125	1,069	316	517	2,646	3,160
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,096	1,358	9,623	11,184	768	819	7,529	7,523
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	46	46	482	446	461	482	5,181	5,411
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	414	224	5,563	4,207	1,118	999	15,936	13,700
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		2,078	2,170	19,358	19,585	1,624	1,463	13,404	13,365
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	21	14	145	154	56	56	440	462
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	22	20	183	198	86	75	761	762
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	4	3	35	30	19	20	205	203
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	39	40	333	350	302	294	2,451	2,470
	85	Footwear	6	6	49	49	74	64	640	611
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	896	1,062	9,057	9,126	288	278	2,893	2,854
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	138	165	1,346	1,490	101	97	857	954
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	952	861	8,212	8,189	699	579	5,157	5,049
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		12	10	304	247	6	11	74	68
Unclassified estimates²			5	6	39	55	17	9	80	80

Total			21,213	16,623	187,339	228,461	11,724	12,272	111,030	117,285
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. October 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
	Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct	Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct
	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Austria	54	35	447	413	38	28	458	361
Belgium	1,826	1,714	14,904	11,948	288	199	2,306	2,690
Bulgaria	12	13	130	156	8	7	69	107
Croatia	7	7	120	84	3	2	25	52
Cyprus	5	10	79	77	1	1	6	8
Czech Republic	37	67	445	474	94	231	910	999
Denmark	57	51	497	536	57	60	670	540
Estonia	2	2	25	21	3	3	18	15
Finland	18	40	162	288	18	16	177	189
France	540	403	5,031	4,885	924	816	12,390	9,406
Germany	1,951	1,305	17,778	13,112	1,579	1,143	9,515	13,569
Greece	48	23	426	369	18	15	162	166
Hungary	63	317	539	1,688	104	45	812	653
Italy	541	419	6,031	6,578	269	321	2,309	3,317
Latvia	4	4	52	47	7	7	56	67
Lithuania	10	8	79	82	22	16	146	145
Luxembourg	9	15	82	114	5	6	53	51
Malta	4	5	57	52	0	1	9	8
Netherlands	2,893	1,789	19,038	21,653	545	604	5,803	5,447
Poland	181	165	1,457	1,633	147	143	1,167	1,493
Portugal	282	48	1,356	2,939	31	39	363	333
Romania	51	40	359	362	16	17	149	172
Slovakia	13	18	162	142	16	19	202	188
Slovenia	14	11	125	134	4	4	42	41
Spain	328	324	4,504	3,431	195	198	2,040	2,055
Sweden	117	140	1,015	1,169	58	53	662	568
EU Country not specified²	28	33	330	266	25	10	281	137
Total EU27³	9,095	7,009	75,229	72,652	4,475	4,003	40,798	42,776
Euro-Zone⁴	8,551	6,182	70,458	66,368	3,966	3,437	36,078	38,108

Great Britain	1,340	1,291	13,218	12,368	1,454	1,437	13,637	13,560
Northern Ireland	474	461	4,309	4,537	597	407	4,550	4,551
Total UK	1,814	1,752	17,527	16,905	2,051	1,845	18,187	18,111

Australia	74	79	919	801	8	7	72	76
Brazil	21	26	630	591	42	58	297	374
Canada	246	453	3,352	2,276	75	118	798	1,225
China⁵	830	635	8,543	7,342	1,050	1,081	9,310	10,110
India	47	37	401	393	101	136	809	1,008
Japan	311	344	3,066	3,087	166	154	1,862	1,922
Malaysia	205	214	2,163	2,303	92	156	515	818
Mexico	258	304	2,881	3,005	113	381	1,181	1,986
Norway	28	46	237	905	43	49	447	544
Russia	47	46	552	692	4	0	35	21
Saudi Arabia	64	75	712	855	1	1	38	37
Singapore	74	70	695	658	114	59	771	884
South Africa	24	28	239	291	29	29	195	219
South Korea	63	119	623	1,340	134	133	1,388	1,682
Switzerland	273	335	3,163	2,740	215	436	2,360	2,311
Taiwan	20	55	313	387	116	867	1,668	2,934
Thailand	17	40	219	240	115	139	831	1,206
Turkey	48	75	503	753	115	79	1,031	1,063
USA	7,020	4,259	59,839	104,499	1,689	1,664	19,482	18,491
Other countries	593	566	5,331	5,486	868	757	8,081	8,541
Country unknown⁶	42	56	203	260	109	123	874	944
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	10,304	7,862	94,584	138,904	5,198	6,425	52,045	56,398

Total	21,213	16,623	187,339	228,461	11,724	12,272	111,030	117,285
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. October 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		Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct	Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct
		2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Great Britain		1,340	1,291	13,218	12,368	1,454	1,437	13,637	12,115
0	Food and live animals	431	426	3,451	3,913	309	316	2,199	2,028
1	Beverages and tobacco	28	29	235	241	22	22	226	198
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	33	41	367	383	9	9	103	84
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	7	23	304	259	219	222	2,468	2,360
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	7	4	48	50	8	9	77	77
5	Chemicals and related products	276	288	3,535	2,670	224	217	2,470	1,953
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	96	101	976	955	204	186	1,807	1,567
7	Machinery and transport equipment	322	251	2,980	2,655	267	268	2,570	2,357
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	138	128	1,303	1,223	190	187	1,706	1,478
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	1	19	19	1	1	12	14
Northern Ireland		474	461	4,309	4,537	597	407	4,550	4,165
0	Food and live animals	178	178	1,572	1,735	129	144	1,208	1,280
1	Beverages and tobacco	15	15	141	146	28	34	255	244
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	16	15	138	164	15	19	153	139
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	8	10	73	92	44	32	413	327
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	22	27	3	3	30	26
5	Chemicals and related products	91	75	889	872	238	24	1,185	901
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	57	62	518	550	61	57	579	513
7	Machinery and transport equipment	45	43	470	428	45	56	405	403
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	59	57	457	487	33	37	303	309
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	4	3	27	36	2	3	20	24
EU 27²		9,095	7,009	75,229	72,652	4,475	4,003	40,798	38,811
0	Food and live animals	538	490	4,499	5,273	398	453	3,580	3,316
1	Beverages and tobacco	53	52	459	451	59	61	471	421
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	51	53	461	587	40	39	405	390
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	4	26	242	239	187	126	1,735	1,211
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	4	43	48	24	20	210	188
5	Chemicals and related products	6,964	4,478	55,197	50,363	1,531	1,214	10,524	13,888
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	98	95	872	872	262	255	2,305	2,090
7	Machinery and transport equipment	720	1,042	6,614	8,263	1,633	1,505	18,432	14,634
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	655	760	6,763	6,472	323	320	3,039	2,606
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	8	8	79	82	18	9	98	67
USA		7,020	4,259	59,839	104,499	1,689	1,664	19,482	16,603
0	Food and live animals	109	99	756	815	45	22	300	261
1	Beverages and tobacco	71	58	691	683	13	14	138	154
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	10	20	34	4	3	59	50
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	20	20	8	118	1,093	824
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	Chemicals and related products	5,439	2,868	47,218	90,384	569	649	5,156	5,958
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	21	19	218	212	60	45	603	434
7	Machinery and transport equipment	631	439	4,471	5,355	764	574	10,011	6,816
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	746	765	6,436	6,980	224	234	2,109	2,089
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	2	7	15	1	5	12	14
China³		830	635	8,543	7,342	1,050	1,081	9,310	8,951
0	Food and live animals	49	19	410	362	15	12	125	123
1	Beverages and tobacco	0	1	9	11	0	1	2	2
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	7	9	59	60	5	10	43	43
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	0	24	39	45
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Chemicals and related products	239	205	2,493	2,223	125	180	1,818	1,861
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	3	4	47	38	112	86	898	810
7	Machinery and transport equipment	408	267	4,258	3,419	471	513	4,111	4,054
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	123	130	1,267	1,229	320	255	2,272	2,013
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Rest of World		2,454	2,968	26,202	27,063	2,459	3,680	23,254	24,112
0	Food and live animals	172	199	1,757	1,821	171	163	1,403	1,381
1	Beverages and tobacco	38	35	322	332	17	15	155	143
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	59	49	449	536	37	36	332	313
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	0	54	29	109	94	851	906
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	0	8	6	5	8	54	60
5	Chemicals and related products	1,210	1,314	13,801	12,380	432	642	4,632	4,415
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	23	20	241	185	118	105	1,006	916
7	Machinery and transport equipment	592	1,019	6,224	8,432	1,034	2,187	10,837	12,574
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	358	329	3,133	3,193	534	429	3,975	3,398
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	2	211	149	1	2	9	6

Total		21,213	16,623	187,339	228,461	11,724	12,272	111,030	104,757
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. October 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				€million
Industrial origin and area	Exports
	Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct
	2024	2025	2024	2025
Agricultural produce	1,135	1,097	9,238	10,566
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	448	448	3,646	4,145
EU¹	458	406	3,716	4,378
USA	89	96	608	729
Rest of World	140	148	1,268	1,315

Forestry and fishing produce	60	69	723	843
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	28	27	280	316
EU¹	24	31	322	357
USA	0	0	3	4
Rest of World	8	11	118	166

Industrial produce	20,009	15,441	177,285	216,930
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1,333	1,266	13,547	12,364
EU¹	8,609	6,569	71,155	67,877
USA	6,930	4,163	59,228	103,766
Rest of World	3,136	3,444	33,355	32,922

Unclassified exports	9	15	93	123

Total	21,213	16,623	187,339	228,461
¹EU excluding Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Table 7 Goods Imports by main use and area of origin				€million
Main use and area of origin	Imports
	Oct	Oct	Jan-Oct	Jan-Oct
	2024	2025	2024	2025
Producers capital goods ready for use	2,085	1,931	25,510	22,236
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	200	217	1,613	1,679
EU¹	987	885	13,130	10,622
USA	503	343	7,318	5,379
Rest of World	395	486	3,448	4,556

Consumption goods ready for use - food drink and tobacco	838	933	7,572	8,162
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	344	369	3,074	3,319
EU¹	359	440	3,269	3,506
USA	19	18	206	227
Rest of World	116	106	1,023	1,110
Consumption goods ready for use - other	3,109	2,493	22,177	25,960
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	641	465	5,070	5,032
EU¹	1,334	961	7,624	10,972
USA	222	215	2,047	2,411
Rest of World	912	851	7,436	7,545

Materials for further production - agriculture	377	377	2,906	4,284
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	82	61	651	613
EU¹	200	203	1,337	2,457
USA	32	13	294	267
Rest of World	62	100	623	947
Materials for further production - other	5,292	6,520	52,717	56,502
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	781	727	7,752	7,432
EU¹	1,576	1,504	15,340	15,141
USA	911	1,072	9,604	10,190
Rest of World	2,024	3,217	20,020	23,739

Unclassified imports	23	18	149	141

Total	11,724	12,272	111,030	117,285
¹EU excluding Great Britain and Northern Ireland.