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Goods Exports and Imports September 2022

Ireland's unadjusted exports of goods were €19.6 billion in September 2022

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CSO statistical release, 15 November 2022, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €19.6 billion in September 2022, an increase of €4.8 billion compared with September last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €13 billion, which was €4.5 billion higher than imports in September 2021.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €18.8 billion in September 2022, a decrease of €900 million compared with August 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €13.3 billion in September 2022.
Imports from Great Britain were €2 billion in September 2022, while exports to Great Britain were €1.4 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (15 November 2022) released Goods Exports and Imports September 2022.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In September 2022, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods increased by €4.8 billion to €19.6 billion compared with September 2021. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods fell by €900 million compared with August 2022.

The unadjusted imports for September 2022 were valued at €13 billion, an increase of more than €4.5 billion on September 2021. Seasonally adjusted imports were €13.3 billion in September 2022.

Comparing the first nine months of 2022 with the same period in 2021, exports of goods increased by 30%, and the value of imports increased by 42%.

Imports from Great Britain grew by 41% to €2 billion in September 2022 compared with September 2021, where the largest increase was in the imports of Mineral Fuels.

Exports to Great Britain decreased by 1% to €1.4 billion in September 2022.”

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted
€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
August 2022	19,710	13,307	6,403
September 2022	18,818	13,308	5,510
Value change	-892	1	-893
% change	-4.5	0.0	-14.0

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports decreased by €900 million in September 2022

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €892 million (-5%) to €18,818 million in September 2022 compared with August 2022, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports increased by €1 million to €13,308 million leading to a decrease of €893 million (-14%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €5,510 million in September 2022 compared with August 2022 (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
		Value¹			Volume index²		Unit value index²		Terms of trade³
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade³
2016		119,292	74,296	44,996	125.6	158.2	102.7	93.3	110.2
2017		122,785	82,943	39,842	135.8	168.9	99.3	96.1	103.3
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	103,801	61,914	191.3	214.5	95.0	98.6	96.4

2020	January	14,989	7,108	7,882	207.1	185.4	95.5	94.5	101.1
	February	11,570	7,971	3,599	166.4	215.7	91.7	91.1	100.7
	March	17,664	6,667	10,997	236.9	175.7	98.4	93.5	105.2
	April	11,343	5,571	5,772	160.3	147.7	93.3	93.0	100.4
	May	12,875	6,153	6,722	180.3	163.8	94.2	92.6	101.7
	June	13,647	6,750	6,897	182.4	175.4	98.7	94.8	104.1
	July	13,617	8,378	5,239	191.8	221.6	93.7	93.1	100.5
	August	12,935	5,999	6,937	182.8	164.5	93.3	89.9	103.8
	September	13,991	6,464	7,527	196.7	166.0	94.0	94.1	99.9
	October	12,230	7,660	4,570	173.8	210.0	92.9	89.2	104.1
	November	14,918	9,343	5,576	211.3	261.4	92.8	87.7	105.8
	December	12,351	9,004	3,347	170.0	252.6	94.8	87.0	108.9

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	10,410	5,214	208.2	241.5	98.0	102.7	95.4
	December	13,054	11,129	1,925	175.6	261.9	97.2	101.6	95.6

2022⁴	January	16,067	9,365	6,703	224.0	236.1	94.7	97.7	96.9
	February	15,869	9,098	6,771	218.8	237.6	95.7	94.4	101.4
	March	20,325	12,055	8,270	290.6	288.9	92.3	102.8	89.8
	April	17,359	11,292	6,067	242.9	270.0	94.6	103.8	91.2
	May	17,993	13,165	4,828	244.6	311.7	97.2	104.4	93.2
	June	17,591	12,849	4,742	244.0	306.8	95.1	103.2	92.2
	July	14,846	10,726	4,120	205.4	248.1	95.4	106.5	89.5
	August	19,455	12,549	6,906	278.7	289.8	92.1	106.7	86.3
	September	19,560	12,981	6,579	270.3	295.1	95.5	108.4	88.1
¹Tradestatistics revised since 2000, see background notes.
² Monthly data have been rescaled to make their average equal to the annual.
³ Export unit value index divided by import unit value index.
⁴ Revised. September 2022 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.

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Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted series

Table B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region
€million
Unadjusted		September 2021 - 2022				January - September 2021 - 2022
Unadjusted		2021	2022	Value change	% change	2021	2022	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	14,771	19,560	4,789	32	122,080	159,065	36,986	30
	Great Britain	1,402	1,385	-16	-1	10,514	12,954	2,441	23
	Northern Ireland	335	461	126	37	2,713	3,691	978	36
	EU27	5,856	7,749	1,893	32	46,060	61,411	15,352	33
	USA	4,384	5,904	1,520	35	37,850	48,329	10,479	28
	Rest of World	2,794	4,060	1,267	45	24,944	32,681	7,737	31

Imports
	Total	8,466	12,981	4,515	53	73,269	104,079	30,810	42
	Great Britain	1,420	2,002	583	41	10,495	17,498	7,002	67
	Northern Ireland	319	488	169	53	2,926	3,895	970	33
	EU27	2,547	4,560	2,014	79	25,072	30,724	5,652	23
	USA	1,640	2,297	657	40	12,634	16,460	3,826	30
	Rest of World	2,541	3,634	1,092	43	22,142	35,501	13,360	60

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Exports and Imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports increased by €4,789 million (+32%) to €19,560 million in September 2022 compared with September 2021. The value of goods exports for the period January to September 2022 increased by €36,986 million (+30%) to €159,065 million, when compared with the same period of 2021.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €4,515 million (+53%) to €12,981 million in September 2022 compared with September 2021. The value of goods imports for the first nine months of 2022 increased by €30,810 million (+42%) to €104,079 million, when compared with the same period of 2021.

Exports to Great Britain accounted for 7% of total exports in September 2022. The products accounting for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products, with €413 million and Food & Live Animals also with €413 million.

Imports from Great Britain in September 2022 were €2,002 million, which was 15% of the total value of imports. Imports of Mineral Fuels accounted for €718 million, and imports of Chemicals & Related Products were valued at €347 million (see Table 5).

The EU accounted for €7,749 million (40%) of total goods exports in September 2022, of which €2,196 million went to Germany, €1,780 million went to Belgium and €1,462 million went to the Netherlands.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €5,904 million (30%) of total exports in September 2022 (see Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Apr 2021	4.90713263466844	2.45698396000001	1.34918852232651	3.57577931
May 2021	5.45478810269973	2.689996428	1.50140088056247	3.90149927
Jun 2021	5.60214324394904	3.112772704	1.75320993601654	4.281263191
Jul 2021	4.52685118279434	3.134559757	1.79083712755728	3.750234214
Aug 2021	4.85342560065652	2.785794549	1.29805871461404	4.229442456
Sep 2021	5.85619210292483	2.793674125	1.73716423676024	4.384452418
Oct 2021	5.12918788059397	2.656838563	1.40791061856762	5.764283375
Nov 2021	5.7871243995022	2.763566978	2.06671239289944	5.006429187
Dec 2021	4.68630704488206	2.939133036	1.48132491297317	3.94675177
Jan 2022	6.27725462384199	2.796754711	1.74828446929616	5.244730516
Feb 2022	6.30750048782998	3.34921348	1.38697653465659	4.825347098
Mar 2022	7.08720926828912	4.00169138399999	1.83561826404905	7.400502251
Apr 2022	6.54488992072798	3.360974109	1.96314807398527	5.490122136
May 2022	6.28278937059589	4.34727528399999	1.94683732540357	5.416220648
Jun 2022	6.27580567239441	3.834350227	2.39427130896359	5.086608588
Jul 2022	6.28955280023639	3.30623685399999	1.57499790581805	3.674679746
Aug 2022	8.5968697575114	3.623791805	1.94815509819744	5.286338789
Sep 2022	7.74922240204066	4.060372832	1.84637598216145	5.90428334

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Apr 2021	2.81846802469977	2.70676447761457	1.48920057588016	1.23441473238069
May 2021	3.4181288019952	2.34016251437405	1.55399712735357	1.44673599207556
Jun 2021	3.68653775830562	3.1218809127626	1.77837455295666	1.30265117268739
Jul 2021	2.79174376634401	2.20922841169683	1.45866757908514	1.336498983027
Aug 2021	2.14427927020579	2.4721595401711	1.60572716821421	1.58098671866229
Sep 2021	2.54651358962204	2.54122225308268	1.73850218878597	1.63970936335317
Oct 2021	2.68628975764719	2.78322891440016	1.93410238521967	1.5903038632994
Nov 2021	3.50445688428574	3.33734020639254	1.97395856867565	1.59372048411895
Dec 2021	3.38359346140656	3.254661617833	2.18351002497407	2.30676084384214
Jan 2022	2.65591167660714	3.2611086241722	2.13094575006286	1.31652224622383
Feb 2022	2.83272443009999	2.90574911702911	1.92517164588207	1.43438147581768
Mar 2022	3.20328766361824	4.14092764232566	2.37999874026003	2.33098862576325
Apr 2022	3.66481321445561	3.49010856533858	2.43043087951331	1.70683647583217
May 2022	3.58414247234422	5.0557663084526	2.37734273536575	2.14742717254763
Jun 2022	3.73769269742171	4.63194833418044	2.58182054710169	1.89742742630129
Jul 2022	3.16971134004096	4.00079266673578	2.28251337639092	1.27258290677021
Aug 2022	3.31593119063881	4.38115320842322	2.79448991459633	2.05752704382363
Sep 2022	4.56017859062872	3.63368174319854	2.49026081596952	2.296749984625

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €1,100 million (+20%) to €6,510 million in September 2022 compared with September 2021. This represented 33% of total exports.

Exports of Organic Chemicals increased by €2,503 million (+143%) to €4,248 million.

Exports of Food & Live Animals increased by €459 million (+40%) to €1,619 million in September 2022 compared with September 2021.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus, Appliances & Parts increased by €211 million (+19%) to €1,320 million (see Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Organic Chemicals increased by €847 million (+141%) to €1,449 million, representing 11% of total imports in September 2022.

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Products increased by €813 million (+159%) to €1,325 million in September 2022 compared with September 2021.

Imports of Other Transport Equipment (including aircraft) increased by €850 million (+77%) to €1,958 million.

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines increased by €165 million (+39%) to €593 million.

The value of goods imports for September 2022 excluding SITC 79 (Other Transport Equipment, Including Aircraft) increased by €3,665 million (+50%) to €11,023 million, compared with the corresponding September 2021 figure of €7,358 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
			Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep
			2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
0	Food and live animals		1,160	1,619	8,799	10,903	617	798	5,241	6,732
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	74	108	358	426	16	27	112	142
	01	Meat and meat preparations	382	435	2,903	3,507	81	98	636	821
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	336	654	2,353	3,275	65	101	576	803
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	42	49	449	492	22	23	197	216
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	54	65	423	508	100	147	858	1,218
	05	Vegetables and fruit	33	36	302	292	104	113	914	1,053
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	12	13	93	93	35	46	257	322
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	39	47	324	340	57	66	420	497
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	38	50	330	404	83	108	805	1,098
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	150	162	1,265	1,567	54	68	467	561
1	Beverages and tobacco		170	186	1,255	1,528	96	116	736	843
	11	Beverages	170	186	1,254	1,527	81	103	673	783
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	1	1	16	14	63	60
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		175	167	1,468	1,721	83	92	773	870
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	8	8	52	62	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	3	8	10	2	2	18	22
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	6	6	59	85	1	1	10	11
	24	Cork and wood	28	25	211	241	22	21	199	199
	25	Pulp and waste paper	8	7	65	64	3	5	27	36
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	13	11	104	98	2	2	10	17
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	10	11	95	117	15	16	135	168
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	90	83	777	931	19	23	160	181
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	12	13	98	113	19	22	214	235
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		100	101	712	1,260	511	1,325	3,932	9,626
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	7	7	74	71	16	73	126	291
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	80	66	584	970	345	714	2,709	5,545
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	6	1	17	14	111	507	849	3,502
	35	Electric current	7	26	38	204	39	30	248	288
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		10	13	83	113	34	56	261	430
	41	Animal oils and fats	8	9	71	86	2	4	16	37
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	2	3	12	23	28	45	222	356
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	1	1	5	3	7	23	38
5	Chemicals and related products		8,296	12,498	75,781	103,292	1,928	3,473	18,567	29,549
	51	Organic chemicals	1,745	4,248	19,724	29,158	601	1,449	7,371	14,511
	52	Inorganic chemicals	19	435	234	1,090	25	384	257	736
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	12	16	102	118	26	27	215	246
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	5,410	6,510	45,497	61,440	803	1,014	6,897	8,319
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	673	811	6,311	7,494	144	180	1,018	1,266
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	0	1	8	15	25	87	359	838
	57	Plastics in primary forms	31	43	254	324	112	123	836	1,135
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	67	85	674	783	87	101	681	889
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	338	349	2,976	2,871	106	109	932	1,609
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		274	303	2,075	2,435	694	792	5,003	6,767
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	5	1	29	11	2	3	20	20
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	27	24	170	244	39	43	339	405
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	43	43	301	352	45	41	286	347
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	18	29	146	185	95	121	688	972
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	16	14	130	120	61	67	468	558
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	55	52	437	472	85	96	586	815
	67	Iron and steel	20	23	152	190	93	113	777	1,050
	68	Non-ferrous metals	14	17	98	144	113	116	561	989
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	78	101	612	718	160	191	1,279	1,611
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,860	2,499	18,581	20,897	3,287	4,841	28,785	36,381
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	202	125	1,401	1,048	202	208	1,597	1,591
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	57	88	568	607	153	284	1,315	3,991
	73	Metalworking machinery	5	2	34	22	11	15	108	116
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	151	187	1,335	1,668	201	281	1,802	2,311
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	331	421	2,945	3,528	428	593	3,604	4,245
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	106	105	761	875	230	267	1,689	2,074
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,108	1,320	8,621	11,058	712	875	5,960	7,671
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	32	45	304	385	243	361	2,854	3,508
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	868	207	2,611	1,706	1,108	1,958	9,856	10,873
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,658	1,965	12,739	15,663	1,071	1,278	8,578	10,835
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	13	12	103	105	43	43	286	357
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	14	20	116	160	71	76	540	711
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	4	24	25	16	18	109	161
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	21	46	190	347	217	266	1,829	2,092
	85	Footwear	3	4	23	33	42	60	368	464
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	713	906	5,236	6,802	195	245	1,657	2,246
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	151	154	1,197	1,272	47	56	402	635
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	740	817	5,850	6,920	440	514	3,387	4,168
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		9	100	113	342	8	5	103	69
Unclassified estimates²			59	111	473	910	136	205	1,290	1,979

Total			14,771	19,560	122,080	159,065	8,466	12,981	73,269	104,079
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. September 2022 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 country

Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by country¹
€million
Country	Exports				Imports
	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep
	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Austria	28	37	266	315	24	38	241	296
Belgium	1,164	1,780	9,530	13,637	157	237	1,554	1,904
Bulgaria	7	11	96	141	4	3	27	32
Croatia	5	5	54	59	3	1	14	30
Cyprus	2	7	24	54	2	0	6	7
Czech Republic	67	140	480	972	70	93	764	835
Denmark	58	58	417	415	46	58	464	517
Estonia	3	2	60	25	2	1	15	9
Finland	29	25	241	234	297	19	397	170
France	454	583	3,956	5,455	487	1,112	7,234	8,542
Germany	1,465	2,196	13,658	20,144	489	1,349	5,186	7,516
Greece	144	43	1,006	284	22	9	79	77
Hungary	22	110	246	351	29	81	213	402
Italy	403	564	3,522	3,370	171	197	1,572	1,734
Latvia	8	8	66	48	3	5	49	47
Lithuania	10	7	83	59	13	14	93	172
Luxembourg	7	7	61	67	3	5	41	46
Malta	639	5	668	57	1	3	9	16
Netherlands	841	1,462	6,981	10,230	346	441	3,434	3,394
Poland	101	122	1,025	1,058	83	107	640	919
Portugal	30	45	275	363	18	364	233	665
Romania	33	34	380	357	8	15	84	93
Slovakia	11	10	100	83	12	7	75	71
Slovenia	14	8	132	170	6	5	37	36
Spain	191	304	1,698	2,022	131	215	1,264	1,703
Sweden	67	96	653	732	61	81	591	567
EU Country not specified²	50	81	382	709	61	99	757	925
Total EU27³	5,856	7,749	46,060	61,411	2,547	4,560	25,072	30,724
Euro-Zone⁴	5,445	7,094	42,328	56,617	2,183	4,020	21,519	26,405

Great Britain	1,402	1,385	10,514	12,954	1,420	2,002	10,495	17,498
Northern Ireland	335	461	2,713	3,691	319	488	2,926	3,895
Total UK	1,737	1,846	13,226	16,645	1,739	2,490	13,421	21,393

Australia	66	146	650	1,322	10	7	75	73
Brazil	19	42	243	276	29	46	253	289
Canada	80	496	919	2,762	22	46	501	435
China⁵	1,006	1,238	8,803	10,859	788	937	5,747	11,571
India	62	61	394	376	81	78	605	776
Japan	233	312	2,089	3,202	114	179	980	2,675
Malaysia	21	88	174	327	60	95	1,676	493
Mexico	178	220	1,591	1,544	41	48	320	381
Norway	24	21	697	319	78	117	645	509
Russia	61	27	397	420	42	4	338	334
Saudi Arabia	73	72	510	628	1	2	26	33
Singapore	37	85	341	525	16	61	421	544
South Africa	38	33	295	322	27	45	125	250
South Korea	54	67	477	696	104	172	989	1,212
Switzerland	271	339	2,287	2,409	234	433	3,678	4,933
Taiwan	28	52	261	383	88	119	592	933
Thailand	20	22	151	179	34	77	402	559
Turkey	44	92	529	648	74	121	758	1,061
USA	4,384	5,904	37,850	48,329	1,640	2,297	12,634	16,460
Other countries	466	636	4,006	5,377	655	884	3,819	7,910
Country unknown⁶	13	11	128	107	42	162	190	533
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	7,178	9,965	62,794	81,009	4,181	5,930	34,776	51,962

Total	14,771	19,560	122,080	159,065	8,466	12,981	73,269	104,079
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. September 2022 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.
⁵ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.
⁶ Trade for which the country 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		Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep
		2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Great Britain		1,402	1,385	10,514	12,954	1,420	2,002	10,495	17,498
0	Food and live animals	364	413	2,471	2,859	178	193	1,320	1,575
1	Beverages and tobacco	20	25	160	178	20	24	152	183
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	39	40	338	394	12	10	89	91
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	16	39	179	629	201	718	1,706	5,550
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	1	6	11	4	10	25	58
5	Chemicals and related products	443	413	3,774	4,926	331	347	1,712	4,001
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	93	101	725	828	181	196	1,371	1,726
7	Machinery and transport equipment	272	225	1,859	2,017	295	296	2,514	2,665
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	152	127	984	1,104	195	206	1,592	1,632
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	19	8	2	2	14	18
Northern Ireland		335	461	2,713	3,691	319	488	2,926	3,895
0	Food and live animals	129	154	992	1,220	90	114	764	984
1	Beverages and tobacco	9	14	72	89	19	30	163	205
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	14	13	111	133	12	12	95	107
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	9	26	55	216	43	49	240	420
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	14	21	3	8	25	57
5	Chemicals and related products	61	89	517	696	27	139	570	957
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	51	55	390	459	52	54	396	451
7	Machinery and transport equipment	27	40	271	337	25	25	224	223
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	28	57	234	429	21	25	174	193
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	6	11	57	92	26	31	274	298
EU 27²		5,856	7,749	46,060	61,411	2,547	4,560	25,072	30,724
0	Food and live animals	374	706	2,833	3,924	219	315	2,028	2,488
1	Beverages and tobacco	47	44	308	339	45	44	295	304
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	73	76	668	718	29	32	288	303
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	14	2	146	143	54	133	522	808
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	6	8	49	68	18	29	146	220
5	Chemicals and related products	3,540	5,590	31,983	45,090	586	1,762	6,868	9,521
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	81	82	613	672	188	234	1,504	1,974
7	Machinery and transport equipment	1,116	568	4,853	4,878	1,070	1,595	10,496	11,277
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	549	568	4,162	4,714	229	241	1,889	2,126
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	56	105	444	865	109	176	1,036	1,702
USA		4,384	5,904	37,850	48,329	1,640	2,297	12,634	16,460
0	Food and live animals	47	76	363	527	17	21	206	325
1	Beverages and tobacco	61	66	491	644	2	3	19	21
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	3	2	18	23	5	6	45	62
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	19	78	87	166	539	1,333
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-	-	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Chemicals and related products	3,205	4,661	29,189	37,751	500	498	3,785	4,021
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	24	35	165	251	81	67	388	493
7	Machinery and transport equipment	434	310	3,154	3,033	809	1,345	6,412	8,477
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	608	753	4,434	6,013	137	190	1,199	1,717
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	2	17	8	3	2	42	11
China³		1,006	1,238	8,803	10,859	788	937	5,747	11,571
0	Food and live animals	49	55	541	457	7	7	52	81
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	8	10	0	0	1	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	4	8	38	53	2	3	30	45
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	124	129	1,477	1,871	108	124	607	4,854
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	3	5	23	38	83	91	627	830
7	Machinery and transport equipment	734	891	5,690	7,375	365	430	2,844	3,599
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	90	149	1,020	1,055	222	282	1,585	2,159
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	-	0	0	0	0	2	2
Rest of World		1,788	2,822	16,141	21,821	1,754	2,697	16,394	23,931
0	Food and live animals	196	215	1,600	1,916	107	148	870	1,279
1	Beverages and tobacco	33	36	216	268	11	16	107	128
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	42	27	294	400	23	29	226	262
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	61	33	314	194	125	258	925	1,513
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	9	12	8	9	64	94
5	Chemicals and related products	923	1,616	8,841	12,958	377	603	5,026	6,195
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	22	25	159	187	109	151	718	1,294
7	Machinery and transport equipment	276	466	2,753	3,257	722	1,150	6,294	10,139
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	231	311	1,905	2,349	267	334	2,139	3,010
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	91	49	280	5	0	24	17

Total		14,771	19,560	122,080	159,065	8,466	12,981	73,269	104,079
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. September 2022 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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Table 6 Goods Exports by industrial origin and area of destination

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Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted¹series
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value			Volume index
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports
2020	January	13,672	7,621	6,051	191.0	186.4
	February	12,130	8,206	3,924	174.5	211.0
	March	16,784	6,346	10,438	212.6	155.5
	April	11,364	5,963	5,401	157.2	153.2
	May	12,901	6,449	6,451	181.5	169.2
	June	12,980	6,365	6,615	171.1	168.9
	July	13,166	8,125	5,041	186.0	225.2
	August	14,113	7,122	6,992	198.3	197.0
	September	13,601	6,496	7,105	193.6	159.5
	October	12,387	7,256	5,130	171.7	200.8
	November	14,522	8,755	5,767	200.7	258.7
	December	12,972	7,645	5,328	185.2	213.4

2021	January	14,001	7,183	6,818	188.6	181.3
	February	12,898	7,712	5,186	176.1	185.7
	March	13,240	8,372	4,868	184.9	205.1
	April	12,074	8,330	3,744	179.4	212.6
	May	13,862	8,883	4,979	194.7	236.6
	June	13,815	9,042	4,773	207.1	230.9
	July	13,490	8,217	5,273	185.4	201.6
	August	13,857	8,710	5,147	189.3	220.0
	September	14,273	8,660	5,613	196.0	216.2
	October	15,629	8,774	6,855	199.8	218.1
	November	14,489	9,460	5,030	206.4	237.2
	December	13,815	9,713	4,101	192.0	243.1

2022	January	16,866	10,534	6,332	221.4	248.9
	February	16,594	10,577	6,017	231.1	249.5
	March	18,299	10,839	7,460	246.9	267.0
	April	17,630	11,822	5,808	260.0	273.8
	May	17,864	12,484	5,380	239.6	291.8
	June	16,573	11,864	4,709	238.3	287.6
	July	15,689	12,146	3,543	222.8	272.9
	August	19,710	13,307	6,403	280.9	301.6
	September	18,818	13,308	5,510	259.3	308.5
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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