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Goods Exports and Imports September 2023

Exports of goods were €16 billion in September 2023

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CSO statistical publication, 15 November 2023, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €16 billion in September 2023, a decrease of €3.5 billion when compared with September last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €11 billion, which was €1.8 billion less than imports in September 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €15.6 billion in September 2023.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €11.4 billion in September 2023, up €700 million compared with August 2023.
Exports to Great Britain were €1.2 billion in September 2023, while imports from Great Britain were €1.8 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (15 November 2023) released Goods Exports and Imports September 2023. Commenting on this release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In September 2023, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods decreased by €3.5 billion to €16 billion when compared with September 2022. Seasonally adjusted exports were €15.6 billion in September 2023.

The unadjusted imports for September 2023 were valued at €11 billion, a fall of €1.8 billion on September 2022. When seasonally adjusted, imports of goods increased by €700 million when compared with August 2023.

Comparing the first nine months of 2023 with the same period in 2022, exports of goods were down 6%, and the value of imports declined by 2%. Exports for the first nine months of 2023 were €149 billion.

Imports from Great Britain fell by 11% to €1.8 billion in September 2023 when compared with September 2022, while the largest drop was in the imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials which were down by 72%.

Exports to Great Britain fell by 16% to €1.2 billion in September 2023 when compared with September 2022, and the largest decrease of 46% was in the exports of Chemicals & Related Products.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
August 2023	16,570	10,666	5,904
September 2023	15,584	11,371	4,213
Value change	-987	704	-1,691
% change	-6.0	6.6	-29.0

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports decreased by €1 billion in September 2023

Seasonally adjusted goods exports fell by €987 million (-6%) to €15,584 million in September 2023 compared with August 2023, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports grew by €704 million (+7%) to €11,371 million leading to a decrease of €1,691 million (-29%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €4,213 million in September 2023 compared with August 2023 (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		208,589	141,012	67,576	233.9	275.2	98.0	105.4	93.0

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	15,130	12,576	2,555	195.5	284.2	102.8	108.9	94.4

2023³	January	15,498	11,505	3,992	210.3	261.4	97.3	108.5	89.7
	February	16,714	11,159	5,555	225.1	256.1	98.0	107.4	91.2
	March	18,738	11,886	6,852	259.9	274.6	95.1	106.7	89.2
	April	15,116	10,745	4,372	205.5	250.7	97.1	105.6	91.9
	May	16,653	12,384	4,269	228.7	293.5	96.1	104.0	92.4
	June	18,338	12,429	5,910	250.4	293.1	96.7	104.5	92.5
	July	15,801	10,847	4,955	216.7	249.3	96.2	107.2	89.7
	August	16,181	9,888	6,293	221.4	235.6	96.4	103.4	93.2
	September	15,974	10,993	4,981	217.3	254.2	97.0	106.6	91.0
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. September 2023 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 2022 - 2023				January - September 2022 - 2023
Unadjusted		2022	2023	Value change	% change	2022	2023	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	19,434	15,974	-3,460	-18	158,762	149,012	-9,749	-6
	Great Britain	1,387	1,168	-219	-16	12,818	13,844	1,027	8
	Northern Ireland	463	434	-29	-6	3,680	3,624	-56	-2
	EU27	7,594	7,061	-533	-7	61,071	61,540	470	1
	USA	5,904	4,337	-1,568	-27	48,374	41,067	-7,307	-15
	Rest of World	4,085	2,974	-1,111	-27	32,820	28,937	-3,883	-12

Imports
	Total	12,807	10,993	-1,815	-14	103,801	101,834	-1,967	-2
	Great Britain	2,020	1,798	-221	-11	17,442	16,762	-680	-4
	Northern Ireland	500	360	-140	-28	3,975	3,757	-218	-5
	EU27	4,188	3,320	-868	-21	29,970	34,655	4,684	16
	USA	2,450	2,155	-295	-12	16,885	15,661	-1,224	-7
	Rest of World	3,650	3,360	-290	-8	35,528	30,999	-4,529	-13

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports fell by €3,460 million (-18%) to €15,974 million in September 2023 compared with September 2022. The value of goods exports for the period January to September 2023 was down by €9,749 million (-6%) to €149,012 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports decreased by €1,815 million (-14%) to €10,993 million in September 2023 compared with September 2022. The value of goods imports for the first three quarters of 2023 decreased by €1,967 million (-2%) to €101,834 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,168 million, which was 7% of total exports in September 2023. The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Food & Live Animals with €412 million, Machinery & Transport Equipment with €224 million and Chemicals & Related Products at €222 million. Exports to Great Britain for January to September 2023 increased by €1,027 million (+8%) to €13,844 million when compared with the first nine months of 2022.

Imports from Great Britain in September 2023 were €1,798 million, which was 16% of the total value of imports. Imports of Chemicals & Related Products accounted for €707 million, Machinery & Transport Equipment at €261 million and imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials were valued at €208 million. Imports from Great Britain in the first nine months of 2023 decreased by €680 million (-4%) to €16,762 million (See Table 5).

The EU accounted for €7,061 million (44%) of total goods exports in September 2023, of which €1,848 million went to Belgium, €1,664 million went to Germany and €1,596 million went to the Netherlands.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €4,337 million (27%) of total exports in September 2023 (See Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Jan 2022	6.27284031153645	2.796754711	1.7511570091017	5.244730516
Feb 2022	6.30266338054554	3.34921348	1.39027186944102	4.825347098
Mar 2022	7.03146794756404	4.00169138399999	1.83317511357736	7.400502251
Apr 2022	6.42002674605994	3.360673459	1.93709378628622	5.490089082
May 2022	6.2983702194085	4.39532270599999	1.83022262751538	5.390377409
Jun 2022	6.34773818352154	3.868853871	2.40887348009257	5.086599753
Jul 2022	6.252539648654	3.33823685399999	1.57029484440219	3.745679746
Aug 2022	8.5505963467939	3.623791805	1.92626849533277	5.286338789
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	3.109313866	1.59205177242982	4.433765332
Jan 2023	7.00166929718193	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	6.46866799659107	2.91226324600001	1.57952380625669	4.155685568
May 2023	6.96595446679979	3.53883352100002	2.0549038286479	4.093418994
Jun 2023	6.65948844772672	3.244981578	2.73913948782134	5.694475768
Jul 2023	6.56423718753898	2.92379787700001	2.2622586395755	4.051062666
Aug 2023	6.16171303872621	3.196161201	1.7155097587286	5.107306858
Sep 2023	7.06107700141472	2.974082721	1.60184049514978	4.336556935

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Jan 2022	2.63674905237381	3.26110862417221	2.14244990593779	1.31652224622383
Feb 2022	2.79170509949076	2.90574911702911	1.9362272411329	1.43438147581768
Mar 2022	3.14827285263081	4.14074180141705	2.38788087199404	2.33093602471201
Apr 2022	3.50820880534995	3.47566700004536	2.42535617848881	1.87450129891659
May 2022	3.63431123344235	5.04974529734677	2.39913877867239	2.18781775376064
Jun 2022	3.70567560725347	4.64475699263232	2.60061488293834	1.87929043009657
Jul 2022	3.13287526703743	3.97767827704352	2.28953937000186	1.30211393590302
Aug 2022	3.22470655490728	4.42266596614623	2.71722647683728	2.10920545319726
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	4.53533522838145	3.87919934498645	2.35469298147492	1.80623668992089
Jan 2023	2.88128591209521	3.85484855996731	2.95404147862947	1.81484609051063
Feb 2023	3.71055878151335	3.23485258166375	2.52779149987961	1.68600377733813
Mar 2023	5.17418205576562	2.70981209370352	2.14894222506542	1.85297748577796
Apr 2023	3.57274370908188	3.47776476060866	2.28342388882195	1.41059475798498
May 2023	4.33019465996712	4.27285120643109	1.93268875616637	1.84803210288846
Jun 2023	4.79911995219219	3.41034564574952	2.14872020491104	2.07044587919023
Jul 2023	3.8319216905229	3.489147390284	2.08501880770258	1.4407314433814
Aug 2023	3.03482120751397	3.18939540963543	2.28112259396132	1.38263483011316
Sep 2023	3.3197928427451	3.35973585180765	2.15794676389232	2.15504664975172

Exports by product

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €1,578 million (-37%) to €2,652 million in September 2023 compared with September 2022.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €603 million (-45%) to €723 million.

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products declined by €558 million (-9%) to €5,994 million (See Table 3). This represented 38% of total exports.

Imports by product

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials decreased by €752 million (-56%) to €597 million.

Imports of Other Transport Equipment, including Aircraft fell by €412 million (-20%) to €1,701 million.

Imports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €179 million (-20%) to €717 million.

Imports of Organic Chemicals increased by €81 million (+6%) to €1,530 million in September 2023 compared with September 2022. (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
			2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
0	Food and live animals		1,484	1,318	10,845	10,897	830	804	6,867	7,367
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	107	133	431	530	27	33	147	194
	01	Meat and meat preparations	442	400	3,532	3,434	99	92	857	862
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	493	380	3,124	3,081	104	70	810	778
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	49	43	498	425	25	25	230	253
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	65	59	514	582	153	157	1,239	1,257
	05	Vegetables and fruit	36	27	291	274	117	131	1,074	1,230
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	14	14	99	118	46	52	324	426
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	47	44	370	402	68	75	504	566
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	54	45	425	454	108	99	1,103	1,069
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	178	174	1,560	1,598	83	71	581	733
1	Beverages and tobacco		191	188	1,542	1,399	127	135	872	976
	11	Beverages	191	188	1,542	1,398	107	115	808	914
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	1	0	20	20	64	62
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		167	115	1,747	1,273	97	86	940	887
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	9	6	62	51	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	3	2	9	10	2	2	23	27
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	6	0	85	8	1	2	14	15
	24	Cork and wood	26	19	250	190	24	22	230	220
	25	Pulp and waste paper	6	5	65	42	5	2	36	36
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	10	7	98	78	2	2	19	15
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	12	9	116	92	17	19	179	172
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	81	53	948	675	22	18	180	149
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	14	14	115	128	23	20	258	253
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		101	58	1,307	736	1,349	597	9,640	7,704
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	7	5	78	60	74	6	293	167
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	66	50	1,012	620	714	433	5,532	4,205
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	1	1	12	10	532	116	3,527	3,009
	35	Electric current	26	2	204	46	30	42	288	322
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		14	13	117	116	54	37	442	387
	41	Animal oils and fats	10	8	86	86	4	3	37	26
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	3	26	21	45	33	363	334
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	1	2	5	9	5	2	42	27
5	Chemicals and related products		12,511	10,166	103,330	97,626	3,121	2,992	29,272	29,704
	51	Organic chemicals	4,230	2,652	29,150	24,360	1,449	1,530	14,498	15,260
	52	Inorganic chemicals	434	99	1,093	2,196	54	59	403	466
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	16	21	122	141	27	30	253	264
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	6,551	5,994	61,467	57,601	1,003	866	8,339	8,948
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	812	808	7,498	7,762	177	181	1,284	1,383
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	2	1	16	14	77	21	819	430
	57	Plastics in primary forms	43	35	333	308	125	87	1,144	921
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	85	81	785	813	102	90	911	900
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	339	475	2,865	4,432	107	129	1,621	1,133
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		314	282	2,537	2,487	829	709	7,106	6,624
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	18	7	3	2	22	17
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	26	28	257	186	46	49	430	423
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	46	31	368	323	50	50	396	402
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	29	20	186	176	128	106	1,004	994
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	16	16	136	137	66	62	579	529
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	55	64	488	588	104	102	887	834
	67	Iron and steel	25	20	194	179	115	88	1,091	907
	68	Non-ferrous metals	14	13	140	117	118	75	1,010	922
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	101	88	749	773	200	175	1,687	1,595
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,561	2,050	21,176	17,867	5,062	4,325	37,381	37,263
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	126	217	1,064	1,502	209	167	1,620	1,725
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	94	85	636	780	297	452	4,095	3,922
	73	Metalworking machinery	2	3	22	34	16	11	124	142
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	194	197	1,714	1,751	294	252	2,422	2,428
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	426	349	3,554	3,154	597	465	4,291	3,328
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	94	94	887	837	274	222	2,116	2,015
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,326	723	11,107	6,526	896	717	7,830	6,451
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	46	51	407	411	365	339	3,587	4,528
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	252	331	1,786	2,872	2,114	1,701	11,295	12,723
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,987	1,767	15,717	16,235	1,322	1,290	11,112	10,779
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	14	12	115	123	44	43	384	352
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	22	20	168	173	82	72	769	618
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	4	4	26	28	19	21	170	181
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	40	34	331	289	279	256	2,185	2,058
	85	Footwear	4	4	32	35	63	59	484	508
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	918	834	6,810	7,387	254	272	2,255	2,246
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	155	131	1,274	1,257	59	83	646	618
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	829	729	6,962	6,943	521	485	4,219	4,198
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		100	11	345	336	6	5	72	56
Unclassified estimates²			5	5	99	41	10	10	95	88

Total			19,434	15,974	158,762	149,012	12,807	10,993	103,801	101,834
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. September 2023 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
	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Austria	37	32	313	397	41	34	280	920
Belgium	1,611	1,848	13,466	14,846	222	196	1,914	1,733
Bulgaria	12	11	134	117	5	8	38	59
Croatia	6	4	60	63	1	3	32	23
Cyprus	7	8	54	61	0	1	7	6
Czech Republic	140	101	977	873	93	61	844	664
Denmark	61	48	416	474	70	48	540	534
Estonia	2	4	25	28	1	1	10	11
Finland	25	17	232	219	18	12	173	154
France	552	570	5,420	5,365	1,127	1,015	8,613	12,441
Germany	2,220	1,664	20,144	15,057	1,366	564	7,607	6,495
Greece	43	45	284	447	9	9	79	108
Hungary	110	39	349	421	83	77	421	608
Italy	562	416	3,370	4,717	202	214	1,726	1,891
Latvia	8	6	49	57	5	5	49	57
Lithuania	7	11	60	80	14	13	168	202
Luxembourg	7	7	67	73	5	5	47	45
Malta	5	4	57	41	1	1	14	10
Netherlands	1,513	1,596	10,297	11,977	437	641	3,421	3,934
Poland	128	164	1,069	1,301	118	114	942	898
Portugal	42	39	358	1,062	36	39	342	368
Romania	36	32	359	376	15	10	100	102
Slovakia	11	13	84	112	7	17	74	150
Slovenia	8	10	169	87	5	5	36	44
Spain	307	270	2,031	2,238	208	147	1,716	2,379
Sweden	89	70	737	752	84	57	572	550
EU Country not specified²	47	31	492	298	16	22	204	269
Total EU27³	7,594	7,061	61,071	61,540	4,188	3,320	29,970	34,655
Euro-Zone⁴	6,966	6,565	56,479	56,928	3,704	2,921	26,277	30,970

Great Britain	1,387	1,168	12,818	13,844	2,020	1,798	17,442	16,762
Northern Ireland	463	434	3,680	3,624	500	360	3,975	3,757
Total UK	1,850	1,602	16,497	17,468	2,519	2,158	21,418	20,520

Australia	146	53	1,322	639	7	9	72	68
Brazil	42	23	276	294	46	33	290	249
Canada	496	383	2,770	3,357	45	62	434	601
China⁵	1,263	782	10,904	7,041	950	902	11,625	6,894
India	61	57	376	407	76	87	774	720
Japan	312	242	3,289	2,801	179	127	2,646	2,077
Malaysia	88	152	327	1,046	96	49	493	482
Mexico	220	171	1,544	1,954	49	76	377	1,554
Norway	21	19	319	239	117	39	509	506
Russia	27	22	420	338	3	4	330	61
Saudi Arabia	72	106	628	718	2	2	33	66
Singapore	85	66	525	573	61	48	544	742
South Africa	33	21	323	282	46	33	251	264
South Korea	67	43	696	596	167	65	1,214	1,025
Switzerland	339	323	2,409	2,949	436	731	4,932	6,372
Taiwan	52	29	383	347	121	157	933	884
Thailand	22	24	179	227	85	76	566	652
Turkey	92	44	648	621	121	62	1,061	824
USA	5,904	4,337	48,374	41,067	2,450	2,155	16,885	15,661
Other countries	636	406	5,377	4,415	882	741	7,910	6,561
Country unknown⁶	11	8	107	93	162	55	534	395
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	9,990	7,311	81,194	70,004	6,100	5,515	52,413	46,660

Total	19,434	15,974	158,762	149,012	12,807	10,993	103,801	101,834
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. September 2023 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 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
		2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Great Britain		1,387	1,168	12,818	13,844	2,020	1,798	17,442	16,762
0	Food and live animals	413	412	2,859	2,978	192	218	1,558	1,737
1	Beverages and tobacco	25	22	178	203	24	26	180	212
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	39	33	392	307	10	10	90	94
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	39	29	629	345	740	208	5,572	4,242
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	5	11	22	10	6	58	49
5	Chemicals and related products	413	222	4,925	5,759	346	707	3,991	4,528
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	101	97	828	901	197	184	1,714	1,735
7	Machinery and transport equipment	225	224	1,880	2,117	294	261	2,658	2,632
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	130	123	1,107	1,197	206	177	1,608	1,522
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	2	8	16	1	0	13	10
Northern Ireland		463	434	3,680	3,624	500	360	3,975	3,757
0	Food and live animals	158	151	1,240	1,322	118	107	1,010	999
1	Beverages and tobacco	14	13	90	108	31	27	210	230
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	13	12	138	112	15	15	128	133
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	26	7	219	97	48	39	422	318
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	2	21	20	7	4	64	46
5	Chemicals and related products	93	107	704	766	145	36	995	857
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	59	53	472	443	66	65	550	555
7	Machinery and transport equipment	43	42	369	372	37	38	330	362
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	52	43	411	363	30	26	242	234
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	3	15	23	3	3	25	22
EU 27²		7,594	7,061	61,071	61,540	4,188	3,320	29,970	34,655
0	Food and live animals	567	457	3,845	3,829	344	314	2,613	3,029
1	Beverages and tobacco	49	54	351	411	54	60	330	366
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	77	40	741	480	35	33	353	338
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2	4	187	255	130	130	793	911
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	9	5	71	68	29	22	225	218
5	Chemicals and related products	5,599	5,283	45,147	45,592	1,396	744	9,213	10,279
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	89	85	762	759	260	217	2,228	2,166
7	Machinery and transport equipment	602	554	5,050	4,838	1,650	1,487	11,739	14,690
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	591	568	4,783	5,234	279	303	2,373	2,563
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	9	10	133	74	10	10	102	94
USA		5,904	4,337	48,374	41,067	2,450	2,155	16,885	15,661
0	Food and live animals	76	65	527	552	21	30	326	304
1	Beverages and tobacco	66	70	644	449	3	4	21	31
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	1	23	21	6	4	62	59
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	78	0	166	133	1,333	863
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	Chemicals and related products	4,661	3,156	37,725	31,326	504	449	4,028	4,249
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	35	20	251	154	65	62	490	510
7	Machinery and transport equipment	310	375	3,104	2,742	1,490	1,283	8,894	7,989
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	753	648	6,013	5,816	193	189	1,720	1,648
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	1	8	8	1	0	10	9
China³		1,263	782	10,904	7,041	950	902	11,625	6,894
0	Food and live animals	55	44	457	434	7	10	81	87
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	10	8	0	0	1	2
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	8	7	53	50	3	2	45	30
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	-	0	0	0	0	1	91
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	129	196	1,871	1,540	121	187	4,850	1,141
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	5	4	38	42	90	86	830	667
7	Machinery and transport equipment	916	412	7,420	3,753	446	359	3,655	3,134
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	149	117	1,055	1,215	282	257	2,160	1,742
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rest of World		2,822	2,192	21,916	21,895	2,700	2,458	23,903	24,105
0	Food and live animals	215	190	1,916	1,782	147	126	1,279	1,212
1	Beverages and tobacco	36	28	268	220	16	18	130	134
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	27	23	400	304	29	20	262	232
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	33	18	194	40	264	87	1,519	1,278
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	12	7	9	5	94	73
5	Chemicals and related products	1,616	1,201	12,958	12,644	608	870	6,194	8,650
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	25	22	187	189	150	95	1,293	991
7	Machinery and transport equipment	466	442	3,352	4,044	1,146	898	10,104	8,457
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	311	267	2,348	2,409	331	338	3,010	3,070
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	91	1	280	258	0	1	16	8

Total		19,434	15,974	158,762	149,012	12,807	10,993	103,801	101,834
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. September 2023 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 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	210.9	273.9
	February	17,408	12,061	5,347	231.4	277.5
	March	16,582	10,750	5,832	219.0	263.9
	April	16,268	11,479	4,789	220.9	264.9
	May	15,817	11,914	3,902	217.3	268.1
	June	17,206	11,665	5,540	232.8	271.0
	July	16,548	11,879	4,669	230.7	268.6
	August	16,570	10,666	5,904	220.2	245.6
	September	15,584	11,371	4,213	216.9	263.5
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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