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Net Exports increased by 8.2% (€4.2 bn) in Q2 2021

Table 4.1 Exports and Imports, Q2 2021¹
	Amount €m	Quarterly % change
Exports of Goods	82,892	7.5
Exports of Services	64,866	5.1
Imports of Goods	28,029	2.9
Imports of Services	64,305	6.5
Net Exports	55,423
¹Constant Market Prices, chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019 and seasonally adjusted.

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Exports increased by 6.4% in Q2 2021 compared with Q1 2021 while Imports rose by 5.4% which meant that overall net exports for the quarter were 8.2% higher in Q2 compared with Q1 or €4.2 billion higher in money terms quarter-on-quarter. See International Accounts for more detail on current price data.

	Exports (Goods)	Exports (Services)	Imports (Goods)	Imports (Services)	Net Exports
Q1 2019	55.150842615	54.489102564	-26.072201987	-53.593275811	29.974467381
Q2 2019	54.627079891	57.008374009	-26.708583248	-95.167258429	-10.240387777
Q3 2019	57.611182148	58.355361596	-27.813102292	-59.759090199	28.394351253
Q4 2019	58.73151779	59.65176452	-27.083456452	-127.1729295	-35.873103642
Q1 2020	62.871202443	58.693299014	-26.694944365	-120.56622206	-25.696664968
Q2 2020	62.621703093	53.352886306	-23.851140045	-55.49724524	36.626204114
Q3 2020	67.862953121	58.059502198	-26.132052084	-54.106936408	45.683466827
Q4 2020	69.944513728	65.401800956	-28.379178129	-75.019953211	31.947183344
Q1 2021	77.107626064	61.70621945	-27.230026166	-60.378550771	51.205268577
Q2 2021	82.891639132	64.865828667	-28.029350925	-64.305366243	55.422750631

Table 4.2 Trade Summary: Quarterly Breakdown of Trade into Goods/Services at Current and Constant Prices¹

Table 4.2 Trade Summary: Quarterly Breakdown of Trade into Goods/Services at Current and Constant Prices¹
	TRADE AT CURRENT PRICES						TRADE AT CONSTANT PRICES
	Exports			Imports			Exports			Imports		€million
Period	Total	Goods	Services	Total	Goods	Services	Total	Goods	Services	Total	Goods	Services
2015
Q1	74,441	47,465	26,976	53,445	20,675	32,770	75,439	44,687	29,875	55,500	20,200	34,765
Q2	78,174	48,150	30,024	59,304	21,256	38,048	78,370	43,796	34,021	60,321	19,842	40,123
Q3	81,927	50,890	31,037	59,603	21,134	38,468	82,644	47,417	34,475	61,169	20,157	40,647
Q4	86,023	53,822	32,201	72,534	23,868	48,667	86,477	49,517	36,186	74,734	24,033	50,317
	320,565	200,327	120,238	244,886	86,933	157,953	322,930	185,417	134,557	251,724	84,231	165,852
2016
Q1	78,730	48,495	30,235	66,004	21,205	44,798	80,735	47,371	32,413	70,355	22,823	47,133
Q2	80,086	47,648	32,439	72,531	23,207	49,324	83,256	46,443	36,336	76,163	23,599	52,226
Q3	82,459	46,899	35,561	68,438	20,584	47,854	84,754	45,416	39,240	71,550	21,068	50,257
Q4	86,960	50,118	36,841	78,909	22,076	56,833	88,994	47,577	41,338	81,513	22,411	58,978
	328,235	193,160	135,076	285,882	87,072	198,810	337,740	186,808	149,326	299,581	89,901	208,594
2017
Q1	84,294	47,901	36,393	62,545	22,714	39,831	84,881	45,477	39,212	63,790	22,215	41,294
Q2	86,740	47,323	39,417	100,937	22,777	78,160	87,873	44,951	43,026	103,783	22,962	80,577
Q3	88,932	48,977	39,955	60,009	20,314	39,695	91,698	48,093	43,545	61,870	20,378	41,238
Q4	99,689	53,623	46,066	70,537	22,900	47,637	105,835	55,635	50,112	73,619	23,096	50,240
	359,655	197,824	161,831	294,028	88,706	205,322	370,287	194,156	175,895	303,062	88,651	213,349
2018
Q1	91,974	50,386	41,587	62,861	21,905	40,956	94,489	51,682	42,517	64,838	22,124	42,362
Q2	98,639	52,594	46,045	70,555	24,469	46,085	102,160	53,892	48,168	72,428	24,409	47,637
Q3	100,877	52,714	48,163	72,259	25,376	46,883	102,984	52,920	50,114	72,207	23,738	48,112
Q4	109,512	56,063	53,449	102,224	30,562	71,662	113,419	57,624	55,921	103,645	29,297	74,025
	401,001	211,757	189,244	307,898	102,312	205,586	413,051	216,118	196,721	313,118	99,568	212,136
2019
Q1	106,901	56,594	50,306	76,016	26,043	49,973	105,701	56,353	49,274	76,225	25,441	50,366
Q2	110,204	53,367	56,837	121,822	26,238	95,585	110,808	53,001	57,842	122,581	26,560	96,217
Q3	115,231	57,160	58,071	82,669	25,912	56,757	114,819	56,812	58,008	83,277	26,116	56,807
Q4	123,761	58,823	64,938	163,037	29,635	133,401	124,768	59,778	65,028	161,462	29,711	132,326
	456,097	225,944	230,153	443,544	107,828	335,716	456,097	225,944	230,153	443,544	107,828	335,716
2020
Q1	118,284	62,528	55,756	142,207	24,872	117,336	117,451	64,602	52,849	143,110	25,966	117,143
Q2	112,390	57,033	55,356	79,777	22,756	57,021	114,880	60,670	54,210	80,436	23,517	56,919
Q3	119,167	61,349	57,818	74,430	23,454	50,975	124,526	67,038	57,488	75,557	24,619	50,938
Q4	139,037	63,899	75,139	109,411	28,774	80,636	142,558	70,827	71,732	111,427	31,297	80,130
	488,877	244,809	244,069	405,824	99,856	305,968	499,415	263,137	236,278	410,530	105,399	305,131
2021
Q1	131,033	68,821	62,212	82,422	25,164	57,259	134,777	79,506	55,272	83,384	26,463	56,921
Q2	137,875	69,057	68,818	92,650	26,777	65,873	146,337	80,304	66,034	93,436	27,462	65,973

Percentage change on corresponding period of previous year
2015
Q1	56.0	81.3	25.3	31.6	19.9	40.3	44.7	63.1	21.4	27.8	17.1	35.7
Q2	45.6	66.6	21.2	35.3	20.7	45.1	34.1	47.9	18.1	28.0	10.8	39.8
Q3	47.3	73.9	17.8	34.0	15.6	46.9	37.1	59.7	12.3	30.3	13.0	42.2
Q4	50.0	78.8	18.2	44.4	16.0	64.1	41.6	66.1	15.2	42.2	21.6	56.3
2016
Q1	5.8	2.2	12.1	23.5	2.6	36.7	7.0	6.0	8.5	26.8	13.0	35.6
Q2	2.4	-1.0	8.0	22.3	9.2	29.6	6.2	6.0	6.8	26.3	18.9	30.2
Q3	0.6	-7.8	14.6	14.8	-2.6	24.4	2.6	-4.2	13.8	17.0	4.5	23.6
Q4	1.1	-6.9	14.4	8.8	-7.5	16.8	2.9	-3.9	14.2	9.1	-6.8	17.2
2017
Q1	7.1	-1.2	20.4	-5.2	7.1	-11.1	5.1	-4.0	21.0	-9.3	-2.7	-12.4
Q2	8.3	-0.7	21.5	39.2	-1.9	58.5	5.5	-3.2	18.4	36.3	-2.7	54.3
Q3	7.8	4.4	12.4	-12.3	-1.3	-17.1	8.2	5.9	11.0	-13.5	-3.3	-17.9
Q4	14.6	7.0	25.0	-10.6	3.7	-16.2	18.9	16.9	21.2	-9.7	3.1	-14.8
2018
Q1	9.1	5.2	14.3	0.5	-3.6	2.8	11.3	13.6	8.4	1.6	-0.4	2.6
Q2	13.7	11.1	16.8	-30.1	7.4	-41.0	16.3	19.9	12.0	-30.2	6.3	-40.9
Q3	13.4	7.6	20.5	20.4	24.9	18.1	12.3	10.0	15.1	16.7	16.5	16.7
Q4	9.9	4.6	16.0	44.9	33.5	50.4	7.2	3.6	11.6	40.8	26.8	47.3
2019
Q1	16.2	12.3	21.0	20.9	18.9	22.0	11.9	9.0	15.9	17.6	15.0	18.9
Q2	11.7	1.5	23.4	72.7	7.2	107.4	8.5	-1.7	20.1	69.2	8.8	102.0
Q3	14.2	8.4	20.6	14.4	2.1	21.1	11.5	7.4	15.8	15.3	10.0	18.1
Q4	13.0	4.9	21.5	59.5	-3.0	86.2	10.0	3.7	16.3	55.8	1.4	78.8
2020
Q1	10.6	10.5	10.8	87.1	-4.5	134.8	11.1	14.6	7.3	87.7	2.1	132.6
Q2	2.0	6.9	-2.6	-34.5	-13.3	-40.3	3.7	14.5	-6.3	-34.4	-11.5	-40.8
Q3	3.4	7.3	-0.4	-10.0	-9.5	-10.2	8.5	18.0	-0.9	-9.3	-5.7	-10.3
Q4	12.3	8.6	15.7	-32.9	-2.9	-39.6	14.3	18.5	10.3	-31.0	5.3	-39.4
2021
Q1	10.8	10.1	11.6	-42.0	1.2	-51.2	14.8	23.1	4.6	-41.7	1.9	-51.4
Q2	22.7	21.1	24.3	16.1	17.7	15.5	27.4	32.4	21.8	16.2	16.8	15.9
¹Chain linked series not additive

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Table 4.3 Seasonally Adjusted (SA) Trade Summary: Quarterly Breakdown of Trade into Goods/Services at SA Current and SA Constant Prices¹

Table 4.3 Seasonally Adjusted (SA) Trade Summary: Quarterly Breakdown of Trade into Goods/Services at SA Current and SA Constant Prices¹
	TRADE AT CURRENT PRICES						TRADE AT CONSTANT PRICES
	Exports			Imports			Exports			Imports		€million
Period	Total	Goods	Services	Total	Goods	Services	Total	Goods	Services	Total	Goods	Services
2015
Q1	76,044	47,526	28,517	54,824	20,558	34,267	76,880	44,577	32,303	56,453	20,024	36,429
Q2	78,070	48,253	29,817	58,776	21,230	37,546	77,490	43,905	33,585	59,226	19,706	39,520
Q3	81,742	51,064	30,679	62,899	22,032	40,866	82,210	47,894	34,316	64,357	21,387	42,971
Q4	84,157	53,057	31,100	67,066	22,149	44,917	82,885	48,828	34,057	69,518	22,911	46,607
	320,013	199,900	120,113	243,565	85,969	157,596	319,465	185,204	134,261	249,554	84,028	165,526
2016
Q1	81,508	49,646	31,862	68,434	21,781	46,653	82,394	47,118	35,275	71,952	22,830	49,123
Q2	79,479	47,189	32,290	71,519	22,670	48,849	82,944	47,079	35,865	75,039	23,420	51,619
Q3	82,388	47,014	35,373	71,849	21,371	50,478	85,110	45,957	39,153	75,327	22,434	52,893
Q4	83,779	48,468	35,311	73,798	21,280	52,518	85,177	46,568	38,609	75,716	21,104	54,613
	327,153	192,317	134,836	285,600	87,101	198,499	335,625	186,722	148,903	298,034	89,787	208,247
2017
Q1	86,307	48,015	38,292	64,740	22,674	42,066	87,974	45,025	42,949	66,118	22,440	43,678
Q2	87,677	48,282	39,395	100,570	22,907	77,664	88,403	45,951	42,452	102,801	22,816	79,985
Q3	88,877	48,912	39,965	64,031	21,662	42,369	92,356	48,802	43,554	65,743	21,753	43,990
Q4	95,105	51,314	43,792	64,163	21,172	42,992	100,741	54,237	46,504	66,836	21,471	45,365
	357,967	196,523	161,444	293,504	88,415	205,090	369,473	194,014	175,459	301,498	88,480	213,018
2018
Q1	94,487	50,755	43,732	65,853	22,269	43,584	97,685	50,885	46,801	67,777	22,542	45,236
Q2	99,658	53,511	46,147	69,798	24,396	45,402	102,952	55,448	47,504	71,262	24,370	46,892
Q3	101,901	53,342	48,559	76,320	26,742	49,578	103,937	53,666	50,271	76,245	25,325	50,920
Q4	103,607	53,358	50,249	95,018	28,052	66,966	107,915	56,339	51,576	95,865	26,947	68,918
	399,653	210,965	188,687	306,989	101,458	205,531	412,490	216,337	196,152	311,149	99,183	211,966
2019
Q1	108,063	55,073	52,990	79,254	26,458	52,796	109,640	55,151	54,489	79,665	26,072	53,593
Q2	112,071	54,915	57,156	121,376	26,735	94,641	111,635	54,627	57,008	121,876	26,709	95,167
Q3	115,885	57,082	58,804	86,548	27,000	59,548	115,967	57,611	58,355	87,572	27,813	59,759
Q4	119,311	58,708	60,603	156,313	27,524	128,789	118,383	58,732	59,652	154,256	27,083	127,173
	455,330	225,777	229,553	443,491	107,717	335,774	455,625	226,121	229,505	443,370	107,677	335,693
2020
Q1	118,570	59,779	58,792	145,422	25,207	120,216	121,565	62,871	58,693	147,261	26,695	120,566
Q2	114,578	58,786	55,792	79,120	23,331	55,789	115,975	62,622	53,353	79,348	23,851	55,497
Q3	120,402	61,662	58,740	78,339	24,403	53,936	125,922	67,863	58,060	80,239	26,132	54,107
Q4	133,117	63,361	69,757	101,512	25,392	76,120	135,346	69,945	65,402	103,399	28,379	75,020
	486,668	243,587	243,081	404,393	98,332	306,061	498,808	263,300	235,507	410,248	105,057	305,190
2021
Q1	133,226	67,612	65,614	86,503	26,405	60,098	138,814	77,108	61,706	87,609	27,230	60,379
Q2	140,818	71,261	69,557	92,032	27,565	64,467	147,757	82,892	64,866	92,335	28,029	64,305

Percentage change on previous quarter
2015
Q1	35.0	58.6	8.2	17.3	2.4	28.4	29.2	49.9	8.4	17.0	5.1	24.7
Q2	2.7	1.5	4.6	7.2	3.3	9.6	0.8	-1.5	4.0	4.9	-1.6	8.5
Q3	4.7	5.8	2.9	7.0	3.8	8.8	6.1	9.1	2.2	8.7	8.5	8.7
Q4	3.0	3.9	1.4	6.6	0.5	9.9	0.8	1.9	-0.8	8.0	7.1	8.5
2016
Q1	-3.1	-6.4	2.4	2.0	-1.7	3.9	-0.6	-3.5	3.6	3.5	-0.4	5.4
Q2	-2.5	-4.9	1.3	4.5	4.1	4.7	0.7	-0.1	1.7	4.3	2.6	5.1
Q3	3.7	-0.4	9.5	0.5	-5.7	3.3	2.6	-2.4	9.2	0.4	-4.2	2.5
Q4	1.7	3.1	-0.2	2.7	-0.4	4.0	0.1	1.3	-1.4	0.5	-5.9	3.3
2017
Q1	3.0	-0.9	8.4	-12.3	6.6	-19.9	3.3	-3.3	11.2	-12.7	6.3	-20.0
Q2	1.6	0.6	2.9	55.3	1.0	84.6	0.5	2.1	-1.2	55.5	1.7	83.1
Q3	1.4	1.3	1.4	-36.3	-5.4	-45.4	4.5	6.2	2.6	-36.0	-4.7	-45.0
Q4	7.0	4.9	9.6	0.2	-2.3	1.5	9.1	11.1	6.8	1.7	-1.3	3.1
2018
Q1	-0.7	-1.1	-0.1	2.6	5.2	1.4	-3.0	-6.2	0.6	1.4	5.0	-0.3
Q2	5.5	5.4	5.5	6.0	9.6	4.2	5.4	9.0	1.5	5.1	8.1	3.7
Q3	2.3	-0.3	5.2	9.3	9.6	9.2	1.0	-3.2	5.8	7.0	3.9	8.6
Q4	1.7	0.0	3.5	24.5	4.9	35.1	3.8	5.0	2.6	25.7	6.4	35.3
2019
Q1	4.3	3.2	5.5	-16.6	-5.7	-21.2	1.6	-2.1	5.6	-16.9	-3.2	-22.2
Q2	3.7	-0.3	7.9	53.1	1.0	79.3	1.8	-0.9	4.6	53.0	2.4	77.6
Q3	3.4	3.9	2.9	-28.7	1.0	-37.1	3.9	5.5	2.4	-28.1	4.1	-37.2
Q4	3.0	2.8	3.1	80.6	1.9	116.3	2.1	1.9	2.2	76.1	-2.6	112.8
2020
Q1	-0.6	1.8	-3.0	-7.0	-8.4	-6.7	2.7	7.0	-1.6	-4.5	-1.4	-5.2
Q2	-3.4	-1.7	-5.1	-45.6	-7.4	-53.6	-4.6	-0.4	-9.1	-46.1	-10.7	-54.0
Q3	5.1	4.9	5.3	-1.0	4.6	-3.3	8.6	8.4	8.8	1.1	9.6	-2.5
Q4	10.6	2.8	18.8	29.6	4.1	41.1	7.5	3.1	12.6	28.9	8.6	38.7
2021
Q1	0.1	6.7	-5.9	-14.8	4.0	-21.0	2.6	10.2	-5.7	-15.3	-4.0	-19.5
Q2	5.7	5.4	6.0	6.4	4.4	7.3	6.4	7.5	5.1	5.4	2.9	6.5
¹Chain linked series not additive

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