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Quarterly National Accounts Quarter 2 2026

International Trade

Net Exports increased by 77.1% in Q2 2026

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CSO statistical release, 04 September 2026, 11am

Table 4.1 Exports and Imports, Q2 2026¹
	Amount €m	Quarterly % change
Exports of Goods	108,737	39.3
Exports of Services	130,182	3.4
Imports of Goods	46,608	-0.9
Imports of Services	127,155	5.9
Net Exports	65,157
¹Constant Market Prices, chain linked annually and referenced to year 2024 and seasonally adjusted

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Total Exports increased by 17.1% in Q2 2026 compared to Q1 2026. Total Imports grew by 4.0% over the same period which meant that overall net exports for the quarter were 77.1% higher.

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	Exports (Goods)	Exports (Services)	Imports (Goods)	Imports (Services)	Net Exports
Q1 2024	75.3997349231	119.5085744807	-39.0919141136	-105.5007252141	50.3156700761
Q2 2024	79.0185677147	135.8001296363	-39.6954809235	-110.2557645384	64.8674518891
Q3 2024	84.2924920066	118.5886776861	-39.8429301792	-109.0816663784	53.9565731351
Q4 2024	92.2311267575	119.9043583512	-35.4492971049	-111.8195469119	64.8666410919
Q1 2025	97.3991066506	125.8762989784	-40.7924461735	-125.5692036994	56.9137557561
Q2 2025	93.1907828198	124.9346533528	-40.5570149069	-112.8788433542	64.6895779115
Q3 2025	95.3627990387	124.2769592095	-44.501837025	-119.1670216334	55.9708995898
Q4 2025	95.3029144141	130.1411749361	-43.9050171694	-119.3971391153	62.1419330655
Q1 2026	78.0321651703	125.9121590087	-47.0287205446	-120.1187783483	36.7968252861
Q2 2026	108.7370347508	130.1822796185	-46.6078242851	-127.1546874471	65.1568026371

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

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
2020
Q1	131,539	61,048	70,491	152,908	24,851	128,057	147,141	60,758	86,575	174,465	28,768	145,818
Q2	121,390	56,811	64,579	84,378	22,487	61,892	140,051	58,220	81,879	96,296	25,710	70,421
Q3	128,691	61,310	67,381	86,317	23,787	62,529	151,597	64,522	86,609	100,438	27,755	72,488
Q4	152,083	63,442	88,641	130,534	29,041	101,493	175,054	67,771	109,066	153,776	35,314	118,334
	533,702	242,610	291,092	454,137	100,166	353,971	613,842	251,272	364,128	524,976	117,547	407,060
2021
Q1	139,419	67,552	71,867	87,834	25,379	62,455	157,880	73,874	82,486	99,138	28,532	70,664
Q2	147,451	67,598	79,853	98,024	27,698	70,326	172,492	73,648	98,650	111,160	30,668	80,530
Q3	154,990	71,815	83,175	100,441	26,794	73,647	176,330	74,734	101,513	112,081	29,001	83,079
Q4	169,809	73,691	96,118	138,086	32,369	105,717	187,808	75,328	113,279	154,220	34,391	119,718
	611,669	280,656	331,013	424,385	112,240	312,144	694,510	297,583	395,927	476,599	122,592	353,991
2022
Q1	164,845	78,380	86,465	109,231	32,152	77,079	179,148	82,353	95,821	120,313	34,748	85,416
Q2	176,848	85,329	91,519	125,067	37,517	87,550	191,646	86,848	103,917	134,934	38,552	96,231
Q3	190,143	94,696	95,447	132,436	38,181	94,256	202,365	94,300	106,802	139,765	37,679	102,015
Q4	194,597	96,381	98,217	144,869	41,803	103,066	204,871	94,922	108,740	152,933	41,748	111,087
	726,434	354,786	371,648	511,603	149,652	361,951	778,030	358,423	415,280	547,946	152,728	394,749
2023
Q1	181,696	89,007	92,690	126,396	34,915	91,481	187,380	90,769	95,096	131,174	35,262	95,888
Q2	175,154	74,612	100,541	129,933	37,725	92,209	184,318	76,468	107,720	135,509	39,003	96,306
Q3	175,031	70,703	104,328	125,521	34,519	91,002	185,229	72,055	113,552	129,941	35,388	94,499
Q4	185,538	71,923	113,615	162,185	42,399	119,785	191,216	71,052	120,907	166,798	42,466	124,466
	717,419	306,245	411,174	544,035	149,559	394,477	748,142	310,344	437,275	563,422	152,119	411,159
2024
Q1	186,619	76,697	109,922	133,798	37,217	96,581	188,023	76,654	111,304	135,403	37,462	97,884
Q2	213,635	79,175	134,460	148,441	39,921	108,521	214,435	79,273	135,491	148,992	39,953	109,007
Q3	200,883	82,218	118,665	145,709	38,383	107,326	202,721	83,042	119,590	145,752	38,568	107,166
Q4	223,419	92,303	131,116	162,689	37,801	124,888	219,377	91,424	127,779	160,490	37,338	123,259
	824,556	330,393	494,163	590,638	153,322	437,316	824,556	330,393	494,163	590,638	153,322	437,316
2025
Q1	222,160	102,452	119,708	159,412	40,221	119,190	219,117	101,353	117,763	156,582	39,420	117,162
Q2	216,176	88,988	127,188	155,030	40,393	114,636	216,072	91,840	124,232	152,654	40,764	111,890
Q3	215,190	87,487	127,703	162,920	42,816	120,104	218,579	93,683	124,896	160,608	43,409	117,199
Q4	231,228	88,514	142,714	181,379	46,218	135,161	232,796	94,368	138,428	177,581	46,133	131,448
	884,754	367,441	517,313	658,740	169,649	489,092	886,564	381,244	505,320	647,425	169,726	477,699
2026
Q1	204,199	77,281	126,919	163,973	46,448	117,526	199,334	81,293	118,041	156,511	45,648	110,863
Q2	242,448	105,590	136,858	180,608	47,526	133,083	236,874	107,396	129,479	172,885	46,672	126,212

Percentage change on corresponding period of previous year
2020
Q1	18.1	8.3	28.2	92.6	-4.6	140.0	17.9	12.4	24.1	92.3	1.1	137.0
Q2	4.7	6.9	2.9	-33.2	-14.3	-38.2	6.0	14.5	-1.1	-33.5	-13.5	-39.0
Q3	6.9	7.7	6.2	-0.4	-8.2	3.0	11.6	18.4	5.6	1.0	-4.9	4.1
Q4	17.3	8.2	24.8	-22.1	-2.0	-26.4	18.4	18.1	18.5	-18.6	6.3	-24.4
2021
Q1	6.0	10.7	2.0	-42.6	2.1	-51.2	7.3	21.6	-4.7	-43.2	-0.8	-51.5
Q2	21.5	19.0	23.7	16.2	23.2	13.6	23.2	26.5	20.5	15.4	19.3	14.4
Q3	20.4	17.1	23.4	16.4	12.6	17.8	16.3	15.8	17.2	11.6	4.5	14.6
Q4	11.7	16.2	8.4	5.8	11.5	4.2	7.3	11.1	3.9	0.3	-2.6	1.2
2022
Q1	18.2	16.0	20.3	24.4	26.7	23.4	13.5	11.5	16.2	21.4	21.8	20.9
Q2	19.9	26.2	14.6	27.6	35.4	24.5	11.1	17.9	5.3	21.4	25.7	19.5
Q3	22.7	31.9	14.8	31.9	42.5	28.0	14.8	26.2	5.2	24.7	29.9	22.8
Q4	14.6	30.8	2.2	4.9	29.1	-2.5	9.1	26.0	-4.0	-0.8	21.4	-7.2
2023
Q1	10.2	13.6	7.2	15.7	8.6	18.7	4.6	10.2	-0.8	9.0	1.5	12.3
Q2	-1.0	-12.6	9.9	3.9	0.6	5.3	-3.8	-12.0	3.7	0.4	1.2	0.1
Q3	-7.9	-25.3	9.3	-5.2	-9.6	-3.5	-8.5	-23.6	6.3	-7.0	-6.1	-7.4
Q4	-4.7	-25.4	15.7	12.0	1.4	16.2	-6.7	-25.1	11.2	9.1	1.7	12.0
2024
Q1	2.7	-13.8	18.6	5.9	6.6	5.6	0.3	-15.6	17.0	3.2	6.2	2.1
Q2	22.0	6.1	33.7	14.2	5.8	17.7	16.3	3.7	25.8	9.9	2.4	13.2
Q3	14.8	16.3	13.7	16.1	11.2	17.9	9.4	15.2	5.3	12.2	9.0	13.4
Q4	20.4	28.3	15.4	0.3	-10.8	4.3	14.7	28.7	5.7	-3.8	-12.1	-1.0
2025
Q1	19.0	33.6	8.9	19.1	8.1	23.4	16.5	32.2	5.8	15.6	5.2	19.7
Q2	1.2	12.4	-5.4	4.4	1.2	5.6	0.8	15.9	-8.3	2.5	2.0	2.6
Q3	7.1	6.4	7.6	11.8	11.5	11.9	7.8	12.8	4.4	10.2	12.6	9.4
Q4	3.5	-4.1	8.8	11.5	22.3	8.2	6.1	3.2	8.3	10.6	23.6	6.6
2026
Q1	-8.1	-24.6	6.0	2.9	15.5	-1.4	-9.0	-19.8	0.2	-0.0	15.8	-5.4
Q2	12.2	18.7	7.6	16.5	17.7	16.1	9.6	16.9	4.2	13.3	14.5	12.8
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 Prices

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
2020
Q1	134,376	59,833	74,543	157,534	25,256	132,278	152,877	59,291	95,119	179,903	29,970	149,947
Q2	123,444	58,870	64,573	85,549	22,578	62,971	141,356	60,089	80,886	97,641	25,682	71,743
Q3	129,604	61,289	68,315	88,643	24,752	63,891	151,842	64,887	86,430	103,964	29,381	74,304
Q4	146,258	62,745	83,513	120,111	26,225	93,885	167,914	67,306	101,547	142,430	32,504	109,728
	533,683	242,738	290,945	451,837	98,810	353,027	613,989	251,572	363,983	523,937	117,538	405,721
2021
Q1	141,656	65,894	75,761	94,039	27,111	66,928	162,944	71,804	90,511	104,915	29,884	75,110
Q2	150,214	70,010	80,204	99,303	27,687	71,616	174,134	75,796	97,861	112,699	30,569	82,163
Q3	156,210	71,944	84,266	103,344	27,816	75,528	176,307	75,133	101,024	116,060	30,557	85,506
Q4	163,181	73,088	90,093	125,676	28,906	96,770	180,135	75,266	105,027	141,740	31,771	109,785
	611,261	280,937	330,324	422,362	111,520	310,842	693,520	297,999	394,423	475,414	122,781	352,564
2022
Q1	166,879	76,123	90,757	116,363	33,824	82,538	184,605	79,807	104,445	127,604	36,516	90,962
Q2	180,309	88,162	92,147	126,272	37,365	88,908	193,596	89,056	103,496	136,349	38,289	97,947
Q3	191,975	95,309	96,666	135,822	39,204	96,618	202,381	94,950	106,107	144,219	39,445	104,686
Q4	188,047	95,892	92,155	132,720	39,491	93,229	198,163	95,329	101,241	139,551	38,948	100,495
	727,210	355,485	371,724	511,177	149,884	361,293	778,746	359,143	415,288	547,723	153,199	394,090
2023
Q1	183,090	86,028	97,061	134,568	36,278	98,290	191,521	87,696	102,831	139,691	36,944	102,779
Q2	178,196	76,755	101,441	130,885	37,587	93,297	186,094	78,066	107,818	136,580	38,713	97,724
Q3	177,066	71,650	105,417	129,254	36,220	93,034	185,121	72,871	112,548	133,346	36,780	96,496
Q4	178,609	71,718	106,891	148,672	38,849	109,823	184,224	71,507	113,119	153,917	39,998	114,002
	716,961	306,151	410,810	543,378	148,935	394,443	746,960	310,140	436,316	563,534	152,435	411,001
2024
Q1	190,768	75,865	114,903	142,796	38,807	103,990	194,775	75,400	119,509	144,617	39,092	105,501
Q2	214,364	78,868	135,496	148,730	39,233	109,497	214,478	79,019	135,800	149,962	39,695	110,256
Q3	203,688	83,807	119,880	148,857	39,447	109,410	203,018	84,292	118,589	148,943	39,843	109,082
Q4	215,925	92,402	123,523	150,354	36,593	113,761	212,473	92,231	119,904	147,216	35,449	111,820
	824,744	330,942	493,802	590,737	154,080	436,658	824,744	330,942	493,802	590,737	154,080	436,658
2025
Q1	223,099	98,165	124,934	168,553	41,264	127,290	223,275	97,399	125,876	166,362	40,792	125,569
Q2	219,031	90,717	128,314	155,984	40,532	115,452	218,125	93,191	124,935	153,436	40,557	112,879
Q3	218,797	89,584	129,214	166,816	44,549	122,266	219,640	95,363	124,277	163,669	44,502	119,167
Q4	223,191	88,860	134,331	168,256	44,851	123,404	225,444	95,303	130,141	163,302	43,905	119,397
	884,118	367,326	516,792	659,608	171,196	488,412	886,485	381,256	505,229	646,769	169,756	477,012
2026
Q1	206,353	73,874	132,479	174,054	47,537	126,517	203,944	78,032	125,912	167,147	47,029	120,119
Q2	245,282	107,265	138,017	181,840	47,905	133,934	238,919	108,737	130,182	173,763	46,608	127,155

Percentage change on previous quarter
2020
Q1	8.1	3.8	11.9	-1.3	-10.2	0.6	8.5	5.0	11.6	0.4	-2.0	0.5
Q2	-8.1	-1.6	-13.4	-45.7	-10.6	-52.4	-7.5	1.3	-15.0	-45.7	-14.3	-52.2
Q3	5.0	4.1	5.8	3.6	9.6	1.5	7.4	8.0	6.9	6.5	14.4	3.6
Q4	12.8	2.4	22.2	35.5	6.0	46.9	10.6	3.7	17.5	37.0	10.6	47.7
2021
Q1	-3.1	5.0	-9.3	-21.7	3.4	-28.7	-3.0	6.7	-10.9	-26.3	-8.1	-31.5
Q2	6.0	6.2	5.9	5.6	2.1	7.0	6.9	5.6	8.1	7.4	2.3	9.4
Q3	4.0	2.8	5.1	4.1	0.5	5.5	1.2	-0.9	3.2	3.0	-0.0	4.1
Q4	4.5	1.6	6.9	21.6	3.9	28.1	2.2	0.2	4.0	22.1	4.0	28.4
2022
Q1	2.3	4.2	0.7	-7.4	17.0	-14.7	2.5	6.0	-0.6	-10.0	14.9	-17.1
Q2	8.0	15.8	1.5	8.5	10.5	7.7	4.9	11.6	-0.9	6.9	4.9	7.7
Q3	6.5	8.1	4.9	7.6	4.9	8.7	4.5	6.6	2.5	5.8	3.0	6.9
Q4	-2.0	0.6	-4.7	-2.3	0.7	-3.5	-2.1	0.4	-4.6	-3.2	-1.3	-4.0
2023
Q1	-2.6	-10.3	5.3	1.4	-8.1	5.4	-3.4	-8.0	1.6	0.1	-5.1	2.3
Q2	-2.7	-10.8	4.5	-2.7	3.6	-5.1	-2.8	-11.0	4.9	-2.2	4.8	-4.9
Q3	-0.6	-6.7	3.9	-1.2	-3.6	-0.3	-0.5	-6.7	4.4	-2.4	-5.0	-1.3
Q4	0.9	0.1	1.4	15.0	7.3	18.0	-0.5	-1.9	0.5	15.4	8.8	18.1
2024
Q1	6.8	5.8	7.5	-4.0	-0.1	-5.3	5.7	5.4	5.6	-6.0	-2.3	-7.5
Q2	12.4	4.0	17.9	4.2	1.1	5.3	10.1	4.8	13.6	3.7	1.5	4.5
Q3	-5.0	6.3	-11.5	0.1	0.5	-0.1	-5.3	6.7	-12.7	-0.7	0.4	-1.1
Q4	6.0	10.3	3.0	1.0	-7.2	4.0	4.7	9.4	1.1	-1.2	-11.0	2.5
2025
Q1	3.3	6.2	1.1	12.1	12.8	11.9	5.1	5.6	5.0	13.0	15.1	12.3
Q2	-1.8	-7.6	2.7	-7.5	-1.8	-9.3	-2.3	-4.3	-0.7	-7.8	-0.6	-10.1
Q3	-0.1	-1.2	0.7	6.9	9.9	5.9	0.7	2.3	-0.5	6.7	9.7	5.6
Q4	2.0	-0.8	4.0	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.6	-0.1	4.7	-0.2	-1.3	0.2
2026
Q1	-7.5	-16.9	-1.4	3.4	6.0	2.5	-9.5	-18.1	-3.2	2.4	7.1	0.6
Q2	18.9	45.2	4.2	4.5	0.8	5.9	17.1	39.3	3.4	4.0	-0.9	5.9
¹Chain linked series not additive