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Net Exports decreased by 4.1% (€2.2 bn) in Q3 2021

Table 4.1 Exports and Imports, Q3 2021¹
	Amount €m	Quarterly % change
Exports of Goods	80,828	-0.9
Exports of Services	67,811	4.1
Imports of Goods	28,244	0.2
Imports of Services	68,624	6.4
Net Exports	51,771
¹Constant Market Prices, chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019 and seasonally adjusted.

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Exports increased by 1.3% in Q3 2021 compared with Q2 2021 while Imports rose at a faster rate of 4.5% which meant that overall net exports for the quarter were 4.1% lower in Q3 compared with Q2 or €2.2 billion lower 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	54.98263015	54.533337858	-26.057913114	-53.504566697	29.953488197
Q2 2019	54.597742814	57.298883395	-26.645592435	-95.387867612	-10.136833838
Q3 2019	57.800743191	58.019238374	-27.844529684	-59.637105717	28.338346164
Q4 2019	58.806096423	59.635705945	-27.136910851	-127.13957784	-35.834686323
Q1 2020	62.597621365	58.740490398	-26.682703661	-120.44781866	-25.792410558
Q2 2020	62.562476983	53.669361183	-23.769168541	-55.84122513	36.621444495
Q3 2020	68.194762327	57.668155368	-26.178612627	-53.918184246	45.766120822
Q4 2020	70.020271487	65.392290815	-28.441172776	-74.963490037	32.007899489
Q1 2021	77.99396368	61.788541727	-27.233576959	-60.462935079	52.085993369
Q2 2021	81.573838778	65.126422492	-28.188621997	-64.504585921	54.007053352
Q3 2021	80.827529314	67.810978831	-28.243562222	-68.623941347	51.771004576

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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	136,136	80,830	55,305	83,631	26,477	57,155
Q2	137,875	69,057	68,818	92,650	26,777	65,873	145,003	79,145	65,858	93,451	27,740	65,711
Q3	143,682	72,264	71,418	93,149	26,536	66,613	146,914	79,449	67,465	92,166	26,612	65,554

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	15.9	25.1	4.6	-41.6	2.0	-51.2
Q2	22.7	21.1	24.3	16.1	17.7	15.5	26.2	30.5	21.5	16.2	18.0	15.4
Q3	20.6	17.8	23.5	25.2	13.1	30.7	18.0	18.5	17.4	22.0	8.1	28.7
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	76,046	47,528	28,518	54,821	20,556	34,266	76,904	44,572	32,332	56,459	20,025	36,434
Q2	78,069	48,249	29,820	58,771	21,229	37,542	77,524	43,905	33,619	59,220	19,699	39,521
Q3	81,739	51,056	30,682	62,898	22,031	40,867	82,169	47,897	34,272	64,347	21,378	42,969
Q4	84,158	53,068	31,090	67,075	22,152	44,923	82,868	48,835	34,033	69,540	22,930	46,610
	320,012	199,901	120,111	243,566	85,968	157,597	319,466	185,209	134,257	249,566	84,032	165,533
2016
Q1	81,512	49,648	31,864	68,426	21,778	46,648	82,411	47,104	35,307	71,937	22,827	49,109
Q2	79,478	47,182	32,296	71,523	22,669	48,855	83,012	47,078	35,933	75,051	23,408	51,642
Q3	82,384	47,004	35,380	71,837	21,371	50,466	85,030	45,969	39,061	75,300	22,426	52,874
Q4	83,778	48,485	35,294	73,812	21,287	52,526	85,167	46,579	38,587	75,754	21,126	54,627
	327,152	192,319	134,834	285,599	87,104	198,495	335,619	186,731	148,888	298,041	89,788	208,253
2017
Q1	86,311	48,022	38,289	64,739	22,673	42,065	87,979	44,994	42,985	66,076	22,433	43,642
Q2	87,687	48,266	39,421	100,586	22,902	77,684	88,531	45,949	42,582	102,844	22,800	80,044
Q3	88,868	48,902	39,966	64,000	21,668	42,333	92,225	48,830	43,395	65,696	21,747	43,949
Q4	95,096	51,334	43,762	64,163	21,175	42,988	100,766	54,280	46,486	66,887	21,503	45,385
	357,961	196,523	161,438	293,488	88,417	205,070	369,501	194,053	175,448	301,503	88,483	213,020
2018
Q1	94,489	50,769	43,720	65,870	22,266	43,603	97,629	50,793	46,836	67,699	22,531	45,168
Q2	99,688	53,482	46,206	69,858	24,382	45,476	103,143	55,441	47,703	71,350	24,336	47,014
Q3	101,878	53,326	48,551	76,213	26,756	49,456	103,786	53,754	50,031	76,188	25,335	50,854
Q4	103,589	53,386	50,203	95,019	28,064	66,955	107,958	56,400	51,558	95,906	26,993	68,913
	399,644	210,963	188,680	306,959	101,469	205,491	412,516	216,388	196,128	311,144	99,195	211,949
2019
Q1	108,054	55,102	52,953	79,317	26,452	52,864	109,516	54,983	54,533	79,562	26,058	53,505
Q2	112,145	54,852	57,292	121,492	26,701	94,791	111,897	54,598	57,299	122,033	26,646	95,388
Q3	115,852	57,088	58,764	86,332	27,036	59,296	115,820	57,801	58,019	87,482	27,845	59,637
Q4	119,271	58,735	60,536	156,300	27,534	128,767	118,442	58,806	59,636	154,276	27,137	127,140
	455,323	225,777	229,546	443,441	107,723	335,718	455,674	226,187	229,487	443,354	107,685	335,669
2020
Q1	118,551	59,821	58,730	145,535	25,195	120,341	121,338	62,598	58,740	147,131	26,683	120,448
Q2	114,663	58,685	55,978	79,324	23,285	56,039	116,232	62,562	53,669	79,610	23,769	55,841
Q3	120,377	61,695	58,683	77,989	24,455	53,534	125,863	68,195	57,668	80,097	26,179	53,918
Q4	133,055	63,388	69,667	101,507	25,406	76,100	135,413	70,020	65,392	103,405	28,441	74,963
	486,646	243,589	243,057	404,356	98,341	306,014	498,845	263,375	235,470	410,242	105,072	305,171
2021
Q1	133,188	67,673	65,516	86,658	26,386	60,272	139,783	77,994	61,789	87,697	27,234	60,463
Q2	140,952	71,090	69,862	92,274	27,492	64,782	146,700	81,574	65,126	92,693	28,189	64,505
Q3	144,652	72,183	72,469	96,967	27,766	69,201	148,639	80,828	67,811	96,868	28,244	68,624

Percentage change on previous quarter
2015
Q1	35.0	58.6	8.2	17.3	2.4	28.4	29.3	49.9	8.6	17.0	5.1	24.8
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	8.9	6.0	9.1	1.9	8.7	8.5	8.7
Q4	3.0	3.9	1.3	6.6	0.5	9.9	0.9	2.0	-0.7	8.1	7.3	8.5
2016
Q1	-3.1	-6.4	2.5	2.0	-1.7	3.8	-0.6	-3.5	3.7	3.4	-0.4	5.4
Q2	-2.5	-5.0	1.4	4.5	4.1	4.7	0.7	-0.1	1.8	4.3	2.5	5.2
Q3	3.7	-0.4	9.5	0.4	-5.7	3.3	2.4	-2.4	8.7	0.3	-4.2	2.4
Q4	1.7	3.1	-0.2	2.7	-0.4	4.1	0.2	1.3	-1.2	0.6	-5.8	3.3
2017
Q1	3.0	-1.0	8.5	-12.3	6.5	-19.9	3.3	-3.4	11.4	-12.8	6.2	-20.1
Q2	1.6	0.5	3.0	55.4	1.0	84.7	0.6	2.1	-0.9	55.6	1.6	83.4
Q3	1.3	1.3	1.4	-36.4	-5.4	-45.5	4.2	6.3	1.9	-36.1	-4.6	-45.1
Q4	7.0	5.0	9.5	0.3	-2.3	1.5	9.3	11.2	7.1	1.8	-1.1	3.3
2018
Q1	-0.6	-1.1	-0.1	2.7	5.2	1.4	-3.1	-6.4	0.8	1.2	4.8	-0.5
Q2	5.5	5.3	5.7	6.1	9.5	4.3	5.6	9.1	1.9	5.4	8.0	4.1
Q3	2.2	-0.3	5.1	9.1	9.7	8.8	0.6	-3.0	4.9	6.8	4.1	8.2
Q4	1.7	0.1	3.4	24.7	4.9	35.4	4.0	4.9	3.1	25.9	6.5	35.5
2019
Q1	4.3	3.2	5.5	-16.5	-5.7	-21.0	1.4	-2.5	5.8	-17.0	-3.5	-22.4
Q2	3.8	-0.5	8.2	53.2	0.9	79.3	2.2	-0.7	5.1	53.4	2.3	78.3
Q3	3.3	4.1	2.6	-28.9	1.3	-37.4	3.5	5.9	1.3	-28.3	4.5	-37.5
Q4	3.0	2.9	3.0	81.0	1.8	117.2	2.3	1.7	2.8	76.4	-2.5	113.2
2020
Q1	-0.6	1.8	-3.0	-6.9	-8.5	-6.5	2.4	6.4	-1.5	-4.6	-1.7	-5.3
Q2	-3.3	-1.9	-4.7	-45.5	-7.6	-53.4	-4.2	-0.1	-8.6	-45.9	-10.9	-53.6
Q3	5.0	5.1	4.8	-1.7	5.0	-4.5	8.3	9.0	7.5	0.6	10.1	-3.4
Q4	10.5	2.7	18.7	30.2	3.9	42.2	7.6	2.7	13.4	29.1	8.6	39.0
2021
Q1	0.1	6.8	-6.0	-14.6	3.9	-20.8	3.2	11.4	-5.5	-15.2	-4.2	-19.3
Q2	5.8	5.0	6.6	6.5	4.2	7.5	4.9	4.6	5.4	5.7	3.5	6.7
Q3	2.6	1.5	3.7	5.1	1.0	6.8	1.3	-0.9	4.1	4.5	0.2	6.4
¹Chain linked series not additive

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