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| Imports | Exports | |
| Manufacturing (C) | 97.503883 | 24.259268 |
| Wholesale & Retail Trade (G) | 2.96746 | 1.195157 |
| Information &Communication (J) | 53.422575 | 58.958241 |
| Financial &Insurance (K) | 22.4929 | 25.010124 |
| Professional & Scientific (M) | 14.83909 | 5.73888 |
| Administrative & Support (N) | 5.720782 | 17.727099 |
| Other Activities (Oth) | 1.863125 | 2.186798 |
| Manufacturing (C ) | Wholesale & Retail Trade (G) | Information & Communication (J) | Financial & Insurance (K) | Professional & Scientific (M) | Administrative & Support (N) | Other Activities (Oth) | |
| Exports | 17.9597750642794 | 0.88480620629192 | 43.6483387110268 | 18.5156535378452 | 4.24864402012838 | 13.1238383030441 | 1.61894415738414 |
| Imports | 49.043797460402 | 1.49261242459282 | 26.871195971889 | 11.3137774410182 | 7.46396248092681 | 2.87751487520875 | 0.937139345962371 |
| Large | Small & Medium | Unknown | |
| Manufacturing (C) | 5.46254231159363 | 0.680502048160938 | 11.8167307045248 |
| Information & Communication (J) | 42.0963037675052 | 0.660871554957086 | 0.891163388564565 |
| Financial & Insurance (K) | 1.3052153243969 | 14.7344101098609 | 2.47602810358738 |
| Administrative & Support (N) | 0 | 8.22186961465799 | 4.90196868838611 |
| Other Activities (Oth) | 4.5398565678425 | 2.15531058996036 | 0.0572272260015758 |
Large enterprises made up €72bn (53%) of total service exports (€135bn) in 2016. They dominated the information and communication sector (J) and provided a sizeable €57bn (42%) of total exports. Large enterprises in the manufacturing sector (C) exported €7bn (5%) of total services while large enterprises in the financial & insurance sector (K) and in other activity sectors exported €2bn and €6bn (1% and 5%) respectively of total services.
SME enterprises in the financial and insurance sector (K) exported €20bn (15%) of total services while SME enterprises in the administrative and support sector (N) made up €11bn (8%). Of the total service exports, €3bn (2%) were provided by SME’s in other activity sectors. See Figure 4.3 and Table 4.2.
| Large | Small & Medium | Unknown | |
| Manufacturing (C) | 41.6706660081143 | 0.408208719473935 | 6.96492273281377 |
| Information & Communication (J) | 25.4437478350855 | 0.197408261760115 | 1.23003987504339 |
| Financial & Insurance (K) | 0.445946795936609 | 9.23421461862937 | 1.63361602645222 |
| Administrative & Support (N) | 0 | 0.624617552206867 | 2.25289732300188 |
| Other Activities (Oth) | 6.69831114726403 | 3.14876556773618 | 0.0466375364817879 |
Large enterprises imported €148bn (74%) of total services (€199bn) in 2016. In the manufacturing sector (C) and the information and communication sector (J) they imported €83bn and €51bn (42% and 25%) respectively, together importing €133bn (67%) of total services.
SMEs imported just €27bn (14%) of total services and in the financial and insurance sector (K) and in other activity sectors they made up €18bn (9%) and €6bn ( 3%) of total service imports respectively. See Figure 4.4 and Table 4.3.
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