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| Exports | Imports | |
| Manufacturing (C) | 27.48282 | 71.237396 |
| Wholesale &Retail Trade (G) | 0.735908 | 2.736185 |
| Information & Communication (J) | 74.08025 | 88.230182 |
| Financial & Insurance (K) | 28.281684 | 25.306535 |
| Professional & Scientific (M) | 7.185051 | 5.042996 |
| Administrative & Support (N) | 21.854611 | 9.356651 |
| Other Activities (Oth) | 2.210556 | 3.412208 |
| Manufacturing (C ) | Wholesale & Retail Trade (G) | Information & Communication (J) | Financial & Insurance (K) | Professional & Scientific (M) | Administrative & Support (N) | Other Activities (Oth) | |
| Exports | 16.9824325246208 | 0.454738922509721 | 45.77633761863 | 17.4760737876479 | 4.43985165253998 | 13.5045987514867 | 1.36596674256483 |
| Imports | 34.6954261676771 | 1.33263019115137 | 42.9715842693311 | 12.3252823089187 | 2.45613828138652 | 4.55705868231374 | 1.66188009922144 |
| 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 €85bn (52%) of total service exports (€162bn) in 2017. They dominated the Information and Communication sector (J) where they provided a sizeable €69bn (43%) of total service exports. Large enterprises in the Manufacturing sector (C) exported €8bn (5%) of total services while large enterprises in the Financial & Insurance sector (K) exported €2bn (1%) of total services.
SME enterprises in the Financial and Insurance sector (K) exported €23bn (14%) of total services while SME enterprises in the Administrative and Support sector (N) made up €16bn (10%). They made up €5bn (3%) of total service exports in other activity sectors. See Figure 4.3 and Table 4.2.
| Small & Medium | Large | Unknown | |
| Manufacturing (C) | 1.2478590169469 | 26.8789452056837 | 6.56862194504652 |
| Information & Communication (J) | 0.505368750930641 | 42.1051517027488 | 0.36106381565169 |
| Financial & Insurance (K) | 10.3346164502766 | 0.344988102672 | 1.64567775597015 |
| Administrative & Support (N) | 2.61145664101818 | 0 | 1.94560204129556 |
| Other Activities (Oth) | 3.25328022446755 | 2.19152387321791 | 0.00584447407387161 |
Large enterprises imported €147bn (72%) of total services (€205bn) in 2017. In the Manufacturing Sector (C) and the Information and Communication sector (J) they imported €55bn and €86bn (27% and 42%) respectively, together importing €142bn (69%) of total services.
SMEs imported €37bn (18%) of total services and in the Financial and Insurance sector (K) and in other activity sectors they made up €21bn (10%) and €7bn (3%) of total service imports respectively. See Figure 4.4 and Table 4.3.
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