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| Exports | Imports | |
| Manufacturing (C) | 27.461578 | 79.914674 |
| Wholesale &Retail Trade (G) | 4.144657 | 2.469666 |
| Information & Communication (J) | 97.065559 | 76.552836 |
| Financial & Insurance (K) | 28.547958 | 28.471993 |
| Professional & Scientific (M) | 7.712587 | 4.831094 |
| Administrative & Support (N) | 21.924676 | 10.262572 |
| Other Activities (Oth) | 2.387174 | 3.083351 |
| Manufacturing (C ) | Wholesale & Retail Trade (G) | Information & Communication (J) | Financial & Insurance (K) | Professional & Scientific (M) | Administrative & Support (N) | Other Activities (Oth) | |
| Exports | 14.5111869194567 | 2.1901105771866 | 51.2911701611086 | 15.0852494604207 | 4.07546833578071 | 11.5853892876996 | 1.26142525834703 |
| Imports | 38.8716165978195 | 1.20128012881177 | 37.2363715137942 | 13.8491761309293 | 2.34991177860559 | 4.99185874288266 | 1.49978510715696 |
| Small & Medium | Large | Unknown | Total (where large/unknown split not available) | |
| Manufacturing (C) | 0.764800762257487 | 3.60498255510503 | 10.1414036020942 | 0 |
| Information & Communication (J) | 2.12796177324103 | 48.6232034316256 | 0.540004956242012 | 0 |
| Financial & Insurance (K) | 12.4013519907869 | 0.958642909769874 | 1.72525455986392 | 0 |
| Administrative & Support (N) | 8.16051477279442 | 0 | 0 | 3.42487451490518 |
| Other Activities (Oth) | 4.08572016972209 | 0 | 0 | 3.44128400159225 |
| 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 €108bn (57%) of total service exports (€189bn) in 2018. They dominated the Information and Communication sector (J) where they provided a sizeable €92bn (49%) of total service exports. Large enterprises in the Manufacturing sector (C) exported €7bn (4%) 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 (12%) of total services while SME enterprises in the Administrative and Support sector (N) made up €15bn (8%). They made up €7bn (4%) of total service exports in other activity sectors. See Figure 4.3 and Table 4.2.
| Small & Medium | Large | Unknown | Total (where large/unknown split not available) | |
| Manufacturing (C) | 8.44058024404422 | 23.7791711355548 | 6.65186521822045 | 0 |
| Information & Communication (J) | 1.85201499871202 | 35.0820988526924 | 0.302257662389826 | 0 |
| Financial & Insurance (K) | 12.0170452503068 | 0.392995762857335 | 1.43913511776516 | 0 |
| Administrative & Support (N) | 2.44398327424587 | 0 | 0 | 2.54787546863679 |
| Other Activities (Oth) | 3.5283246122383 | 0 | 0 | 1.52265240233602 |
Large enterprises imported €125bn (61%) of total services (€206bn) in 2018. In the Manufacturing Sector (C) and the Information and Communication sector (J) they imported €49bn and €72bn (24% and 35%) respectively, together importing €121bn (59%) of total services.
SMEs imported €58bn (28%) of total services and in the Financial and Insurance sector (K) and the Manufacturing Sector (C) they made up €25bn (12%) and €17bn (8%) of total service imports respectively. See Figure 4.4 and Table 4.3.
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