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CSO statistical release, 13 November 2014, 11am

Goods Exports and Imports

September 2014

Seasonally adjusted
€ million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
April 2014	6,841	4,032	2,810
May 2014	7,917	4,750	3,167
June 2014	7,711	4,373	3,338
July 2014	6,510	4,602	1,908
August 2014	8,017	4,631	3,386
September 2014	7,694	4,440	3,254

Seasonally adjusted trade surplus down 4% in September

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Preliminary figures for September 2014 show that seasonally adjusted exports decreased by €323 million (-4%) to €7,694 million from August 2014. Seasonally adjusted imports also decreased by 4% (-€191 million) to €4,440 million, leading to a decrease of €132 million (-4%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €3,254 million in September (see Table 2).

Comparing September 2014 with September 2013, the value of exports increased by €568 million (+8%) to €7,902 million. The main drivers were increases of €377 million (+22%) in the exports of Medical and pharmaceutical products and €104 million (+25%) in Essential oils. Exports of Organic chemicals decreased by €151 million (-9%). A comparison of the non-seasonally adjusted exports between January to September 2014 and January to September 2013 shows an increase of €855 million (+1%).

On an overall basis the EU accounted for €4,436 million (56%) of total exports in September 2014. The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for 22% (€1,764 million) of total exports in September 2014.

Comparing September 2014 with September 2013, the value of imports increased by €393 million (+10%) to €4,435 million. Imports of Petroleum and related products increased by €148 million (+40%) and Machinery specialised for particular industries increased by €123 million (+148%). Comparing non-seasonally adjusted imports between January to September 2014 and January to September 2013 shows that there was an increase of €2,685 million (+7%).

The EU accounted for 60% of the value of imports in September 2014, with 29% coming from Great Britain. The USA (11%) and China (8%) were the main non-EU sources of imports.

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Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis
Period		Value			Volume index¹		Unit value index¹
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Base year 1990=100
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Base year 1990=100
		€m	€m	€m	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade²
		€m	€m	€m	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade²
1990		18,204	15,832	2,372	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1991		19,070	16,317	2,753	105.6	100.8	99.3	102.3	97.0
1992		21,260	16,754	4,506	121.1	105.6	96.6	100.2	96.4
1993		25,179	18,900	6,279	133.4	113.0	103.9	105.4	98.6
1994		28,891	21,945	6,946	153.2	127.9	103.8	108.1	96.0
1995		35,330	26,181	9,149	184.0	146.3	105.7	112.7	93.7
1996		38,609	28,479	10,130	202.2	160.9	105.1	111.4	94.3
1997		44,868	32,863	12,004	232.4	184.8	106.3	112.0	94.9
1998		57,322	39,715	17,607	289.2	218.3	109.1	114.6	95.2
1999		66,956	44,327	22,629	336.5	236.5	109.5	118.0	92.8
2000		83,889	55,909	27,980	401.4	275.2	115.0	128.0	89.9
2001		92,690	57,384	35,306	422.0	274.2	120.9	131.8	91.7
2002		93,675	55,628	38,047	435.1	276.6	118.5	126.7	93.5
2003		82,076	47,865	34,212	418.4	259.7	108.0	116.1	93.0
2004		84,410	51,105	33,304	446.5	283.6	104.0	113.5	91.7
2005		86,732	57,465	29,267	456.7	316.3	104.5	114.4	91.3
2006		86,772	60,857	25,915	458.0	325.2	104.4	117.7	88.7
2007		89,226	63,486	25,741	481.8	340.9	101.9	117.3	86.9
2008		86,394	57,585	28,810	484.5	300.5	98.0	119.7	81.9
2009		85,804	45,061	40,742	468.4	249.2	98.9	113.9	86.8
2010		89,703	45,764	43,940	485.5	241.3	101.2	119.2	84.9
2011		91,228	48,302	42,925	507.9	240.8	99.7	126.4	78.8
2012		91,688	49,146	42,542	479.1	231.9	105.8	133.7	79.2
2013		86,999	50,025	36,974	460.6	238.8	103.9	131.6	78.9

2013	Quarter 1	21,434	12,493	8,941	449.9	236.9	104.8	132.8	78.9
	Quarter 2	22,032	12,224	9,808	459.3	232.7	105.6	132.3	79.8
	Quarter 3	21,915	12,039	9,875	465.1	229.0	103.8	132.5	78.4
	Quarter 4	21,619	13,270	8,349	461.0	252.1	102.8	131.4	78.2
2014	Quarter 1	21,280	13,476	7,804	455.1	254.5	103.0	133.5	77.2
	Quarter 2	22,833	13,070	9,763	491.1	247.6	102.3	132.9	77.0
	Quarter 3	22,123	12,895	9,228	467.2	244.6	104.2	132.8	78.5

2013³	January	6,729	4,442	2,287	419.9	251.3	105.8	133.6	79.2
	February	6,619	3,913	2,706	424.1	222.4	103.1	133.0	77.5
	March	8,086	4,138	3,948	505.8	237.1	105.6	131.9	80.1
	April	7,473	4,239	3,234	462.8	239.0	106.6	134.0	79.6
	May	7,218	3,949	3,268	452.1	228.4	105.4	130.7	80.7
	June	7,341	4,036	3,306	463.1	230.6	104.7	132.3	79.2
	July	7,601	4,021	3,580	482.7	225.1	104.0	135.0	77.0
	August	6,981	3,977	3,003	442.6	232.8	104.0	129.3	80.4
	September	7,334	4,042	3,292	469.9	229.2	103.4	133.1	77.7
	October	7,303	4,443	2,860	471.4	253.4	102.2	131.7	77.6
	November	7,734	4,447	3,288	492.2	253.8	103.0	130.8	78.7
	December	6,581	4,380	2,202	419.5	249.2	103.2	131.7	78.3
2014³	January	6,960	4,541	2,420	447.6	259.4	102.7	132.3	77.6
	February	6,791	4,074	2,718	427.8	228.6	104.9	134.7	77.8
	March	7,528	4,862	2,666	490.0	275.4	101.5	133.4	76.1
	April	7,075	4,291	2,784	462.9	244.0	100.9	132.9	76.0
	May	7,904	4,486	3,418	504.1	254.2	103.6	133.4	77.6
	June	7,855	4,294	3,561	506.3	244.7	102.4	132.3	77.4
	July	6,792	4,336	2,456	435.5	248.9	103.0	131.6	78.3
	August	7,429	4,124	3,305	467.2	234.3	105.0	133.0	79.0
	September⁴	7,902	4,435	3,467	498.8	250.6	104.6	133.7	78.2
¹Monthly data have been rescaled to make their average equal to the annual.
²Export unit value index divided by Import unit value index.
³Revised, see background notes.
⁴September 2014 is based on current Intrastat response levels, see background notes.

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Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted¹series
Period		Value			Volume index
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Base year 1990=100
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Base year 1990=100
		€m	€m	€m	Exports	Imports
2011	January	7,289	4,495	2,795	485.9	263.6
	February	8,051	4,322	3,729	535.5	251.8
	March	7,626	3,820	3,806	520.7	222.1
	April	7,577	4,919	2,658	495.4	289.2
	May	7,568	3,724	3,844	503.9	227.2
	June	7,840	3,833	4,007	537.2	228.2
	July	7,023	3,805	3,217	470.7	228.9
	August	7,784	3,986	3,798	524.5	240.5
	September	7,799	3,827	3,973	531.2	231.9
	October	7,461	3,861	3,601	501.9	233.9
	November	8,095	3,806	4,289	541.9	219.5
	December	7,113	4,129	2,984	488.7	239.5
2012	January	8,302	4,506	3,796	516.1	253.4
	February	7,286	3,730	3,557	462.3	214.8
	March	7,739	4,623	3,116	498.5	260.9
	April	7,029	3,584	3,445	443.4	202.3
	May	7,528	4,119	3,409	472.2	229.7
	June	7,471	4,012	3,459	459.5	228.3
	July	7,833	4,003	3,829	485.9	225.1
	August	9,188	4,215	4,973	561.3	232.0
	September	7,299	4,474	2,824	457.5	261.2
	October	7,492	4,216	3,276	465.4	238.1
	November	8,033	3,851	4,182	498.6	216.0
	December	6,539	3,801	2,738	430.2	218.5

2013	Quarter 1	21,181	11,682	9,499	442.4	225.6
	Quarter 2	21,567	12,318	9,249	452.2	233.5
	Quarter 3	22,302	12,845	9,456	475.8	242.4
	Quarter 4	22,110	13,264	8,846	468.6	250.2
2014	Quarter 1	21,323	12,788	8,535	454.2	243.5
	Quarter 2	22,469	13,154	9,315	487.4	248.5
	Quarter 3	22,221	13,673	8,548	468.7	257.3

2013	January	6,791	3,978	2,813	423.4	236.5
	February	6,976	3,898	3,078	444.0	222.9
	March	7,414	3,806	3,609	459.7	217.4
	April	7,351	4,062	3,288	457.4	230.4
	May	7,086	4,027	3,060	446.0	230.0
	June	7,131	4,229	2,902	453.3	240.2
	July	7,333	4,245	3,088	469.8	234.8
	August	7,671	4,482	3,190	488.7	257.0
	September	7,297	4,119	3,178	469.0	235.5
	October	7,349	4,400	2,949	467.1	244.7
	November	7,032	4,543	2,489	445.4	258.7
	December	7,729	4,321	3,409	493.2	247.2
2014	January	7,145	4,131	3,014	462.3	239.5
	February	7,236	4,074	3,162	450.8	231.6
	March	6,942	4,583	2,358	449.6	259.3
	April	6,841	4,032	2,810	453.3	232.0
	May	7,917	4,750	3,167	505.2	263.1
	June	7,711	4,373	3,338	503.7	250.3
	July	6,510	4,602	1,908	419.4	262.2
	August	8,017	4,631	3,386	504.9	259.2
	September	7,694	4,440	3,254	481.8	250.5
¹Based on seasonal patterns up to December 2013. Accordingly all values in this table may have been revised.

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Table 3 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity¹
										€million
SITC (Rev 4)			Exports				Imports
			Exports				Imports
			Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep
			2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014
0	Food and live animals		771	814	6,383	6,902	464	470	4,415	4,479
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	33	31	235	230	8	5	76	94
	01	Meat and meat preparations	273	301	2,185	2,438	73	71	592	634
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	180	171	1,399	1,397	54	63	466	590
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	29	38	354	390	16	18	157	173
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	26	30	217	259	72	76	749	715
	05	Vegetables and fruit	21	26	180	196	77	83	782	777
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	10	8	91	79	34	32	297	268
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	31	30	291	268	45	46	298	308
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals)	19	20	187	174	50	37	691	568
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	149	158	1,244	1,470	35	41	308	351
1	Beverages and tobacco		126	137	841	815	86	92	583	600
	11	Beverages	117	130	777	765	75	82	514	533
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	9	7	64	50	11	10	69	67
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		162	181	1,304	1,362	61	57	518	535
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	18	15	106	121	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	1	1	4	6	3	2	22	19
	23	Crude rubber (incl. synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	2	4	2	2	11	14
	24	Cork and wood	11	15	93	119	10	10	76	89
	25	Pulp and waste paper	4	11	38	48	5	4	35	38
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	13	12	105	100	2	2	15	15
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excl. coal, petroleum and precious stones)	12	11	106	110	8	9	88	88
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	96	105	770	778	19	17	144	146
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	8	10	78	76	12	12	126	125
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		38	64	654	640	500	639	5,193	5,114
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	5	5	64	64	8	16	166	127
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	31	56	571	549	370	518	3,816	3,965
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	2	1	15	17	115	102	1,165	966
	35	Electric current	0	3	5	9	7	3	46	57
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		4	5	37	47	21	18	181	164
	41	Animal oils and fats	3	4	30	40	2	1	9	10
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	1	1	6	6	18	15	153	141
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	0	2	2	2	2	18	13
5	Chemicals and related products		4,081	4,408	38,553	38,762	854	805	8,180	8,593
	51	Organic chemicals	1,640	1,489	13,888	14,250	249	171	1,903	2,420
	52	Inorganic chemicals	19	18	155	122	15	15	161	148
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	9	9	128	88	14	16	141	145
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	1,682	2,059	16,536	16,033	325	334	3,384	3,250
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	424	528	4,851	5,289	97	98	790	814
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	0	0	3	2	7	18	388	329
	57	Plastics in primary forms	29	31	240	240	66	66	602	623
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	33	36	287	318	38	40	341	380
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	244	237	2,465	2,420	42	46	469	486
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		152	161	1,252	1,395	333	369	2,875	3,124
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	5	5	21	24	2	2	14	14
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	6	6	50	51	24	24	210	223
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excl. furniture)	22	20	180	181	13	16	117	149
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	15	14	110	116	72	72	599	609
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	12	13	102	115	28	35	243	308
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	26	32	216	261	36	43	285	308
	67	Iron and steel	8	12	91	103	44	50	377	445
	68	Non-ferrous metals	6	7	48	57	43	45	425	412
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	52	53	434	487	72	81	605	656
7	Machinery and transport equipment		955	999	7,614	7,276	954	1,137	8,875	10,233
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	91	25	618	372	56	41	597	484
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	52	63	402	526	83	206	723	1,567
	73	Metalworking machinery	2	2	16	19	7	11	52	66
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	124	151	1,029	1,134	113	123	858	1,014
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines	369	411	2,837	2,714	245	271	2,064	2,155
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	63	80	478	518	92	120	767	888
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	203	201	1,740	1,365	172	192	1,419	1,557
	78	Road vehicles (incl. air-cushion vehicles)	19	23	175	194	126	147	1,325	1,778
	79	Other transport equipment	33	43	320	434	60	27	1,072	724
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		933	1,039	7,921	8,152	579	661	4,351	4,833
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	11	12	82	92	15	18	110	134
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	10	10	88	107	28	31	234	269
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	1	1	11	11	8	10	78	84
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	22	22	156	170	154	173	1,101	1,156
	85	Footwear	3	3	20	24	30	31	232	237
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	292	371	2,636	3,065	122	140	911	1,071
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	89	90	791	772	17	20	156	182
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	506	530	4,136	3,912	206	239	1,530	1,700
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		59	39	417	427	87	97	786	848
Unclassified estimates²			52	55	404	458	101	90	800	916

Total			7,334	7,902	65,381	66,236	4,042	4,435	36,756	39,441
¹September 2014 is based on current Intrastat response levels, see background notes.
² Estimates for which a commodity classification is not available.

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								€million
Country	Exports				Imports
	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep
	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014
Austria	51	37	358	254	20	15	148	158
Belgium	1,047	1,196	8,544	8,463	72	88	762	832
Bulgaria	6	6	55	52	1	2	10	18
Croatia²	2	2	8	21	0	0	0	4
Cyprus	2	2	24	13	0	0	2	2
Czech Republic	44	40	326	349	28	27	222	295
Denmark	47	55	388	435	29	41	534	303
Estonia	2	1	15	16	2	4	8	26
Finland	24	24	261	231	8	10	80	108
France	323	423	2,994	3,457	167	168	1,653	1,677
Germany	453	551	5,115	4,359	336	310	3,046	3,182
Great Britain	999	1,033	9,255	8,809	1,402	1,287	11,526	11,954
Greece	19	20	207	217	2	2	22	27
Hungary	17	20	202	178	8	8	79	91
Italy	189	176	1,747	1,613	75	69	649	676
Latvia	5	17	40	43	1	1	19	18
Lithuania	2	4	24	29	3	3	63	53
Luxembourg	6	7	42	58	7	3	39	28
Malta	2	2	18	17	1	1	9	5
Netherlands	331	286	2,736	2,500	218	240	2,021	1,953
Northern Ireland	130	145	1,079	1,155	84	87	753	800
Poland	77	78	601	672	33	40	278	306
Portugal	29	30	248	264	13	16	105	116
Romania	32	24	296	253	6	7	81	65
Slovakia	5	5	46	41	4	2	43	33
Slovenia	5	5	27	28	1	2	8	24
Spain	225	178	2,067	1,844	49	62	553	617
Sweden	57	64	562	523	24	45	276	364
EU Country not specified³	2	6	19	34	94	118	848	1,019
Total EU	4,131	4,436	37,304	35,929	2,688	2,659	23,839	24,753
of which Euro-Zone⁴	2,711	2,960	24,448	23,417	976	993	9,148	9,481

Australia	58	83	564	504	9	5	67	62
Brazil	41	25	207	192	13	15	234	117
Canada	62	79	573	524	48	16	214	280
China⁵	146	188	1,472	1,572	298	348	2,188	2,399
India	23	30	188	188	33	37	306	301
Japan	167	203	1,283	1,377	66	156	636	1,283
Malaysia	13	19	159	148	16	17	162	173
Mexico	57	95	543	913	25	34	225	222
Norway	23	27	278	241	23	77	924	754
Russia	52	40	485	597	3	9	118	183
Saudi Arabia	33	66	520	552	0	0	73	4
Singapore	53	52	415	413	79	26	331	239
South Africa	23	19	179	212	7	7	65	62
South Korea	18	42	244	330	20	28	307	308
Switzerland	365	341	3,366	4,285	70	44	607	1,039
Taiwan	13	12	95	108	19	23	153	178
Thailand	11	15	104	126	29	39	256	273
Turkey	30	31	345	351	26	30	207	309
USA	1,700	1,764	14,147	14,729	358	500	3,957	4,363
Other countries	312	322	2,893	2,849	181	330	1,561	1,773
Country unknown⁶	2	12	18	94	30	33	326	365

Total	7,334	7,902	65,381	66,236	4,042	4,435	36,756	39,441
¹September 2014 is based on current Intrastat response levels, see background notes.
²Croatia joined the EU on 1 July 2013.
³Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
⁴Euro-zone members from January 2014: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Slovakia, Estonia and Latvia.
⁵China includes Hong Kong and Macao.
⁶Trade for which the country of origin or country of final destination is unknown.

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									€million
		Exports				Imports
	Country by Section level of SITC	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep	Sep	Sep	Jan-Sep	Jan-Sep
		2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014
Great Britain		999	1,033	9,255	8,809	1,402	1,287	11,526	11,954
0	Food and live animals	294	312	2,439	2,539	208	213	1,737	1,807
1	Beverages and tobacco	29	21	209	190	29	33	202	224
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	37	39	267	315	13	12	108	105
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	31	31	391	312	410	264	3,309	3,313
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	12	9	5	3	32	30
5	Chemicals and related products	261	266	3,333	2,647	161	164	1,466	1,532
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	62	73	506	610	131	146	1,113	1,221
7	Machinery and transport equipment	173	182	1,198	1,280	205	209	1,762	1,835
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	85	83	699	691	182	197	1,350	1,416
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	25	26	202	217	57	46	448	471
Other EU^2,3		3,133	3,403	28,049	27,120	1,286	1,372	12,313	12,800
0	Food and live animals	308	314	2,446	2,598	199	212	1,902	1,888
1	Beverages and tobacco	31	47	242	248	41	43	282	270
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	81	89	695	698	19	18	173	183
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	6	6	86	68	37	59	547	342
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	4	21	33	12	11	113	100
5	Chemicals and related products	1,886	2,040	17,736	16,774	351	335	3,563	3,414
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	64	66	534	557	126	135	1,101	1,173
7	Machinery and transport equipment	386	418	3,156	2,979	262	294	2,708	3,171
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	335	380	2,883	2,873	120	136	890	1,067
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	31	38	249	291	120	129	1,032	1,191
USA		1,700	1,764	14,147	14,729	358	500	3,957	4,363
0	Food and live animals	11	15	83	108	12	7	212	167
1	Beverages and tobacco	46	47	244	245	1	2	9	13
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	3	1	19	21	2	3	32	27
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	27	144	257	1	38	17	126
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	-	0	-	0	0	1	1
5	Chemicals and related products	1,173	1,174	10,031	10,241	128	159	1,431	1,503
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	10	7	85	100	25	26	219	221
7	Machinery and transport equipment	111	125	765	877	122	184	1,440	1,619
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	339	367	2,743	2,855	63	78	563	655
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	7	2	33	25	4	4	33	32
China⁴		146	188	1,472	1,572	298	348	2,188	2,399
0	Food and live animals	35	52	274	392	2	2	19	23
1	Beverages and tobacco	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	8	11	71	79	2	2	21	26
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	29	64	329	588	15	22	136	158
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	1	2	15	18	27	33	217	251
7	Machinery and transport equipment	52	34	602	269	140	157	1,062	1,136
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	21	24	177	220	107	129	703	773
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	4	3	29	30
Rest of World		1,356	1,513	12,457	14,006	697	928	6,772	7,926
0	Food and live animals	124	121	1,141	1,265	43	37	545	595
1	Beverages and tobacco	19	22	142	129	15	14	90	93
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	34	40	253	249	24	22	184	194
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	0	33	3	52	278	1,321	1,334
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	1	2	4	4	4	34	33
5	Chemicals and related products	732	864	7,124	8,511	200	125	1,583	1,987
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	14	12	112	109	23	30	225	258
7	Machinery and transport equipment	232	241	1,894	1,871	225	293	1,903	2,471
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	153	184	1,419	1,513	107	121	845	921
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	47	28	337	351	5	4	44	40

Total		7,334	7,902	65,381	66,236	4,042	4,435	36,756	39,441
¹ September 2014 is based on current Intrastat response levels, see background notes.
²Croatia joined the EU on 1 July 2013.
³Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
⁴ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.

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Introduction

Goods Exports and Imports statistics provide data on the movement of goods between countries. The statistics are a combination of Customs-based non-EU trade statistics and data from the Intrastat Survey of Irish traders involved in trade with other EU member states. The collection of trade data is the responsibility of VIMA (a branch of Revenue). The CSO is responsible for processing and disseminating the data.

Revisions

Trade figures are subject to revision on the incorporation of late Intrastat and VAT returns and corrections made by traders. When the preliminary results for a month are published, the results for months -1 (August 2014 in this publication), -4 (May 2014) and -8 (January 2014) are revised.

Intrastat System

The Intrastat system has two components. Firstly, the Intrastat survey (conducted by the Revenue Commissioners), in which traders, above the Intrastat survey trade thresholds, make detailed monthly returns giving information on the quantity and value of all exports to or imports from EU countries.

The total number of traders required to make a detailed import return is around 6,700 while around 1,900 must make a detailed export return. The response rate in terms of number of traders in September 2014 was 65%, covering an estimated 91% of the total value of intra-EU trade (these response rates will have increased by the next time data for September is published).

The second component of the Intrastat system is the regular VAT return, on which all traders are required to record the total value of goods imported from and exported to other EU countries. This information provides the basis for determining total EU trade for those traders below the Intrastat survey thresholds. It is also used to maintain the register of EU traders.

Extrastat System

The statistics of trade with non-EU countries are compiled from the documents supplied by importers and exporters to the Customs authorities. The document is the Single Administrative Document (SAD) used for Customs clearance purposes.

Estimation

The figures in this release include estimates for traders above the Intrastat thresholds who did not make detailed returns for the period and for traders below the thresholds who did not provide aggregate intra-EU trade figures on their VAT returns.

Estimates for Intrastat non-respondents are apportioned to individual commodities and countries whenever previous Intrastat returns are available. Estimates for traders below the Intrastat thresholds are assigned to partner country where possible, but not to commodity.

Imports incorporate an upward adjustment of 1.75% of total imports, which is included in ‘Unclassified estimates’. This special adjustment arises from the difficulty of comprehensively covering all EU imports through the Intrastat survey system. The unclassified category also includes certain miscellaneous adjustments.

More information is now being processed on lower value transactions. Prior to January 2012, transactions below €254 were grouped together, this value has now decreased to €127. Therefore, this has resulted in more detail being available at commodity level in Table 3 and at country level in Tables 4 and 5.

Unit Value Indices

The monthly unit value index measures monthly unit value trends relative to the annual levels in the preceding year using value weights relating to that year’s trade (Laspeyres index).

The annual index is compiled using value weights for both the current and previous year (Fisher index) to allow for change in the structure of trade in goods.

The monthly index series should be regarded as interim measures suitable for month-to-month comparisons within a given year. Previous monthly indices are revised when late returns are received.

When the annual unit value index is compiled, the monthly unit value indices are rescaled to make their average equal to the annual index.

Seasonally Adjusted Series

Monthly exports, imports, trade surplus and the volume series for exports and imports have been seasonally adjusted using the US Bureau of the Census X-11 Variant of the Census Method 11 Seasonal Adjustment Program. In the main, monthly projections are based on series recalculated at the end of the previous year.

Methodology

There are methodological differences between the measurement of exports and imports in this release compared with Industrial Production, National Accounts and Balance of Payments statistics. This release records the movement of all goods over the frontier at the valuation placed on the goods at the time of crossing the frontier. Industrial Production, National Accounts and Balance of Payments statistics take account of additional aspects of cross-frontier activities such as goods sent abroad for processing where goods cross the frontier without change of ownership. The CSO releases for those statistics provide more information on their methodology.

Services Exports and Imports

The quarterly Balance of Payments (BOP) statistics provide detail on Services exports and imports.

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