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Goods Exports and Imports January 2024

Growth in exports of pharmaceuticals behind €8.8 billion trade surplus in January 2024

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CSO statistical publication, 15 March 2024, 11am

Key Findings

Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €18.1 billion in January 2024, an increase of €2.5 billion compared with December 2023.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €9.4 billion in January 2024, resulting in a trade surplus of almost €8.8 billion.
Unadjusted goods exports were €18.9 billion in January 2024, a rise of €3.4 billion compared with January 2023.
Unadjusted goods imports were €9.1 billion, which was €2.4 billion lower than imports in January last year.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (15 March 2024) released Goods Exports and Imports January 2024.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said “Ireland recorded a trade surplus of €8.8 billion in January of this year. The increase in the surplus is due to a combination of increased exports and reduced imports. The largest increase in exports was due to pharmaceuticals, and the largest reduction in imports was seen in fuels.

Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods rose by €3.4 billion to €18.9 billion compared with January 2023. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods grew by €2.5 billion compared with December 2023.

The unadjusted imports for January 2024 were valued at €9.1 billion, a fall of €2.4 billion on January 2023. Seasonally adjusted imports were €9.4 billion in January 2024.

Imports from Great Britain fell by 50% to €1.3 billion in January 2024 compared with January 2023. The largest decrease was in the imports of Mineral Fuels & Lubricants. Exports to Great Britain were up by €200 million in January 2024 compared with January 2023.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
December 2023	15,658	11,312	4,346
January 2024	18,150	9,385	8,764
Value change	2,492	-1,927	4,418
% change	15.9	-17.0	101.7

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports increased by €2.5 billion in January 2024

Seasonally adjusted goods exports increased by €2,492 million (+16%) to €18,150 million in January 2024 compared with December 2023, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports decreased by €1,927 million (-17%) to €9,385 million leading to an increase of €4,418 million (+102%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €8,764 million in January 2024 compared with December 2023 (see Table 2). Seasonal adjustment compares month-to-month data by removing fluctuations that may occur due to seasonal patterns in trade.

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value			Volume index¹		Unit value index¹		Terms of trade²
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade²
2018		140,645	91,991	48,654	156.2	189.2	99.1	99.5	99.6
2019		152,534	91,019	61,515	168.5	192.7	99.5	96.6	103.0
2020		162,131	87,065	75,066	188.6	194.4	94.4	91.7	103.0
2021		165,715	103,789	61,927	191.3	214.5	95.0	98.6	96.4
2022		208,763	141,037	67,725	233.9	275.2	98.0	105.4	93.0
2023		196,871	139,300	57,571	..	..	..	..	..

2021	January	13,329	6,441	6,888	198.6	171.2	88.6	92.7	95.5
	February	12,315	6,647	5,669	171.5	173.7	94.8	94.3	100.5
	March	14,708	9,219	5,489	216.1	226.8	89.8	100.2	89.6
	April	12,289	8,249	4,040	176.8	206.3	91.7	98.5	93.1
	May	13,548	8,759	4,789	193.2	229.2	92.5	94.2	98.3
	June	14,749	9,889	4,860	214.7	243.4	90.7	100.1	90.6
	July	13,203	7,796	5,406	178.3	197.1	97.7	97.5	100.3
	August	13,167	7,803	5,364	177.6	196.6	97.9	98.0	99.8
	September	14,772	8,466	6,306	198.2	204.0	98.4	102.3	96.2
	October	14,958	8,994	5,964	191.8	220.6	102.9	100.5	102.5
	November	15,624	10,403	5,221	208.2	241.5	98.0	102.7	95.4
	December	13,054	11,123	1,931	175.6	261.9	97.2	101.6	95.6

2022	January	16,066	9,357	6,709	219.6	233.0	96.6	98.9	97.6
	February	15,868	9,068	6,799	214.5	233.9	97.6	95.5	102.2
	March	20,267	12,008	8,259	284.1	284.2	94.2	104.1	90.4
	April	17,208	11,284	5,924	235.0	265.7	96.6	104.6	92.3
	May	17,914	13,271	4,643	241.0	309.2	98.1	105.8	92.7
	June	17,712	12,830	4,882	241.5	302.7	97.0	104.4	92.9
	July	14,907	10,702	4,205	201.6	245.2	97.6	107.6	90.7
	August	19,387	12,474	6,913	255.6	281.7	100.1	109.1	91.8
	September	19,434	12,807	6,627	257.8	290.4	99.3	110.8	89.6
	October	17,566	12,508	5,058	227.6	293.6	101.9	105.0	97.0
	November	17,131	12,128	5,003	218.1	270.9	102.2	109.5	93.3
	December	15,304	12,601	2,703	195.5	284.2	102.8	108.9	94.4

2023³	January	15,497	11,505	3,992	210.3	261.4	97.3	108.5	89.7
	February	16,714	11,159	5,555	225.1	256.1	98.0	107.4	91.2
	March	18,738	11,886	6,852	259.9	274.6	95.1	106.7	89.2
	April	15,171	10,808	4,363	205.5	250.7	97.1	105.6	91.9
	May	16,625	12,529	4,096	226.9	296.3	96.7	104.2	92.8
	June	18,420	12,668	5,752	246.3	296.2	98.7	105.4	93.7
	July	15,623	10,839	4,784	211.6	247.9	97.5	107.8	90.4
	August	16,181	9,888	6,293	218.2	234.3	97.9	104.0	94.1
	September	16,019	11,209	4,810	213.3	256.7	99.1	107.6	92.1
	October	17,543	10,920	6,623	226.8	256.0	102.1	106.5	95.8
	November	16,607	14,137	2,470	212.0	313.9	103.4	111.0	93.1
	December	13,734	11,753	1,981	175.8	272.9	103.1	106.1	97.1

2024³	January	18,923	9,087	9,836	..	..	..	..	..
¹ Monthly price and volume indices for 2023 have been revised. See background notes.
² Export unit value index divided by import unit value index.
³ Revised. January 2024 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
.. Indices not yet available.

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Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted series

Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted¹series
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value			Volume index
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports
2021	January	13,862	6,798	7,065	193.2	189.8
	February	12,839	7,183	5,657	178.1	195.2
	March	13,008	8,309	4,699	186.6	205.6
	April	12,349	8,297	4,052	176.4	210.1
	May	13,706	8,931	4,775	192.2	220.8
	June	13,920	9,273	4,647	211.2	225.8
	July	13,413	8,354	5,059	184.2	212.2
	August	13,972	8,580	5,392	182.3	211.4
	September	14,225	8,479	5,746	190.2	211.8
	October	15,437	8,958	6,479	195.1	219.9
	November	14,768	9,827	4,941	205.4	234.5
	December	13,608	10,192	3,417	202.5	243.7

2022	January	16,679	9,897	6,782	223.8	252.5
	February	16,543	9,820	6,723	226.0	259.2
	March	18,567	10,836	7,730	243.1	263.3
	April	17,358	11,691	5,668	250.5	278.1
	May	18,039	13,172	4,867	238.3	290.4
	June	16,643	12,088	4,556	226.6	285.7
	July	15,629	11,817	3,812	223.7	268.9
	August	19,289	13,362	5,928	249.5	293.6
	September	18,642	12,866	5,776	244.4	298.1
	October	18,095	12,454	5,641	233.5	290.0
	November	16,216	11,438	4,778	214.9	267.0
	December	16,433	11,819	4,613	228.9	268.5

2023	January	15,985	11,833	4,152	210.9	273.9
	February	17,408	12,061	5,347	231.4	277.5
	March	16,582	10,750	5,832	219.0	263.9
	April	16,333	11,531	4,802	220.9	264.9
	May	15,753	12,002	3,751	214.8	269.0
	June	17,264	11,840	5,424	228.8	274.2
	July	16,439	11,839	4,599	225.7	269.8
	August	16,555	10,633	5,921	215.3	246.8
	September	15,629	11,501	4,128	212.1	271.6
	October	17,751	10,609	7,142	222.7	257.9
	November	15,826	13,288	2,538	213.9	301.6
	December	15,658	11,312	4,346	214.2	266.1

2024	January	18,150	9,385	8,764	..	..
¹ Seasonally adjusted data has been revised from January 2010 onwards using X-13-ARIMA methodology, implemented in JDEMETRA+. Previously X-11 methodology was used.
.. Indices not yet available

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Table B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region					€million
Unadjusted		January 2023 - 2024
Unadjusted		2023	2024	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	15,497	18,923	3,425	22
	Great Britain	1,336	1,543	207	16
	Northern Ireland	385	376	-9	-2
	EU27	7,002	7,000	-2	0
	USA	3,850	6,637	2,787	72
	Rest of World	2,925	3,367	442	15

Imports
	Total	11,505	9,087	-2,418	-21
	Great Britain	2,519	1,265	-1,254	-50
	Northern Ireland	435	357	-78	-18
	EU27	2,881	3,002	120	4
	USA	1,815	1,368	-446	-25
	Rest of World	3,855	3,094	-761	-20

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports grew by €3,425 million (+22%) to €18,923 million in January 2024 compared with January 2023.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports fell by €2,418 million (-21%) to €9,087 million in January 2024 compared with January 2023.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,543 million, which was 8% of total exports in January 2024. The products accounting for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products, at €630 million and Food & Live Animals at €307 million.

Imports from Great Britain in January 2024 were €1,265 million, which was 14% of the total value of imports. Imports of Mineral Fuels accounted for €267 million, and imports of Machinery & Transport Equipment were valued at €258 million (see Table 5).

The EU accounted for €7,000 million (37%) of total goods exports in January 2024, of which €2,031 million went to Germany, €1,807 million went to the Netherlands and €1,176 million went to Belgium.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €6,637 million (35%) of total exports in January 2024 (see Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Feb 2022	6.30266338054554	3.34921348	1.39027186944102	4.825347098
Mar 2022	7.03146794756404	4.00169138399999	1.83317511357736	7.400502251
Apr 2022	6.42002674605994	3.360673459	1.93709378628622	5.490089082
May 2022	6.2983702194085	4.39532270599999	1.83022262751538	5.390377409
Jun 2022	6.34773818352154	3.868853871	2.40887348009257	5.086599753
Jul 2022	6.252539648654	3.33823685399999	1.57029484440219	3.745679746
Aug 2022	8.5505963467939	3.623791805	1.92626849533277	5.286338789
Sep 2022	7.59441998675093	4.085435417	1.84991809025405	5.904198153
Oct 2022	6.58696172223077	3.591441143	2.08060789733065	5.306523683
Nov 2022	6.88716979415636	3.18847492199999	2.0230150332706	5.032571309
Dec 2022	5.99495427339276	3.109313866	1.59205177242982	4.433765332
Jan 2023	7.00166929718193	2.92517220399999	1.7209164793019	3.849700567
Feb 2023	7.42978453362456	3.45412363200001	1.66987909018109	4.160032732
Mar 2023	7.22757806925556	3.76719638199999	2.12421141690795	5.6191061
Apr 2023	6.51781193049492	2.91226385300001	1.58551572378062	4.155685568
May 2023	6.93597110225951	3.53304737500002	2.06231359049922	4.093419028
Jun 2023	6.73918999299196	3.238329714	2.74841906843818	5.694475768
Jul 2023	6.5714152812016	2.83526778300001	2.18257702962032	4.033586402
Aug 2023	6.16171303872621	3.196161201	1.7155097587286	5.107306858
Sep 2023	7.08986143398138	2.987962531	1.60411600701267	4.33656717
Oct 2023	7.60752099262603	3.426367506	1.63051131012241	4.878499338
Nov 2023	6.80117674795935	3.423425428	2.18914185748906	4.193145893
Dec 2023	5.11607332988393	3.085495526	1.24759361678862	4.284592452
Jan 2024	6.99958553386211	3.36706991211999	1.91923886094575	6.637059903

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Feb 2022	2.79170509949076	2.90574911702911	1.9362272411329	1.43438147581768
Mar 2022	3.14827285263081	4.14074180141705	2.38788087199404	2.33093602471201
Apr 2022	3.50820880534995	3.47566700004536	2.42535617848881	1.87450129891659
May 2022	3.63431123344235	5.04974529734677	2.39913877867239	2.18781775376064
Jun 2022	3.70567560725347	4.64475699263232	2.60061488293834	1.87929043009657
Jul 2022	3.13287526703743	3.97767827704352	2.28953937000186	1.30211393590302
Aug 2022	3.22470655490728	4.42266596614623	2.71722647683728	2.10920545319726
Sep 2022	4.18791765441382	3.65020618602282	2.51928762735894	2.44974277170222
Oct 2022	4.10630401530525	3.42453851520585	3.17778865553939	1.79897633135657
Nov 2022	4.01826956910247	3.81420263511006	2.46985495786996	1.82583888094956
Dec 2022	4.53533522838145	3.87919934498645	2.35469298147492	1.80623668992089
Jan 2023	2.88128591209521	3.85484855996731	2.95404147862947	1.81484609051063
Feb 2023	3.71055878151335	3.23485258166375	2.52779149987961	1.68600377733813
Mar 2023	5.17418205576562	2.70981209370352	2.14894222506542	1.85297748577796
Apr 2023	3.64331353534981	3.46314868868828	2.29139474153317	1.41027558021653
May 2023	4.45428760942382	4.27891724580067	1.94938450868741	1.84648065909634
Jun 2023	5.01171830946167	3.42564837046959	2.16076601350301	2.07012732566615
Jul 2023	3.72106131619383	3.50939695008623	2.07422831521297	1.53445947815736
Aug 2023	3.03482120751397	3.18939540963543	2.28112259396132	1.38263483011316
Sep 2023	3.42098773414742	3.38908147191301	2.21339077622132	3.03248267422309
Oct 2023	3.51513519984257	3.62341411589095	1.97149868038394	2.30643603199226
Nov 2023	4.60451731456051	4.32791693574278	2.1715636533203	2.30643603199226
Dec 2023	4.53561613849351	3.40790853346218	1.50254254362204	2.30643603199226
Jan 2024	3.00163378928402	3.09411955713952	1.62273408891031	1.36843395015141

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €2,908 million (+48%) to €8,993 million in January 2024 compared with January 2023. This represented 48% of total exports.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances grew by €125 million (+18%) to €805 million.

Exports of Professional, Scientific & Controlling Apparatus grew by €141 million (+19%) to €890 million (see Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Products decreased by €907 million (-56%) to €720 million in January 2024 compared with January 2023.

Imports of Organic Chemicals fell by €597 million (-40%) to €905 million.

Imports of Machinery Specialised for Particular Industries fell by €110 million (-23%) to €363 million (see Table 3).

Table 3 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity

Table 3 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity¹						€million
SITC (Rev 4)			Exports		Imports
			Exports		Imports
			January	January	January	January
			2023	2024	2023	2024
0	Food and live animals		1,034	1,017	869	768
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	32	42	11	14
	01	Meat and meat preparations	351	361	90	84
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	249	210	94	80
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	32	36	25	26
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	64	63	147	137
	05	Vegetables and fruit	29	29	126	136
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	12	15	55	42
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	47	43	68	67
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	54	51	172	104
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	164	167	82	79
1	Beverages and tobacco		147	196	84	92
	11	Beverages	147	196	80	89
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	4	3
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		152	139	98	99
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	7	7	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	6	6	2
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	3	1	2	1
	24	Cork and wood	22	16	26	22
	25	Pulp and waste paper	6	6	7	6
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	10	6	1	3
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	10	8	16	18
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	78	66	12	27
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	16	23	27	21
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		71	74	1,628	720
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	10	7	56	7
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	52	64	539	509
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	0	1	995	165
	35	Electric current	9	2	38	40
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		14	15	43	40
	41	Animal oils and fats	9	11	3	3
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	3	37	36
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	1	1	3	2
5	Chemicals and related products		10,260	13,164	3,209	2,456
	51	Organic chemicals	2,624	2,662	1,502	905
	52	Inorganic chemicals	94	92	59	50
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	13	14	28	29
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	6,085	8,993	1,039	988
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	841	874	153	159
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	1	1	66	41
	57	Plastics in primary forms	33	33	105	87
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	104	76	96	90
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	465	419	161	107
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		259	401	766	620
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	2	2
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	22	17	46	43
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	41	34	38	37
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	18	20	119	96
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	16	16	55	51
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	50	58	88	83
	67	Iron and steel	20	35	103	84
	68	Non-ferrous metals	12	18	145	58
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	81	203	168	166
7	Machinery and transport equipment		1,776	2,110	3,624	3,141
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	117	99	251	175
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	70	62	472	363
	73	Metalworking machinery	2	3	19	18
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	176	220	264	231
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	440	349	405	349
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	81	98	283	239
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	680	805	776	711
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	46	47	575	607
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	163	426	580	449
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,717	1,752	1,171	1,142
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	14	11	44	37
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	17	17	65	70
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	2	3	21	19
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	26	31	233	212
	85	Footwear	4	4	55	54
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	749	890	254	288
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	138	102	58	55
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	767	694	441	408
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		64	53	7	5
Unclassified estimates²			3	1	8	3

Total			15,497	18,923	11,505	9,087
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. January 2024 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
² Estimates for which a commodity classification is not available.

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Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by country

Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by country¹				€million
Country	Exports		Imports
	January	January	January	January
	2023	2024	2023	2024
Austria	46	51	26	172
Belgium	1,442	1,176	194	180
Bulgaria	14	12	6	3
Croatia	8	7	1	2
Cyprus	6	11	0	1
Czech Republic	93	69	109	79
Denmark	53	38	79	59
Estonia	3	2	1	1
Finland	23	20	18	16
France	506	508	626	551
Germany	2,317	2,031	649	587
Greece	55	58	12	10
Hungary	62	42	52	65
Italy	595	633	194	208
Latvia	6	2	5	3
Lithuania	7	7	11	9
Luxembourg	8	8	5	3
Malta	4	4	2	1
Netherlands	1,183	1,807	395	605
Poland	105	109	93	106
Portugal	40	40	37	38
Romania	46	27	10	10
Slovakia	9	12	30	23
Slovenia	9	9	4	4
Spain	234	236	198	179
Sweden	97	70	82	68
EU Country not specified²	32	10	41	18
Total EU27³	7,002	7,000	2,881	3,002
Euro-Zone⁴	6,493	6,622	2,408	2,593

Great Britain	1,336	1,543	2,519	1,265
Northern Ireland	385	376	435	357
Total UK	1,721	1,919	2,954	1,623

Australia	67	122	6	7
Brazil	24	91	25	24
Canada	114	231	92	95
China⁵	639	766	829	857
India	50	38	74	70
Japan	285	294	167	196
Malaysia	111	251	63	37
Mexico	178	222	596	82
Norway	35	19	47	53
Russia	42	62	4	4
Saudi Arabia	83	80	15	1
Singapore	56	135	61	29
South Africa	35	22	29	13
South Korea	77	55	139	101
Switzerland	472	347	574	446
Taiwan	38	28	98	100
Thailand	25	15	59	57
Turkey	62	60	112	114
USA	3,850	6,637	1,815	1,368
Other countries	518	496	815	735
Country unknown⁶	14	33	51	73
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	6,775	10,004	5,670	4,463

Total	15,497	18,923	11,505	9,087
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. January 2024 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
² Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
³ From February 2020 the United Kingdom exited the EU, therefore the EU total is made up of the 27 remaining member states. For data comparability over time the EU are shown separately for both the current and prior periods.
⁴ Euro-zone members from January 2015: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. On January 1st 2023, Croatia joined the Eurozone. The 2022 data for the Eurozone is made up of 19 Eurozone members, and for 2023 is made up of the 20 Eurozone members.
⁵ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.
⁶ Trade for which the country of origin or country of final destination is unknown.

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Table 5 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity and principal countries

Table 5 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity and principal countries¹					€million
		Exports		Imports
Country by Section level of SITC		January	January	January	January
		2023	2024	2023	2024
Great Britain		1,336	1,543	2,519	1,265
0	Food and live animals	303	307	180	189
1	Beverages and tobacco	19	48	15	16
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	39	37	10	9
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	19	39	1,197	267
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	7	6	7
5	Chemicals and related products	513	630	405	179
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	87	119	220	171
7	Machinery and transport equipment	230	234	318	258
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	124	122	167	168
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	1	1	1
Northern Ireland		385	376	435	357
0	Food and live animals	130	134	116	97
1	Beverages and tobacco	12	11	23	18
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	12	11	14	11
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	14	8	37	35
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	2	6	5
5	Chemicals and related products	97	86	114	93
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	46	44	55	51
7	Machinery and transport equipment	35	38	44	27
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	35	39	24	21
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	2	2	1
EU 27²		7,002	7,000	2,881	3,002
0	Food and live animals	336	310	332	331
1	Beverages and tobacco	40	39	29	37
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	49	41	33	34
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	21	26	94	160
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	9	5	25	22
5	Chemicals and related products	5,306	5,315	803	803
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	90	83	240	183
7	Machinery and transport equipment	558	524	1,059	1,184
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	586	653	259	244
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	6	4	9	3
USA		3,850	6,637	1,815	1,368
0	Food and live animals	64	67	60	28
1	Beverages and tobacco	51	68	2	8
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	3	2	7	6
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	109	144
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	2,920	5,557	495	464
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	16	16	49	52
7	Machinery and transport equipment	198	362	910	493
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	596	565	182	173
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	1	1
China³		639	766	829	857
0	Food and live animals	40	28	9	8
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	0	0
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	6	7	5	4
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	-	11	0
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	102	267	129	237
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	12	74	75
7	Machinery and transport equipment	377	341	416	337
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	108	110	186	196
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0
Rest of World		2,287	2,601	3,026	2,237
0	Food and live animals	162	172	171	115
1	Beverages and tobacco	24	29	14	12
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	43	41	30	36
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	17	1	180	113
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	7	6
5	Chemicals and related products	1,321	1,309	1,264	681
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	16	127	128	88
7	Machinery and transport equipment	378	612	876	843
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	268	263	353	340
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	56	46	1	2

Total		15,497	18,923	11,505	9,087
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. January 2024 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
² Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
³ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.

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