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Goods Exports and Imports August 2023

Exports of goods were €16 billion in August 2023

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CSO statistical publication, 16 October 2023, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €16 billion in August 2023, a decrease of €3.3 billion when compared with August last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €9.8 billion, which was €2.7 billion less than imports in August 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €16.5 billion in August 2023.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €10.5 billion in August 2023, down €1.3 billion compared with July 2023.
Exports to Great Britain were €1.3 billion in August 2023, while imports from Great Britain were €1.8 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (16 October 2023) released Goods Exports and Imports August 2023.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In August 2023, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods decreased by €3.3 billion to €16 billion when compared with August 2022. Seasonally adjusted exports were €16.5 billion in August 2023.

The unadjusted imports for August 2023 were valued at €9.8 billion, a fall of €2.7 billion on August 2022. When seasonally adjusted, imports of goods declined by €1.3 billion when compared with July 2023.

Comparing the first eight months of 2023 with the same period in 2022, exports of goods were down 5%, and the value of imports decreased by 1%. Exports for the first eight months of 2023 were €133 billion.

Imports from Great Britain fell by 14% to €1.8 billion in August 2023 when compared with August 2022, while the largest drop was in the imports of Mineral fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials which were down by 67%.

Exports to Great Britain fell by 15% to €1.3 billion in August 2023 when compared with August 2022, and the largest decrease of 42% was in the exports of Chemicals & Related Products.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
July 2023	16,588	11,882	4,707
August 2023	16,517	10,571	5,946
Value change	-72	-1,311	1,239
% change	-0.4	-11.0	26.3

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade imports decreased by €1.3 billion in August 2023

Seasonally adjusted goods exports fell by €72 million (-0.4%) to €16,517 million in August 2023 compared with July 2023, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports fell by €1,311 million (-11%) to €10,571 million leading to an increase of €1,239 million (+26%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €5,946 million in August 2023 compared with July 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
		Value¹			Volume index²		Unit value index²		Terms of trade³
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade³
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		208,589	141,012	67,576	233.9	275.2	98.0	105.4	93.0

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	15,130	12,576	2,555	195.5	284.2	102.8	108.9	94.4

2023⁴	January	15,498	11,505	3,992	213.4	293.9	95.8	96.5	99.4
	February	16,714	11,159	5,555	228.1	278.4	96.3	95.9	100.5
	March	18,683	11,663	7,020	261.9	301.0	94.1	95.5	98.6
	April	15,116	10,745	4,372	208.6	279.6	95.6	94.7	101.0
	May	16,653	12,384	4,269	231.8	326.3	94.8	93.5	101.4
	June	18,338	12,429	5,910	..	..	..	..	..
	July	15,801	10,847	4,955	..	..	..	..	..
	August	16,056	9,795	6,261	..	..	..	..	..
¹Tradestatistics revised since 2000, see background notes.
² Monthly data have been rescaled to make their average equal to the annual.
³ Export unit value index divided by import unit value index.
⁴ Revised. August 2023 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 B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region									€million
Unadjusted		August 2022 - 2023				January - August 2022 - 2023
Unadjusted		2022	2023	Value change	% change	2022	2023	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	19,387	16,056	-3,331	-17	139,328	132,859	-6,469	-5
	Great Britain	1,541	1,309	-232	-15	11,430	12,716	1,286	11
	Northern Ireland	385	406	21	5	3,217	3,179	-37	-1
	EU27	8,551	6,167	-2,384	-28	53,476	54,399	923	2
	USA	5,286	5,059	-227	-4	42,470	36,683	-5,787	-14
	Rest of World	3,624	3,114	-509	-14	28,735	25,881	-2,853	-10

Imports
	Total	12,474	9,795	-2,679	-21	90,994	90,526	-468	-1
	Great Britain	2,122	1,830	-293	-14	15,423	14,962	-460	-3
	Northern Ireland	595	479	-116	-19	3,476	3,416	-60	-2
	EU27	3,225	2,938	-287	-9	25,783	31,041	5,259	20
	USA	2,109	1,383	-727	-34	14,435	13,509	-926	-6
	Rest of World	4,423	3,165	-1,257	-28	31,878	27,597	-4,280	-13

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports fell by €3,331 million (-17%) to €16,056 million in August 2023 compared with August 2022. The value of goods exports for the period January to August 2023 was down by €6,469 million (-5%) to €132,859 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports decreased by €2,679 million (-21%) to €9,795 million in August 2023 compared with August 2022. The value of goods imports for the first eight months of 2023 decreased by €468 million (-1%) to €90,526 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,309 million, which was 8% of total exports in August 2023. The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €382 million, Food & Live Animals with €315 million, and Machinery & Transport Equipment with €240 million. Exports to Great Britain for January to August 2023 increased by €1,286 million (+11%) to €12,716 million when compared with the first eight months of 2022.

Imports from Great Britain in August 2023 were €1,830 million, which was 19% of the total value of imports. Imports of Chemicals & Related Products accounted for €672 million, imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials were valued at €285 million, and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €258 million. Imports from Great Britain in the first eight months of 2023 decreased by €460 million (-3%) to €14,962 million (See Table 5).

The EU accounted for €6,167 million (38%) of total goods exports in August 2023, of which €1,891 million went to Belgium, €1,218 million went to Germany and €1,318 million went to the Netherlands.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €5,059 million (32%) of total exports in August 2023 (See Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Jan 2022	6.27284031153645	2.796754711	1.7511570091017	5.244730516
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	7.1426010311784	3.767532353	2.15393302509002	5.6191071
Apr 2023	6.46866799659107	2.91226324600001	1.57952380625669	4.155685568
May 2023	6.96595446679979	3.53883352100002	2.0549038286479	4.093418994
Jun 2023	6.65948844772672	3.244981578	2.73913948782134	5.694475768
Jul 2023	6.56423718753898	2.92379787700001	2.2622586395755	4.051062666
Aug 2023	6.16705328585085	3.114374287	1.71515354278113	5.059336783

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Jan 2022	2.63674905237381	3.26110862417221	2.14244990593779	1.31652224622383
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	4.97742404693391	2.69232366961636	2.13761437797206	1.85607184951641
Apr 2023	3.57274370908188	3.47776476060866	2.28342388882195	1.41059475798498
May 2024	4.33019465996712	4.27285120643109	1.93268875616637	1.84803210288846
Jun 2023	4.79911995219219	3.41034564574952	2.14872020491104	2.07044587919023
Jul 2023	3.8319216905229	3.489147390284	2.08501880770258	1.4407314433814
Aug 2023	2.93786078759943	3.16528558462925	2.30872160565974	1.3826398533735

Exports by product

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €3,328 million (-66%) to €1,677 million in August 2023 compared with August 2022.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €660 million (-51%) to €625 million.

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products rose by €414 million (+6%) to €6,879 million (See Table 3). This represented 43% of total exports.

Imports by product

Imports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €659 million (-36%) to €1,168 million in August 2023 compared with August 2022. This represented 11% of total imports.

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials decreased by €668 million (-47%) to €749 million.

Imports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €689 million (-50%) to €684 million. (See Table 3).

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines fell by €205 million (-37%) to €352 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
			Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug
			2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
0	Food and live animals		1,234	1,210	9,361	9,571	749	819	6,038	6,549
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	46	44	324	397	16	35	121	161
	01	Meat and meat preparations	400	381	3,091	3,034	100	93	757	761
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	398	389	2,631	2,695	88	72	705	706
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	47	48	449	381	29	27	205	228
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	59	62	449	523	149	154	1,086	1,099
	05	Vegetables and fruit	34	31	256	247	121	138	957	1,098
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	10	13	86	104	40	44	279	372
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	43	41	323	358	59	65	435	490
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	47	47	371	407	86	116	995	970
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	150	155	1,381	1,425	61	75	498	662
1	Beverages and tobacco		209	167	1,352	1,209	115	125	745	837
	11	Beverages	209	167	1,351	1,209	105	115	701	795
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	1	0	10	10	45	42
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		201	143	1,581	1,168	90	97	843	801
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	7	7	53	45	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	1	7	6	8	2	2	21	25
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	21	0	79	8	1	1	13	13
	24	Cork and wood	25	18	224	170	21	21	206	198
	25	Pulp and waste paper	7	4	59	37	3	8	31	34
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	10	7	88	70	3	2	17	13
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	13	7	104	82	20	18	162	154
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	106	79	867	635	17	22	158	131
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	12	13	100	113	24	22	235	232
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		224	99	1,206	678	1,417	749	8,291	7,118
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	4	4	71	55	6	27	220	161
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	164	90	946	571	753	533	4,819	3,784
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	3	1	11	9	614	154	2,995	2,893
	35	Electric current	53	4	178	43	45	35	258	280
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		13	12	102	104	58	46	388	354
	41	Animal oils and fats	9	8	76	78	5	3	33	23
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	2	22	19	47	37	318	302
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	1	2	4	7	6	6	37	28
5	Chemicals and related products		13,018	10,178	90,819	87,393	3,505	2,743	26,151	26,578
	51	Organic chemicals	5,005	1,677	24,920	21,656	1,826	1,168	13,048	13,598
	52	Inorganic chemicals	143	215	659	2,096	50	43	349	408
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	13	15	106	120	27	30	227	234
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	6,466	6,879	54,916	51,598	1,056	1,007	7,337	8,090
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	902	793	6,686	6,954	156	161	1,106	1,200
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	1	1	15	13	36	38	742	406
	57	Plastics in primary forms	41	37	290	271	142	95	1,019	836
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	76	82	700	731	98	96	809	810
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	371	479	2,526	3,955	112	105	1,514	997
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		278	270	2,223	2,210	821	735	6,277	5,916
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	3	1	16	6	2	2	19	14
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	21	18	231	158	45	52	384	376
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	36	33	322	293	38	39	346	351
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	22	21	157	157	120	111	877	891
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	13	12	120	121	65	59	513	465
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	59	66	433	523	95	98	783	732
	67	Iron and steel	20	18	169	159	111	94	976	820
	68	Non-ferrous metals	16	17	127	105	156	95	891	846
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	89	84	648	688	188	184	1,488	1,420
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,406	2,168	18,615	15,674	4,316	3,294	32,319	32,770
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	108	135	937	1,286	136	155	1,411	1,558
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	75	62	542	689	498	350	3,798	3,466
	73	Metalworking machinery	2	3	19	29	13	13	108	131
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	208	162	1,520	1,550	250	259	2,128	2,175
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	383	394	3,129	2,807	557	352	3,694	2,864
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	112	93	792	745	235	257	1,842	1,791
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,286	625	9,781	5,808	1,373	684	6,934	5,710
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	42	39	361	361	300	402	3,223	4,183
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	190	653	1,534	2,399	955	821	9,182	10,891
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,740	1,732	13,730	14,491	1,384	1,171	9,791	9,474
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	13	11	101	112	45	37	340	308
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	18	19	146	152	83	67	687	544
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	3	22	24	21	21	151	160
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	34	34	290	254	257	249	1,906	1,801
	85	Footwear	4	4	28	31	56	64	421	447
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	741	756	5,891	6,562	252	238	2,001	1,968
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	141	146	1,119	1,126	196	63	587	535
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	786	760	6,133	6,230	475	431	3,698	3,710
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		55	72	245	324	7	6	67	51
Unclassified estimates²			10	6	94	37	11	10	84	79

Total			19,387	16,056	139,328	132,859	12,474	9,795	90,994	90,526
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. August 2023 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
	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug
	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Austria	38	38	277	363	33	37	239	886
Belgium	2,299	1,891	11,855	12,972	222	160	1,691	1,533
Bulgaria	14	15	121	106	4	5	33	51
Croatia	11	7	54	59	3	2	30	20
Cyprus	3	7	47	53	1	1	6	5
Czech Republic	176	75	837	772	127	67	751	603
Denmark	55	53	355	424	49	48	470	483
Estonia	2	2	23	23	1	1	8	10
Finland	32	34	207	213	16	16	155	141
France	463	563	4,868	4,780	1,008	900	7,486	11,182
Germany	3,191	1,218	17,924	13,385	732	581	6,241	5,913
Greece	26	29	241	403	9	6	71	99
Hungary	27	31	239	368	59	48	338	533
Italy	353	332	2,808	4,303	153	168	1,524	1,676
Latvia	6	6	40	51	5	5	44	51
Lithuania	6	7	52	68	10	10	155	188
Luxembourg	7	8	59	66	5	6	42	41
Malta	3	4	52	37	1	1	12	9
Netherlands	1,289	1,318	8,784	10,354	381	490	2,985	3,301
Poland	101	150	941	1,137	113	98	824	777
Portugal	34	45	316	1,021	44	34	306	328
Romania	39	30	324	345	10	8	85	93
Slovakia	7	10	73	99	8	17	67	125
Slovenia	24	5	162	77	3	4	32	38
Spain	212	179	1,724	1,966	142	149	1,508	2,227
Sweden	81	78	648	682	61	45	489	493
EU Country not specified²	50	31	445	273	25	31	189	232
Total EU27³	8,551	6,167	53,476	54,399	3,225	2,938	25,783	31,041
Euro-Zone⁴	7,996	5,704	49,512	50,292	2,774	2,588	22,573	27,775

Great Britain	1,541	1,309	11,430	12,716	2,122	1,830	15,423	14,962
Northern Ireland	385	406	3,217	3,179	595	479	3,476	3,416
Total UK	1,926	1,715	14,647	15,896	2,717	2,309	18,898	18,378

Australia	235	73	1,176	586	9	7	65	60
Brazil	20	54	235	270	53	37	244	215
Canada	177	268	2,274	2,974	45	64	389	540
China⁵	1,234	737	9,641	6,212	1,612	877	10,675	5,964
India	44	39	315	349	88	105	699	633
Japan	325	348	2,977	2,511	266	178	2,467	1,949
Malaysia	60	103	239	894	49	53	397	432
Mexico	195	268	1,324	1,782	45	88	328	1,477
Norway	42	30	298	221	55	47	392	467
Russia	29	27	392	316	4	25	327	57
Saudi Arabia	48	66	555	612	2	1	31	65
Singapore	59	70	440	520	71	49	483	694
South Africa	42	21	289	261	23	33	205	231
South Korea	45	51	629	553	116	128	1,047	967
Switzerland	301	253	2,070	2,626	326	454	4,496	5,625
Taiwan	27	50	331	318	126	92	812	728
Thailand	18	23	157	203	72	82	482	575
Turkey	61	103	557	577	96	86	940	762
USA	5,286	5,059	42,470	36,683	2,109	1,383	14,435	13,509
Other countries	636	522	4,740	4,010	1,333	711	7,028	5,818
Country unknown⁶	25	9	95	85	32	49	371	341
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	8,910	8,174	71,204	62,564	6,532	4,548	46,313	41,107

Total	19,387	16,056	139,328	132,859	12,474	9,795	90,994	90,526
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. August 2023 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		Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug	Aug	Aug	Jan-Aug	Jan-Aug
		2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Great Britain		1,541	1,309	11,430	12,716	2,122	1,830	15,423	14,962
0	Food and live animals	328	315	2,446	2,568	171	209	1,366	1,517
1	Beverages and tobacco	26	22	153	181	22	28	156	186
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	39	41	353	274	8	9	81	84
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	69	77	590	315	863	285	4,832	4,034
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	4	10	17	7	5	48	43
5	Chemicals and related products	655	382	4,512	5,536	451	672	3,645	3,820
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	100	95	727	804	190	191	1,517	1,553
7	Machinery and transport equipment	191	240	1,655	1,893	249	258	2,364	2,371
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	129	132	977	1,114	160	172	1,402	1,344
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	7	14	2	1	12	9
Northern Ireland		385	406	3,217	3,179	595	479	3,476	3,416
0	Food and live animals	146	155	1,082	1,169	109	98	893	886
1	Beverages and tobacco	14	12	76	96	28	24	179	203
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	14	13	125	99	13	14	113	118
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	16	17	193	90	58	61	374	307
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	2	18	18	9	8	57	45
5	Chemicals and related products	65	76	611	658	251	154	850	820
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	50	51	413	390	59	58	484	490
7	Machinery and transport equipment	36	34	327	324	37	37	293	319
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	40	42	359	317	28	24	211	207
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	3	12	20	3	3	22	20
EU 27²		8,551	6,167	53,476	54,399	3,225	2,938	25,783	31,041
0	Food and live animals	427	447	3,279	3,365	302	336	2,269	2,708
1	Beverages and tobacco	47	45	303	355	44	47	277	305
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	91	51	664	451	33	37	318	306
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	31	4	184	251	82	133	662	765
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	8	5	63	63	29	25	196	197
5	Chemicals and related products	6,880	4,370	39,548	40,243	1,149	616	7,817	9,416
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	78	81	672	678	245	228	1,968	1,949
7	Machinery and transport equipment	501	615	4,448	4,291	1,072	1,238	10,089	13,062
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	472	540	4,192	4,639	257	266	2,093	2,249
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	15	9	125	64	12	12	92	84
USA		5,286	5,059	42,470	36,683	2,109	1,383	14,435	13,509
0	Food and live animals	69	51	451	488	25	34	304	275
1	Beverages and tobacco	80	58	578	379	3	8	18	27
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	2	20	19	6	5	56	54
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	36	0	78	0	245	153	1,167	730
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	4,009	3,998	33,064	28,169	493	452	3,524	3,802
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	26	18	216	134	96	62	425	448
7	Machinery and transport equipment	347	359	2,794	2,319	907	493	7,404	6,706
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	717	573	5,260	5,168	334	174	1,527	1,459
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	7	7	1	1	9	9
China³		1,234	737	9,641	6,212	1,612	877	10,675	5,964
0	Food and live animals	54	40	402	389	11	10	74	77
1	Beverages and tobacco	2	1	10	7	0	0	1	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	7	7	45	43	5	3	42	27
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	-	0	0	0	0	1	91
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	145	150	1,742	1,343	712	191	4,729	954
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	5	4	33	38	96	84	740	580
7	Machinery and transport equipment	898	361	6,504	3,294	511	374	3,209	2,748
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	123	174	905	1,098	278	215	1,878	1,484
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rest of World		2,390	2,377	19,094	19,669	2,810	2,289	21,203	21,633
0	Food and live animals	209	202	1,701	1,592	132	132	1,132	1,086
1	Beverages and tobacco	41	29	232	192	18	17	114	115
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	47	29	373	282	25	29	234	212
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	73	1	161	22	169	117	1,255	1,191
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	11	6	12	8	85	67
5	Chemicals and related products	1,264	1,201	11,342	11,443	449	658	5,586	7,766
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	18	20	162	167	134	112	1,143	895
7	Machinery and transport equipment	433	559	2,887	3,554	1,542	895	8,959	7,564
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	258	271	2,037	2,155	328	321	2,679	2,730
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	47	65	189	256	0	0	16	7

Total		19,387	16,056	139,328	132,859	12,474	9,795	90,994	90,526
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. August 2023 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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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	15,987	11,798	4,190	213.2	301.5
	February	17,405	12,062	5,343	242.4	305.8
	March	16,532	10,544	5,988	222.9	297.2
	April	16,295	11,474	4,821	223.5	293.8
	May	15,807	11,909	3,898	219.7	300.9
	June	17,231	11,667	5,565	..	..
	July	16,588	11,882	4,707	..	..
	August	16,517	10,571	5,946	..	..
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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