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Goods Exports and Imports December 2024

Exports level hits record €224 billion in 2024

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CSO statistical publication, 17 February 2025, 11am

Key Findings

The first estimates for 2024 show that exports were valued at a record €223.8 billion, and imports were valued at €133.6 billion.
Unadjusted goods exports were €15.5 billion in December 2024, an increase of €1.7 billion on December 2023.
Unadjusted goods imports fell by €309.3 million to €11.7 billion in December 2024 compared with December 2023.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €17.4 billion in December 2024, a decline of €2.8 billion compared with the previous month.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €11.0 billion in December 2024, down €517.7 million when compared with November 2024.
Exports of goods to the United States were €72.6 billion in 2024, up €18.6 billion (+34%) on 2023, while imports of goods from the US were €22.5 billion, a decrease of 2% on 2023.
Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products rose by €22.4 billion (+29%) to €99.9 billion in 2024 compared with 2023, while imports grew by €3.0 billion (+24%) to €15.7 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (17 February 2025) published Goods Exports and Imports December 2024.

Commenting on the release, Jane Burmanje, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In 2024, Ireland’s exports of goods reached a record level of €224 billion, an increase of €28 billion compared with 2023. Imports of goods in 2024 were €134 billion, €6.7 billion lower than the 2023 level, but €30 billion higher than in 2021.

In December 2024, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods increased by €1.7 billion to €15.5 billion compared with December 2023. The unadjusted imports for December 2024 were valued at €11.7 billion, a decrease of €309 million on December 2023.

Seasonally adjusted imports were €11 billion in December 2024. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods fell by €2.8 billion to €17.4 billion when compared with November 2024.

Exports of goods to the United States were €72.6 billion in 2024, an increase of €18.6 billion (+34%) on 2023, while imports of goods from the US were €22.5 billion, a decrease of 2% on 2023.

Both exports and imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased in 2024 compared with 2023. In 2024, exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products rose by €22.4 billion (+29%) to €99.9 billion, while imports grew by €3 billion (+24%) to €15.7 billion compared with 2023. Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products accounted for 45% of good exports in 2024.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
November 2024	20,206	11,476	8,730
December 2024	17,443	10,958	6,484
Value change	-2,764	-518	-2,246
% change	-14	-5	-26

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports and imports decreased in December 2024

Seasonally adjusted goods exports fell by €2.8 billion (-14%) to €17.4 billion in December 2024 compared with November 2024, while seasonally adjusted imports of goods fell by €518 million (-5%) to €11.0 billion, according to preliminary figures.

This led to a decrease of €2.2 billion (-26%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus in goods to €6.5 billion in December 2024 compared with November 2024 (See Table 2). Seasonal adjustment compares month-to-month data by removing fluctuations that may occur due to seasonal patterns in trade.

Exports and Imports

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports increased by €1.7 billion (+13%) to €15.5 billion in December 2024 compared with December 2023 (€13.8 billion).

The value of goods exports for the year 2024 was up by €27.8 billion (+14%) to €223.8 billion, when compared with 2023 (€196.0 billion).

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports decreased by €309.3 million (-3%) to €11.7 billion in December 2024 compared with December 2023 (€12 billion).

The value of goods imports for 2024 decreased by €6.7 billion (-5%) to €133.6 billion, when compared with 2023.

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		196,030	140,295	55,735	219.7	270.0	98.5	106.3	92.6
2024		223,786	133,562	90,225	..	..	..	..	..

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

2023	January	15,498	11,505	3,992	211.2	262.5	96.9	108.0	89.7
	February	16,714	11,159	5,555	226.0	257.1	97.6	107.0	91.2
	March	18,738	11,886	6,852	261.0	275.7	94.8	106.3	89.2
	April	15,171	10,808	4,363	207.1	253.2	96.7	105.2	91.9
	May	16,601	12,318	4,283	227.8	297.5	96.3	103.8	92.8
	June	18,373	12,461	5,912	247.2	297.3	98.3	105.0	93.7
	July	15,628	10,895	4,733	212.4	248.9	97.1	107.3	90.4
	August	16,106	10,307	5,799	216.0	246.2	97.8	103.6	94.4
	September	15,847	11,263	4,584	211.9	259.1	98.7	107.2	92.1
	October	17,512	11,533	5,980	227.7	253.7	101.7	106.1	95.8
	November	16,073	14,196	1,876	214.1	317.6	102.7	110.5	92.9
	December	13,770	11,963	1,807	178.6	278.3	101.7	105.9	96.0

2024³	January	18,913	9,670	9,243	259.2	230.2	96.5	103.5	93.2
	February	15,937	10,259	5,678	211.6	243.5	99.4	103.8	95.7
	March	19,177	11,811	7,366	261.1	279.8	96.9	104.0	93.2
	April	19,414	10,772	8,642	260.7	254.3	98.3	104.4	94.1
	May	18,039	11,041	6,998	244.7	281.9	97.3	103.8	93.7
	June	16,727	11,603	5,124	224.3	276.7	98.4	103.3	95.3
	July	17,907	11,404	6,504	240.4	272.0	98.3	103.3	95.2
	August	17,305	11,452	5,854	234.1	270.9	97.6	104.2	93.7
	September	22,480	10,734	11,746	299.6	254.7	99.0	103.9	95.4
	October	21,276	11,259	10,016	286.3	265.3	98.5	104.6	94.2
	November	21,114	11,904	9,211	279.1	278.8	99.8	105.2	94.9
	December	15,497	11,654	3,843	204.5	269.2	100.0	106.7	93.7
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. December 2024 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
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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	199.8	276.1
	February	17,408	12,061	5,347	231.2	277.8
	March	16,582	10,750	5,832	218.1	263.8
	April	16,333	11,531	4,802	220.2	264.1
	May	15,730	11,865	3,865	215.7	270.6
	June	17,196	11,689	5,507	229.7	273.3
	July	16,421	11,891	4,530	227.8	267.1
	August	16,493	11,077	5,416	215.4	255.8
	September	15,482	11,585	3,896	213.8	263.8
	October	17,726	11,175	6,550	226.4	246.4
	November	15,432	13,338	2,094	219.5	319.3
	December	15,748	11,480	4,268	220.2	263.1

2024	January	18,103	9,856	8,247	238.5	246.0
	February	17,673	10,631	7,042	229.0	251.7
	March	18,159	11,225	6,934	241.0	276.1
	April	19,115	10,917	8,198	243.8	256.5
	May	17,249	10,708	6,541	237.1	259.1
	June	17,050	11,425	5,625	230.9	260.4
	July	17,663	11,777	5,887	244.7	274.9
	August	17,955	12,541	5,414	246.6	279.8
	September	22,299	11,069	11,231	297.8	263.9
	October	20,798	10,694	10,105	267.4	259.8
	November	20,206	11,476	8,730	283.5	273.1
	December	17,443	10,958	6,484	250.3	257.9
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.

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Table B Share of Goods Exports and Imports by region									€million
Unadjusted		December 2023 - 2024				January - December 2023 - 2024
Unadjusted		2023	2024	Value change	% change	2023	2024	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	13,770	15,497	1,727	13	196,030	223,786	27,756	14
	Great Britain	867	1,004	137	16	17,446	15,708	-1,737	-10
	Northern Ireland	376	422	46	12	4,961	5,159	198	4
	EU27	5,153	5,552	399	8	81,180	88,586	7,406	9
	USA	4,265	5,198	934	22	54,034	72,628	18,595	34
	Rest of World	3,109	3,322	212	7	38,409	41,705	3,295	9

Imports
	Total	11,963	11,654	-309	-3	140,294	133,562	-6,733	-5
	Great Britain	1,216	1,177	-39	-3	21,088	16,649	-4,440	-21
	Northern Ireland	317	449	131	41	5,241	5,400	159	3
	EU27	4,662	4,543	-119	-3	48,467	48,848	381	1
	USA	2,309	1,693	-615	-27	22,949	22,494	-455	-2
	Rest of World	3,458	3,791	333	10	42,549	40,170	-2,378	-6

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Exports and imports by region

Exports to Great Britain in December 2024 were €1.0 billion, which was 6% of total exports. The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Food & Live Animals with €319 million, and Machinery & Transport Equipment with €235 million. Exports to Great Britain in 2024 decreased by €1.7 billion (-10%) to €15.7 billion when compared with 2023 (€17.5 billion).

Imports from Great Britain in December 2024 were €1.2 billion, which was 10% of the total value of imports. Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials were valued at €299.3 million, imports of Food & Live Animals were €224.6 million, and imports of Machinery & Transport Equipment accounted for €189.7 million. Imports from Great Britain in 2024 decreased by €4.4 billion (-21%) to €16.6 billion compared with 2023 (€21.1 billion) (See Table 5).

The EU accounted for €5.6 billion (36%) of total goods exports in December 2024, of which €1.7 billion went to the Netherlands, €975.0 million went to Germany and €774.3 million went to France.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €5.2 billion (34%) of total exports in December 2024 (€15.5 billion) (See Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Nov 2022	6.88716979415636	3.18847492199999	2.0230150332706	5.032571309
Dec 2022	5.99495427339276	3.213190133	1.59211622042982	4.503840011
Jan 2023	7.00166929718186	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	6.91310535520124	3.53304737500002	2.06147354339916	4.093419028
Jun 2023	6.69558330099911	3.238329714	2.7442516821165	5.694475768
Jul 2023	6.57180988728802	2.83526778300001	2.18692851494005	4.033586402
Aug 2023	6.17655946638319	3.116574302	1.69434464599053	5.118801198
Sep 2023	7.1432334780805	2.903643321	1.56317175363387	4.236656503
Oct 2023	7.63339434249322	3.40484962199999	1.64463124206927	4.829457856
Nov 2023	6.71695747925971	3.209520098	2.16808554975771	3.978017765
Dec 2023	5.15277832090553	3.10941046500001	1.24291046102349	4.264824889
Jan 2024	7.09003372867379	3.39207741545999	1.95925561752101	6.471491266
Feb 2024	7.21803935762676	2.95315612294	1.60906028133623	4.15682019
Mar 2024	6.99739338389018	4.78752681296999	2.25731778714662	5.134415339
Apr 2024	7.52054165127126	3.58016234316	1.75793029138939	6.555017232
May 2024	7.13618580104862	3.46472421337999	1.76756279166732	5.670432186
Jun 2024	6.23937456927408	3.26627258639999	1.53175060142564	5.689849047
Jul 2024	7.38743118841328	3.66940870829	1.68184007285761	5.168442515
Aug 2024	6.10545485910204	2.92889973096	1.61074606285849	6.66028139
Sep 2024	10.6109261124127	3.31195899520001	1.60582822009195	6.951056772
Oct 2024	9.14559739134253	3.41875101105	1.86330347197433	6.848173797
Nov 2024	7.58324557014803	3.61021702549	1.79689744500398	8.12405811
Dec 2024	5.55165199340319	3.32161345313	1.42569280179282	5.198368753

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X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Oct 2022	4.10630401530525	3.42453851520585	3.17778865553939	1.79897633135657
Nov 2022	4.01826956910247	3.81420263511006	2.46985495786996	1.82583888094956
Dec 2022	4.53533522838146	3.87751691779645	2.33585888054492	1.85196719394089
Jan 2023	2.88128591209542	3.85484855996733	2.95404147862949	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	4.33302925051484	4.27754838066153	1.94619228218385	1.76135485548631
Jun 2023	4.85906307578075	3.40974413051303	2.16026580306357	2.03181837988862
Jul 2023	3.76947973348614	3.49776988734261	2.09283525447007	1.53456855119574
Aug 2023	3.18510901224084	3.20153013312721	2.28888991675692	1.63142817341011
Sep 2023	3.49244601522492	3.3715705897399	2.2138363475185	2.18538453939873
Oct 2023	4.24108393869788	3.62489278627032	1.97545749959323	1.69124266706696
Nov 2023	4.51516933476574	4.44452117527859	2.1962596070393	3.04034378656237
Dec 2023	4.66243395236252	3.45849622608041	1.53375400447074	2.30869845012033
Jan 2024	3.28326601472444	3.17818431423735	1.65384034020985	1.55450771668209
Feb 2024	3.90615251323584	2.77069477173777	1.93155184586916	1.65048803014935
Mar 2024	4.99807449698615	2.86722956167013	1.88894883051199	2.05632607368043
Apr 2024	3.67492959109556	3.65539529524122	1.65721924646856	1.78420807255153
May 2024	3.77300348970383	3.15818585044725	1.92475081536429	2.18520060186128
Jun 2024	4.62408518909124	2.96819585505779	1.96201699709631	2.04857722202298
Jul 2024	4.02339711056728	3.4551192451978	1.8404741808345	2.08452930539312
Aug 2024	3.91580984506094	3.30855841703163	1.93825272428455	2.28928220441781
Sep 2024	3.43369284970478	3.62233915600309	1.72937750985668	1.94838107611055
Oct 2024	4.22501482137091	3.4482735461489	2.04441169166073	1.5417051335635
Nov 2024	4.44737240475125	3.94718613016354	1.85219144080727	1.65708493985926
Dec 2024	4.54343742418811	3.79109439136866	1.62619589847673	1.69333994784444

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €472.4 million (+8%) to €6.3 billion in December 2024 compared with December 2023 (€5.8 billion). This represented 40% of total exports in December 2024.

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €184.5 million (-20%) to €758.9 million.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances rose by €362.7 million (+46%) to €1.15 billion. (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines increased by €284.4 million (+63%) to €735.1 million in December 2024 compared with December 2023 (€450.7 million).

Imports of Organic Chemicals were down by €733.2 million (-57%) to €548.3 million.

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €333.0 million (+39%) to €1.2 billion. (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
			Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec
			2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
0	Food and live animals		1,102	1,343	14,401	15,253	852	880	10,094	10,573
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	48	62	747	810	58	62	372	403
	01	Meat and meat preparations	385	432	4,573	4,709	95	119	1,191	1,221
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	304	426	4,034	4,293	81	84	1,005	1,074
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	43	51	549	591	29	33	362	361
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	55	58	772	838	164	154	1,720	1,903
	05	Vegetables and fruit	25	34	358	454	134	141	1,695	1,891
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	11	12	158	184	39	34	566	520
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	33	35	524	547	62	71	793	912
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	44	47	576	580	118	108	1,415	1,305
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	153	185	2,111	2,245	73	74	976	983
1	Beverages and tobacco		171	180	1,954	2,309	99	123	1,331	1,480
	11	Beverages	171	180	1,954	2,309	97	120	1,262	1,408
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	0	2	3	68	72
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		107	175	1,631	1,873	81	98	1,189	1,299
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	6	6	72	70	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	4	3	20	20	6	2	38	32
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	9	3	1	1	18	16
	24	Cork and wood	10	15	236	252	17	24	298	292
	25	Pulp and waste paper	4	5	56	75	2	2	49	49
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	5	5	96	72	1	1	19	18
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	9	9	121	129	13	16	229	250
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	57	120	850	1,073	18	28	211	287
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	11	12	171	178	23	24	327	354
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		37	41	957	790	753	584	10,206	8,340
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	6	5	77	60	6	5	188	70
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	28	34	814	694	512	323	6,036	5,691
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	0	0	12	18	208	195	3,533	1,984
	35	Electric current	3	2	54	18	27	60	450	595
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		10	12	147	149	33	33	495	440
	41	Animal oils and fats	8	9	108	113	3	3	37	33
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	2	3	29	32	28	29	417	385
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	0	9	4	3	2	41	22
5	Chemicals and related products		7,871	8,674	126,653	145,800	2,652	2,277	39,879	31,198
	51	Organic chemicals	943	759	29,499	26,036	1,282	548	19,880	7,785
	52	Inorganic chemicals	47	453	2,486	1,645	44	41	605	860
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	9	11	177	185	21	23	346	378
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	5,789	6,262	77,473	99,889	847	1,180	12,679	15,706
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	626	775	9,861	11,606	172	177	1,994	2,188
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	1	1	16	28	36	38	505	501
	57	Plastics in primary forms	28	31	395	431	65	73	1,164	1,117
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	47	53	1,000	879	72	79	1,164	1,185
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	379	329	5,745	5,101	115	118	1,542	1,479
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		208	203	3,267	3,387	554	592	8,608	8,489
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	10	13	2	3	24	26
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	24	15	258	244	38	42	565	611
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	21	20	409	381	33	45	503	548
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	14	16	227	269	92	97	1,304	1,297
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	12	14	180	198	49	59	705	735
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	44	40	760	748	75	74	1,114	1,120
	67	Iron and steel	19	22	229	275	63	73	1,179	1,160
	68	Non-ferrous metals	12	8	174	163	51	56	1,090	767
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	61	66	1,019	1,097	150	142	2,125	2,225
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,580	3,141	24,944	30,910	5,685	5,719	53,351	55,372
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	112	65	1,824	1,494	154	224	2,346	2,299
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	64	71	986	1,146	341	307	5,092	3,928
	73	Metalworking machinery	4	3	43	36	14	14	194	191
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	200	211	2,338	2,464	227	238	3,236	3,428
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	337	538	4,287	5,201	451	735	4,722	8,138
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	106	119	1,164	1,400	260	338	2,831	3,287
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	788	1,150	8,712	11,954	679	776	8,765	9,106
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	32	40	542	570	673	633	6,251	6,315
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	937	944	5,049	6,645	2,886	2,454	19,913	18,680
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,546	1,716	21,539	23,084	1,241	1,329	14,953	16,191
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	10	12	158	172	31	36	489	516
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	17	19	229	223	64	67	838	916
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	3	38	38	25	23	286	249
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	36	35	400	403	256	276	2,880	3,036
	85	Footwear	5	5	48	58	61	63	700	729
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	717	721	9,845	10,625	250	266	3,065	3,427
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	115	127	1,654	1,616	87	95	869	1,040
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	644	793	9,167	9,949	468	503	5,827	6,279
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		130	8	483	176	5	7	71	86
Unclassified estimates²			8	4	55	56	8	12	115	94

Total			13,770	15,497	196,030	223,786	11,963	11,654	140,294	133,562
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. December 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 countries and territories

Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by countries and territories¹								€million
Country and Territory	Exports				Imports
	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec
	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
Austria	37	43	548	528	30	34	1,025	524
Belgium	1,047	619	18,388	17,031	162	275	2,722	2,802
Bulgaria	8	9	159	149	61	5	131	77
Croatia	8	6	84	134	1	2	30	28
Cyprus	2	9	77	94	0	0	8	8
Czech Republic	68	30	1,096	512	70	66	889	1,052
Denmark	36	46	618	578	45	41	697	756
Estonia	2	2	35	28	1	1	15	25
Finland	17	46	269	222	18	18	208	208
France	370	774	6,770	6,445	2,010	1,127	17,647	13,533
Germany	985	975	20,436	20,131	865	1,280	8,906	12,179
Greece	35	25	559	491	17	17	161	192
Hungary	41	61	561	662	58	50	844	933
Italy	299	463	6,165	7,072	225	509	2,674	3,134
Latvia	4	3	77	57	3	6	72	69
Lithuania	5	9	110	98	11	14	234	166
Luxembourg	6	12	95	103	4	4	60	62
Malta	5	3	55	65	2	1	13	10
Netherlands	1,694	1,720	16,719	22,993	571	437	5,839	6,732
Poland	120	131	1,715	1,741	102	135	1,260	1,421
Portugal	33	37	1,504	1,738	38	38	457	683
Romania	17	24	492	425	20	18	160	190
Slovakia	10	17	150	194	21	20	247	247
Slovenia	4	8	123	144	4	4	60	49
Spain	197	310	2,937	5,193	200	348	2,996	2,612
Sweden	68	119	1,004	1,246	95	51	748	778
EU Country not specified²	37	49	439	511	30	41	364	378
Total EU27³	5,153	5,552	81,180	88,586	4,662	4,543	48,467	48,848
Euro-Zone⁴	4,758	5,083	75,098	82,762	4,183	4,136	43,374	43,264

Great Britain	867	1,004	17,446	15,708	1,216	1,177	21,088	16,649
Northern Ireland	376	422	4,961	5,159	317	449	5,241	5,400
Total UK	1,243	1,426	22,406	20,867	1,534	1,626	26,330	22,049

Australia	70	52	833	1,052	10	9	104	90
Brazil	63	64	392	742	15	42	315	374
Canada	89	524	4,096	4,086	71	292	782	1,155
China⁵	860	666	9,541	10,068	1,446	1,138	10,846	11,843
India	64	36	569	501	61	67	983	957
Japan	316	160	3,818	3,347	137	160	2,564	2,231
Malaysia	180	267	1,524	2,631	43	58	625	623
Mexico	212	224	2,612	3,482	99	82	1,854	1,339
Norway	16	16	286	277	32	47	698	527
Russia	23	74	468	720	5	3	73	39
Saudi Arabia	64	67	916	850	1	10	93	50
Singapore	58	125	765	932	29	80	1,026	919
South Africa	61	16	388	355	13	12	321	222
South Korea	82	117	838	1,015	192	183	1,445	1,700
Switzerland	310	181	4,077	3,656	264	200	8,149	2,761
Taiwan	30	47	447	422	115	153	1,229	2,057
Thailand	15	17	275	254	44	174	889	1,113
Turkey	65	65	779	628	91	99	1,115	1,240
USA	4,265	5,198	54,034	72,628	2,309	1,693	22,949	22,494
Other countries	522	595	5,668	6,457	715	862	8,763	9,810
Country unknown⁶	10	9	117	230	75	120	676	1,121
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	7,374	8,520	92,443	114,333	5,767	5,484	65,498	62,664

Total	13,770	15,497	196,030	223,786	11,963	11,654	140,294	133,562
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. December 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 or territory 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		Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec	Dec	Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec
		2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
Great Britain		867	1,004	17,446	15,708	1,216	1,177	21,088	16,649
0	Food and live animals	272	319	3,937	4,186	229	225	2,479	2,674
1	Beverages and tobacco	19	20	277	282	20	18	283	262
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	27	26	399	450	7	6	124	119
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	19	29	446	368	254	299	5,083	3,461
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	5	32	60	6	6	69	92
5	Chemicals and related products	152	199	6,837	4,019	171	156	5,233	2,850
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	60	63	1,154	1,169	147	126	2,274	2,122
7	Machinery and transport equipment	223	235	2,846	3,578	219	190	3,463	3,013
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	91	106	1,499	1,575	162	152	2,066	2,043
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	20	24	1	1	14	14
Northern Ireland		376	422	4,961	5,159	317	449	5,241	5,400
0	Food and live animals	146	164	1,754	1,925	107	125	1,335	1,466
1	Beverages and tobacco	12	15	150	174	26	28	310	310
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	9	10	147	158	10	11	178	187
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	8	7	121	92	33	51	440	508
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	2	26	27	3	3	56	33
5	Chemicals and related products	64	79	1,104	1,026	28	113	1,369	1,361
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	42	40	592	601	45	53	714	685
7	Machinery and transport equipment	38	42	505	548	37	34	482	469
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	53	60	533	575	25	29	332	355
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	3	29	33	2	2	26	26
EU 27²		5,153	5,552	81,180	88,586	4,662	4,543	48,467	48,848
0	Food and live animals	426	546	5,109	5,511	334	344	4,162	4,219
1	Beverages and tobacco	31	33	538	542	34	45	505	544
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	39	71	597	580	31	33	452	473
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	10	5	311	254	194	115	1,635	2,059
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	5	4	81	52	19	18	282	249
5	Chemicals and related products	3,506	2,845	59,893	62,868	741	910	12,965	12,940
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	66	65	1,007	1,017	174	197	2,765	2,705
7	Machinery and transport equipment	533	1,481	6,586	9,736	2,838	2,601	22,062	21,920
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	529	496	6,963	7,922	289	267	3,519	3,628
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	9	7	96	102	10	13	121	112
USA		4,265	5,198	54,034	72,628	2,309	1,693	22,949	22,494
0	Food and live animals	60	75	761	958	31	31	422	371
1	Beverages and tobacco	88	89	682	904	6	18	57	173
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	2	26	24	5	4	76	68
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	20	182	56	1,251	1,276
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	Chemicals and related products	3,176	4,075	40,457	58,328	543	442	6,406	6,053
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	20	17	215	262	47	47	675	708
7	Machinery and transport equipment	400	275	4,198	4,380	1,297	864	11,791	11,269
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	517	665	7,684	7,742	197	228	2,260	2,559
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	0	10	8	1	2	11	15
China³		860	666	9,541	10,068	1,446	1,138	10,846	11,843
0	Food and live animals	33	47	557	504	10	12	118	149
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	10	11	0	0	2	2
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	6	7	71	72	3	4	41	51
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	13	0	127	39
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	Chemicals and related products	123	163	2,115	2,959	790	224	2,835	2,516
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	5	4	55	57	64	76	897	1,070
7	Machinery and transport equipment	566	322	5,104	4,962	356	587	4,315	5,232
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	126	123	1,628	1,502	211	233	2,505	2,779
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3
Rest of World		2,250	2,656	28,869	31,637	2,012	2,653	31,703	28,328
0	Food and live animals	165	193	2,282	2,167	141	144	1,577	1,694
1	Beverages and tobacco	20	22	297	396	12	14	175	187
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	25	58	392	590	26	39	319	401
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	0	78	55	77	63	1,670	998
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	8	10	5	7	87	65
5	Chemicals and related products	850	1,313	16,246	16,600	379	431	11,072	5,478
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	14	14	244	281	78	93	1,283	1,199
7	Machinery and transport equipment	820	787	5,704	7,706	938	1,442	11,239	13,468
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	230	267	3,233	3,768	357	421	4,271	4,828
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	125	1	383	65	0	0	9	10

Total		13,770	15,497	196,030	223,786	11,963	11,654	140,295	133,562
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. December 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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