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Goods Exports and Imports January 2023

Exports exceeded €15 billion in January 2023

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CSO statistical publication, 16 March 2023, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €15.5 billion in January 2023, a decrease of more than €600 million compared with January last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €11.2 billion, which was €1.8 billion higher than imports in January 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €15.8 billion in January 2023, down more than €900 million compared with December 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €12.3 billion in January 2023.
Imports from Great Britain were €2.4 billion in January 2023, while exports to Great Britain were €1.3 billion.

Statistician's Comment

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

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In January 2023, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods decreased by more than €600 million to €15.5 billion compared with January 2022. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods fell by more than €900 million when compared with December 2022.

The unadjusted imports for January 2023 were valued at €11.2 billion, a growth of €1.8 billion on January 2022. Seasonally adjusted imports were €12.3 billion in January 2022.

Imports from Great Britain grew by 33% to €2.4 billion in January 2023 compared with January 2022. The largest increase was in the imports of Mineral Fuels & Lubricants. Exports to Great Britain fell by 5% to €1.3 billion in January 2023 compared with January 2022.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
December 2022	16,697	11,660	5,038
January 2023	15,791	12,343	3,448
Value change	-906	683	-1,590
% change	-5.4	5.9	-31.6

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports decreased by €906 million in January 2023

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €906 million (-5%) to €15,791 million in January 2023 compared with December 2022, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports increased by €683 million (+6%) to €12,343 million leading to a fall of €1,590 million (-32%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €3,448 million in January 2023 compared with December 2022 (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	103,801	61,914	191.3	214.5	95.0	98.6	96.4
2022		208,708	141,377	67,331	..	..	..	..	..

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	10,410	5,214	208.2	241.5	98.0	102.7	95.4
	December	13,054	11,129	1,925	175.6	261.9	97.2	101.6	95.6

2022⁴	January	16,067	9,365	6,703	224.0	236.1	94.7	97.7	96.9
	February	15,869	9,098	6,771	218.8	237.6	95.7	94.4	101.4
	March	20,267	12,032	8,235	290.6	288.9	92.3	102.8	89.8
	April	17,208	11,308	5,901	239.7	269.6	94.7	103.4	91.7
	May	17,915	13,284	4,630	246.9	310.5	96.2	104.5	92.1
	June	17,745	12,832	4,912	246.3	306.6	95.1	103.2	92.2
	July	14,908	10,702	4,206	204.8	248.8	95.7	106.2	90.1
	August	19,455	12,549	6,906	278.7	289.8	92.1	106.7	86.3
	September	19,594	13,136	6,458	265.6	295.7	97.4	109.5	88.9
	October	17,570	12,476	5,094	232.2	296.6	99.9	103.7	96.3
	November	16,889	12,040	4,849	222.3	274.4	100.2	108.2	92.6
	December	15,221	12,555	2,666	193.6	260.2	100.8	107.5	93.7

2023⁴	January	15,454	11,209	4,245	..	..	..	..	..
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. January 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	January 2022 - January 2023
Unadjusted		2022	2023	Value change	% change
Exports	Total	16,067	15,454	-613	-4
	Great Britain	1,406	1,336	-70	-5
	Northern Ireland	342	372	30	9
	EU27	6,277	6,848	571	9
	USA	5,245	3,982	-1,263	-24
	Rest of World	2,797	2,916	119	4

Imports	Total	9,364	11,209	1,844	20
	Great Britain	1,809	2,405	596	33
	Northern Ireland	322	432	110	34
	EU27	2,656	2,936	280	11
	USA	1,317	1,679	362	28
	Rest of World	3,261	3,757	496	15

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports fell by €613 million (-4%) to €15,454 million in January 2023 compared with January 2022.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports grew by €1,844 million (+20%) to €11,209 million in January 2023 compared with January 2022.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,336 million, which was 9% of total exports in January 2023. The products accounting for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products, at €513 million and Food & Live Animals at €303 million.

Imports from Great Britain in January 2023 were €2,405 million, which was 21% of the total value of imports. Imports of Mineral Fuels & Lubricants accounted for €1,165 million, and imports of Chemicals & Related Products were valued at €392 million (See Table 5).

The EU accounted for €6,848 million (44%) of total goods exports in January 2023, of which €2,271 million went to Germany, €1,412 million went to Belgium, and, €1,157 million went to the Netherlands.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €3,982 million (26%) of total exports in January 2023. (See Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Jul 2021	4.52685118279434	3.134559757	1.79083712755728	3.750234214
Aug 2021	4.85342560065652	2.785794549	1.29805871461404	4.229442456
Sep 2021	5.85619210292483	2.793674125	1.73716423676024	4.384452418
Oct 2021	5.12918788059397	2.656838563	1.40791061856762	5.764283375
Nov 2021	5.7871243995022	2.763566978	2.06671239289944	5.006429187
Dec 2021	4.68630704488206	2.939133036	1.48132491297317	3.94675177
Jan 2022	6.27725462384199	2.796754711	1.74828446929616	5.244730516
Feb 2022	6.30750048782998	3.34921348	1.38697653465659	4.825347098
Mar 2022	7.03328837324932	4.00169138399999	1.83135468789207	7.400502251
Apr 2022	6.42369394328578	3.360673459	1.93379661446037	5.490089082
May 2022	6.30089123364906	4.39532270599999	1.82804450347881	5.390377409
Jun 2022	6.38254413296886	3.868853871	2.40670161064523	5.086599753
Jul 2022	6.28955280023639	3.30623685399999	1.57499790581805	3.674679746
Aug 2022	8.59684914653353	3.623791805	1.9480955192008	5.286338789
Sep 2022	7.76705629604463	4.085414753	1.83733109031194	5.904288261
Oct 2022	6.61297282372152	3.591441143	2.05920423606061	5.306523683
Nov 2022	6.65452078252831	3.18847492199999	2.01371937545377	5.032571309
Dec 2022	5.99242367447436	2.861190133	1.54032808771283	4.389840011
Jan 2023	6.848	2.916	1.708	3.982

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Jul 2021	2.79174376634401	2.20922841169683	1.45866757908514	1.336498983027
Aug 2021	2.14427927020579	2.4721595401711	1.60572716821421	1.58098671866229
Sep 2021	2.54651358962204	2.54122225308268	1.73850218878597	1.63970936335317
Oct 2021	2.68628975764719	2.78322891440016	1.93410238521967	1.5903038632994
Nov 2021	3.50445688428574	3.33734020639254	1.97395856867565	1.59372048411895
Dec 2021	3.38359346140656	3.254661617833	2.18351002497407	2.30676084384214
Jan 2022	2.65591167660714	3.2611086241722	2.13094575006286	1.31652224622383
Feb 2022	2.83272443009999	2.90574911702911	1.92517164588207	1.43438147581768
Mar 2022	3.18108974164591	4.14074180141705	2.37901821288175	2.33093602471201
Apr 2022	3.54191102415513	3.47566700004536	2.41570873038642	1.87450129891659
May 2022	3.65727972300909	5.04974529734677	2.38957783844122	2.18781775376064
Jun 2022	3.71708248762264	4.64475699263231	2.59122572440475	1.87929043009657
Jul 2022	3.16971134004096	4.00079266673578	2.28251337639092	1.27258290677021
Aug 2022	3.31572077153164	4.38113306942322	2.79448750759633	2.05752350369794
Sep 2022	4.57378719329566	3.63823813210219	2.4923743805914	2.43188414696008
Oct 2022	4.08301124213787	3.43283333036278	3.16068356674586	1.79931983564256
Nov 2022	3.95768941800216	3.82477677873277	2.48327375726989	1.77451951799208
Dec 2022	3.76115925983156	3.88122729186415	2.34955291939279	1.36177820012353
Jan 2023	2.936	3.757	2.837	1.679

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products decreased by €959 million (-14%) to €6,148 million in January 2023 compared with January 2022. This represented 40% of total exports.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €434 million (-39%) to €674 million.

Exports of Professional, Scientific & Controlling Apparatus grew by €107 million (+16%) to €794 million.

Exports of Food & Live Animals were up by €144 million (+17%) to €1,002 million in January 2023 compared with January 2022 (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related products increased by €671 million (+75%) to €1,568 million in January 2023 compared with January 2022.

Imports of Machinery Specialised for Particular Industries grew by €241 million (+137%) to €417 million.

Imports of Organic Chemicals rose by €486 million (+49%) to €1,480 million.

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €259 million (+36%) to €984 million.

The value of goods imports for January 2023 excluding SITC 79 (Other Transport Equipment, Including Aircraft were up by €2,082 million (+24%) to €10,634 million, compared with the corresponding January 2022 figure of €8,552 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
			2022	2023	2022	2023
0	Food and live animals		858	1,002	738	804
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	21	31	12	10
	01	Meat and meat preparations	327	343	77	85
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	169	232	96	93
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	34	30	23	24
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	49	64	135	135
	05	Vegetables and fruit	28	29	109	121
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	9	11	32	51
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	29	48	52	62
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	40	51	147	146
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	152	163	56	77
1	Beverages and tobacco		164	144	65	77
	11	Beverages	164	144	61	73
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	4	3
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		181	150	89	87
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	7	7	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	3	0	2	6
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	4	3	1	2
	24	Cork and wood	22	20	21	22
	25	Pulp and waste paper	8	6	4	6
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	10	10	1	1
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	10	9	18	15
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	107	81	20	12
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	11	14	22	24
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		153	70	897	1,568
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	8	9	53	53
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	116	52	375	511
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	0	0	450	966
	35	Electric current	29	9	19	38
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		10	13	35	42
	41	Animal oils and fats	8	9	4	3
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	2	3	28	36
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	1	4	3
5	Chemicals and related products		10,617	10,226	2,299	3,226
	51	Organic chemicals	2,637	2,542	994	1,480
	52	Inorganic chemicals	25	94	29	203
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	9	13	24	24
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	7,108	6,148	726	984
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	581	832	108	140
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	1	1	106	71
	57	Plastics in primary forms	30	32	106	103
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	62	103	86	88
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	163	462	121	133
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		256	249	742	706
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	2	1	3	2
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	32	21	43	41
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	38	39	39	33
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	18	18	100	107
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	11	14	60	50
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	52	50	83	76
	67	Iron and steel	17	18	122	103
	68	Non-ferrous metals	14	12	136	144
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	72	77	155	151
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,102	1,688	3,228	3,371
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	82	112	170	224
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	57	67	176	417
	73	Metalworking machinery	2	3	13	17
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	136	171	222	244
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	432	429	419	384
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	78	79	232	230
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,108	674	710	710
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	38	44	474	570
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	168	110	813	575
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,610	1,756	1,035	1,121
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	10	13	42	39
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	18	17	81	57
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	2	2	15	19
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	32	27	211	212
	85	Footwear	3	4	38	49
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	687	794	182	280
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	134	139	49	55
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	723	762	416	410
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		19	63	10	5
Unclassified estimates²			96	91	224	201

Total			16,067	15,454	9,364	11,209
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. January 2023 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
²Estimates 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
	2022	2023	2022	2023
Austria	28	39	23	26
Belgium	1,709	1,412	157	185
Bulgaria	9	12	4	5
Croatia	2	8	3	2
Cyprus	10	9	1	0
Czech Republic	33	92	72	110
Denmark	32	49	68	76
Estonia	4	4	2	1
Finland	18	22	22	18
France	837	489	689	622
Germany	1,881	2,271	593	634
Greece	33	25	5	10
Hungary	44	62	23	54
Italy	300	594	191	196
Latvia	8	6	5	5
Lithuania	8	7	12	10
Luxembourg	6	8	5	5
Malta	3	4	2	2
Netherlands	754	1,157	294	369
Poland	177	106	94	92
Portugal	32	36	31	187
Romania	19	45	11	10
Slovakia	10	9	6	6
Slovenia	23	10	3	3
Spain	149	225	168	200
Sweden	75	101	60	81
EU Country not specified²	78	47	112	27
Total EU27³	6,277	6,848	2,656	2,936
Euro-Zone⁴	5,809	6,335	2,209	2,481

Great Britain	1,406	1,336	1,809	2,405
Northern Ireland	342	372	322	432
Total UK	1,748	1,708	2,131	2,837

Australia	72	67	6	6
Brazil	18	24	22	23
Canada	117	114	64	91
China⁵	967	639	951	757
India	44	53	81	71
Japan	239	272	229	163
Malaysia	20	111	36	60
Mexico	132	178	41	639
Norway	28	35	37	44
Russia	62	42	130	5
Saudi Arabia	48	83	1	20
Singapore	64	56	14	56
South Africa	33	35	19	28
South Korea	64	77	172	152
Switzerland	308	472	438	565
Taiwan	49	38	81	90
Thailand	16	25	42	54
Turkey	55	62	157	107
USA	5,245	3,982	1,317	1,679
Other countries	453	518	699	776
Country unknown⁶	9	14	41	48
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	8,041	6,897	4,578	5,436

Total	16,067	15,454	9,364	11,209
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. January 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		January	January	January	January
		2022	2023	2022	2023
Great Britain		1,406	1,336	1,809	2,405
0	Food and live animals	256	303	157	162
1	Beverages and tobacco	14	19	14	14
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	39	39	9	9
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	98	19	601	1,165
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	4	6
5	Chemicals and related products	584	513	421	392
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	82	87	170	207
7	Machinery and transport equipment	211	230	278	291
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	120	124	153	157
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	2	2	1
Northern Ireland		343	372	322	432
0	Food and live animals	103	119	111	112
1	Beverages and tobacco	7	11	15	22
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	12	12	11	11
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	25	13	30	37
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	2	6	6
5	Chemicals and related products	64	92	31	111
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	45	42	46	46
7	Machinery and transport equipment	34	29	21	33
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	40	35	18	19
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	10	17	33	36
EU 27²		6,277	6,848	2,656	2,936
0	Food and live animals	254	314	254	316
1	Beverages and tobacco	36	38	24	24
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	81	47	30	28
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	2	21	59	66
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	6	9	18	24
5	Chemicals and related products	4,734	5,159	679	904
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	75	85	189	217
7	Machinery and transport equipment	529	522	994	970
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	471	574	213	220
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	89	79	195	166
USA		5,245	3,982	1,317	1,679
0	Food and live animals	31	64	37	39
1	Beverages and tobacco	80	51	2	2
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	3	7	6
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	48	111
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	4,149	3,026	367	448
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	31	16	39	46
7	Machinery and transport equipment	378	173	629	858
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	573	647	185	168
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	1	1
China³		967	639	951	757
0	Food and live animals	43	40	10	8
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	0	0
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	6	6	7	4
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	-	0	11
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	103	102	151	123
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	2	4	103	69
7	Machinery and transport equipment	700	377	448	365
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	112	108	231	176
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0
Rest of World		1,830	2,277	2,310	3,001
0	Food and live animals	170	162	168	167
1	Beverages and tobacco	27	24	11	13
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	42	43	26	29
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	27	17	159	179
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	7	6
5	Chemicals and related products	983	1,334	650	1,248
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	21	16	195	122
7	Machinery and transport equipment	251	356	857	854
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	294	268	235	382
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	14	56	3	1

Total		16,067	15,454	9,364	11,209
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. January 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	14,001	7,183	6,818	188.6	181.3
	February	12,898	7,712	5,186	176.1	185.7
	March	13,240	8,372	4,868	184.9	205.1
	April	12,074	8,330	3,744	179.4	212.6
	May	13,862	8,883	4,979	194.7	236.6
	June	13,815	9,042	4,773	207.1	230.9
	July	13,490	8,217	5,273	185.4	201.6
	August	13,857	8,710	5,147	189.3	220.0
	September	14,273	8,660	5,613	196.0	216.2
	October	15,629	8,774	6,855	199.8	218.1
	November	14,489	9,460	5,030	206.4	237.2
	December	13,815	9,713	4,101	192.0	243.1

2022	January	16,656	10,792	5,864	222.3	254.2
	February	16,598	10,633	5,965	231.9	257.8
	March	18,179	10,865	7,314	246.3	267.0
	April	17,594	11,871	5,723	254.8	272.8
	May	17,738	12,514	5,225	240.2	289.5
	June	16,686	11,718	4,968	237.4	285.7
	July	15,743	11,935	3,808	219.5	272.2
	August	19,710	13,111	6,599	284.5	300.8
	September	18,813	13,156	5,657	258.6	307.9
	October	18,141	12,351	5,790	240.5	297.5
	November	15,807	11,163	4,644	208.6	263.7
	December	16,697	11,660	5,038	221.7	253.1

2023	January	15,791	12,343	3,448	..	..
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.

Goods Exports and Imports January 2023