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Goods Exports and Imports July 2022

Ireland's unadjusted exports of goods were almost €15 billion in July 2022.

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CSO statistical publication, 17 October 2022, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €14.8 billion in July 2022, an increase of more than €1.6 billion compared with July last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €10.5 billion, which was €2.7 billion higher than imports in July 2021.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €15.7 billion in July 2022, a decrease of €859 million compared with June 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €11.7 billion in July 2022, an increase of €52 million compared with June 2022.
Imports from Great Britain were nearly €1.9 billion in July 2022, while exports to Great Britain were €1.1 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (15 September 2022) released Goods Exports and Imports July 2022.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In July 2022, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods increased by €1.6 billion to €14.8 billion compared with July 2021. However, when seasonally adjusted, exports of goods fell by more than €800 million compared with June 2022.

The unadjusted imports for July 2022 were valued at €10.5 billion, an increase of more than €2.7 billion on July 2021.

Comparing the first seven months of 2022 with the same period in 2021, exports of goods increased by 28%, and the value of imports increased by 35%.

Imports from Great Britain grew by 58% to nearly €1.9 billion in July 2022 compared with July 2021, where the largest increases were in the imports of Mineral Fuels and Chemicals & Related Products.

Exports to Great Britain fell by 23% to below €1.2 billion in July 2022, due to a decrease in the exports of Chemicals & Related Products.”

Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports decreased by €859 million in July 2022

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €859 million (-5%) to €15,674 million in July 2022 compared with June 2022, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports increased by €52 million (+0.4%) to €11,718 million leading to a decrease of €911 million (-19%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €3,956 million in July 2022 compared with June 2022 (see Table 2). Seasonal adjustment compares month-to-month data by removing fluctuations that may occur due to seasonal patterns in trade.

Exports increased by over €1.6 billion in July 2022 compared with July 2021

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports increased by €1,626 million (+12%) to €14,828 million in July 2022 compared with July 2021. The value of goods exports for the period January to July 2022 increased by €25,944 million (+28%) to €120,085 million, when compared with the same time period of 2021.

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €1,235 million (+27%) to €5,737 million in July 2022 compared with July 2021. This represented 39% of total exports.

Exports of Food & Live Animals increased by €196 million (+19%) to €1,251 million in July 2022 compared with July 2021.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus, Appliances & Parts increased by €371 million (+39%) to €1,316 million.

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €291 million (-18%) to €1,371 million (see Table 3).

Imports increased by €2.7 billion in July 2022 compared with July 2021

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €2,732 million (+35%) to €10,528 million in July 2022 compared with July 2021. The value of goods imports for the first seven months of 2022 increased by €20,199 million (+35%) to €77,199 million, when compared with the same time period of 2021.

Imports of Organic Chemicals increased by €1,163 million (+186%) to €1,788 million, representing 17% of total imports in July 2022.

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Products increased by €393 million (+76%) to €912 million in July 2022 compared with July 2021.

Imports of Machinery Specialised for Particular Industries increased by €224 million (+151%) to €373 million.

The value of goods imports for July 2022 excluding SITC 79 (Other Transport Equipment, Including Aircraft) increased by €3,025 million (+45%) to €9,766 million, compared with the corresponding July 2021 figure of €6,741 million (see Table 3).

Imports from Great Britain were over €1.8 billion in July 2022

Imports from Great Britain increased by €685 million (+58%) to €1,858 million compared with July 2021. The main increases were in the imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials and Chemicals & Related Products (see Table 5). Imports from Great Britain were 18% of the value of total imports in July 2022.

The value of goods imports from Great Britain for January to July 2022 increased by €5,454 million (+70%) to €13,289 million, compared with the same period in 2021.

Exports to Great Britain in July 2022 decreased by €351 million (-23%) to €1,148 million, compared with July 2021. The main changes were decreases in the exports of Chemicals & Related Products and Machinery & Transport Equipment. Exports to Great Britain accounted for 8% of total exports in July 2022.

The value of goods exports to Great Britain for the first seven months of 2022 increased by €1,887 million (+23%) to €10,030 million, compared with the same period of 2021.

Imports from Northern Ireland of over €2.7 billion in the first seven months of 2022

Imports from Northern Ireland for January to July 2022 increased by €540 million (+24%) to €2,780 million when compared with the same time period of 2021.

Exports to Northern Ireland for January to July 2022 increased by €743 million (+36%) to €2,792 million when compared with the same time period in 2021 (see Table 5).

	%
NI	2.8857097590769
GB	7.73999288036212
EU27	42.1718911688062
US	24.7856405351165
Rest of World	22.4167656566382

	%
NI	4.0065420534575
GB	17.6475549626805
EU27	29.5219523750051
US	11.1382988878073
Rest of World	36.6856517210496

Geographic breakdown of goods exports and imports

The EU accounted for €6,253 million (42%) of total goods exports in July 2022 of which €1,579 million went to Germany, €1,528 million went to Belgium and €1,235 million went to the Netherlands. Total EU exports in July 2022 increased by €1,726 million (+38%) compared with July 2021.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €3,675 million (25%) of total exports in July 2022.

The EU accounted for €3,108 million (30%) of total goods imports in July 2022, which is an increase of €316 million (+11%) compared with July 2021.

The UK with €2,280 million (22%), China with €1,606 million (15%) and the USA with €1,173 million (11%) were the main non-EU sources of imports (see Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Feb 2021	4.64207099819885	2.343243982	1.07783908838482	4.252122179
Mar 2021	5.71069156633018	2.899116902	1.55585851818113	4.542633046
Apr 2021	4.90713263466844	2.45698396000001	1.34918852232651	3.57577931
May 2021	5.45478810269973	2.689996428	1.50140088056247	3.90149927
Jun 2021	5.60214324394904	3.112772704	1.75320993601654	4.281263191
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	6.25864236493711	3.262968706	1.37722664274317	4.821169839
Mar 2022	7.31727071217891	4.00371669999999	1.81575375223145	7.389662282
Apr 2022	6.54488992072798	3.360974109	1.96314807398527	5.490122136
May 2022	6.28278937059589	4.34727528399999	1.94683732540357	5.416220648
Jun 2022	6.27580567239441	3.834350227	2.39427130896359	5.086608588
Jul 2022	6.25332015857646	3.32399635599999	1.57559736290394	3.675257175

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Feb 2021	2.2216363060796	2.04033558811691	1.13696280288407	1.24780358320128
Mar 2021	3.22380420572407	2.68432034898914	1.70030859810158	1.61071404313418
Apr 2021	2.81846802469977	2.70676447761457	1.48920057588016	1.23441473238069
May 2021	3.4181288019952	2.34016251437405	1.55399712735357	1.44673599207556
Jun 2021	3.68653775830562	3.1218809127626	1.77837455295666	1.30265117268739
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	2.64726867159526	2.90960358815632	1.91854838853627	1.21202473577338
Mar 2022	3.10770358084347	3.99459128440475	2.35114145846516	1.86037120790416
Apr 2022	3.66481321445561	3.49010856533858	2.43043087951331	1.70683647583217
May 2022	3.58414247234422	5.0557663084526	2.37734273536575	2.14742717254763
Jun 2022	3.73769269742171	4.63194833418044	2.58182054710169	1.89742742630129
Jul 2022	3.10798205522266	3.9674316861089	2.27967798651379	1.17260649394993

Exports by industrial origin and Imports by main use

Industrial Produce accounted for €13,621 million (92%) of total exports in July 2022. This is an increase of €1,386 million (+11%) when compared with July 2021. There was €5,703 million of this exported to the EU, €3,609 million to the USA and €1,194 million to the UK. Agricultural Produce accounted for €1,015 million (7%) of total exports (see Table 6).

Producer Capital Goods Ready for Use accounted for €1,669 million (16%) of total imports in July 2022, an increase of €65 million (+4%) when compared with July 2021.

Consumption Goods Ready for Use represented €2,388 million (23%) of total imports, and Materials for Further Production accounted for €6,253 million (59%) (see Table 7).

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
2016		119,292	74,296	44,996	125.6	158.2	102.7	93.3	110.2
2017		122,785	82,943	39,842	135.8	168.9	99.3	96.1	103.3
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

2019	January	13,485	7,662	5,824	179.1	196.0	99.4	96.3	103.2
	February	12,414	6,527	5,887	164.9	165.8	99.3	96.6	102.8
	March	11,677	7,658	4,019	155.5	198.2	99.1	95.4	103.8
	April	12,791	7,341	5,451	169.7	190.7	99.4	94.8	104.9
	May	13,698	7,356	6,342	182.1	189.2	99.3	95.8	103.6
	June	12,050	7,461	4,589	160.1	190.3	99.3	96.6	102.8
	July	13,364	7,978	5,385	177.2	203.2	99.5	96.2	103.4
	August	11,758	6,735	5,023	156.2	172.8	99.3	96.0	103.5
	September	12,507	7,365	5,143	166.2	187.7	99.5	96.6	102.9
	October	14,288	8,614	5,675	189.4	218.6	99.5	97.0	102.6
	November	12,844	7,844	4,999	169.5	194.7	99.9	97.5	102.5
	December	11,657	8,478	3,179	153.5	212.3	100.2	96.9	103.4

2020	January	14,989	7,108	7,882	207.1	185.4	95.5	94.5	101.1
	February	11,570	7,971	3,599	166.4	215.7	91.7	91.1	100.7
	March	17,664	6,667	10,997	236.9	175.7	98.4	93.5	105.2
	April	11,343	5,571	5,772	160.3	147.7	93.3	93.0	100.4
	May	12,875	6,153	6,722	180.3	163.8	94.2	92.6	101.7
	June	13,647	6,750	6,897	182.4	175.4	98.7	94.8	104.1
	July	13,617	8,378	5,239	191.8	221.6	93.7	93.1	100.5
	August	12,935	5,999	6,937	182.8	164.5	93.3	89.9	103.8
	September	13,991	6,464	7,527	196.7	166.0	94.0	94.1	99.9
	October	12,230	7,660	4,570	173.8	210.0	92.9	89.2	104.1
	November	14,918	9,343	5,576	211.3	261.4	92.8	87.7	105.8
	December	12,351	9,004	3,347	170.0	252.6	94.8	87.0	108.9

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	15,720	8,687	7,033	216.6	230.7	96.2	94.1	102.2
	March	20,526	11,314	9,213	280.0	260.9	95.0	104.2	91.2
	April	17,359	11,292	6,067	242.9	270.0	94.6	103.8	91.2
	May	17,993	13,165	4,828	244.6	311.7	97.2	104.4	93.2
	June	17,591	12,849	4,742	244.0	306.8	95.1	103.2	92.2
	July	14,828	10,528	4,301	..	..	..	..	..
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. July 2022 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
2019	January	12,978	7,479	5,499	172.3	198.3
	February	13,062	6,952	6,109	175.2	174.8
	March	11,541	7,309	4,232	149.3	190.5
	April	12,712	7,387	5,325	164.6	195.3
	May	12,672	7,366	5,306	172.9	192.3
	June	12,314	7,378	4,936	163.8	189.7
	July	13,293	8,162	5,131	178.1	207.3
	August	12,488	7,645	4,843	165.4	192.0
	September	12,763	7,588	5,174	170.3	195.8
	October	14,110	7,831	6,280	181.7	195.6
	November	12,414	7,499	4,915	163.4	187.3
	December	12,381	7,760	4,621	168.4	186.8

2020	January	13,672	7,621	6,051	191.0	186.4
	February	12,130	8,206	3,924	174.5	211.0
	March	16,784	6,346	10,438	212.6	155.5
	April	11,364	5,963	5,401	157.2	153.2
	May	12,901	6,449	6,451	181.5	169.2
	June	12,980	6,365	6,615	171.1	168.9
	July	13,166	8,125	5,041	186.0	225.2
	August	14,113	7,122	6,992	198.3	197.0
	September	13,601	6,496	7,105	193.6	159.5
	October	12,387	7,256	5,130	171.7	200.8
	November	14,522	8,755	5,767	200.7	258.7
	December	12,972	7,645	5,328	185.2	213.4

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	16,866	10,534	6,332	221.4	248.9
	February	16,425	10,279	6,146	232.3	243.3
	March	18,462	10,294	8,168	240.1	239.7
	April	17,537	11,698	5,839	260.1	278.3
	May	17,813	12,589	5,224	239.0	295.6
	June	16,533	11,666	4,867	237.6	293.4
	July	15,674	11,718	3,956	..	..
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 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
			Jul	Jul	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul	Jul	Jul	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul
			2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
0	Food and live animals		1,055	1,251	6,653	8,040	574	780	4,010	5,153
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	33	36	254	271	16	22	81	101
	01	Meat and meat preparations	346	390	2,184	2,679	78	95	479	619
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	326	424	1,719	2,238	54	90	452	608
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	45	52	364	398	22	27	152	163
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	48	56	323	381	96	137	655	924
	05	Vegetables and fruit	36	35	234	221	104	119	718	816
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	10	9	71	70	31	35	191	235
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	40	35	251	239	48	54	310	371
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	36	45	255	307	76	137	617	897
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	135	169	997	1,236	50	65	354	420
1	Beverages and tobacco		163	179	923	1,130	97	100	545	606
	11	Beverages	163	179	922	1,130	88	94	508	570
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	1	8	6	36	36
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		186	172	1,131	1,356	89	94	606	697
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	7	6	36	46	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	0	7	5	2	2	12	18
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	7	5	47	58	1	1	8	9
	24	Cork and wood	26	26	159	192	26	18	151	158
	25	Pulp and waste paper	8	6	49	50	3	5	23	28
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	11	10	81	77	1	1	7	13
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	11	15	77	97	17	28	103	143
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	105	95	599	745	20	21	122	141
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	11	10	76	86	18	18	180	187
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		79	102	518	932	519	912	2,836	6,883
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	10	7	62	60	25	2	88	209
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	67	62	420	738	382	632	2,023	4,084
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	2	1	10	9	50	233	545	2,377
	35	Electric current	0	32	26	125	62	45	180	213
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		9	13	64	86	33	49	194	313
	41	Animal oils and fats	8	10	55	66	2	5	11	28
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	1	3	9	17	30	42	167	265
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	0	0	3	2	2	16	20
5	Chemicals and related products		7,482	8,623	59,566	77,971	1,693	3,168	15,010	22,378
	51	Organic chemicals	1,662	1,371	16,074	19,895	625	1,788	6,485	11,111
	52	Inorganic chemicals	25	74	200	521	32	32	198	302
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	12	14	80	89	26	28	167	191
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	4,503	5,737	35,175	48,658	582	814	5,256	6,221
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	800	919	4,970	5,787	114	131	749	909
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	1	2	7	13	28	45	310	714
	57	Plastics in primary forms	24	32	198	237	97	137	621	859
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	75	85	557	620	84	98	499	684
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	380	389	2,306	2,153	106	94	725	1,387
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		245	252	1,566	1,853	597	732	3,743	5,112
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	3	1	19	8	2	2	16	15
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	20	17	123	201	40	43	261	315
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	37	37	222	274	31	36	206	271
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	16	19	111	132	79	110	509	724
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	16	14	103	93	51	54	357	424
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	52	50	332	365	75	91	429	623
	67	Iron and steel	18	20	114	142	111	121	601	807
	68	Non-ferrous metals	9	15	73	111	57	96	384	714
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	74	79	468	528	151	179	980	1,218
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,404	2,490	13,593	15,929	3,040	3,244	22,485	26,337
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	244	102	916	833	265	109	1,196	1,256
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	77	69	446	440	149	373	1,036	3,208
	73	Metalworking machinery	9	3	27	17	12	11	85	89
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	166	184	1,031	1,281	205	277	1,412	1,777
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	372	449	2,297	2,754	379	483	2,819	3,093
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	61	77	576	657	201	227	1,270	1,579
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	945	1,316	6,493	8,454	494	632	4,247	5,451
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	40	46	237	297	279	371	2,386	2,860
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	490	244	1,572	1,196	1,056	762	8,034	7,024
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,505	1,626	9,680	11,946	1,001	1,229	6,481	8,152
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	11	12	78	80	32	36	209	270
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	12	16	90	123	61	68	403	552
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	5	3	19	18	14	21	76	121
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	29	38	149	252	183	209	1,406	1,565
	85	Footwear	3	4	18	24	41	53	276	341
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	642	685	3,949	5,154	180	311	1,267	1,758
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	138	136	917	980	46	55	312	385
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	665	733	4,460	5,315	443	475	2,532	3,161
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		17	9	95	188	11	6	89	55
Unclassified estimates²			57	110	353	654	142	213	1,003	1,513

Total			13,202	14,828	94,141	120,085	7,796	10,528	57,000	77,199
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. July 2022 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
	Jul	Jul	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul	Jul	Jul	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul
	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Austria	27	46	204	239	21	30	194	226
Belgium	711	1,528	7,363	9,547	161	172	1,250	1,435
Bulgaria	12	15	77	110	3	4	21	23
Croatia	6	7	43	43	2	9	9	26
Cyprus	3	5	14	44	1	1	3	6
Czech Republic	42	102	358	654	115	87	632	617
Denmark	42	40	324	297	45	55	369	416
Estonia	1	3	56	20	1	1	11	9
Finland	25	35	185	178	16	16	89	135
France	425	479	3,030	4,389	856	876	6,225	6,306
Germany	1,339	1,579	10,563	14,995	641	678	4,225	5,376
Greece	134	31	831	222	10	11	52	59
Hungary	23	24	199	213	22	43	162	260
Italy	333	457	2,864	2,464	194	197	1,273	1,355
Latvia	18	3	51	34	5	4	38	36
Lithuania	5	5	68	46	10	14	68	144
Luxembourg	7	9	46	52	5	6	29	34
Malta	3	4	26	49	1	1	8	9
Netherlands	848	1,235	5,347	7,447	304	408	2,778	2,520
Poland	93	124	844	842	76	105	486	687
Portugal	34	55	218	283	24	45	185	246
Romania	50	43	311	285	7	9	69	67
Slovakia	10	9	81	65	10	7	54	55
Slovenia	13	20	106	138	4	4	29	27
Spain	214	244	1,342	1,495	124	171	1,014	1,336
Sweden	59	74	519	552	67	46	479	425
EU Country not specified²	48	78	279	504	70	108	628	673
Total EU27³	4,527	6,253	35,350	45,210	2,792	3,108	20,382	22,506
Euro-Zone⁴	4,151	5,746	32,394	41,710	2,385	2,643	17,526	19,312

Great Britain	1,499	1,148	8,143	10,030	1,173	1,858	7,836	13,289
Northern Ireland	292	428	2,048	2,792	286	422	2,241	2,780
Total UK	1,791	1,576	10,191	12,821	1,459	2,280	10,077	16,070

Australia	96	126	506	941	9	6	54	56
Brazil	20	76	210	214	20	43	193	190
Canada	143	236	763	2,089	35	42	446	344
China⁵	1,230	1,276	6,847	8,328	621	1,606	4,256	9,032
India	38	36	236	271	60	71	436	606
Japan	202	266	1,656	2,522	108	285	776	2,201
Malaysia	21	27	136	178	53	58	1,135	348
Mexico	173	193	1,222	1,129	38	52	244	290
Norway	129	26	553	256	114	32	505	337
Russia	48	47	301	363	34	11	269	326
Saudi Arabia	69	69	393	508	15	2	23	29
Singapore	56	43	274	381	16	74	385	418
South Africa	45	48	230	266	13	46	86	182
South Korea	55	63	379	586	163	148	780	937
Switzerland	227	211	1,746	1,769	251	417	3,354	4,033
Taiwan	22	25	202	320	54	104	433	688
Thailand	19	16	110	139	46	74	333	410
Turkey	60	55	425	495	98	98	606	842
USA	3,750	3,675	29,236	37,124	1,336	1,173	9,413	11,313
Other countries	469	474	3,071	4,105	432	762	2,688	5,689
Country unknown⁶	11	11	104	70	30	35	127	352
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	6,885	6,999	48,600	62,054	3,546	5,140	26,542	38,624

Total	13,202	14,828	94,141	120,085	7,796	10,528	57,000	77,199
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. July 2022 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.
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		Jul	Jul	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul	Jul	Jul	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul
		2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Great Britain		1,499	1,148	8,143	10,030	1,173	1,858	7,836	13,289
0	Food and live animals	298	303	1,830	2,118	153	189	990	1,198
1	Beverages and tobacco	18	22	121	128	20	20	111	134
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	45	41	263	314	11	9	69	73
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	31	51	133	521	204	464	1,209	3,968
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	1	5	9	4	7	17	41
5	Chemicals and related products	679	306	3,076	3,858	180	537	1,201	3,192
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	88	88	550	627	172	195	1,036	1,324
7	Machinery and transport equipment	237	218	1,414	1,602	273	254	1,955	2,108
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	102	118	734	849	154	180	1,238	1,239
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	17	6	2	3	11	13
Northern Ireland		292	428	2,048	2,792	286	422	2,241	2,780
0	Food and live animals	115	146	736	910	78	104	589	752
1	Beverages and tobacco	8	11	56	61	20	26	125	147
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	13	16	86	108	10	12	72	85
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3	38	40	172	35	49	166	310
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	10	16	2	5	18	36
5	Chemicals and related products	46	76	379	535	26	96	448	565
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	43	46	295	345	44	51	299	342
7	Machinery and transport equipment	28	33	221	259	22	26	173	172
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	28	48	180	316	23	21	133	141
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	6	11	45	70	27	31	218	232
EU 27²		4,527	6,253	35,350	45,210	2,792	3,108	20,382	22,506
0	Food and live animals	354	451	2,143	2,790	221	278	1,586	1,862
1	Beverages and tobacco	48	38	220	245	39	36	211	215
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	84	61	521	551	35	34	231	245
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	10	12	123	108	55	96	410	596
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	6	8	37	51	17	24	110	162
5	Chemicals and related products	2,944	4,406	25,115	32,814	795	750	5,715	6,576
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	67	64	461	519	180	206	1,149	1,465
7	Machinery and transport equipment	471	641	3,253	3,837	1,107	1,269	8,699	8,472
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	488	470	3,147	3,676	226	233	1,464	1,628
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	56	105	329	618	117	183	807	1,285
USA		3,750	3,675	29,236	37,124	1,337	1,173	9,413	11,313
0	Food and live animals	44	74	264	383	7	48	141	278
1	Beverages and tobacco	58	76	369	498	3	2	14	16
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	3	2	14	18	5	5	37	50
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	19	0	19	42	104	90	346	922
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	-	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Chemicals and related products	2,603	2,514	22,683	29,070	313	369	2,776	3,028
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	24	29	122	190	36	50	270	331
7	Machinery and transport equipment	452	329	2,415	2,372	732	426	4,873	5,487
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	546	649	3,336	4,543	134	181	917	1,193
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	13	6	3	1	38	8
China³		1,230	1,276	6,847	8,328	621	1,606	4,256	9,032
0	Food and live animals	58	59	445	347	7	8	38	63
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	2	6	7	0	0	1	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	6	5	27	38	4	4	23	37
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	206	159	1,268	1,597	40	895	417	4,016
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	4	18	28	69	84	458	642
7	Machinery and transport equipment	833	928	4,258	5,528	336	395	2,183	2,670
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	122	119	820	782	165	218	1,134	1,600
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	-	0	0	1	0	1	2
Rest of World		1,904	2,048	12,517	16,602	1,589	2,361	12,872	18,279
0	Food and live animals	187	219	1,235	1,493	107	154	667	1,000
1	Beverages and tobacco	30	30	150	191	15	14	84	94
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	35	48	219	326	25	30	174	207
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	16	1	203	88	122	214	704	1,087
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	7	10	10	13	49	73
5	Chemicals and related products	1,003	1,163	7,044	10,097	341	521	4,452	5,000
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	20	22	121	144	96	146	531	1,009
7	Machinery and transport equipment	382	341	2,033	2,332	570	875	4,602	7,429
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	219	223	1,462	1,780	300	395	1,594	2,351
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	10	1	44	142	3	0	15	28

Total		13,202	14,828	94,141	120,085	7,796	10,528	57,000	77,199
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. July 2022 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 6 Goods Exports by industrial origin and area of destination

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