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Goods Exports and Imports July 2023

Exports of goods were €16 billion in July 2023

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CSO statistical publication, 15 September 2023, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €16 billion in July 2023, an increase of €1 billion when compared with July last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €11 billion, which was over €300 million more than imports in July 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €16.7 billion in July 2023, a decrease of €500 million compared with June 2023.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €12.2 billion in July 2023.
Exports to Great Britain were €1.9 billion in July 2023, while imports from Great Britain were €1.7 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (15 September 2023) released Goods Exports and Imports July 2023.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In July 2023, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods increased by €1 billion to €16 billion when compared with July 2022. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods fell by €500 million compared with June 2023.

The unadjusted imports for July 2023 were valued at €11 billion, a rise of more than €300 million on July 2022. Seasonally adjusted imports were €12.2 billion in July 2023.

Comparing the first seven months of 2023 with the same period in 2022, exports of goods were down 3%, while the value of imports increased by 3%. Exports for the first seven months of 2023 were €117 billion.

Imports from Great Britain fell by 10% to €1.7 billion in July 2023 when compared with July 2022, and the largest decrease was in the imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials which fell by 25%.

Exports to Great Britain grew by 63% to €1.9 billion from July 2022 to July 2023.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
June 2023	17,241	11,708	5,533
July 2023	16,739	12,157	4,581
Value change	-502	449	-952
% change	-2.9	3.8	-17.2

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports decreased by €500 million in July 2023

Seasonally adjusted goods exports fell by €503 million (-3%) to €16,739 million in July 2023 compared with June 2023, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports grew by €449 million (+4%) to €12,157 million leading to a decrease of €952 million (-17%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €4,581 million in July 2023 compared with June 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	16,656	10,852	5,805	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	15,955	11,039	4,916	..	..	..	..	..
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 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		July 2022 - 2023				January - July 2022 - 2023
Unadjusted		2022	2023	Value change	% change	2022	2023	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	14,907	15,955	1,048	7	119,941	116,899	-3,042	-3
	Great Britain	1,147	1,873	725	63	9,890	11,400	1,511	15
	Northern Ireland	423	386	-37	-9	2,831	2,761	-70	-2
	EU27	6,253	6,737	485	8	44,926	48,440	3,514	8
	USA	3,746	4,051	305	8	37,183	31,602	-5,581	-15
	Rest of World	3,338	2,908	-430	-13	25,111	22,696	-2,415	-10

Imports
	Total	10,702	11,039	336	3	78,520	80,615	2,095	3
	Great Britain	1,860	1,680	-180	-10	13,301	13,146	-154	-1
	Northern Ireland	430	399	-31	-7	2,881	2,934	53	2
	EU27	3,133	4,131	999	32	22,558	28,396	5,838	26
	USA	1,302	1,327	25	2	12,326	11,949	-377	-3
	Rest of World	3,978	3,502	-476	-12	27,455	24,191	-3,265	-12

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports grew by €1,048 million (+7%) to €15,955 million in July 2023 compared with July 2022. The value of goods exports for the period January to July 2023 was down by €3,042 million (-3%) to €116,899 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €336 million (+3%) to €11,039 million in July 2023 compared with July 2022. The value of goods imports for the first seven months of 2023 increased by €2,095 million (+3%) to €80,615 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,873 million, which was 12% of total exports in July 2023. The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €999 million and Food & Live Animals with €316 million. Exports to Great Britain for January to July 2023 increased by €1,511 million (+15%) to €11,400 million when compared with the first seven months of 2022.

Imports from Great Britain in July 2023 were €1,680 million, which was 15% of the total value of imports. Imports of Chemicals & Related Products accounted for €457 million, and imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials were valued at €346 million. Imports from Great Britain in the first seven months of 2023 decreased by €154 million (-1%) to €13,146 million (See Table 5).

The EU accounted for €6,737 million (42%) of total goods exports in July 2023, of which €1,627 million went to Belgium, €1,594 million went to Germany and €1,379 million went to the Netherlands.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €4,051 million (25%) of total exports in July 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	7.46422069090058	3.399105802	1.65443700220187	4.138414131
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	6.7373031772866	2.90779787700001	2.25845255761306	4.051062666

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	3.70405085010021	2.980357609995	2.54536879983831	1.62173481811988
Mar 2023	4.97742404693391	2.69232366961636	2.13761437797206	1.85607184951641
Apr 2023	3.57274370908188	3.47776476060866	2.28342388882195	1.41059475798498
May 2023	4.33019465996712	4.27285120643109	1.93268875616637	1.84803210288846
Jun 2023	4.79911995219219	3.41034564574952	2.14872020491104	2.07044587919023
Jul 2023	4.131449632955	3.50203792353297	2.07826432190649	1.32683626603424

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €1,292 million (+22%) to €7,066 million in July 2023 compared with July 2022. This represented 44% of total exports.

Exports of Organic Chemicals increased by €277 million (+20%) to €1,648 million in July 2023 compared with July 2022

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €698 million (-53%) to €623 million.

Exports of Professional, Scientific & Controlling Apparatus grew by €262 million (+39%) to €940 million (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Organic Chemicals increased by €857 million (+49%) to €2,615 million in July 2023 compared with July 2022.

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials decreased by €296 million (-32%) to €616 million.

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines fell by €89 million (-18%) to €400 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
			Jul	Jul	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul	Jul	Jul	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul
			2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
0	Food and live animals		1,281	1,171	8,128	8,367	801	760	5,288	5,735
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	34	38	278	352	22	23	105	129
	01	Meat and meat preparations	392	364	2,691	2,656	106	89	657	666
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	447	348	2,233	2,305	91	81	617	644
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	49	51	402	338	28	30	176	200
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	56	58	390	461	138	130	937	944
	05	Vegetables and fruit	34	32	222	216	119	138	836	959
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	10	11	75	91	36	52	239	327
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	43	48	280	319	55	60	376	424
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	48	46	324	360	140	80	909	852
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	167	175	1,231	1,270	67	76	437	588
1	Beverages and tobacco		181	161	1,143	1,042	103	113	630	712
	11	Beverages	181	161	1,142	1,041	98	107	595	681
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	1	0	6	5	35	31
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		171	149	1,380	1,028	91	83	752	704
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	6	5	46	38	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	0	5	2	2	2	19	23
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	5	0	58	8	2	1	11	12
	24	Cork and wood	26	21	200	152	20	21	185	177
	25	Pulp and waste paper	6	4	52	33	5	3	28	26
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	10	9	78	65	2	2	14	11
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	14	9	91	75	20	19	143	135
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	94	88	761	557	21	13	141	109
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	10	12	88	99	20	23	211	210
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		102	62	982	579	912	616	6,874	6,339
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	6	4	66	52	4	5	214	133
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	62	53	782	480	630	384	4,066	3,221
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	1	2	9	7	233	197	2,381	2,740
	35	Electric current	32	4	125	40	45	30	213	245
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		14	11	89	93	51	42	330	308
	41	Animal oils and fats	10	9	67	71	5	3	28	21
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	2	19	17	42	36	272	266
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	0	3	5	5	3	31	21
5	Chemicals and related products		8,649	10,350	77,801	77,244	3,154	4,035	22,647	24,120
	51	Organic chemicals	1,371	1,648	19,916	19,921	1,759	2,615	11,222	12,753
	52	Inorganic chemicals	75	84	516	1,885	32	46	299	362
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	14	17	93	105	28	29	199	204
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	5,774	7,066	48,450	44,804	829	870	6,280	7,060
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	904	896	5,784	6,155	136	143	950	1,041
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	2	1	14	12	37	21	706	361
	57	Plastics in primary forms	35	30	249	234	135	104	877	742
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	85	73	624	649	101	99	711	714
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	389	534	2,155	3,479	96	107	1,402	882
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		266	272	1,945	1,947	779	711	5,456	5,148
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	2	1	14	5	2	2	17	12
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	19	19	210	140	46	44	339	321
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	39	35	286	262	40	41	308	300
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	19	19	135	136	115	108	756	780
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	17	15	107	110	57	59	448	405
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	51	65	374	456	100	94	688	633
	67	Iron and steel	19	20	149	142	133	100	865	732
	68	Non-ferrous metals	14	12	111	90	100	85	736	726
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	85	85	559	606	186	178	1,300	1,238
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,599	1,850	16,209	13,400	3,534	3,437	28,002	29,091
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	104	177	830	1,153	111	149	1,274	1,404
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	75	82	467	582	385	400	3,301	3,104
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	4	18	26	11	19	95	117
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	189	181	1,312	1,385	287	259	1,878	1,911
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	428	307	2,745	2,420	489	400	3,137	2,516
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	80	86	680	653	229	228	1,608	1,534
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,321	623	8,495	5,179	668	635	5,561	5,028
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	52	46	319	320	351	510	2,922	3,795
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	347	344	1,343	1,681	1,002	836	8,227	9,682
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,628	1,913	11,990	12,905	1,260	1,219	8,407	8,327
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	13	13	89	102	40	33	295	269
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	17	20	127	134	74	71	604	477
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	4	19	21	22	21	130	139
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	34	32	256	221	219	224	1,649	1,554
	85	Footwear	4	4	24	27	58	60	365	390
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	679	940	5,150	5,946	304	229	1,749	1,739
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	136	141	978	980	56	87	391	473
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	742	759	5,347	5,475	486	493	3,223	3,285
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		9	9	190	252	6	7	60	46
Unclassified estimates²			8	6	84	42	11	17	73	84

Total			14,907	15,955	119,941	116,899	10,702	11,039	78,520	80,615
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. July 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
	Jul	Jul	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul	Jul	Jul	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul
	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Austria	46	60	239	319	32	34	207	852
Belgium	1,522	1,627	9,555	11,063	177	144	1,469	1,360
Bulgaria	15	15	107	91	5	5	29	45
Croatia	7	7	43	53	10	2	28	18
Cyprus	6	5	44	45	1	1	6	4
Czech Republic	103	75	661	696	90	56	625	539
Denmark	41	48	300	370	50	50	421	431
Estonia	3	2	21	21	1	2	7	8
Finland	36	21	175	180	16	21	139	125
France	476	694	4,405	4,242	952	1,524	6,479	10,036
Germany	1,573	1,594	14,733	12,252	690	1,160	5,510	5,935
Greece	31	44	215	361	11	12	61	94
Hungary	25	44	212	337	43	49	279	480
Italy	443	368	2,455	3,927	197	218	1,371	1,523
Latvia	4	6	35	44	4	7	38	47
Lithuania	5	9	46	62	14	10	144	178
Luxembourg	9	8	52	59	7	5	37	36
Malta	5	6	49	34	1	1	11	8
Netherlands	1,280	1,379	7,495	9,173	422	379	2,604	2,807
Poland	121	204	840	976	107	98	710	676
Portugal	51	38	281	976	45	37	262	291
Romania	43	51	285	348	10	10	75	85
Slovakia	9	12	66	89	7	10	59	94
Slovenia	20	14	138	74	4	4	28	34
Spain	251	282	1,512	1,785	173	186	1,366	2,044
Sweden	81	86	567	607	43	60	428	454
EU Country not specified²	48	37	394	256	20	46	164	192
Total EU27³	6,253	6,737	44,926	48,440	3,133	4,131	22,558	28,396
Euro-Zone⁴	5,768	6,177	41,516	44,760	2,755	3,757	19,799	25,494

Great Britain	1,147	1,873	9,890	11,400	1,860	1,680	13,301	13,146
Northern Ireland	423	386	2,831	2,761	430	399	2,881	2,934
Total UK	1,570	2,258	12,721	14,161	2,290	2,078	16,181	16,080

Australia	126	69	941	514	6	6	56	52
Brazil	76	21	214	216	43	16	191	177
Canada	244	221	2,097	2,706	41	99	344	475
China⁵	1,289	690	8,407	5,412	1,629	774	9,062	5,089
India	36	60	271	310	71	83	611	529
Japan	278	236	2,652	2,154	286	184	2,201	1,771
Malaysia	27	106	178	791	58	44	348	379
Mexico	193	272	1,129	1,515	52	100	282	1,389
Norway	26	20	256	190	32	34	337	420
Russia	47	44	363	289	11	2	323	32
Saudi Arabia	69	82	507	547	3	1	29	64
Singapore	43	55	381	450	69	123	413	644
South Africa	30	31	247	240	46	17	182	198
South Korea	63	75	584	502	138	144	931	855
Switzerland	211	228	1,769	2,373	418	952	4,170	4,911
Taiwan	25	44	304	269	103	132	686	635
Thailand	16	19	139	180	74	75	409	490
Turkey	55	96	495	475	99	91	844	685
USA	3,746	4,051	37,183	31,602	1,302	1,327	12,326	11,949
Other countries	474	532	4,105	3,488	764	581	5,696	5,103
Country unknown⁶	11	9	70	75	35	44	340	292
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	7,084	6,959	62,294	54,298	5,280	4,829	39,781	36,139

Total	14,907	15,955	119,941	116,899	10,702	11,039	78,520	80,615
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. July 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		Jul	Jul	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul	Jul	Jul	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul
		2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Great Britain		1,147	1,873	9,890	11,400	1,860	1,680	13,301	13,146
0	Food and live animals	302	316	2,118	2,252	189	193	1,195	1,315
1	Beverages and tobacco	22	23	128	160	20	26	134	157
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	41	32	314	233	9	11	73	76
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	51	7	521	238	464	346	3,969	3,735
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	4	9	13	7	5	41	38
5	Chemicals and related products	306	999	3,857	5,155	539	457	3,194	3,151
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	88	101	627	708	196	200	1,327	1,366
7	Machinery and transport equipment	217	224	1,464	1,646	254	274	2,116	2,114
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	118	165	848	982	180	165	1,242	1,186
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	2	6	13	2	1	10	8
Northern Ireland		423	386	2,831	2,761	430	399	2,881	2,934
0	Food and live animals	155	138	936	1,009	111	98	783	784
1	Beverages and tobacco	12	13	62	84	27	28	151	178
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	15	11	111	86	13	13	100	103
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	38	7	177	73	50	29	316	248
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	2	16	16	7	5	48	38
5	Chemicals and related products	75	83	546	577	101	91	599	667
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	43	46	363	339	56	58	424	431
7	Machinery and transport equipment	38	45	291	285	35	47	256	283
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	43	39	319	276	26	26	183	182
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	3	11	17	3	3	19	19
EU 27²		6,253	6,737	44,926	48,440	3,133	4,131	22,558	28,396
0	Food and live animals	472	416	2,851	2,930	291	314	1,967	2,376
1	Beverages and tobacco	39	51	256	309	37	44	233	262
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	60	49	572	403	30	31	285	268
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	13	47	153	247	94	47	580	614
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	9	5	55	59	24	22	168	172
5	Chemicals and related products	4,450	4,856	32,668	35,940	727	1,808	6,668	9,343
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	80	78	594	603	247	229	1,723	1,687
7	Machinery and transport equipment	642	526	3,946	3,638	1,408	1,311	9,017	11,592
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	476	700	3,719	4,245	264	309	1,836	1,994
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	12	9	109	65	11	17	81	88
USA		3,746	4,051	37,183	31,602	1,302	1,327	12,326	11,949
0	Food and live animals	73	50	382	437	48	25	279	242
1	Beverages and tobacco	76	40	498	321	2	2	16	18
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	2	18	17	5	8	50	49
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	42	0	90	93	922	577
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	2,514	3,084	29,055	24,136	370	422	3,031	3,354
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	29	21	190	116	50	54	329	386
7	Machinery and transport equipment	400	258	2,448	1,973	555	550	6,498	6,030
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	649	595	4,543	4,595	181	172	1,193	1,285
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	6	7	1	1	8	8
China³		1,289	690	8,407	5,412	1,629	774	9,062	5,089
0	Food and live animals	60	53	348	350	8	9	63	66
1	Beverages and tobacco	2	1	7	6	0	0	1	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5	5	38	36	4	3	37	24
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	-	0	0	0	8	1	91
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	159	207	1,597	1,193	895	139	4,017	763
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	4	28	33	85	76	644	496
7	Machinery and transport equipment	940	291	5,606	2,869	418	346	2,698	2,376
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	119	128	782	924	218	192	1,600	1,269
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rest of World		2,049	2,218	16,704	17,284	2,349	2,728	18,393	19,102
0	Food and live animals	218	199	1,492	1,390	153	120	1,000	952
1	Beverages and tobacco	30	33	191	163	16	12	96	94
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	48	49	326	252	30	17	208	183
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	1	88	21	214	94	1,086	1,074
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	0	10	5	13	9	73	59
5	Chemicals and related products	1,145	1,122	10,078	10,242	522	1,118	5,137	6,842
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	22	22	144	147	146	95	1,008	783
7	Machinery and transport equipment	361	505	2,454	2,987	864	908	7,417	6,697
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	223	287	1,779	1,884	391	354	2,351	2,409
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	0	142	192	0	1	15	7

Total		14,907	15,955	119,941	116,899	10,702	11,039	78,520	80,615
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. July 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	17,358	11,749	5,609	233.9	298.8
	March	16,544	10,551	5,993	221.2	289.6
	April	16,297	11,496	4,802	224.8	293.3
	May	15,822	11,947	3,875	221.3	300.9
	June	17,241	11,708	5,533	..	..
	July	16,739	12,157	4,581	..	..
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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