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Goods Exports and Imports July 2024

Goods exports grew by 17% in July 2024

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CSO statistical publication, 16 September 2024, 11am

Key Findings

Exports of goods increased by 17% in July 2024 compared with July 2023, with a value of over €18.3 billion.
Goods imports rose by €400 million in July 2024 compared with the same month in 2023.
Ireland’s exports of goods have increased by €9.5 billion to over €126 billion in the first seven months of 2024.
Imports have fallen by €5 billion in the period January to July 2024.
Seasonally adjusted exports were valued at €17.8 billion in July 2024, up €760 million.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (16 September 2024) released Goods Exports and Imports July 2024.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division, said: “Ireland’s exports of goods increased by €9.5 billion in the first seven months of this year, while imports decreased by €5 billion.

In July 2024, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods rose by €2.7 billion to €18.3 billion compared with July 2023. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods grew by €760 million when compared with June 2024.

The unadjusted imports for July 2024 were valued at €11.3 billion, up more than €400 million on July 2023. Seasonally adjusted imports were €11.7 billion in July 2024.

Exports to the United States have grown by almost €8 billion in the year to date, and account for more than 30% of the total value of exports.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
June 2024	17,066	11,416	5,650
July 2024	17,831	11,716	6,114
Value change	765	300	464
% change	4.5	2.6	8.2

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Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €17.8 billion in July 2024

Seasonally adjusted goods exports grew by €765 million (+4%) to €17,830 million in July 2024 compared with June 2024, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports increased by €300 million (+3%) to €11,716 million leading to an increase of €464 million (+8%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €6,114 million in July 2024 compared with June 2024 (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
		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

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

2023³	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	18,960	9,670	9,290	259.2	230.2	96.5	103.5	93.2
	February	15,922	10,107	5,815	210.3	240.1	100.0	103.9	96.3
	March	18,660	11,769	6,890	254.4	278.8	96.8	104.0	93.1
	April	19,579	10,530	9,049	255.6	241.1	98.2	104.4	94.1
	May	18,020	11,054	6,966	245.0	262.3	97.1	103.9	93.5
	June	16,769	11,572	5,197	225.0	276.4	98.4	103.2	95.3
	July	18,324	11,327	6,997	246.0	270.3	98.3	103.3	95.2
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. July 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	18,156	9,864	8,292	238.0	245.8
	February	17,658	10,506	7,152	228.1	249.8
	March	17,783	11,181	6,602	237.7	274.8
	April	19,233	10,685	8,549	239.2	247.0
	May	17,214	10,716	6,498	234.7	244.3
	June	17,066	11,416	5,650	228.3	257.0
	July	17,831	11,716	6,114	241.9	271.3
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		July 2023 - 2024				January - July 2023 - 2024
Unadjusted		2023	2024	Value change	% change	2023	2024	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	15,628	18,324	2,696	17	116,722	126,232	9,510	8
	Great Britain	1,798	1,286	-512	-28	11,293	9,576	-1,717	-15
	Northern Ireland	389	409	20	5	2,801	2,947	146	5
	EU27	6,572	7,143	571	9	48,357	49,237	880	2
	USA	4,034	5,755	1,721	43	31,606	39,587	7,981	25
	Rest of World	2,835	3,732	897	32	22,665	24,886	2,220	10

Imports
	Total	10,895	11,327	432	4	81,032	76,029	-5,003	-6
	Great Britain	1,693	1,439	-254	-15	13,145	9,890	-3,255	-25
	Northern Ireland	400	402	2	0	2,977	3,055	78	3
	EU27	3,769	3,951	181	5	28,371	27,929	-442	-2
	USA	1,535	2,054	519	34	12,092	13,046	954	8
	Rest of World	3,498	3,481	-16	0	24,448	22,110	-2,338	-10

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports increased by €2,696 million (+17%) to €18,324 million in July 2024 compared with July 2023. The value of goods exports for the first seven months of 2024 grew by €9,510 million (+8%) to €126,232 million, when compared with the same period of 2023.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €432 million (+4%) to €11,327 million in July 2024 compared with July 2023. The value of goods imports for the period January to July 2024 fell by €5,003 million (-6%) to €76,029 million, when compared with the same period of 2023.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,286 million, which was 7% of total exports in July 2024, a decrease of €512 million (-28%) when compared with July 2023. The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Food & Live Animals with €356 million and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €343 million.

Imports from Great Britain in July 2024 were €1,439 million, which was 13% of the total value of imports. Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials were valued at €369 million, and imports of Machinery & Transport Equipment accounted for €246 million. (See Table 5).

The EU accounted for €7,143 million (39%) of total goods exports in July 2024, of which €2,186 million went to Germany, €1,688 million went to the Netherlands and €815 million went to Belgium.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €5,755 million (31%) of total exports in July 2024 (See Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
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	3.213190133	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	3.43871553145999	1.95925561752101	6.471491266
Feb 2024	7.09763731736627	2.96932732394	1.60810023452849	4.246990123
Mar 2024	6.91132261984645	4.41511363996999	2.21415527658871	5.119123195
Apr 2024	7.69228984538745	3.53391897315999	1.75018843869135	6.602513295
May 2024	7.05639613112869	3.50401657637999	1.76274383527978	5.696482235
Jun 2024	6.24708436530726	3.29272783039999	1.53338234396328	5.695378181
Jul 2024	7.14262078028894	3.73203309729	1.69431488823497	5.754811472

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Jun 2022	3.70567560725347	4.64475699263232	2.60061488293834	1.87929043009657
Jul 2022	3.13287526703743	3.98483444404352	2.28953937000186	1.30213713090302
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	4.53533522838146	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	3.86474930750539	2.76329973343532	1.92920323646422	1.54981143445933
Mar 2024	4.97964541086848	2.87590845764219	1.88537371778234	2.02851118294469
Apr 2024	3.5942356533584	3.6625549141396	1.64674064924535	1.62636570733406
May 2024	3.77125415135243	3.15995611798392	1.93771275660661	2.18503839506553
Jun 2024	4.48501177007941	2.98839919875785	2.05085870387382	2.04739852690258
Jul 2024	3.95065798640184	3.48140294523297	1.84075260240087	2.0539047392379

Exports by product

Exports of Organic Chemicals increased by €608 million (+37%) to €2,272 million in July 2024 compared with July 2023.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances grew by €344 million (+56%) to €957 million.

Exports of Professional, Scientific & Controlling Apparatus increased by €712 million (+90%) to €1,501 million. (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Organic Chemicals were down by €1,679 million (-83%) to €350 million in July 2024 compared with July 2023.

Imports of Food & Live Animals increased by €131 million (+17%) to €902 million.

Imports of Other Transport Equipment, including Aircraft increased by €467 million (+41%) to €1,613 million.

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines increased by €322 million (+80%) to €723 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
			2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
0	Food and live animals		1,130	1,276	8,344	8,394	771	902	5,783	5,929
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	38	52	358	403	24	26	127	152
	01	Meat and meat preparations	358	378	2,652	2,662	93	101	689	680
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	336	380	2,302	2,136	79	82	635	625
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	41	60	332	367	32	32	206	196
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	59	69	462	497	130	163	945	1,049
	05	Vegetables and fruit	32	39	217	262	144	168	981	1,126
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	11	14	91	107	53	45	331	307
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	45	54	312	315	60	81	428	478
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	43	44	355	343	77	118	851	741
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	166	186	1,263	1,303	78	85	589	574
1	Beverages and tobacco		160	212	1,044	1,253	113	137	721	796
	11	Beverages	160	212	1,044	1,253	107	130	687	764
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	0	6	6	33	32
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		137	180	1,017	1,032	87	108	714	785
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	5	5	38	39	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	0	2	11	2	2	23	18
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	8	2	1	2	12	10
	24	Cork and wood	20	32	152	152	22	27	180	179
	25	Pulp and waste paper	4	6	33	39	3	5	25	31
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	7	6	63	45	2	1	12	11
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	9	11	75	76	21	23	139	143
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	79	105	543	559	14	25	110	166
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	12	14	103	109	23	24	212	226
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		61	45	579	501	659	829	6,458	5,095
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	4	3	51	38	8	4	134	32
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	53	40	480	441	423	532	3,342	3,587
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	2	1	8	14	197	232	2,738	1,154
	35	Electric current	4	0	40	7	30	62	245	322
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		10	12	90	88	43	37	309	258
	41	Animal oils and fats	8	9	69	67	3	3	20	19
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	2	2	17	19	34	33	263	230
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	0	4	3	6	1	25	10
5	Chemicals and related products		10,188	11,368	77,172	82,195	3,496	2,268	23,998	17,145
	51	Organic chemicals	1,664	2,272	20,080	17,362	2,028	350	12,560	5,132
	52	Inorganic chemicals	83	352	1,879	1,090	48	52	364	367
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	16	15	105	111	30	32	204	225
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	6,938	7,050	44,613	52,567	920	1,311	7,085	7,575
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	865	1,095	6,130	7,170	142	183	1,042	1,222
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	1	3	12	20	25	36	371	353
	57	Plastics in primary forms	30	38	236	252	100	85	738	689
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	72	73	653	544	93	104	710	710
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	518	470	3,464	3,077	110	114	925	871
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		264	298	1,937	2,083	711	766	5,138	4,915
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	2	5	7	2	2	13	13
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	19	22	141	145	47	57	327	343
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	34	33	258	236	41	48	291	304
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	18	19	136	140	107	118	776	746
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	14	20	109	114	60	63	410	418
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	64	70	457	458	94	98	637	650
	67	Iron and steel	19	23	139	170	97	103	725	678
	68	Non-ferrous metals	11	12	88	105	84	78	724	457
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	84	96	603	708	179	200	1,236	1,306
7	Machinery and transport equipment		1,955	2,354	13,579	16,558	3,789	4,870	29,453	32,071
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	164	264	1,148	1,096	162	240	1,430	1,469
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	119	88	636	656	398	333	3,135	2,528
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	3	26	23	19	12	119	118
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	170	196	1,382	1,425	264	296	1,935	2,046
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	305	465	2,404	2,514	401	723	2,528	4,265
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	92	126	654	812	232	327	1,537	1,819
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	613	957	5,164	6,442	641	862	5,078	5,274
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	45	37	329	343	528	465	3,844	3,977
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	443	218	1,836	3,247	1,146	1,613	9,847	10,575
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,707	2,560	12,680	13,970	1,208	1,384	8,349	8,920
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	12	16	98	102	35	43	278	291
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	19	19	135	125	71	82	484	520
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	4	3	21	22	21	24	140	140
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	31	34	221	217	224	240	1,558	1,600
	85	Footwear	5	5	28	30	60	58	388	407
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	788	1,501	5,798	6,809	222	297	1,739	1,979
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	137	129	978	947	88	92	475	590
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	711	854	5,401	5,717	488	548	3,287	3,393
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		9	11	253	118	7	9	45	48
Unclassified estimates²			5	9	27	41	10	18	65	66

Total			15,628	18,324	116,722	126,232	10,895	11,327	81,032	76,029
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. July 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 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
	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
Austria	60	43	340	311	30	30	850	369
Belgium	1,628	815	11,114	9,087	175	260	1,459	1,648
Bulgaria	15	15	93	92	7	12	46	46
Croatia	7	9	53	54	3	2	19	17
Cyprus	5	7	46	57	1	2	5	5
Czech Republic	76	43	697	334	55	70	547	557
Denmark	50	52	379	339	48	57	439	512
Estonia	3	2	22	17	2	2	9	9
Finland	20	25	179	128	20	21	127	122
France	689	503	4,219	3,340	1,693	1,189	10,225	9,070
Germany	1,508	2,186	12,173	12,499	577	931	5,392	5,292
Greece	58	42	372	315	12	15	92	103
Hungary	44	40	360	384	50	87	483	552
Italy	416	604	3,969	4,365	233	229	1,569	1,700
Latvia	6	6	51	36	7	7	45	40
Lithuania	9	5	64	52	9	12	177	95
Luxembourg	9	8	58	56	4	4	34	36
Malta	5	6	33	44	1	0	8	5
Netherlands	1,244	1,688	9,066	12,178	399	543	2,866	4,268
Poland	214	210	988	1,008	98	112	690	770
Portugal	37	301	979	1,013	43	41	291	235
Romania	37	35	315	239	10	11	84	115
Slovakia	13	14	89	120	10	22	141	157
Slovenia	12	20	72	92	5	5	37	30
Spain	281	328	1,789	2,069	190	197	2,070	1,480
Sweden	82	90	598	704	55	52	460	468
EU Country not specified²	45	49	241	305	33	38	205	227
Total EU27³	6,572	7,143	48,357	49,237	3,769	3,951	28,371	27,929
Euro-Zone⁴	6,009	6,610	44,688	45,832	3,414	3,512	25,417	24,681

Great Britain	1,798	1,286	11,293	9,576	1,693	1,439	13,145	9,890
Northern Ireland	389	409	2,801	2,947	400	402	2,977	3,055
Total UK	2,187	1,694	14,093	12,522	2,093	1,841	16,121	12,944

Australia	67	107	512	655	7	8	53	49
Brazil	20	78	215	546	17	36	179	189
Canada	220	558	2,705	2,535	100	150	476	581
China⁵	719	778	5,488	6,037	779	951	5,111	6,136
India	58	53	308	285	83	80	528	562
Japan	232	331	2,159	2,145	184	195	1,773	1,353
Malaysia	105	168	791	1,501	44	38	379	312
Mexico	265	381	1,502	2,101	101	133	1,391	743
Norway	19	25	189	173	35	25	421	315
Russia	44	75	288	401	2	2	32	30
Saudi Arabia	80	81	545	567	1	5	64	14
Singapore	54	60	448	524	123	67	644	413
South Africa	30	34	240	171	17	31	198	128
South Korea	73	70	501	467	143	190	810	987
Switzerland	207	231	2,347	2,227	946	184	5,171	1,821
Taiwan	44	39	269	229	133	209	637	1,176
Thailand	17	23	178	145	77	101	493	536
Turkey	91	62	470	373	83	115	676	729
USA	4,034	5,755	31,606	39,587	1,535	2,054	12,092	13,046
Other countries	481	547	3,436	3,677	580	878	5,117	5,506
Country unknown⁶	8	31	75	127	45	81	296	530
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	6,869	9,487	54,271	64,473	5,032	5,535	36,540	35,155

Total	15,628	18,324	116,722	126,232	10,895	11,327	81,032	76,029
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. July 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 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
		2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
Great Britain		1,798	1,286	11,293	9,576	1,693	1,439	13,145	9,890
0	Food and live animals	309	356	2,245	2,336	192	223	1,314	1,441
1	Beverages and tobacco	23	22	160	160	27	22	158	151
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	32	52	233	268	11	10	75	73
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	7	1	238	262	359	369	3,749	2,078
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	5	12	35	5	10	38	54
5	Chemicals and related products	987	252	5,143	2,817	457	205	3,150	1,823
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	99	113	706	708	200	181	1,361	1,254
7	Machinery and transport equipment	213	343	1,642	2,108	275	246	2,117	1,830
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	123	140	901	867	165	171	1,174	1,176
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	2	13	14	1	1	8	9
Northern Ireland		389	409	2,801	2,947	400	402	2,977	3,055
0	Food and live animals	137	150	1,011	1,065	104	111	806	815
1	Beverages and tobacco	13	14	83	94	28	29	179	167
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	11	13	89	93	15	15	108	111
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	7	6	72	53	27	47	247	289
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	2	15	16	4	3	37	19
5	Chemicals and related products	88	85	589	622	91	70	670	766
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	45	50	339	349	57	56	434	403
7	Machinery and transport equipment	45	41	303	331	48	40	294	272
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	39	43	281	303	26	30	187	198
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	3	4	17	21	3	2	15	14
EU 27²		6,572	7,143	48,357	49,237	3,769	3,951	28,371	27,929
0	Food and live animals	402	438	2,932	2,954	319	366	2,403	2,441
1	Beverages and tobacco	52	46	313	306	41	46	265	278
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	39	52	392	335	33	42	274	290
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	47	16	246	113	78	236	720	1,268
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	5	4	57	32	25	19	174	145
5	Chemicals and related products	4,799	5,081	35,933	35,911	1,272	840	8,959	6,554
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	76	83	598	603	230	235	1,677	1,560
7	Machinery and transport equipment	587	687	3,713	4,133	1,462	1,832	11,814	13,222
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	557	724	4,122	4,783	298	316	2,012	2,095
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	9	12	52	67	11	20	72	75
USA		4,034	5,755	31,606	39,587	1,535	2,054	12,092	13,046
0	Food and live animals	48	90	435	475	25	28	238	201
1	Beverages and tobacco	40	82	321	472	2	21	18	91
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	2	17	13	8	6	49	43
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	20	0	20	93	103	577	872
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	3,035	4,004	24,122	30,831	419	606	3,346	3,591
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	20	24	115	157	54	57	386	426
7	Machinery and transport equipment	303	335	2,005	2,699	760	1,012	6,184	6,363
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	584	1,196	4,584	4,915	173	219	1,285	1,450
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	7	4	1	2	8	8
China³		719	778	5,488	6,037	779	951	5,111	6,136
0	Food and live animals	53	42	349	295	10	15	66	80
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	6	6	0	0	1	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5	6	36	40	3	4	24	31
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	0	0	0	8	13	91	34
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	Chemicals and related products	202	205	1,189	1,829	139	113	763	1,093
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	4	33	39	76	96	495	577
7	Machinery and transport equipment	328	390	2,953	2,941	350	485	2,393	2,898
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	126	130	922	886	192	226	1,275	1,420
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	-	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rest of World		2,116	2,954	17,177	18,849	2,719	2,530	19,337	15,974
0	Food and live animals	180	200	1,372	1,269	121	158	956	952
1	Beverages and tobacco	32	46	162	215	15	18	98	108
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	48	55	250	283	17	32	183	237
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	1	21	53	94	62	1,075	554
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	1	5	6	9	5	59	38
5	Chemicals and related products	1,078	1,742	10,197	10,185	1,117	434	7,109	3,318
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	20	23	146	226	96	142	784	695
7	Machinery and transport equipment	479	559	2,963	4,346	894	1,255	6,651	7,486
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	278	327	1,870	2,214	354	422	2,416	2,580
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	192	53	1	1	7	6

Total		15,628	18,324	116,722	126,232	10,895	11,327	81,032	76,029
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. July 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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