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Goods Exports and Imports March 2025

Exports of goods hit record level of €37.3 billion in March 2025

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CSO statistical release, 15 May 2025, 11am

Key Findings

In March 2025, unadjusted goods exports rose by €18.1 billion (+94.3%) to €37.3 billion compared with March 2024 (€19.2 billion).
The unadjusted value of goods imports increased by €641 million (+5.4%) to €12.5 billion in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€11.8 billion).
In Quarter 1 (Q1) of 2025, exports of goods grew by €34.3 billion (+63.6%) to €88.4 billion when compared with Q1 2024 (€54 billion).
Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products rose by €16.7 billion (+243.3%) to €23.6 billion in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€6.9 billion). This represented 63.3% of total exports in March 2025.
In Q1 2025, exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by 154% (€33.9 billion) to €55.9 billion compared with Q1 2024 (€22.0 billion).
Exports to the US increased by €20.3 billion (+394.9%) to €25.4 billion in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€5.1 billion).
Of total goods exported to the US, 94% (€23.9 billion) were Chemicals & Related Products which include Medical & Pharmaceutical Products.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports rose by €9.1 billion (+34.6%) to €35.2 billion in March compared with February 2025 (€26.1 billion). This led to an increase of €10.7 billion (+83.9%) in the seasonally adjusted trade in goods surplus to €23.4 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (15 May 2025) published Goods Exports and Imports March 2025.

Commenting on the release Jane Burmanje, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In the first quarter of 2025, the value of goods exported increased by €34.3 billion (+63.6%) to €88.4 billion, when compared with Q1 2024 (€54 billion).

In March 2025, exports of goods almost doubled compared with March 2024, increasing by €18.1 billion (+94.3%) to €37.3 billion leading to an unadjusted trade in goods surplus of €24.8 billion.

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products more than tripled to €23.6 billion (+243%) in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€6.9 billion) and represented almost two thirds (63.3%) of total export goods for the month.

The unadjusted value of goods imports rose by €641 million (+5.4%) to €12.5 billion in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€11.8 billion).

More than two thirds (68.2 %) of export goods went to the USA (€25.4 billion). This means, for every €1 worth of goods Ireland exported in March 2025, almost 70c went to the US.

Exports to the US of Chemicals & Related Products which includes Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Products grew by €20.1 billion (536%) to €23.9 billion in March 2025 compared to March 2024 (€3.8 billion).

Seasonally adjusted goods exports increased by €9.1 billion (+34.6%) to €35.2 billion in March compared with February 2025 (€26.1 billion). This led to an increase of €10.7 billion (+83.9%) in the seasonally adjusted trade in goods surplus to €23.4 billion in March compared with February 2025 (€12.7 billion).”

Editor's Note

The most recent month’s data on External Trade in Goods figures are provisional and subject to revision. Revisions to the monthly series back data shall take place, if and as required, on foot of late survey returns, VAT returns and corrections made by traders. The data for the same month a year ago may be considered final – revisions would be applied only in exceptional circumstances. Revisions are applied also to the volume indices and to the seasonally adjusted data.

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
February 2025	26,144	13,445	12,699
March 2025	35,199	11,845	23,354
Value change	9,055	-1,600	10,655
% change	35	-12	84

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Seasonally Adjusted Trade in Goods Surplus increases 84% to €23.4 billion in March 2025

Seasonally adjusted goods exports increased by €9.1 billion (+34.6%) to €35.2 billion in March compared with February 2025 (€26.1 billion), according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports decreased by €1.6 billion (-11.9%), leading to an increase of €10.7 billion (+83.9%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €23.4 billion in March compared with February 2025 (€12.7 billion) (See Table 2).

Seasonal adjustment compares month-to-month data by removing fluctuations that may occur due to seasonal patterns in trade.

Exports and Imports

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports increased by €18.1 billion (+94.3%) to €37.3 billion in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€19.2 billion).

In the first quarter of 2025, the value of goods exports increased by €34.3 billion (+63.6%) to €88.4 billion, when compared with the same period of 2024 (€54 billion).

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €641 million (+5.4%) to €12.5 billion in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€11.8 billion).

In Q1 2025, the value of goods imports increased by €4 billion (12.5%) to €35.7 billion, when compared with the same period of 2024 (€31.7 billion).

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis

Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value			Volume index¹		Unit value index¹		Terms of trade²
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Terms of trade²
2018		140,645	91,991	48,654	156.2	189.2	99.1	99.5	99.6
2019		152,534	91,019	61,515	168.5	192.7	99.5	96.6	103.0
2020		162,131	87,065	75,066	188.6	194.4	94.4	91.7	103.0
2021		165,715	103,789	61,927	191.3	214.5	95.0	98.6	96.4
2022		208,763	141,037	67,725	233.9	275.2	98.0	105.4	93.0
2023		196,030	140,295	55,735	219.7	270.0	98.5	106.3	92.6
2024		224,447	133,935	90,513	244.7	252.6	101.0	108.9	92.7

2022	January	16,066	9,357	6,709	219.6	233.0	96.6	98.9	97.6
	February	15,868	9,068	6,799	214.5	233.9	97.6	95.5	102.2
	March	20,267	12,008	8,259	284.1	284.2	94.2	104.1	90.4
	April	17,208	11,284	5,924	235.0	265.7	96.6	104.6	92.3
	May	17,914	13,271	4,643	241.0	309.2	98.1	105.8	92.7
	June	17,712	12,830	4,882	241.5	302.7	97.0	104.4	92.9
	July	14,907	10,702	4,205	201.6	245.2	97.6	107.6	90.7
	August	19,387	12,474	6,913	255.6	281.7	100.1	109.1	91.8
	September	19,434	12,807	6,627	257.8	290.4	99.3	110.8	89.6
	October	17,566	12,508	5,058	227.6	293.6	101.9	105.0	97.0
	November	17,131	12,128	5,003	218.1	270.9	102.2	109.5	93.3
	December	15,304	12,601	2,703	195.5	284.2	102.8	108.9	94.4

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

2024³	January	18,913	9,670	9,243	251.8	220.2	99.1	108.2	91.6
	February	15,937	10,259	5,678	206.0	233.0	102.1	108.5	94.1
	March	19,177	11,811	7,366	254.3	267.7	99.5	108.7	91.6
	April	19,414	10,772	8,642	253.8	243.3	100.9	109.1	92.5
	May	18,039	11,041	6,998	238.1	250.8	100.0	108.5	92.1
	June	16,727	11,603	5,124	218.4	264.8	101.1	108.0	93.6
	July	18,153	12,097	6,056	237.1	275.8	101.0	108.1	93.5
	August	17,361	11,035	6,326	230.0	249.4	99.6	109.0	91.4
	September	22,189	10,668	11,522	287.9	242.2	101.7	108.5	93.7
	October	21,276	11,259	10,016	277.2	253.8	101.3	109.3	92.7
	November	21,114	11,904	9,211	271.6	266.9	102.6	109.9	93.3
	December	16,148	11,817	4,331	205.9	262.3	103.5	111.0	93.2

2025	January	25,881	10,716	15,164	351.6	240.9	97.1	109.6	88.6
	February	25,224	12,531	12,693	343.8	283.5	96.8	108.9	88.9
	March	37,270	12,452	24,818	513.0	288.2	96.4	106.5	90.6
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. March 2025 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
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	18,135	10,046	8,090	237.7	238.1
	February	17,708	10,710	6,998	227.5	244.0
	March	18,180	11,236	6,944	233.7	260.5
	April	19,147	10,874	8,274	235.8	245.3
	May	17,243	10,675	6,568	230.5	229.6
	June	17,042	11,420	5,622	223.7	246.9
	July	17,867	12,368	5,499	240.5	278.3
	August	18,008	12,077	5,930	240.4	260.9
	September	22,016	11,001	11,015	283.3	250.6
	October	20,758	10,684	10,074	259.7	247.9
	November	20,248	11,492	8,756	271.9	265.6
	December	18,215	11,139	7,077	249.2	251.4

2025	January	24,956	11,133	13,823	333.1	265.9
	February	26,144	13,445	12,699	365.4	301.7
	March	35,199	11,845	23,354	445.1	279.4
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		March 2024 - 2025				January - March 2024 - 2025
Unadjusted		2024	2025	Value change	% change	2024	2025	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	19,177	37,270	18,093	94	54,027	88,375	34,348	64
	Great Britain	1,815	1,250	-565	-31	4,545	3,655	-890	-20
	Northern Ireland	442	460	18	4	1,280	1,300	19	2
	EU27	6,997	6,324	-673	-10	21,305	22,949	1,643	8
	USA	5,134	25,413	20,278	395	15,763	50,159	34,396	218
	Rest of World	4,788	3,822	-965	-20	11,133	10,313	-820	-7

Imports
	Total	11,811	12,452	641	5	31,739	35,699	3,960	12
	Great Britain	1,504	1,570	66	4	4,176	4,347	171	4
	Northern Ireland	385	447	62	16	1,298	1,363	65	5
	EU27	4,998	4,860	-138	-3	12,187	12,917	729	6
	USA	2,056	1,685	-371	-18	5,261	6,294	1,033	20
	Rest of World	2,867	3,890	1,022	36	8,816	10,778	1,962	22

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Exports and imports by region

In March 2025, Ireland’s top exporting partners were USA, Netherlands and Great Britain, with Ireland exporting 68.2 % (€25.4 billion), 4.4% (€1.64 billion) and 3.4% (€1.25 billion) of total export goods respectively to these countries.

Ireland imported the highest value of goods from Germany, USA and Great Britain with these countries representing 16.3 % (€2.0 billion), 13.5% (€1.69 billion) and 12.6% (€1.57 billon) of the total import goods trade in March 2025.

Exports of goods to Great Britain fell by €564.9 million (-31.1%) to €1.3 billion in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€1.8 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of good exports to Great Britian were Food & Live Animals at €379.24 million, and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €280.56 million.

Imports of goods from Great Britain increased by €65.7 million (+4.4%) to €1.6 billion in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€1.5 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of imports from Great Britian were Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials at €426.36 million, and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €303.3 million.

Exports of goods to the US increased by €20.3 billion (+394.9%) to €25.4 billion in March 2025 compared with March 2024, accounting for 68.2% of total goods exports in March 2025. They accounted for 26.8% of total goods exports in March 2024 (€5.1 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of export goods were Chemicals & Related Products at €23.9 billion and Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles at €793.15 million, representing 94% and 3.1% of total good exports to the US in March 2025.

Exports to the US of Chemicals & Related Products grew by €20.1 billion (536%) to €23.9 billion in March 2025 compared to March 2024 (€3.8 billion).

Imports of goods from the US decreased by €371.1 million (-18%) to €1.7 billion in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€2.1 billion).

The products which accounted for the largest share of good imports were Machinery & Transport Equipment at €628.52 million and Chemicals & Related Products at €623.35 million, representing 37.3% and 37% of total good imports from the US in March 2025.

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Mar 2023	7.22757806925556	3.76719638199999	2.12421141690795	5.6191061
Apr 2023	6.51781193049492	2.91226385300001	1.58551572378062	4.155685568
May 2023	6.91310535520124	3.53304737500002	2.06147354339916	4.093419028
Jun 2023	6.69558330099911	3.238329714	2.7442516821165	5.694475768
Jul 2023	6.57180988728802	2.83526778300001	2.18692851494005	4.033586402
Aug 2023	6.17655946638319	3.116574302	1.69434464599053	5.118801198
Sep 2023	7.1432334780805	2.903643321	1.56317175363387	4.236656503
Oct 2023	7.63339434249322	3.40484962199999	1.64463124206927	4.829457856
Nov 2023	6.71695747925971	3.209520098	2.16808554975771	3.978017765
Dec 2023	5.15277832090553	3.10941046500001	1.24291046102349	4.264824889
Jan 2024	7.09003372867379	3.39207741545999	1.95925561752101	6.471491266
Feb 2024	7.21803935762676	2.95315612294	1.60906028133623	4.15682019
Mar 2024	6.99739338389018	4.78752681296999	2.25731778714662	5.134415339
Apr 2024	7.52054165127126	3.58016234316	1.75793029138939	6.555017232
May 2024	7.13618580104862	3.46472421337999	1.76756279166732	5.670432186
Jun 2024	6.23937456927408	3.26627258639999	1.53175060142564	5.689849047
Jul 2024	7.40147063515609	3.79264883629001	1.67658677570154	5.282349015
Aug 2024	6.15219671671433	2.95487931096	1.59938176090323	6.654178385
Sep 2024	10.1641677652746	3.26955251320001	1.55150800799843	7.204101996
Oct 2024	9.14559739134253	3.41875101105	1.86330347197433	6.848173797
Nov 2024	7.58324557014803	3.61021702549	1.79689744500398	8.12405811
Dec 2024	5.74028120544383	3.35121792813	1.43174990409413	5.624307086
Jan 2025	9.39074299597547	3.05063621023	1.60582171405056	11.833267078
Feb 2025	7.23350123195385	3.44001817830999	1.63820457490852	12.912642132
Mar 2025	6.32437723299333	3.82206648700001	1.71057611735716	25.412779046

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Mar 2023	5.17418205576562	2.70981209370352	2.14894222506542	1.85297748577796
Apr 2023	3.64331353534981	3.46314868868828	2.29139474153317	1.41027558021653
May 2023	4.33302925051484	4.27754838066153	1.94619228218385	1.76135485548631
Jun 2023	4.85906307578075	3.40974413051303	2.16026580306357	2.03181837988862
Jul 2023	3.76947973348614	3.49776988734261	2.09283525447007	1.53456855119574
Aug 2023	3.18510901224084	3.20153013312721	2.28888991675692	1.63142817341011
Sep 2023	3.49244601522492	3.3715705897399	2.2138363475185	2.18538453939873
Oct 2023	4.24108393869788	3.62489278627032	1.97545749959323	1.69124266706696
Nov 2023	4.51516933476574	4.44452117527859	2.1962596070393	3.04034378656237
Dec 2023	4.66243395236252	3.45849622608041	1.53375400447074	2.30869845012033
Jan 2024	3.28326601472444	3.17818431423735	1.65384034020985	1.55450771668209
Feb 2024	3.90615251323584	2.77069477173777	1.93155184586916	1.65048803014935
Mar 2024	4.99807449698615	2.86722956167013	1.88894883051199	2.05632607368043
Apr 2024	3.67492959109556	3.65539529524122	1.65721924646856	1.78420807255153
May 2024	3.77300348970383	3.15818585044725	1.92475081536429	2.18520060186128
Jun 2024	4.62408518909124	2.96819585505779	1.96201699709631	2.04857722202298
Jul 2024	4.47091632400258	3.45216244090469	1.69837525284248	2.47586070067305
Aug 2024	3.93420816373947	3.30311238865287	1.74188577335663	2.05551142517191
Sep 2024	3.42237561669645	3.61985241626808	1.64382577531079	1.98153287917605
Oct 2024	4.22501482137091	3.4482735461489	2.04441169166073	1.5417051335635
Nov 2024	4.44737240475125	3.94718613016354	1.85219144080727	1.65708493985926
Dec 2024	4.53638882485018	3.79337210307751	1.69062742693025	1.79625155506807
Jan 2025	3.1850825149508	3.51980533550262	1.75016846821419	2.26119214142991
Feb 2025	4.87172709156135	3.36848531209788	1.94355136133688	2.34749564360154
Mar 2025	4.85982487481776	3.88971158285905	2.01684709152536	1.6851773969514

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €16.7 billion (+243.3%) to €23.6 billion in March 2025 compared with the same period of 2024 (€6.9 billion). This represented 63.3% of total good exports in March 2025.

In Q1 2025, exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products more than doubled, increasing by 154% (€33.9 billion) to €55.9 billion compared to Q1 2024 (€22.0 billion).

Exports of Organic Chemicals rose by €1.6 billion (+48.7%) to €4.9 billion in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€3.3 billion).

Exports of Office machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines (including computers) increased by €224.3 million (+73.6%) to €528.9 million in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€304.6 million) (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €1.7 billion (+175.4%) to €2.6 billion in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€955.5 million). This represented 21.1% of total good imports in March 2025.

Imports of Organic Chemicals fell by €573.8 million (-54.6%) to €476.7 million in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€1.1 billion).

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines (including computers) rose by €267.5 million (+49.9%) to €803.1 million in March 2025 compared with March 2024 (€535.6 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
			Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar
			2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
0	Food and live animals		1,169	1,371	3,265	3,733	863	938	2,502	2,702
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	56	60	136	161	25	29	63	85
	01	Meat and meat preparations	420	470	1,149	1,267	100	112	283	315
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	237	332	664	889	92	101	269	303
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	51	71	137	156	26	31	80	96
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	69	69	230	191	137	176	425	504
	05	Vegetables and fruit	39	43	104	118	160	171	455	464
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	14	18	46	50	40	40	131	123
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	41	57	132	155	64	82	215	240
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	63	62	160	169	132	108	333	314
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	179	189	509	579	87	87	249	257
1	Beverages and tobacco		200	197	520	547	99	125	282	319
	11	Beverages	200	197	520	546	95	120	271	304
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	0	4	5	11	14
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		145	193	392	608	131	133	350	358
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	6	5	19	16	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	3	8	14	2	2	6	7
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	5
	24	Cork and wood	19	26	56	73	35	26	81	79
	25	Pulp and waste paper	5	6	16	19	4	4	17	13
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	7	6	20	18	1	1	5	3
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	13	14	32	40	22	22	58	59
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	77	116	191	380	28	27	74	75
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	18	17	50	47	38	50	106	118
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		106	73	257	299	671	834	2,207	2,312
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	6	7	20	20	4	4	19	16
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	96	58	227	213	512	433	1,591	1,417
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	2	5	5	41	119	314	489	664
	35	Electric current	2	3	6	24	36	82	108	215
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		13	14	39	42	37	42	112	111
	41	Animal oils and fats	10	10	30	31	2	3	8	11
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	3	8	7	33	37	99	93
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	1	2	4	1	2	6	7
5	Chemicals and related products		12,038	30,225	35,309	68,746	2,677	3,987	8,032	10,523
	51	Organic chemicals	3,299	4,907	8,231	8,045	1,050	477	3,084	2,013
	52	Inorganic chemicals	287	23	576	111	64	126	159	231
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	15	16	43	43	30	33	89	89
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	6,868	23,578	22,029	55,943	956	2,631	3,061	6,393
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	1,032	1,139	2,854	2,993	188	181	513	506
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	4	5	6	11	64	78	171	198
	57	Plastics in primary forms	34	40	106	111	102	117	291	293
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	75	85	228	227	99	170	288	356
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	423	431	1,235	1,261	126	174	375	444
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		273	294	872	816	693	727	2,017	2,146
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	3	3	2	2	5	6
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	21	27	61	68	46	52	137	152
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	33	32	104	93	42	45	122	131
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	20	20	61	60	108	108	304	353
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	14	18	43	56	58	64	168	181
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	63	64	186	168	101	103	282	287
	67	Iron and steel	21	24	76	64	91	91	279	292
	68	Non-ferrous metals	14	13	46	40	61	66	178	189
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	86	95	293	264	184	197	544	556
7	Machinery and transport equipment		3,185	2,759	7,639	7,646	5,312	4,229	12,492	13,203
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	137	170	343	366	285	199	645	484
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	84	136	229	294	669	243	1,312	858
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	3	9	9	15	14	48	38
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	196	245	595	700	345	295	920	825
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	305	529	1,053	1,761	536	803	1,443	2,203
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	113	128	314	353	241	323	733	831
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	995	1,137	2,506	3,008	689	775	2,081	2,238
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	58	50	157	142	628	619	1,944	1,828
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	1,295	361	2,432	1,013	1,905	958	3,365	3,898
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		2,033	2,130	5,646	5,884	1,313	1,422	3,699	3,984
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	16	14	40	44	43	44	132	136
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	18	23	53	65	77	82	221	230
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	4	11	10	17	20	57	59
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	31	35	90	97	235	245	677	722
	85	Footwear	4	7	12	15	61	59	176	167
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	942	908	2,670	2,525	285	319	840	888
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	165	168	413	442	96	108	222	312
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	854	971	2,356	2,685	499	544	1,374	1,471
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		11	9	73	40	8	7	23	20
Unclassified estimates²			4	5	13	14	7	8	22	22

Total			19,177	37,270	54,027	88,375	11,811	12,452	31,739	35,699
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. March 2025 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
² Estimates for which a commodity classification is not available.

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Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by countries and territories

Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by countries and territories¹								€million
Country and Territory	Exports				Imports
	Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar
	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Austria	44	52	138	143	31	47	245	120
Belgium	1,838	1,218	4,036	5,256	308	220	689	1,140
Bulgaria	11	15	35	41	6	8	17	19
Croatia	7	6	21	24	2	2	6	7
Cyprus	7	7	27	19	0	1	2	2
Czech Republic	49	46	153	128	100	79	269	279
Denmark	52	52	135	139	87	52	278	148
Estonia	3	2	10	5	2	2	4	4
Finland	15	24	44	73	16	20	53	56
France	473	495	1,523	1,538	1,839	891	3,714	2,414
Germany	1,862	1,022	5,620	3,935	762	2,030	2,206	4,486
Greece	74	38	146	120	14	17	38	49
Hungary	56	63	154	214	85	51	241	191
Italy	675	846	1,874	2,550	258	305	715	752
Latvia	5	5	14	12	8	4	18	22
Lithuania	7	8	22	24	13	13	37	33
Luxembourg	9	9	24	34	4	5	12	14
Malta	5	5	25	13	1	1	4	2
Netherlands	1,161	1,636	5,033	5,850	977	626	2,150	1,724
Poland	117	208	353	520	102	116	325	368
Portugal	48	43	491	671	29	28	104	95
Romania	30	39	93	103	23	20	59	52
Slovakia	14	15	39	46	25	15	69	51
Slovenia	12	15	37	43	4	4	12	11
Spain	301	284	893	925	174	203	574	614
Sweden	85	125	258	386	94	71	240	187
EU Country not specified²	36	46	105	138	31	28	108	75
Total EU27³	6,997	6,324	21,305	22,949	4,998	4,860	12,187	12,917
Euro-Zone⁴	6,561	5,731	20,019	21,280	4,469	4,435	10,651	11,596

Great Britain	1,815	1,250	4,545	3,655	1,504	1,570	4,176	4,347
Northern Ireland	442	460	1,280	1,300	385	447	1,298	1,363
Total UK	2,257	1,711	5,826	4,955	1,889	2,017	5,474	5,711

Australia	146	106	348	329	7	7	20	18
Brazil	176	123	311	179	29	37	75	98
Canada	941	173	1,505	437	46	148	186	337
China⁵	1,062	866	2,498	2,334	792	1,021	2,601	2,772
India	33	62	105	147	80	78	225	253
Japan	483	359	1,126	985	185	166	592	772
Malaysia	317	263	753	679	52	81	129	212
Mexico	260	358	746	925	127	117	316	285
Norway	17	25	71	74	57	66	161	175
Russia	55	88	137	249	5	1	12	1
Saudi Arabia	65	101	242	269	2	3	5	6
Singapore	83	74	208	206	77	180	148	355
South Africa	22	75	68	122	14	19	44	66
South Korea	61	167	197	468	136	150	356	486
Switzerland	452	240	1,066	942	163	274	766	765
Taiwan	36	29	90	84	120	178	315	430
Thailand	24	17	62	46	78	135	201	288
Turkey	53	80	154	218	93	87	313	313
USA	5,134	25,413	15,763	50,159	2,056	1,685	5,261	6,294
Other countries	473	606	1,389	1,582	734	1,062	2,142	2,864
Country unknown⁶	29	10	56	37	69	80	209	282
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	9,922	29,235	26,895	60,471	4,924	5,575	14,077	17,072

Total	19,177	37,270	54,027	88,375	11,811	12,452	31,739	35,699
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. March 2025 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
² Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
³ From February 2020 the United Kingdom exited the EU, therefore the EU total is made up of the 27 remaining member states. For data comparability over time the EU are shown separately for both the current and prior periods.
⁴ Euro-zone members from January 2015: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. On January 1st 2023, Croatia joined the Eurozone. The 2022 data for the Eurozone is made up of 19 Eurozone members, and for 2023 is made up of the 20 Eurozone members.
⁵ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.
⁶ Trade for which the country or territory of origin or country of final destination is unknown.

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Table 5 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity and principal countries

Table 5 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity and principal countries¹									€million
		Exports				Imports
Country by Section level of SITC		Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	Mar	Mar	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar
		2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Great Britain		1,815	1,250	4,545	3,655	1,504	1,570	4,176	4,347
0	Food and live animals	339	379	953	1,066	217	228	612	660
1	Beverages and tobacco	25	26	67	69	23	20	57	52
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	33	42	104	126	11	11	30	31
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	79	30	158	147	218	426	779	1,037
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	4	6	15	17	5	11	19	26
5	Chemicals and related products	738	259	1,684	734	396	219	815	660
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	89	94	289	261	182	182	527	521
7	Machinery and transport equipment	391	281	920	837	280	303	821	872
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	113	131	348	391	171	168	510	484
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	3	2	6	7	2	1	5	3
Northern Ireland		442	460	1,280	1,300	385	447	1,298	1,363
0	Food and live animals	152	175	463	478	126	140	348	414
1	Beverages and tobacco	14	15	39	44	24	25	61	65
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	13	17	37	47	24	15	50	41
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	7	7	22	29	40	39	115	132
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	7	8	3	3	9	9
5	Chemicals and related products	100	83	270	255	30	84	328	302
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	51	57	149	155	61	64	177	179
7	Machinery and transport equipment	56	52	159	137	42	41	116	121
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	44	50	126	137	33	33	89	93
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	3	3	8	10	2	3	6	8
EU 27²		6,997	6,324	21,305	22,949	4,998	4,860	12,187	12,917
0	Food and live animals	427	532	1,092	1,371	349	368	1,053	1,074
1	Beverages and tobacco	42	44	125	123	31	44	105	120
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	42	66	127	197	48	50	128	136
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	20	14	76	100	183	150	548	387
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	5	5	15	15	22	21	66	60
5	Chemicals and related products	5,137	4,201	15,797	16,942	1,267	2,188	3,439	5,095
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	90	91	267	252	237	238	665	711
7	Machinery and transport equipment	523	715	1,772	2,108	2,531	1,493	5,246	4,456
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	703	649	2,010	1,817	321	300	910	856
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	8	7	24	23	9	8	28	23
USA		5,134	25,413	15,763	50,159	2,056	1,685	5,261	6,294
0	Food and live animals	49	62	169	194	31	34	94	95
1	Beverages and tobacco	93	85	206	224	8	22	22	44
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	3	6	9	4	8	16	20
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	117	44	490	299
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	3,757	23,891	12,222	46,068	466	623	1,434	2,270
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	19	26	51	69	55	54	163	156
7	Machinery and transport equipment	506	552	1,240	1,438	1,151	629	2,453	2,678
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	709	793	1,868	2,150	222	269	586	726
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	2	2	6	1	2	3	6
China³		1,062	866	2,498	2,334	792	1,021	2,601	2,772
0	Food and live animals	40	37	98	113	11	14	31	41
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	0
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	6	5	20	18	5	5	13	15
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	261	285	704	740	119	239	593	543
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	6	4	20	12	78	98	233	290
7	Machinery and transport equipment	620	410	1,274	1,063	374	413	1,138	1,207
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	127	123	380	384	204	251	590	676
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Rest of World		3,726	2,956	8,634	7,979	2,076	2,869	6,216	8,006
0	Food and live animals	163	186	489	511	129	154	365	417
1	Beverages and tobacco	25	26	80	83	13	15	36	38
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	48	60	98	211	39	43	113	115
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	22	2	23	112	174	275	457
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	2	2	6	7	18	16
5	Chemicals and related products	2,045	1,505	4,631	4,007	399	633	1,423	1,653
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	18	22	96	67	80	91	252	290
7	Machinery and transport equipment	1,089	750	2,273	2,062	934	1,350	2,718	3,868
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	335	384	915	1,005	362	401	1,014	1,149
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	1	47	9	0	1	2	2

Total		19,177	37,270	54,027	88,375	11,811	12,452	31,739	35,699
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. March 2025 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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