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Goods Exports and Imports May 2023

Exports of goods were €16.7 billion in May 2023

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CSO statistical publication, 17 July 2023, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €16.7 billion in May 2023, a decrease of €1.2 billion compared with May last year.
Unadjusted goods imports were €11.6 billion, which was €1.6 billion less than imports in May 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €15.8 billion in May 2023, a decline of over €400 million compared with April 2023.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €11.3 billion in May 2023.
Imports from Great Britain were €1.3 billion in May 2023, while exports to Great Britain were €1.6 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (17 July 2023) released Goods Exports and Imports May 2023.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In May 2023, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods decreased by €1.2 billion to €16.7 billion compared with May 2022. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods fell by more than €400 million compared with April 2023.

The unadjusted imports for May 2023 were valued at €11.6 billion, down €1.6 billion on May 2022. Seasonally adjusted imports were €11.3 billion in May 2023.

Comparing the first five months of 2023 with the same period in 2022, exports of goods were down 6%, and the value of imports increased by 5%. Exports for the first five months of 2023 were more than €82 billion.

Imports from Great Britain fell by 34% to €1.3 billion in May 2023 compared with May 2022, and the largest decrease was in the imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials which fell by 53%.

Exports to Great Britain grew by 19% to €1.6 billion in May 2023 from May 2022.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
April 2023	16,250	11,902	4,348
May 2023	15,826	11,340	4,486
Value change	-424	-562	138
% change	-2.6	-4.7	3.2

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports decreased by over €400 million in May 2023

Seasonally adjusted goods exports fell by €424 million (-3%) to €15,826 million in May 2023 compared with April 2023, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports fell by €562 million (-5%) to €11,340 million leading to an increase of €138 million (+3%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €4,486 million in May 2023 compared with April 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		208,677	141,245	67,432	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

2022⁴	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	17,745	12,830	4,914	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	19,399	13,061	6,338	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	15,221	12,555	2,666	195.5	284.2	102.8	108.9	94.4

2023⁴	January	15,356	11,572	3,784	211.8	308.8	95.7	92.3	103.6
	February	16,652	11,115	5,537	230.0	296.3	95.5	92.4	103.4
	March	18,683	12,255	6,428	261.6	331.6	94.4	91.1	103.7
	April	15,116	11,185	3,931	211.5	301.9	94.3	91.3	103.3
	May	16,702	11,649	5,053	236.3	320.2	93.3	89.7	104.1
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. May 2023 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.

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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		May 2022 - 2023				January - May 2022 - 2023
Unadjusted		2022	2023	Value change	% change	2022	2023	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	17,914	16,702	-1,212	-7	87,322	82,509	-4,813	-6
	Great Britain	1,382	1,647	265	19	6,789	7,199	410	6
	Northern Ireland	448	398	-50	-11	1,953	1,917	-35	-2
	EU27	6,298	6,942	644	10	32,325	34,967	2,641	8
	USA	5,390	4,175	-1,215	-23	28,351	21,908	-6,443	-23
	Rest of World	4,395	3,539	-856	-19	17,904	16,518	-1,385	-8

Imports
	Total	13,271	11,649	-1,622	-12	54,987	57,776	2,789	5
	Great Britain	2,003	1,324	-679	-34	9,275	9,490	214	2
	Northern Ireland	396	441	45	11	2,016	2,129	113	6
	EU27	3,634	4,549	915	25	15,719	21,092	5,373	34
	USA	2,188	1,562	-626	-29	9,144	8,263	-881	-10
	Rest of World	5,050	3,773	-1,277	-25	18,833	16,803	-2,030	-11

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports fell by €1,212 million (-7%) to €16,702 million in May 2023 compared with May 2022. The value of goods exports for the period January to May 2023 was down by €4,813 million (-6%) to €82,509 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports decreased by €1,622 million (-12%) to €11,649 million in May 2023 compared with May 2022. The value of goods imports for the first five months of 2023 increased by €2,789 million (+5%) to €57,776 million, when compared with the same period of 2022.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,647 million, which was 10% of total exports in May 2023. The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products at €700 million and Food & Live Animals with €339 million.

Imports from Great Britain in May 2023 were €1,324 million, which was 11% of the total value of imports. Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials were valued at €298 million, and imports of Chemicals & Related Products accounted for €297 million (See Table 5).

The EU accounted for €6,942 million (42%) of total goods exports in May 2023, of which €1,818 million went to Germany, €1,450 million went to the Netherlands and €1,334 million went to Belgium.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €4,175 million (25%) of total exports in May 2023 (See Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Nov 2021	5.7871243995022	2.763566978	2.06671239289944	5.006429187
Dec 2021	4.68426743723148	2.939133036	1.48336452062375	3.94675177
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	6.38037226352153	3.868853871	2.40887348009257	5.086599753
Jul 2022	6.25253964865399	3.33823685399999	1.57029484440219	3.745679746
Aug 2022	8.55059634679393	3.623791805	1.92626849533277	5.286338789
Sep 2022	7.57923122975094	4.085435417	1.83008435225405	5.904198153
Oct 2022	6.58696172223078	3.591441143	2.08060789733065	5.306523683
Nov 2022	6.88716979415636	3.18847492199999	2.0230150332706	5.032571309
Dec 2022	5.92790123025423	3.213190133	1.57570102220137	4.503840011
Jan 2023	6.9484076214745	2.90015880999999	1.68784981353446	3.819107661
Feb 2023	7.46303521382433	3.399105802	1.65177160787829	4.138414131
Mar 2023	7.14375972293541	3.767532353	2.15279219624915	5.6191071
Apr 2023	6.46946861999777	2.91226324600001	1.57879788429575	4.155685568
May 2023	6.94201696947201	3.53918833400002	2.04528132924272	4.175449142

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
Oct 2021	2.68136601895894	2.78322891440016	1.93902612390793	1.5903038632994
Nov 2021	3.49218278318463	3.33734020639254	1.97927974074343	1.59372048411895
Dec 2021	3.3725668412242	3.254661617833	2.18893770756643	2.30676084384214
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	3.13287526703744	3.97767827704352	2.28953937000186	1.30211393590302
Aug 2022	3.22470655490728	4.42266596614623	2.71722647683728	2.10920545319726
Sep 2022	4.51525378910805	3.65020618616388	2.44601840243955	2.44974277170222
Oct 2022	4.10630401530526	3.42453851520585	3.17778865553939	1.79897633135657
Nov 2022	4.01826956910247	3.81420263511006	2.46985495786996	1.82583888094956
Dec 2022	4.45000253733146	3.90206660680212	2.35088374051455	1.85151532102646
Jan 2023	2.96419664519743	3.88061560910188	2.91124398779362	1.8158063394414
Feb 2023	3.99343758876492	2.98013815967698	2.52150316285715	1.61988397597299
Mar 2023	5.57158758510862	2.69160070475644	2.13685986705317	1.85538103163138
Apr 2023	4.0136999299313	3.47778667160089	2.28322993138557	1.41060289253054
May 2023	4.54909373812993	3.77254210116539	1.76541782503453	1.56176288394534

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products decreased by €595 million (-8%) to €6,493 million in May 2023 compared with May 2022. This represented 39% of total exports.

Exports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €453 million (-36%) to €795 million.

Exports of Professional, Scientific & Controlling Apparatus grew by €139 million (+19%) to €876 million.

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €567 million (-19%) to €2,361 million in May 2023 compared with May 2022 (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials decreased by €414 million (-41%) to €600 million.

Imports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances fell by €365 million (-37%) to €613 million.

Imports of Machinery Specialised for Particular Industries fell by €239 million (-33%) to €480 million.

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products were up by €351 million (+36%) to €1,328 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
			May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May
			2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
0	Food and live animals		1,323	1,258	5,415	5,803	822	821	3,689	4,044
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	45	47	196	237	11	11	68	86
	01	Meat and meat preparations	406	374	1,887	1,884	108	98	446	466
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	391	367	1,265	1,506	86	88	438	470
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	75	56	291	229	26	28	123	126
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	59	69	272	337	149	143	641	653
	05	Vegetables and fruit	34	31	154	148	126	142	588	655
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	11	14	55	67	36	52	170	225
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	44	47	193	234	53	54	270	300
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	49	49	226	263	155	118	641	646
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	208	205	878	899	70	86	304	417
1	Beverages and tobacco		174	162	799	744	103	109	424	475
	11	Beverages	174	162	798	743	96	104	400	455
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	1	0	7	6	24	21
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		202	145	1,010	735	116	93	556	517
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	6	4	33	27	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	0	0	4	1	2	7	15	19
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	18	0	53	7	2	1	7	9
	24	Cork and wood	34	23	142	107	28	23	136	133
	25	Pulp and waste paper	8	5	39	25	4	2	20	20
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	11	9	56	47	3	1	11	8
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	15	12	62	52	24	18	100	95
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	97	78	556	397	20	13	101	74
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	13	14	65	71	34	28	165	159
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		93	88	634	444	1,014	600	4,957	4,892
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	9	6	53	43	5	5	130	124
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	73	77	498	362	712	372	2,715	2,258
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	2	1	5	4	277	188	1,973	2,333
	35	Electric current	8	3	78	35	20	36	139	177
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		14	13	61	69	49	44	220	220
	41	Animal oils and fats	11	10	46	53	5	3	18	15
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	2	12	12	39	37	181	189
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	1	2	4	5	3	21	16
5	Chemicals and related products		11,534	10,925	58,034	54,430	4,416	4,311	15,501	18,064
	51	Organic chemicals	2,928	2,361	15,418	14,806	2,105	1,927	7,035	7,919
	52	Inorganic chemicals	105	401	400	1,577	63	490	209	2,149
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	13	17	63	71	31	28	140	139
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	7,088	6,493	36,221	30,661	977	1,328	4,525	5,186
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	911	971	3,942	4,271	153	147	664	723
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	2	2	11	9	96	55	630	303
	57	Plastics in primary forms	36	29	172	159	135	114	603	532
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	96	111	441	482	114	100	502	494
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	354	539	1,366	2,396	744	122	1,193	619
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		289	287	1,375	1,381	786	697	3,848	3,617
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	2	1	9	3	2	2	13	9
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	31	24	159	99	52	42	242	225
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	39	35	206	190	48	40	213	204
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	20	21	96	95	111	107	524	547
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	14	17	71	79	64	64	324	285
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	57	69	266	322	110	88	483	431
	67	Iron and steel	22	22	105	98	133	101	619	522
	68	Non-ferrous metals	18	16	79	65	72	89	512	544
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	85	84	383	429	193	165	918	851
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,421	1,893	11,305	9,533	4,518	3,815	19,854	20,070
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	199	182	637	810	193	238	1,023	1,088
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	74	81	312	416	719	480	2,315	2,193
	73	Metalworking machinery	2	4	12	18	18	13	70	79
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	215	194	934	973	282	261	1,290	1,329
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	408	354	1,960	1,763	479	287	2,059	1,666
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	98	83	512	456	212	175	1,131	1,056
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,248	795	5,947	3,930	978	613	4,111	3,620
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	43	49	211	220	401	570	2,080	2,689
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	133	150	780	948	1,234	1,179	5,774	6,352
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,793	1,917	8,490	9,155	1,429	1,135	5,844	5,770
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	12	14	63	77	40	34	211	193
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	18	20	91	95	91	69	443	328
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	3	13	13	18	20	86	94
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	36	39	188	157	264	217	1,174	1,090
	85	Footwear	4	5	17	19	56	53	250	267
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	737	876	3,561	4,130	314	234	1,134	1,225
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	150	127	700	687	66	58	273	297
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	834	833	3,859	3,976	578	450	2,273	2,278
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		66	9	131	178	9	7	43	33
Unclassified estimates²			6	5	68	38	10	16	51	73

Total			17,914	16,702	87,322	82,509	13,271	11,649	54,987	57,776
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. May 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
	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May
	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Austria	39	39	156	215	31	36	145	766
Belgium	1,159	1,334	6,505	7,777	183	188	1,132	1,021
Bulgaria	12	13	78	65	5	7	19	35
Croatia	8	8	26	38	3	3	16	12
Cyprus	6	7	32	34	1	1	4	4
Czech Republic	149	103	496	583	92	68	401	388
Denmark	43	48	206	256	62	56	313	312
Estonia	3	5	15	16	1	2	5	5
Finland	25	32	111	137	16	16	103	85
France	484	646	3,412	2,743	751	1,236	4,096	5,949
Germany	2,029	1,818	11,506	9,281	1,330	1,001	4,165	3,926
Greece	32	61	143	263	8	14	42	60
Hungary	32	47	158	243	45	142	171	366
Italy	366	643	1,576	2,918	231	252	979	1,081
Latvia	4	4	28	35	4	8	26	33
Lithuania	7	9	33	43	14	58	113	155
Luxembourg	8	10	35	41	6	5	26	26
Malta	6	4	19	23	1	1	7	6
Netherlands	1,289	1,450	4,951	6,527	360	403	1,751	2,010
Poland	111	140	629	623	107	103	501	485
Portugal	49	46	192	889	46	491	179	2,123
Romania	37	51	195	232	11	19	54	65
Slovakia	9	17	48	66	9	13	43	47
Slovenia	8	9	96	49	4	8	20	24
Spain	244	257	990	1,219	230	307	969	1,642
Sweden	89	94	393	428	66	95	319	365
EU Country not specified²	52	46	296	223	19	17	119	102
Total EU27³	6,298	6,942	32,325	34,967	3,634	4,549	15,719	21,092
Euro-Zone⁴	5,765	6,399	29,849	32,314	3,225	4,043	13,806	18,975

Great Britain	1,382	1,647	6,789	7,199	2,003	1,324	9,275	9,490
Northern Ireland	448	398	1,953	1,917	396	441	2,016	2,129
Total UK	1,830	2,045	8,742	9,116	2,399	1,765	11,291	11,618

Australia	272	72	683	364	10	8	40	38
Brazil	25	57	112	172	27	20	123	133
Canada	350	599	1,565	2,097	60	68	220	325
China⁵	1,590	918	5,834	3,964	1,569	649	5,364	3,475
India	34	38	190	205	95	86	449	367
Japan	600	298	1,725	1,524	434	354	1,541	1,270
Malaysia	37	103	120	568	47	50	222	275
Mexico	187	213	770	1,028	37	81	183	1,143
Norway	62	21	206	148	64	92	262	338
Russia	24	44	264	207	18	4	294	26
Saudi Arabia	70	88	363	390	13	4	25	59
Singapore	57	82	283	327	120	93	233	436
South Africa	36	36	169	178	17	35	91	145
South Korea	56	59	471	355	144	109	652	612
Switzerland	154	265	1,338	1,885	978	1,309	3,464	3,132
Taiwan	70	44	231	194	115	83	476	405
Thailand	15	24	99	137	76	58	259	334
Turkey	55	68	364	310	148	84	623	476
USA	5,390	4,175	28,351	21,908	2,188	1,562	9,144	8,263
Other countries	692	500	3,069	2,409	1,024	546	4,041	3,612
Country unknown⁶	10	10	48	58	53	39	271	205
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	9,786	7,715	46,255	38,426	7,238	5,334	27,977	25,066

Total	17,914	16,702	87,322	82,509	13,271	11,649	54,987	57,776
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. May 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		May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May	May	May	Jan-May	Jan-May
		2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Great Britain		1,382	1,647	6,789	7,199	2,003	1,324	9,275	9,490
0	Food and live animals	328	339	1,489	1,593	167	170	834	880
1	Beverages and tobacco	20	22	88	112	22	23	93	97
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	50	34	232	169	10	9	53	51
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	14	59	335	179	632	298	3,017	3,024
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	2	6	7	6	5	28	27
5	Chemicals and related products	531	700	2,550	2,773	427	297	1,851	2,174
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	93	106	444	503	195	151	935	941
7	Machinery and transport equipment	227	239	1,033	1,168	348	218	1,582	1,481
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	118	144	607	685	195	151	876	809
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	4	10	1	1	6	5
Northern Ireland		448	398	1,953	1,917	396	441	2,016	2,129
0	Food and live animals	154	140	620	695	111	107	559	572
1	Beverages and tobacco	9	14	40	58	24	27	98	123
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	20	12	80	60	15	15	74	75
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	32	8	114	59	36	32	223	188
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	2	10	11	8	6	29	28
5	Chemicals and related products	86	91	377	409	66	129	402	505
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	57	51	263	235	62	57	302	313
7	Machinery and transport equipment	44	39	209	188	38	38	187	185
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	44	40	233	190	31	26	130	127
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	2	7	12	3	3	13	14
EU 27²		6,298	6,942	32,325	34,967	3,634	4,549	15,719	21,092
0	Food and live animals	460	441	1,816	1,994	308	360	1,374	1,692
1	Beverages and tobacco	40	49	185	221	39	41	159	174
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	83	62	424	286	41	37	215	200
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	13	20	98	187	77	98	378	458
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	8	8	37	46	25	24	115	122
5	Chemicals and related products	4,483	5,141	23,819	26,240	1,406	1,808	4,913	7,818
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	91	91	421	444	272	261	1,230	1,203
7	Machinery and transport equipment	515	526	2,757	2,549	1,167	1,620	5,968	7,961
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	594	597	2,683	2,944	287	284	1,309	1,387
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	12	8	85	55	12	16	58	76
USA		5,390	4,175	28,351	21,908	2,188	1,562	9,144	8,263
0	Food and live animals	70	54	233	323	39	31	174	185
1	Beverages and tobacco	75	54	350	238	3	3	11	13
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	2	13	13	8	4	39	37
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	0	139	49	680	396
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	4,228	2,991	22,777	16,487	498	484	2,162	2,401
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	26	15	130	79	59	56	221	264
7	Machinery and transport equipment	303	282	1,707	1,352	1,240	755	5,041	4,055
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	685	777	3,137	3,410	201	179	810	908
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	1	4	5	1	1	5	5
China³		1,590	918	5,834	3,964	1,569	649	5,364	3,475
0	Food and live animals	51	59	228	249	9	10	44	45
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	1	4	4	0	0	1	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	5	5	26	26	8	3	27	18
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	-	0	0	0	18	1	82
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	582	281	1,204	792	817	91	1,828	506
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	7	19	21	86	66	467	333
7	Machinery and transport equipment	836	448	3,816	2,252	385	287	1,836	1,619
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	111	117	538	619	265	174	1,159	871
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	-	-	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rest of World		2,805	2,621	12,069	12,554	3,480	3,123	13,469	13,327
0	Food and live animals	259	225	1,030	949	187	143	704	670
1	Beverages and tobacco	30	22	131	111	14	14	62	67
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	42	30	235	181	35	25	148	137
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	34	1	87	20	129	104	659	744
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	0	7	4	10	9	47	42
5	Chemicals and related products	1,623	1,721	7,307	7,728	1,201	1,503	4,344	4,659
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	18	19	98	97	112	106	692	565
7	Machinery and transport equipment	496	360	1,783	2,023	1,341	897	5,241	4,771
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	242	242	1,292	1,305	449	322	1,561	1,668
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	58	1	99	135	2	1	11	5

Total		17,914	16,702	87,322	82,509	13,271	11,649	54,987	57,776
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. May 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	16,761	12,044	4,717	239.2	290.0
	July	15,669	11,808	3,861	220.6	274.6
	August	19,233	13,351	5,882	255.0	298.5
	September	18,678	13,093	5,585	251.6	303.0
	October	18,097	12,468	5,628	238.7	295.7
	November	16,218	11,445	4,772	213.5	267.4
	December	16,459	11,809	4,650	229.4	269.2

2023	January	15,890	11,892	3,999	212.0	315.3
	February	17,346	12,007	5,340	234.8	314.1
	March	16,546	11,051	5,495	220.5	313.1
	April	16,250	11,902	4,348	225.6	310.9
	May	15,826	11,340	4,486	222.6	301.9
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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