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Goods Exports and Imports November 2022

The value of exports for the first 11 months of 2022 were €194 billion.

Online ISSN: 2009-5155

CSO statistical publication, 16 January 2023, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €17.3 billion in November 2022, an increase of €1.7 billion compared with November 2021.
Unadjusted goods imports were €11.9 billion, which was €1.4 billion higher than imports in November 2021.
Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €16.2 billion in November 2022, a decrease of €2 billion compared with October 2022.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were €10.9 billion in November 2022.
Imports from Great Britain were €2.1 billion in November 2022, while exports to Great Britain were €1.6 billion.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (16 January 2023) released Goods Exports and Imports November 2022.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division said: “In November 2022, Ireland’s unadjusted exports of goods increased by €1.7 billion to €17.3 billion compared with November 2021. When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods fell by €2 billion in November 2022 when compared with October 2022.

The unadjusted imports for November 2022 were valued at €11.9 billion, an increase of €1.4 billion on November 2021. Seasonally adjusted imports were €10.9 billion in November 2022.

Comparing the first 11 months of 2022 with the same period in 2021, exports of goods increased by 27%, and the value of imports increased by 39%. Exports for January to November 2022 were more than €193 billion.

Imports from Great Britain grew by 30% to €2.1 billion in November 2022 compared with November 2021, where the largest increases were in the imports of Mineral Fuels and Chemicals & Related products.

Exports to Great Britain decreased by 6% to €1.6 billion in November 2022 from November 2021.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted
€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
October 2022	18,225	12,377	5,848
November 2022	16,211	10,942	5,269
Value change	-2,014	-1,435	-579
% change	-11.1	-11.6	-9.9

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Seasonally adjusted goods trade exports decreased by €2 billion in November 2022.

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €2,014 million (-11%) to €16,211 million in November 2022 compared with October 2022, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports decreased by €1,435 million (-12%) to €10,942 million leading to a decrease of €579 million (-10%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €5,269 million in November 2022 compared with October 2022 (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
2016		119,292	74,296	44,996	125.6	158.2	102.7	93.3	110.2
2017		122,785	82,943	39,842	135.8	168.9	99.3	96.1	103.3
2018		140,645	91,991	48,654	156.2	189.2	99.1	99.5	99.6
2019		152,534	91,019	61,515	168.5	192.7	99.5	96.6	103.0
2020		162,131	87,065	75,066	188.6	194.4	94.4	91.7	103.0
2021		165,715	103,801	61,914	191.3	214.5	95.0	98.6	96.4

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

2021	January	13,329	6,441	6,888	198.6	171.2	88.6	92.7	95.5
	February	12,315	6,647	5,669	171.5	173.7	94.8	94.3	100.5
	March	14,708	9,219	5,489	216.1	226.8	89.8	100.2	89.6
	April	12,289	8,249	4,040	176.8	206.3	91.7	98.5	93.1
	May	13,548	8,759	4,789	193.2	229.2	92.5	94.2	98.3
	June	14,749	9,889	4,860	214.7	243.4	90.7	100.1	90.6
	July	13,203	7,796	5,406	178.3	197.1	97.7	97.5	100.3
	August	13,167	7,803	5,364	177.6	196.6	97.9	98.0	99.8
	September	14,772	8,466	6,306	198.2	204.0	98.4	102.3	96.2
	October	14,958	8,994	5,964	191.8	220.6	102.9	100.5	102.5
	November	15,624	10,410	5,214	208.2	241.5	98.0	102.7	95.4
	December	13,054	11,129	1,925	175.6	261.9	97.2	101.6	95.6

2022⁴	January	16,067	9,365	6,703	224.0	236.1	94.7	97.7	96.9
	February	15,869	9,098	6,771	218.8	237.6	95.7	94.4	101.4
	March	20,267	12,032	8,235	290.6	288.9	92.3	102.8	89.8
	April	17,208	11,308	5,901	239.7	269.6	94.7	103.4	91.7
	May	17,915	13,526	4,388	246.9	310.5	96.2	104.5	92.1
	June	17,591	12,849	4,742	244.0	306.8	95.1	103.2	92.2
	July	14,846	10,726	4,120	205.4	248.1	95.4	106.5	89.5
	August	19,455	12,549	6,906	278.7	289.8	92.1	106.7	86.3
	September	19,594	13,136	6,458	265.6	295.7	97.4	109.5	88.9
	October	17,570	12,476	5,094	232.2	296.6	99.9	103.7	96.3
	November	17,316	11,853	5,463	228.4	270.1	100.1	108.1	92.5
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. November 2022 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.

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Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted series

Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted¹ series
Period		€million			Base year 2010=100
		Value			Volume index
		Exports	Imports	Trade surplus	Exports	Imports
2020	January	13,672	7,621	6,051	191.0	186.4
	February	12,130	8,206	3,924	174.5	211.0
	March	16,784	6,346	10,438	212.6	155.5
	April	11,364	5,963	5,401	157.2	153.2
	May	12,901	6,449	6,451	181.5	169.2
	June	12,980	6,365	6,615	171.1	168.9
	July	13,166	8,125	5,041	186.0	225.2
	August	14,113	7,122	6,992	198.3	197.0
	September	13,601	6,496	7,105	193.6	159.5
	October	12,387	7,256	5,130	171.7	200.8
	November	14,522	8,755	5,767	200.7	258.7
	December	12,972	7,645	5,328	185.2	213.4

2021	January	14,001	7,183	6,818	188.6	181.3
	February	12,898	7,712	5,186	176.1	185.7
	March	13,240	8,372	4,868	184.9	205.1
	April	12,074	8,330	3,744	179.4	212.6
	May	13,862	8,883	4,979	194.7	236.6
	June	13,815	9,042	4,773	207.1	230.9
	July	13,490	8,217	5,273	185.4	201.6
	August	13,857	8,710	5,147	189.3	220.0
	September	14,273	8,660	5,613	196.0	216.2
	October	15,629	8,774	6,855	199.8	218.1
	November	14,489	9,460	5,030	206.4	237.2
	December	13,815	9,713	4,101	192.0	243.1

2022	January	16,667	10,714	5,954	222.1	254.5
	February	16,603	10,628	5,976	231.7	258.1
	March	18,185	10,839	7,346	246.0	267.1
	April	17,605	11,846	5,760	254.9	272.9
	May	17,755	12,842	4,913	240.0	289.7
	June	16,572	11,764	4,808	235.9	285.8
	July	15,754	11,981	3,773	225.2	273.0
	August	19,658	13,140	6,519	280.7	299.0
	September	18,862	13,189	5,673	253.4	306.3
	October	18,225	12,377	5,848	240.4	291.4
	November	16,211	10,942	5,269	213.6	267.7
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		November 2021 - 2022				January - November 2021 - 2022
Unadjusted		2021	2022	Value change	% change	2021	2022	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	15,624	17,316	1,692	11	152,662	193,697	41,036	27
	Great Britain	1,695	1,602	-93	-6	13,282	16,058	2,776	21
	Northern Ireland	371	435	63	17	3,419	4,521	1,102	32
	EU27	5,787	6,616	829	14	56,976	74,501	17,525	31
	USA	5,006	5,164	157	3	48,620	58,773	10,153	21
	Rest of World	2,764	3,499	735	27	30,364	39,844	9,479	31

Imports
	Total	10,409	11,853	1,443	14	92,673	128,917	36,245	39
	Great Britain	1,580	2,061	482	30	13,562	22,342	8,781	65
	Northern Ireland	394	453	59	15	3,767	4,724	957	25
	EU27	3,504	3,848	344	10	31,263	38,597	7,334	23
	USA	1,594	1,703	110	7	15,818	20,548	4,730	30
	Rest of World	3,337	3,787	450	13	28,262	42,705	14,443	51

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports increased by €1,692 million (+11%) to €17,316 million in November 2022 compared with November 2021. The value of goods exports for the period January to November 2022 increased by €41,036 million (+27%) to €193,697 million, when compared with the same period of 2021.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports increased by €1,443 million (+14%) to €11,853 million in November 2022 compared with November 2021. The value of goods imports for the first 11months of 2022 increased by €36,245 million (+39%) to €128,917 million, when compared with the same period of 2021.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,602 million, which was (9%) of total exports in November 2022. The products accounting for the largest share of exports were Chemicals & Related Products, with €571 million and Food & Live Animals at €364 million.

Imports from Great Britain in November 2022 were €2,061 million, which was 17% of the total value of imports. Imports of Mineral Fuels accounted for €612 million, and imports of Chemicals & Related Products were valued at €402 million (see Table 5).

The EU accounted for €6,616 million (38%) of total goods exports in November 2022, of which €1,706 million went to the Netherlands, €1,354 million went to Belgium and €1,260 million went to Germany.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €5,164 million (30%) of total exports in November 2022 (see Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
May 2021	5.45478810269973	2.689996428	1.50140088056247	3.90149927
Jun 2021	5.60214324394904	3.112772704	1.75320993601654	4.281263191
Jul 2021	4.52685118279434	3.134559757	1.79083712755728	3.750234214
Aug 2021	4.85342560065652	2.785794549	1.29805871461404	4.229442456
Sep 2021	5.85619210292483	2.793674125	1.73716423676024	4.384452418
Oct 2021	5.12918788059397	2.656838563	1.40791061856762	5.764283375
Nov 2021	5.7871243995022	2.763566978	2.06671239289944	5.006429187
Dec 2021	4.68630704488206	2.939133036	1.48132491297317	3.94675177
Jan 2022	6.27725462384199	2.796754711	1.74828446929616	5.244730516
Feb 2022	6.30750048782998	3.34921348	1.38697653465659	4.825347098
Mar 2022	7.03328837324932	4.00169138399999	1.83135468789207	7.400502251
Apr 2022	6.42369394328578	3.360673459	1.93379661446037	5.490089082
May 2022	6.30089123364906	4.39532270599999	1.82804450347881	5.390377409
Jun 2022	6.27580567239441	3.834350227	2.39427130896359	5.086608588
Jul 2022	6.28955280023639	3.30623685399999	1.57499790581805	3.674679746
Aug 2022	8.59684914653353	3.623791805	1.9480955192008	5.286338789
Sep 2022	7.76705629604463	4.085414753	1.83733109031194	5.904288261
Oct 2022	6.61297282372152	3.591441143	2.05920423606061	5.306523683
Nov 2022	6.61636349793077	3.49867374199999	2.03675759589393	5.163861463

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
May 2021	3.4181288019952	2.34016251437405	1.55399712735357	1.44673599207556
Jun 2021	3.68653775830562	3.1218809127626	1.77837455295666	1.30265117268739
Jul 2021	2.79174376634401	2.20922841169683	1.45866757908514	1.336498983027
Aug 2021	2.14427927020579	2.4721595401711	1.60572716821421	1.58098671866229
Sep 2021	2.54651358962204	2.54122225308268	1.73850218878597	1.63970936335317
Oct 2021	2.68628975764719	2.78322891440016	1.93410238521967	1.5903038632994
Nov 2021	3.50445688428574	3.33734020639254	1.97395856867565	1.59372048411895
Dec 2021	3.38359346140656	3.254661617833	2.18351002497407	2.30676084384214
Jan 2022	2.65591167660714	3.2611086241722	2.13094575006286	1.31652224622383
Feb 2022	2.83272443009999	2.90574911702911	1.92517164588207	1.43438147581768
Mar 2022	3.18108974164591	4.14074180141705	2.37901821288175	2.33093602471201
Apr 2022	3.54191102415513	3.47566700004536	2.41570873038642	1.87450129891659
May 2022	3.65727972300909	5.04974529734677	2.38957783844122	2.42981775376064
Jun 2022	3.73769269742171	4.63194833418044	2.58182054710168	1.89742742630129
Jul 2022	3.16971134004096	4.00079266673578	2.28251337639092	1.27258290677021
Aug 2022	3.31572077153164	4.38113306942322	2.79448750759633	2.05752350369794
Sep 2022	4.57378719329566	3.63823813210219	2.4923743805914	2.43188414696008
Oct 2022	4.08328601976818	3.43283333036278	3.16068356674586	1.79931983564256
Nov 2022	3.8482515241956	3.78684514145026	2.51419572297429	1.70347606206648

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €569 million (+9%) to €6,693 million in November 2022 compared with November 2021. This represented 39% of total exports.

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €195 million (-9%) to €2,082 million.

Exports of Professional, Scientific & Controlling Apparatus increased by €376 million (+56%) to €1,045 million

Exports of Food & Live Animals increased by €202 million (+17%) to €1,360 million in November 2022 compared with November 2021 (see Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Products increased by €288 million (+40%) to €1,003 million in November 2022 compared with November 2021.

Imports of Machinery Specialised for Particular Industries increased by €201 million (+108%) to €388 million.

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines increased by €290 million (+66%) to €732 million.

Imports of Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances increased by €176 million (+22%) to €964 million.

The value of goods imports for November 2022 excluding SITC 79 (Other Transport Equipment, Including Aircraft) increased by €1,550 million (+17%) to €10,475 million, compared with the corresponding November 2021 figure of €8,926 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
			Nov	Nov	Jan-Nov	Jan-Nov	Nov	Nov	Jan-Nov	Jan-Nov
			2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
0	Food and live animals		1,158	1,360	11,050	13,500	766	875	6,664	8,516
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	69	68	498	541	85	47	261	267
	01	Meat and meat preparations	384	422	3,643	4,311	85	104	795	1,017
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	302	421	2,945	4,081	71	93	719	991
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	57	53	553	586	24	25	239	269
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	55	68	528	634	130	152	1,101	1,528
	05	Vegetables and fruit	34	29	369	350	108	121	1,119	1,292
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	11	12	114	117	36	40	326	404
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	41	42	406	440	66	71	548	638
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	41	51	410	504	91	143	967	1,388
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	164	193	1,583	1,937	69	77	588	723
1	Beverages and tobacco		187	182	1,604	1,897	103	120	929	1,077
	11	Beverages	186	182	1,603	1,896	100	117	861	1,003
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	1	1	3	3	68	74
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		224	164	1,890	2,044	90	86	958	1,045
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	8	7	66	75	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	6	8	14	25	2	2	22	25
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	5	0	75	90	1	1	12	13
	24	Cork and wood	23	21	258	281	24	21	251	239
	25	Pulp and waste paper	8	6	80	77	3	3	33	45
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	13	9	130	117	2	2	13	22
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	9	10	110	137	19	18	174	202
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	138	86	1,033	1,102	18	19	201	220
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	15	16	124	141	20	21	253	279
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		71	182	867	1,560	715	1,003	5,345	11,989
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	9	8	89	87	38	8	200	308
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	41	149	684	1,215	402	615	3,487	6,863
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	2	0	20	12	249	365	1,347	4,489
	35	Electric current	19	25	74	246	26	15	312	329
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		11	15	104	141	38	49	332	533
	41	Animal oils and fats	10	9	88	104	3	3	21	42
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	1	3	14	28	28	40	277	434
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	2	1	9	7	7	34	57
5	Chemicals and related products		9,715	10,327	95,088	124,791	2,584	2,566	23,557	35,454
	51	Organic chemicals	2,277	2,082	24,155	34,493	953	711	9,298	16,665
	52	Inorganic chemicals	49	160	317	1,356	28	58	327	870
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	11	12	126	143	25	28	264	300
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	6,124	6,693	57,987	74,673	1,021	1,119	8,823	10,634
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	787	889	7,702	9,214	180	219	1,352	1,675
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	0	1	9	18	71	91	459	992
	57	Plastics in primary forms	39	40	318	393	107	122	1,039	1,376
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	74	96	815	971	81	106	837	1,087
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	353	352	3,661	3,530	119	113	1,156	1,855
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		265	584	2,601	3,323	691	786	6,339	8,344
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	4	1	38	13	4	2	27	26
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	22	21	218	287	43	47	426	499
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	39	37	384	429	43	38	368	426
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	23	28	187	232	106	122	888	1,222
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	16	278	160	413	70	64	597	685
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	58	57	546	584	86	89	752	992
	67	Iron and steel	20	24	192	238	109	114	1,016	1,307
	68	Non-ferrous metals	15	19	125	181	65	128	673	1,221
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	68	120	750	946	167	181	1,593	1,966
7	Machinery and transport equipment		2,246	2,265	22,779	25,497	3,897	4,714	35,792	45,932
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	103	109	1,597	1,247	135	235	1,949	1,965
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	89	80	712	746	186	388	1,655	4,712
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	4	39	27	13	15	133	144
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	164	264	1,642	2,155	221	288	2,241	2,850
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	354	411	3,593	4,336	442	732	4,440	5,528
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	101	164	942	1,083	255	302	2,180	2,673
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	1,127	1,053	10,803	13,419	788	964	7,395	9,538
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	43	45	382	476	373	412	3,491	4,232
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	263	135	3,068	2,007	1,484	1,378	12,310	14,290
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		1,672	2,042	15,918	19,406	1,369	1,433	11,060	13,565
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	14	16	130	136	48	40	379	444
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	15	17	145	192	74	80	688	863
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	3	3	30	31	20	24	146	207
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	28	39	241	406	291	306	2,356	2,734
	85	Footwear	4	3	30	39	55	81	467	607
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	669	1,045	6,539	8,571	201	270	2,051	2,750
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	136	138	1,464	1,533	60	66	512	765
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	803	781	7,339	8,497	620	566	4,460	5,196
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		13	87	168	441	8	10	121	85
Unclassified estimates²			62	107	593	1,097	149	210	1,575	2,376

Total			15,624	17,316	152,662	193,697	10,409	11,853	92,673	128,917
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. November 2022 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.

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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
	Nov	Nov	Jan-Nov	Jan-Nov	Nov	Nov	Jan-Nov	Jan-Nov
	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Austria	30	44	324	398	21	26	282	354
Belgium	1,423	1,354	12,504	16,719	341	154	2,051	2,210
Bulgaria	14	14	120	163	3	4	37	43
Croatia	10	6	72	71	6	3	22	35
Cyprus	5	4	38	61	0	0	7	8
Czech Republic	57	218	567	1,355	76	71	909	985
Denmark	48	60	508	519	51	53	574	625
Estonia	6	2	68	30	1	1	18	11
Finland	32	37	296	294	15	21	423	210
France	522	676	4,932	6,590	1,092	1,127	9,176	11,133
Germany	1,435	1,260	16,369	22,989	790	933	6,524	9,276
Greece	36	39	1,061	356	9	21	98	109
Hungary	45	28	312	410	14	33	242	516
Italy	301	442	4,126	4,250	199	209	1,943	2,098
Latvia	14	5	89	64	8	6	63	60
Lithuania	17	5	104	70	10	17	110	199
Luxembourg	8	8	75	84	6	5	50	58
Malta	5	4	676	65	1	2	11	20
Netherlands	873	1,706	8,658	13,060	384	418	4,154	4,251
Poland	138	158	1,253	1,354	86	114	806	1,142
Portugal	306	49	613	584	23	48	277	765
Romania	62	50	510	450	17	14	108	121
Slovakia	10	13	121	106	10	9	93	88
Slovenia	39	9	185	186	4	4	45	44
Spain	223	235	2,119	2,495	171	394	1,613	2,471
Sweden	76	111	788	935	94	73	739	686
EU Country not specified²	54	80	485	844	71	90	887	1,082
Total EU27³	5,787	6,616	56,976	74,501	3,504	3,848	31,263	38,597
Euro-Zone⁴	5,284	5,891	52,359	68,401	3,085	3,395	26,938	33,364

Great Britain	1,695	1,602	13,282	16,058	1,580	2,061	13,562	22,342
Northern Ireland	371	435	3,419	4,521	394	453	3,767	4,724
Total UK	2,067	2,037	16,701	20,579	1,974	2,514	17,329	27,066

Australia	67	98	764	1,501	10	18	95	99
Brazil	71	40	334	344	22	44	299	406
Canada	94	150	1,146	3,270	51	122	575	599
China⁵	1,019	935	10,808	12,931	1,035	1,158	7,592	13,728
India	50	49	490	493	89	101	773	961
Japan	208	289	2,518	3,820	136	174	1,247	3,000
Malaysia	18	161	211	640	65	81	1,801	633
Mexico	133	459	1,867	2,237	36	92	395	519
Norway	27	22	758	366	36	59	754	617
Russia	88	42	559	519	119	32	535	377
Saudi Arabia	67	81	629	782	16	9	70	45
Singapore	59	67	454	658	43	61	486	675
South Africa	34	91	358	448	15	48	151	315
South Korea	63	74	613	838	140	171	1,246	1,468
Switzerland	227	268	2,739	3,020	534	351	4,679	5,476
Taiwan	33	38	318	461	74	138	745	1,194
Thailand	16	18	180	214	44	86	488	733
Turkey	52	55	645	733	94	94	933	1,269
USA	5,006	5,164	48,620	58,773	1,594	1,703	15,818	20,548
Other countries	419	551	4,815	6,440	744	931	5,111	9,892
Country unknown⁶	20	13	158	130	37	17	288	699
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	7,770	8,663	78,985	98,617	4,931	5,490	44,080	63,253

Total	15,624	17,316	152,662	193,697	10,409	11,853	92,673	128,917
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. November 2022 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
² Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
³ From February 2020 the United Kingdom exited the EU, therefore the EU total is made up of the 27 remaining member states. For data comparability over time the EU are shown separately for both the current and prior periods.
⁴ Euro-zone members from January 2015: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
⁵ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.
⁶ Trade for which the country of origin or country of final destination is unknown.

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

Table 5 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity and principal countries¹
€million
		Exports				Imports
Country by Section level of SITC		Nov	Nov	Jan-Nov	Jan-Nov	Nov	Nov	Jan-Nov	Jan-Nov
		2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Great Britain		1,695	1,602	13,282	16,058	1,580	2,061	13,562	22,342
0	Food and live animals	335	364	3,133	3,566	266	229	1,806	2,050
1	Beverages and tobacco	27	24	214	223	22	21	193	224
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	47	47	423	482	11	10	111	111
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	44	48	287	731	343	612	2,341	7,127
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	3	9	16	4	6	33	72
5	Chemicals and related products	817	571	4,809	6,263	203	402	2,129	5,230
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	91	131	906	1,059	185	211	1,737	2,143
7	Machinery and transport equipment	197	262	2,245	2,313	301	343	3,159	3,300
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	129	152	1,230	1,391	244	224	2,035	2,062
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	5	1	25	13	2	2	19	22
Northern Ireland		371	435	3,419	4,521	394	453	3,767	4,724
0	Food and live animals	129	147	1,242	1,496	89	116	949	1,209
1	Beverages and tobacco	10	14	93	115	22	26	205	256
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	14	12	137	156	14	14	126	130
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	24	37	95	273	32	33	311	489
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	2	17	25	8	7	37	75
5	Chemicals and related products	58	73	632	867	109	122	836	1,130
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	56	53	497	561	47	55	486	558
7	Machinery and transport equipment	35	40	334	414	28	27	278	277
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	37	46	303	501	22	21	217	233
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	6	11	69	112	24	32	322	365
EU 27²		5,787	6,616	56,976	74,501	3,504	3,848	31,263	38,597
0	Food and live animals	386	504	3,574	4,880	279	331	2,527	3,124
1	Beverages and tobacco	63	45	420	438	38	52	368	404
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	111	66	867	839	32	27	347	362
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	3	14	151	173	108	54	714	920
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	6	8	60	85	20	29	185	272
5	Chemicals and related products	3,972	4,677	39,487	54,488	879	805	8,593	11,624
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	75	80	760	834	205	225	1,892	2,454
7	Machinery and transport equipment	550	549	5,849	5,893	1,571	1,867	12,996	14,804
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	561	570	5,249	5,828	252	279	2,377	2,596
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	60	102	560	1,042	120	181	1,263	2,037
USA		5,006	5,164	48,620	58,773	1,594	1,703	15,818	20,548
0	Food and live animals	48	76	454	670	19	49	259	428
1	Beverages and tobacco	62	71	602	783	2	3	23	29
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	2	23	27	7	6	58	74
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	83	19	188	93	129	729	1,541
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	Chemicals and related products	3,722	3,684	37,637	45,507	492	525	4,766	5,156
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	22	30	207	309	40	63	462	608
7	Machinery and transport equipment	542	316	4,115	3,699	809	714	8,008	10,582
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	607	901	5,542	7,581	131	211	1,463	2,114
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	1	21	10	1	3	49	16
China³		1,019	935	10,808	12,931	1,035	1,158	7,592	13,728
0	Food and live animals	56	52	646	557	10	9	67	100
1	Beverages and tobacco	1	2	10	13	0	0	1	1
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	7	6	49	64	5	5	38	54
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	-	-	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chemicals and related products	161	209	1,810	2,245	154	146	862	5,152
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	4	4	30	45	99	87	815	1,006
7	Machinery and transport equipment	679	547	7,037	8,741	388	626	3,572	4,707
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	113	115	1,222	1,263	379	285	2,233	2,704
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	-	0	0	1	0	3	3
Rest of World		1,744	2,564	19,556	26,913	2,303	2,629	20,670	28,977
0	Food and live animals	204	216	2,001	2,330	102	141	1,055	1,605
1	Beverages and tobacco	24	27	266	324	19	18	139	162
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	43	31	391	476	22	25	278	314
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	1	1	315	195	141	176	1,249	1,911
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	12	14	6	7	77	113
5	Chemicals and related products	984	1,113	10,714	15,421	747	567	6,371	7,162
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	16	286	201	514	115	146	948	1,575
7	Machinery and transport equipment	243	550	3,200	4,437	800	1,137	7,779	12,261
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	225	259	2,371	2,841	341	414	2,735	3,856
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	79	86	361	10	1	40	18

Total		15,624	17,316	152,662	193,697	10,409	11,853	92,673	128,917
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. November 2022 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
² Includes estimates for traders below the Intrastat threshold and transactions where the EU country was not specified.
³ China includes Hong Kong and Macao.

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Table 6 Goods Exports by industrial origin and area of destination

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