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Goods Exports and Imports November 2024

Exports of goods exceeded €20 billion in November 2024

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CSO statistical publication, 15 January 2025, 11am

Key Findings

Unadjusted goods exports were €20.5 billion in November 2024, an increase of 28% on exports compared with November 2023.
Chemicals and Related Products accounted for over 66% of export value at €13.6 billion in November 2024.
Ireland’s exports of goods have grown by 14% in the first 11 months of the year to over €207 billion compared with the same period of 2023.
Imports have fallen by €6.8 billion in the period from January to November 2024 when compared with the first 11 months of 2023.
Imports in November 2024 were €11.6 billion, a decrease of 18% compared with November 2023.
Seasonally adjusted exports were valued at €19.8 billion in November 2024, a fall of €918 million (-4%) compared with October 2024.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (15 January 2025) published Goods Exports and Imports November 2024.

Commenting on the release, Ciarán Counihan, Statistician in the International Trade in Goods Division, said: “Ireland’s exports of goods in November 2024 were €20.5 billion. This is the third month in succession where exports have exceeded €20 billion.

Exports of goods for the first 11 months of the year were more than €207 billion, an increase of 14% on the same period of 2023.

When seasonally adjusted, exports of goods were down by €918 million when compared with October 2024.

The unadjusted imports for November 2024 were valued at €11.6 billion, an 18% decrease compared with November 2023. Seasonally adjusted imports were €11,188 million in November 2024.

Exports of Chemicals and Related Products accounted for more than 66% of this value at €13.6 billion.”

Headline Table

Table A Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted			€million
	Exports	Imports	Surplus
October 2024	20,744	10,691	10,053
November 2024	19,826	11,188	8,638
Value change	-918	497	-1,415
% change	-4	5	-14

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Seasonally adjusted goods exports were €19.8 billion in November 2024

Seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €918 million (-4%) to €19,826 million in November 2024 compared with October 2024, according to preliminary figures.

Seasonally adjusted goods imports went up by €497 million (+5%) to €11,188 million leading to a decrease of €1,415 million (-14%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €8,638 million in November 2024 compared with October 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

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	259.2	230.2	96.5	103.5	93.2
	February	15,937	10,259	5,678	211.6	243.5	99.4	103.8	95.7
	March	19,177	11,811	7,366	261.1	279.8	96.9	104.0	93.2
	April	19,414	10,772	8,642	260.7	254.3	98.3	104.4	94.1
	May	18,039	11,041	6,998	244.7	281.9	97.3	103.8	93.7
	June	16,769	11,572	5,197	225.0	276.4	98.4	103.2	95.3
	July	17,907	11,404	6,504	240.4	272.0	98.3	103.3	95.2
	August	17,305	11,452	5,854	234.1	270.9	97.6	104.2	93.7
	September	22,480	10,734	11,746	299.6	254.7	99.0	103.9	95.4
	October	21,276	11,259	10,016	286.3	265.3	98.5	104.6	94.2
	November	20,500	11,573	8,927	271.0	270.8	99.9	105.3	94.8
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. November 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	18,103	9,856	8,247	238.5	246.0
	February	17,673	10,631	7,042	229.0	251.7
	March	18,159	11,225	6,934	241.0	276.1
	April	19,115	10,917	8,198	243.8	256.5
	May	17,249	10,708	6,541	237.1	259.1
	June	17,086	11,402	5,684	231.7	259.7
	July	17,660	11,773	5,887	245.6	274.6
	August	17,997	12,542	5,455	248.0	280.6
	September	22,269	11,069	11,200	297.7	264.0
	October	20,744	10,691	10,053	269.5	260.6
	November	19,826	11,188	8,638	277.7	273.5
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 2023 - 2024				January - November 2023 - 2024
Unadjusted		2023	2024	Value change	% change	2023	2024	Value change	% change
Exports
	Total	16,073	20,500	4,427	28	182,260	207,716	25,456	14
	Great Britain	1,716	1,335	-381	-22	16,579	14,709	-1,870	-11
	Northern Ireland	453	448	-4	-1	4,585	4,720	135	3
	EU27	6,717	7,025	308	5	76,027	82,484	6,456	8
	USA	3,978	8,087	4,109	103	49,769	67,398	17,629	35
	Rest of World	3,210	3,605	396	12	35,300	38,405	3,105	9

Imports
	Total	14,196	11,573	-2,623	-18	128,331	121,546	-6,786	-5
	Great Britain	1,541	1,439	-102	-7	19,872	15,578	-4,294	-22
	Northern Ireland	655	435	-220	-34	4,924	4,955	32	1
	EU27	4,515	4,298	-217	-5	43,805	44,016	212	0
	USA	3,040	1,630	-1,410	-46	20,640	20,772	132	1
	Rest of World	4,445	3,771	-673	-15	39,090	36,224	-2,867	-7

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Exports and imports by region

The (unadjusted) value of goods exports increased by €4,427 million (+28%) to €20,500 million in November 2024 compared with November 2023. The value of goods exports for the first 11 months of 2024 grew by €25,456 million (+14%) to €207,716 million, when compared with the same period of 2023.

The (unadjusted) value of goods imports decreased by €2,623 million (-18%) to €11,573 million in November 2024 compared with November 2023. The value of goods imports for the period January to November 2024 fell by €6,786 million (-5%) to €121,546 million, when compared with the same period of 2023.

Exports to Great Britain were €1,335 million, which was 7% of total exports in November 2024, a fall of €381 million (-22%) when compared with November 2023. The products which accounted for the largest share of exports were Food & Live Animals with €390 million and Machinery & Transport Equipment at €371 million.

Imports from Great Britain in November 2024 were €1,439 million, which was 12% of the total value of imports. Imports of Machinery & Transport Equipment accounted for €259 million, Food & Live Animals were valued at €258 million, and imports of Mineral Fuels, Lubricants & Related Materials were valued at €258 million (See Table 5).

The EU accounted for €7,025 million (34%) of total goods exports in November 2024, of which €2,093 million went to the Netherlands, €1,386 million went to Belgium, and €1,229 million went to Germany.

The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €8,087 million (39%) of total exports in November 2024 (See Table 4).

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
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	3.39207741545999	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	6.24708436530726	3.29272783039999	1.53338234396328	5.695378181
Jul 2024	7.38743118841328	3.66940870829	1.68184007285761	5.168442515
Aug 2024	6.10545485910204	2.92889973096	1.61074606285849	6.66028139
Sep 2024	10.6109261124127	3.31195899520001	1.60582822009195	6.951056772
Oct 2024	9.14566042934253	3.41868797305	1.86330347197433	6.848173797
Nov 2024	7.0248443460871	3.60545037549	1.78289633270642	8.086813477

X-axis label	EU 27	Rest of World	UK	US
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	3.90615251323584	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	4.48501177007941	2.98839919875785	2.05085870387382	2.04739852690258
Jul 2024	4.02339711056728	3.4551192451978	1.8404741808345	2.08452930539312
Aug 2024	3.91580984506094	3.30855841703163	1.93825272428455	2.28928220441781
Sep 2024	3.43369284970478	3.62233915600309	1.72937750985668	1.94838107611055
Oct 2024	4.22501482137091	3.4482735461489	2.04441169166073	1.5417051335635
Nov 2024	4.29788773677147	3.77116488353009	1.87391021005674	1.6301107750145

Exports by product

Exports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €4,263 million (+63%) to €11,007 million in November 2024 compared with November 2023, accounting for 54% of total exports.

Exports of Organic Chemicals decreased by €563 million (-34%) to €1,088 million.

Exports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines grew by €339 million (+82%) to €754 million.

Exports of Food & Live Animals increased by €101 million (+8%) to €1,406 million (See Table 3).

Imports by product

Imports of Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Machines rose by €253 million (+51%) to €750 million in November 2024 compared with November 2023.

Imports of Organic Chemicals were down by €1.4 billion (-68%) to €680 million.

Imports of Other Transport Equipment, including Aircraft decreased by €1.67 billion (-63%) to €961 million.

Imports of Medical & Pharmaceutical Products increased by €164 million (+11%) to €1.6 billion (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
			2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
0	Food and live animals		1,305	1,406	13,299	13,903	872	966	9,242	9,699
	00	Live animals other than animals of Division 03	93	82	698	745	27	49	315	340
	01	Meat and meat preparations	394	420	4,188	4,275	109	116	1,096	1,109
	02	Dairy products and birds' eggs	354	457	3,730	3,869	73	97	924	990
	03	Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof	46	49	506	538	36	39	332	327
	04	Cereals and cereal preparations	69	72	716	780	140	164	1,556	1,750
	05	Vegetables and fruit	28	37	333	418	151	155	1,561	1,750
	06	Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	16	16	148	171	52	41	527	485
	07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof	49	53	491	516	84	93	731	839
	08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	49	47	532	531	115	130	1,297	1,201
	09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	206	174	1,958	2,059	87	82	903	909
1	Beverages and tobacco		204	203	1,783	2,126	130	146	1,232	1,351
	11	Beverages	204	203	1,783	2,126	129	144	1,166	1,283
	12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	0	0	0	0	1	2	66	68
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		117	205	1,524	1,706	101	105	1,108	1,194
	21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	7	6	67	64	0	0	0	0
	22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits	2	4	15	18	2	5	33	30
	23	Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	0	0	9	3	1	1	17	15
	24	Cork and wood	19	21	225	237	27	22	280	268
	25	Pulp and waste paper	5	6	52	70	2	3	46	47
	26	Textile fibres and their wastes	6	5	91	67	1	1	18	17
	27	Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	10	12	112	120	18	27	215	234
	28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	51	130	793	961	25	22	194	259
	29	Crude animal and vegetable materials nes	16	19	160	166	23	24	304	323
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials		105	22	919	748	783	699	9,454	7,832
	32	Coal, coke and briquettes	6	5	71	55	4	5	183	64
	33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	95	13	786	660	572	495	5,524	5,361
	34	Gas, natural and manufactured	0	0	12	18	166	142	3,325	1,872
	35	Electric current	4	3	51	16	41	58	422	535
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes		11	14	136	138	38	38	462	405
	41	Animal oils and fats	8	11	100	104	4	3	34	30
	42	Fixed vegetable fats and oils	3	3	27	29	33	31	389	355
	43	Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes	0	0	9	4	2	4	39	20
5	Chemicals and related products		10,040	13,609	118,782	137,027	4,219	3,216	37,227	28,954
	51	Organic chemicals	1,650	1,088	28,556	25,268	2,114	680	18,599	7,244
	52	Inorganic chemicals	183	29	2,439	1,190	40	302	560	817
	53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	15	14	168	175	30	27	325	354
	54	Medical and pharmaceutical products	6,744	11,007	71,684	93,532	1,462	1,626	11,832	14,543
	55	Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	840	931	9,235	10,832	237	236	1,822	2,016
	56	Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)	1	1	15	27	29	35	470	462
	57	Plastics in primary forms	29	36	367	399	90	89	1,099	1,045
	58	Plastics in non-primary forms	78	79	953	829	100	100	1,092	1,107
	59	Chemical materials and products nes	501	426	5,365	4,775	117	120	1,427	1,365
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		288	289	3,059	3,183	752	766	8,055	7,909
	61	Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins	1	1	9	12	3	3	22	24
	62	Rubber manufactures nes	21	23	234	230	53	55	527	568
	63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	33	31	388	360	44	51	470	503
	64	Paper, paperboard and articles thereof	19	22	214	251	110	115	1,212	1,199
	65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	15	19	168	184	63	69	656	675
	66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes	65	61	716	708	98	100	1,039	1,046
	67	Iron and steel	18	24	210	252	103	120	1,115	1,101
	68	Non-ferrous metals	21	11	162	156	75	57	1,039	708
	69	Manufactures of metals nes	94	97	958	1,029	203	195	1,975	2,083
7	Machinery and transport equipment		1,986	2,640	22,364	27,283	5,823	4,079	47,667	49,178
	71	Power generating machinery and equipment	114	102	1,712	1,429	252	166	2,192	2,072
	72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	74	125	921	1,088	380	269	4,752	3,618
	73	Metalworking machinery	3	3	39	33	17	15	180	177
	74	General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes	218	220	2,138	2,254	303	292	3,010	3,194
	75	Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)	414	754	3,949	4,661	497	750	4,272	7,380
	76	Telecommunications and sound equipment	117	132	1,059	1,278	308	302	2,571	2,946
	77	Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts	751	1,157	7,924	10,805	882	836	8,086	8,338
	78	Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	46	46	509	529	553	488	5,578	5,623
	79	Other transport equipment (including aircraft)	250	101	4,112	5,206	2,632	961	17,027	15,829
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		2,003	2,096	19,993	21,380	1,463	1,544	13,712	14,862
	81	Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings	12	14	148	160	47	47	459	480
	82	Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc	22	22	213	204	79	84	774	849
	83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	4	4	35	36	60	22	261	225
	84	Articles of apparel; clothing accessories	39	37	364	369	277	307	2,624	2,760
	85	Footwear	4	6	44	53	69	66	639	666
	87	Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes	910	963	9,128	9,910	273	268	2,815	3,143
	88	Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks	154	147	1,539	1,491	91	91	782	945
	89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes	858	905	8,522	9,158	568	658	5,359	5,794
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere		9	11	352	169	5	6	66	79
Unclassified estimates²			5	5	48	53	8	8	107	82

Total			16,073	20,500	182,260	207,716	14,196	11,573	128,331	121,546
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. November 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 countries and territories

Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by countries and territories¹								€million
Country and Territory	Exports				Imports
	Nov	Nov	Jan-Nov	Jan-Nov	Nov	Nov	Jan-Nov	Jan-Nov
	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
Austria	52	41	511	484	41	29	995	487
Belgium	1,177	1,386	17,340	16,379	422	244	2,559	2,531
Bulgaria	13	12	150	140	5	5	70	71
Croatia	6	6	76	126	2	3	28	28
Cyprus	8	6	75	84	1	1	7	7
Czech Republic	77	36	1,027	479	77	91	819	994
Denmark	53	49	582	530	55	50	652	716
Estonia	3	2	33	26	1	1	14	18
Finland	20	17	252	183	18	17	190	189
France	489	506	6,400	5,546	1,637	592	15,637	12,172
Germany	2,118	1,229	19,451	19,053	709	1,534	8,041	10,868
Greece	50	43	524	470	15	16	144	175
Hungary	47	63	520	599	83	76	786	886
Italy	621	476	5,866	6,533	256	296	2,449	2,641
Latvia	5	3	73	54	9	6	69	62
Lithuania	9	12	104	88	10	16	223	155
Luxembourg	8	9	89	90	5	6	56	57
Malta	6	4	50	61	0	1	11	9
Netherlands	1,294	2,093	15,025	21,178	643	535	5,268	6,286
Poland	152	184	1,595	1,626	128	133	1,158	1,289
Portugal	43	349	1,471	1,703	31	291	419	650
Romania	59	48	475	405	17	25	141	172
Slovakia	14	17	140	177	33	24	227	226
Slovenia	18	12	118	136	4	4	56	46
Spain	254	267	2,740	4,761	222	182	2,796	2,193
Sweden	86	108	936	1,119	47	71	653	729
EU Country not specified²	36	47	402	455	42	50	334	358
Total EU27³	6,717	7,025	76,027	82,484	4,515	4,298	43,805	44,016
Euro-Zone⁴	6,195	6,479	70,340	77,131	4,061	3,796	39,191	38,800

Great Britain	1,716	1,335	16,579	14,709	1,541	1,439	19,872	15,578
Northern Ireland	453	448	4,585	4,720	655	435	4,924	4,955
Total UK	2,168	1,783	21,163	19,429	2,196	1,874	24,796	20,534

Australia	73	70	763	1,000	11	10	95	82
Brazil	21	42	330	679	27	35	301	331
Canada	284	216	4,007	3,562	50	65	711	863
China⁵	729	879	8,681	9,402	1,670	1,326	9,400	10,626
India	46	60	505	467	80	86	922	891
Japan	250	246	3,502	3,190	164	170	2,427	2,032
Malaysia	183	200	1,344	2,364	44	78	582	565
Mexico	273	325	2,401	3,259	104	76	1,755	1,257
Norway	20	20	271	262	52	34	665	480
Russia	64	94	445	646	5	1	68	36
Saudi Arabia	74	56	852	784	25	2	92	40
Singapore	67	84	707	807	99	69	997	839
South Africa	26	31	327	341	20	15	308	209
South Korea	78	263	756	898	115	101	1,253	1,482
Switzerland	423	264	3,768	3,486	724	203	7,885	2,564
Taiwan	50	33	417	375	127	236	1,114	1,903
Thailand	19	17	260	237	94	107	845	937
Turkey	55	54	715	563	110	114	1,023	1,140
USA	3,978	8,087	49,769	67,398	3,040	1,630	20,640	20,772
Other countries	467	638	5,145	5,862	851	917	8,048	8,945
Country unknown⁶	8	11	106	221	74	127	601	1,001
Total Non-EU (excl UK)	7,188	11,692	85,069	105,803	7,485	5,401	59,730	56,996

Total	16,073	20,500	182,260	207,716	14,196	11,573	128,331	121,546
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. November 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 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		Nov	Nov	Jan-Nov	Jan-Nov	Nov	Nov	Jan-Nov	Jan-Nov
		2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
Great Britain		1,716	1,335	16,579	14,709	1,541	1,439	19,872	15,578
0	Food and live animals	373	390	3,665	3,869	243	258	2,250	2,449
1	Beverages and tobacco	30	26	258	261	26	22	262	244
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	34	52	372	424	11	9	117	112
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	45	2	427	338	281	258	4,829	3,246
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	3	7	28	55	7	9	63	86
5	Chemicals and related products	762	244	6,685	3,821	243	226	5,062	2,697
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	94	91	1,094	1,106	206	210	2,127	2,015
7	Machinery and transport equipment	247	371	2,624	3,345	334	259	3,244	2,824
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	126	149	1,408	1,469	189	186	1,904	1,891
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	3	18	22	2	2	14	14
Northern Ireland		453	448	4,585	4,720	655	435	4,924	4,955
0	Food and live animals	154	176	1,609	1,756	103	137	1,228	1,342
1	Beverages and tobacco	15	16	137	155	27	28	283	283
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	13	14	138	148	13	21	168	175
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	10	12	113	85	38	43	407	456
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	2	2	24	24	4	3	53	30
5	Chemicals and related products	101	72	1,040	948	344	71	1,340	1,247
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	53	54	549	560	56	60	669	634
7	Machinery and transport equipment	43	44	467	507	37	38	445	435
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	60	54	480	507	32	31	307	329
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	2	3	27	31	2	3	24	24
EU 27²		6,717	7,025	76,027	82,484	4,515	4,298	43,805	44,016
0	Food and live animals	448	500	4,683	4,956	363	365	3,828	3,881
1	Beverages and tobacco	45	47	507	510	51	61	471	494
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	32	49	558	516	33	33	421	434
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	32	7	301	250	188	189	1,441	1,938
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	5	4	76	49	22	21	263	229
5	Chemicals and related products	4,858	4,882	56,387	59,917	940	1,567	12,224	12,053
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	94	96	942	952	237	241	2,591	2,496
7	Machinery and transport equipment	591	718	6,053	7,793	2,350	1,476	19,224	19,029
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	605	713	6,434	7,443	322	335	3,230	3,363
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	8	8	88	96	9	9	111	98
USA		3,978	8,087	49,769	67,398	3,040	1,630	20,640	20,772
0	Food and live animals	74	102	701	885	41	40	391	341
1	Beverages and tobacco	84	79	593	816	11	17	50	155
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	2	2	24	22	6	5	70	64
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	0	0	0	20	131	127	1,070	1,220
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	Chemicals and related products	2,674	6,885	37,281	54,256	948	456	5,862	5,613
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	19	21	194	245	58	59	628	661
7	Machinery and transport equipment	404	270	3,798	4,068	1,639	707	10,494	10,373
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	720	728	7,167	7,078	205	217	2,063	2,331
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	1	0	9	8	1	1	11	13
China³		729	879	8,681	9,402	1,670	1,326	9,400	10,626
0	Food and live animals	53	45	524	457	11	12	109	137
1	Beverages and tobacco	0	2	9	10	0	0	2	2
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	7	5	65	65	4	4	38	47
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	-	-	0	0	22	0	114	39
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	Chemicals and related products	213	272	1,993	2,796	777	476	2,045	2,293
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	5	5	50	53	84	97	834	995
7	Machinery and transport equipment	300	442	4,538	4,641	490	439	3,959	4,566
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	151	107	1,502	1,379	282	297	2,294	2,545
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	-	-	0	0	0	0	5	2
Rest of World		2,480	2,727	26,619	29,002	2,774	2,445	29,691	25,598
0	Food and live animals	203	194	2,117	1,981	111	153	1,437	1,549
1	Beverages and tobacco	30	34	278	373	17	18	162	173
2	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels	30	82	367	531	33	31	294	362
3	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	18	0	78	55	122	82	1,593	932
4	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes	1	1	8	9	5	5	81	59
5	Chemicals and related products	1,432	1,254	15,397	15,289	967	419	10,693	5,051
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	24	22	230	267	112	98	1,206	1,107
7	Machinery and transport equipment	401	796	4,884	6,930	974	1,160	10,302	11,951
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	341	345	3,003	3,503	433	478	3,914	4,404
9	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere	0	1	258	64	0	0	9	10

Total		16,073	20,500	182,260	207,716	14,196	11,573	128,331	121,546
¹ Trade statistics revised since 2000. November 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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Table 6 Goods Exports by industrial origin and area of destination

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