Table 4.1 Exports and Imports of Goods and Services, 20201 | ||
Amount €m | Annual % change | |
Exports of Goods and Services | 469,548 | 6.2 |
Imports of Goods and Services | 360,585 | -11.3 |
Net Exports of Goods and Services | 108,963 | |
1Constant Market Prices, chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018. |
Exports grew 6.2% during the year while Imports decreased by 11.3%, driven to a considerable extent by a fall in IPP investment compared with 2019. Overall net exports for the year increased by €73.4 billion.
Exports | Imports | Net Exports | |
2014 | 227.1709408759 | 185.4816961651 | 41.6892447108 |
2015 | 316.3304373966 | 245.6606807282 | 70.6697566684 |
2016 | 329.4789915757 | 291.994659288 | 37.4843322876999 |
2017 | 359.873309611 | 295.276267556 | 64.597042055 |
2018 | 399.897476034 | 307.110024613 | 92.787451421 |
2019 | 442.0844299245 | 406.5441214223 | 35.5403085022 |
2020 | 469.5476358131 | 360.5845625748 | 108.9630732383 |
Table 4.2 Exports and Imports, Q4 20201 | ||
Amount €m | Quarterly % change | |
Exports of Goods | 66,667 | 0.5 |
Exports of Services | 57,545 | 8.8 |
Imports of Goods | 27,526 | 4.5 |
Imports of Services | 67,140 | 34.9 |
Net Exports | 29,547 | |
1Constant Market Prices, chain linked annually and referenced to year 2018 and seasonally adjusted. |
Imports increased by 24.4% in Q4 2020 compared with Q3 2020 while Exports increased by 4.2% which meant that overall net exports for the quarter were 31.5% lower in Q4 compared with Q3 or €13.6 billion lower in money terms quarter-on-quarter. See International Accounts for more detail on current price data.
Exports (Goods) | Exports (Services) | Imports (Goods) | Imports (Services) | Net Exports | |
Q1 2018 | 49.23781703 | 44.523268607 | -23.041601457 | -42.903869488 | 27.815614692 |
Q2 2018 | 53.884424151 | 46.297471698 | -25.048967351 | -44.857627037 | 30.275301461 |
Q3 2018 | 52.70111334 | 48.394717083 | -26.081939402 | -48.196805889 | 26.817085132 |
Q4 2018 | 55.524363435 | 48.548948077 | -27.75726128 | -66.22698211 | 10.089068122 |
Q1 2019 | 56.307173751 | 50.115592839 | -26.86248251 | -51.370523923 | 28.189760157 |
Q2 2019 | 56.142293286 | 54.04684146 | -27.588864532 | -90.989293725 | -8.38902351099999 |
Q3 2019 | 57.718074871 | 54.56821958 | -28.558888913 | -56.356008086 | 27.371397452 |
Q4 2019 | 58.486814333 | 54.025224017 | -28.176739156 | -91.5150231 | -7.17972390599999 |
Q1 2020 | 60.986573793 | 53.046824167 | -26.79680696 | -89.313518289 | -2.076927289 |
Q2 2020 | 61.509100292 | 49.700207096 | -23.879946875 | -50.628214715 | 36.701145798 |
Q3 2020 | 66.339525434 | 52.874580773 | -26.33480616 | -49.765495584 | 43.113804463 |
Q4 2020 | 66.667178342 | 57.545215679 | -27.525995652 | -67.139862343 | 29.546536026 |
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