Over €160 billion of goods were exported by large (250 employees or more) enterprises in 2022. There were €38 billion of exports from SMEs in 2022, of which almost €11 billion were enterprises in the retail and wholesale sector.
There were 11,300 SMEs who exported goods in 2022, and 6,903 of these had less than 10 employees.
There were 48,737 SMEs importing goods in 2022, of which 36,278 were micro enterprises, with less than 10 employees. SME’s imported €72 billion of goods, almost half of which was by enterprises in the retail and wholesale sector.
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