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An Phromh-Oifig Staidrimh

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Seasonally adjusted

Exports

Imports

16 November 2011

External TradeAugust 2011 (Provisional details)September 2011 (Preliminary)

million

Imports Exports Surplus

June 2011 3,779 7,962 4,183

July 2011 3,821 7,045 3,224

August 2011

September 2011

4,013

3,805

7,726

7,918

3,713

4,113

Trade surplus over 4 billion in September

Seasonally adjusted exports increased by 2% to 7,918m in September, whileimports decreased by 5% to 3,805m, resulting in an 11% increase in the tradesurplus to 4,113m (see graph and table 2).

On an unadjusted basis, the value of exports in September 2011 (8,110m) was up3% when compared with September 2010 while the value of imports (3,802m)was down 3% (see table 1). The trade surplus of 4,309m in September 2011 was

up 8% from its 2010 figure.The figures for the first eight months of 2011 compared with the same period of2010 show (see tables 3 & 4):

Exports increased by 4% to 61,235m:

u Exports of Medical and pharmaceutical products increased by 11% or 1,854m, Organic chemicals by 9% or 1,134m and Petroleum by 63% or338m.

u Exports of Computer equipment fell by 12% or 327m.

u Exports to the USA increased by 8% or 1,091m, to France by 12% andGermany by 5%.

u In the first eight months of 2011, over half (52%) of Irelands exports went tothe USA, Belgium and Great Britain.

Imports increased by 7% to 32,268m:

u Imports of Petroleum increased by 27% or 741m, Medical and pharmaceuticalproducts by 20% or 476m and Organic chemicals by 33% or 441m.

u Goods from Great Britain rose by 16% or 1,419m and from Germany by 15%or 318m.

u In the first eight months of 2011, 53% of Irelands imports came from GreatBritain, the USA and Germany.

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Table 1 Summary of trade

Period

Value Volume Index1 Price Index1

Imports

Cm=

Exports

Cm=

TradeSurplus

Cm=

Base year 1990=100

Imports Exports Imports ExportsTerms

of Trade2

1990 15,832.1 18,203.9 2,371.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.01991 16,317.2 19,070.1 2,752.9 100.8 105.6 102.3 99.3 97.01992 16,753.9 21,260.2 4,506.4 105.6 121.1 100.2 96.6 96.41993 18,899.7 25,178.5 6,278.9 113.0 133.4 105.4 103.9 98.61994 21,945.4 28,890.9 6,945.6 127.9 153.2 108.1 103.8 96.01995 26,180.9 35,330.1 9,149.2 146.3 184.0 112.7 105.7 93.71996 28,479.5 38,608.9 10,129.6 160.9 202.2 111.4 105.1 94.31997 32,863.5 44,868.0 12,004.5 184.8 232.4 112.0 106.3 94.91998 39,715.0 57,321.8 17,606.7 218.3 289.2 114.6 109.1 95.21999 44,327.1 66,956.2 22,629.1 236.5 336.5 118.0 109.5 92.82000 55,908.8 83,888.9 27,980.1 275.2 401.4 128.0 115.0 89.92001 57,384.2 92,689.9 35,305.7 274.2 422.0 131.8 120.9 91.72002 55,628.1 93,675.2 38,047.1 276.6 435.1 126.7 118.5 93.52003 47,864.6 82,076.1 34,211.5 259.7 418.4 116.1 108.0 93.02004 51,105.4 84,409.5 33,304.1 283.6 446.5 113.5 104.0 91.7

2005 57,464.9 86,732.3 29,267.3 316.3 456.7 114.4 104.5 91.32006 60,857.4 86,772.0 25,914.6 325.2 458.0 117.7 104.4 88.72007 63,485.7 89,226.1 25,740.5 340.9 481.8 117.3 101.9 86.92008 57,584.8 86,394.4 28,809.6 300.5 484.5 119.7 98.0 81.92009 45,061.1 84,238.9 39,177.8 249.2 468.4 113.9 98.9 86.82010 45,763.6 89,192.9 43,429.4 241.3 485.5 119.2 101.2 84.9

2009 January 3,939.9 6,928.1 2,988.2 250.4 450.0 118.8 101.7 85.6February 4,101.5 6,908.7 2,807.3 260.3 453.3 118.5 101.5 85.7March 4,485.3 8,129.4 3,644.0 286.9 507.5 118.6 102.6 86.6April 3,652.6 7,644.5 3,991.9 240.7 504.7 115.0 101.6 88.4May 3,877.3 6,876.7 2,999.4 255.9 461.9 113.9 100.6 88.3June 3,709.0 7,612.3 3,903.3 246.3 501.6 113.6 99.6 87.6July 3,550.5 7,072.9 3,522.4 235.7 469.2 113.1 97.9 86.6August 3,108.3 5,965.3 2,856.9 209.4 389.9 111.4 98.0 88.0

September 3,572.3 7,703.2 4,130.9 234.5 510.9 111.6 96.3 86.3October 3,546.2 6,595.5 3,049.3 240.1 451.6 110.1 95.1 86.4November 3,833.3 6,815.9 2,982.6 257.0 456.7 110.4 94.8 85.9December 3,684.9 5,986.4 2,301.5 245.7 401.0 111.5 96.8 86.9

2010 January 3,359.6 7,021.6 3,662.0 219.8 464.9 115.5 99.8 86.4February 3,608.0 6,683.7 3,075.7 233.8 439.1 116.6 100.5 86.2March 4,211.7 7,807.6 3,595.9 272.8 511.9 116.7 100.7 86.3April 4,132.0 7,375.3 3,243.4 264.7 484.2 118.0 100.6 85.3May 3,573.2 7,435.3 3,862.2 230.5 472.5 117.1 103.9 88.7June 4,120.5 7,896.7 3,776.2 256.4 489.7 120.3 106.3 88.4July 3,597.4 7,825.7 4,228.4 224.6 500.8 119.9 103.4 86.2August 3,476.5 6,697.2 3,220.7 219.6 435.4 120.1 101.5 84.5September 3,910.5 7,894.5 3,984.0 242.0 515.5 121.1 101.4 83.8October 3,648.1 7,537.9 3,889.8 227.5 517.0 118.8 96.7 81.4November 3,954.9 7,795.6 3,840.7 245.4 538.2 120.3 97.3 80.8

December 4,171.3 7,221.9 3,050.6 246.6 467.5 126.3 102.2 80.9

20113January 4,302.2 7,008.0 2,705.9 246.5 458.5 128.8 101.2 78.6February 4,259.3 7,705.2 3,445.9 246.0 507.8 128.5 100.2 78.0March 4,229.9 8,575.7 4,345.9 243.2 568.4 129.7 100.1 77.1April 4,687.1 7,952.6 3,265.5 273.8 522.5 129.1 98.9 76.6May 3,716.9 7,512.6 3,795.7 223.5 500.8 126.9 97.6 76.9June 3,828.2 8,408.7 4,580.5 226.9 557.2 127.5 99.7 78.2July 3,533.7 7,095.5 3,561.8 206.4 471.2 129.4 99.5 76.9August 3,711.3 6,976.8 3,265.5 218.0 468.4 128.7 98.4 76.5September4 3,801.6 8,110.2 4,308.7 .. .. .. .. ..

1 Monthly data has been rescaled to make their average equal to the annual2 Export Price Index divided by Import Price Index3 Revised, see Background Notes

4 Preliminary data based on current Intrastat response levels.. Data not yet available

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Table 2 Seasonally adjusted1 Series

Period

Value Volume Index

Imports

Cm=

Exports

Cm=

Trade

Surplus

Cm=

Base year 1990=100

Imports Exports

2008 January 5,291.4 7,365.0 2,073.6 326.7 478.8

February 5,099.4 7,657.8 2,558.4 323.0 508.4

March 5,202.4 7,177.7 1,975.2 332.7 505.8

April 4,814.9 6,917.7 2,102.8 306.6 493.7

May 4,942.3 7,334.0 2,391.8 316.7 518.0

June 5,091.8 7,144.7 2,052.9 321.6 501.1

July 5,317.1 7,335.7 2,018.6 329.4 498.9

August 4,762.8 7,218.3 2,455.5 293.9 490.7

September 4,652.7 7,307.1 2,654.4 278.2 488.3

October 4,528.5 7,345.9 2,817.4 266.5 472.3

November 4,502.7 7,129.9 2,627.1 269.8 441.8

December 3,889.2 6,774.4 2,885.3 241.0 440.3

2009 January 3,901.6 7,218.6 3,317.0 249.8 469.4February 4,168.0 7,684.0 3,516.0 264.6 500.7

March 4,126.7 7,507.2 3,380.5 263.9 469.7

April 3,930.5 7,688.6 3,758.1 259.1 501.9

May 4,085.4 6,976.7 2,891.3 270.1 460.4

June 3,715.5 7,511.1 3,795.6 248.9 495.3

July 3,722.6 7,059.5 3,337.0 246.4 469.5

August 3,586.2 6,709.4 3,123.3 243.9 439.6

September 3,633.0 7,449.4 3,816.3 236.5 497.0

October 3,410.7 6,345.1 2,934.4 231.1 440.9

November 3,697.9 6,505.0 2,807.1 247.6 444.7

December 3,536.5 6,137.1 2,600.7 232.9 413.4

2010 January 3,455.1 7,274.9 3,819.8 225.4 488.4

February 3,606.8 7,212.1 3,605.3 234.4 467.9March 3,906.4 7,010.0 3,103.6 248.6 462.1

April 4,221.0 7,215.3 2,994.3 269.2 465.3

May 3,669.3 7,648.7 3,979.4 236.8 477.2

June 4,129.4 7,460.9 3,331.5 254.6 460.7

July 3,785.6 7,790.6 4,005.1 235.3 494.3

August 3,848.8 7,596.1 3,747.3 243.9 494.1

September 3,979.9 7,695.5 3,715.6 247.9 505.7

October 3,597.4 7,354.9 3,757.4 226.3 510.0

November 3,532.2 7,365.2 3,833.0 222.6 519.5

December 4,064.0 7,626.2 3,562.2 241.7 494.3

2011 January 4,494.6 7,351.8 2,857.1 257.3 481.3

February 4,283.9 8,177.9 3,894.0 245.8 530.5

March 3,770.4 7,684.1 3,913.7 216.7 515.8

April 4,937.7 7,685.3 2,747.6 282.3 490.7

May 3,696.4 7,636.0 3,939.6 221.8 499.1

June 3,779.4 7,961.9 4,182.5 222.7 532.2

July 3,820.9 7,045.2 3,224.3 223.4 466.3

August 4,012.6 7,725.5 3,712.9 234.7 519.5

September 3,804.9 7,918.4 4,113.4 .. ..

1 Based on seasonal patterns up to December 2010. Accordingly all values in this table have been revised.. Data not yet available

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Table 3 Trade classified by Commodity1

Cmillion=

SITC

(Rev 4)

Imports Exports

Aug

2010

Aug

2011

Jan-Aug

2010

Jan-Aug

2011

Aug

2010

Aug

2011

Jan-Aug

2010

Jan-Aug

2011

0 Food and live animals 349.5 378.4 2,860.9 3,234.0 568.9 607.0 4,415.8 5,076.0

00 Live animals other than animals of Division 03 5.2 5.4 48.8 96.7 16.1 27.3 168.8 193.8

01 Meat and meat preparations 53.3 60.8 409.0 468.8 181.3 215.1 1,509.4 1,712.8

02 Dairy products and birds eggs 39.1 30.4 290.9 306.2 145.6 148.6 880.7 1,161.9

03 Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations

thereof 13.3 13.6 111.8 125.7 23.6 34.7 238.4 271.5

04 Cereals and cereal preparations 58.3 57.0 481.6 530.9 14.6 20.0 139.6 149.5

05 Vegetables and fruit 71.5 76.6 618.1 647.3 16.7 18.0 152.3 148.7

06 Sugars, sugar preparations and honey 18.1 25.6 147.6 172.9 7.1 10.2 55.2 58.7

07 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures

thereof 24.2 30.7 195.0 212.2 23.2 17.4 176.5 208.9

08 Feeding stuff for animals (excl unmilled cereals) 35.3 46.0 302.0 394.4 13.2 14.9 119.1 132.6

09 Miscellaneous edible products and preparations 31.3 32.3 256.1 279.1 127.3 100.9 975.8 1,037.8

1 Beverages and tobacco 72.8 70.7 522.4 504.5 113.9 110.1 757.2 718.6

11 Beverages 63.4 62.2 460.0 442.1 106.7 103.0 700.8 654.9

12 Tobacco and tobacco manufactures 9.3 8.5 62.4 62.4 7.2 7.1 56.5 63.7

2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 48.9 64.1 427.6 493.4 116.6 150.7 952.2 1,182.6

21 Hides, skins and furskins, raw 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 7.1 9.7 59.4 77.3

22 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits 1.3 2.0 15.2 14.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 1.3

23 Crude rubber (incl synthetic and reclaimed) 1.0 1.2 8.3 8.2 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.4

24 Cork and wood 10.7 9.9 82.5 72.7 8.2 8.6 71.5 71.8

25 Pulp and waste paper 4.9 7.0 27.8 34.8 4.2 4.1 41.6 36.5

26 Textile fibres and their wastes 1.3 0.9 9.4 9.9 9.7 9.6 78.3 83.6

27 Crude fertilisers and minerals (excl coal,

petroleum and precious stones) 9.7 16.8 79.0 135.8 7.6 12.1 57.6 97.628 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap 11.0 15.5 107.2 119.5 72.3 98.3 584.2 756.9

29 Crude animal and vegetable materials nes 9.0 10.8 98.2 98.3 7.3 8.2 58.4 57.2

3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 444.8 527.7 3,507.0 4,529.8 61.3 71.3 600.6 962.7

32 Coal, coke and briquettes 16.0 6.1 93.2 153.1 3.3 3.2 44.6 50.9

33 Petroleum, petroleum products and related

materials 341.5 417.7 2,709.7 3,450.6 54.6 59.3 539.6 877.4

34 Gas, natural and manufactured 85.1 100.9 688.6 891.5 3.4 8.8 16.5 34.4

35 Electric current 2.2 3.1 15.4 34.6

4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 16.1 22.6 112.6 165.9 1.8 4.3 15.8 32.0

41 Animal oils and fats 0.9 1.0 6.0 8.6 1.4 3.7 13.5 26.7

42 Fixed vegetable fats and oils 13.2 19.1 92.7 136.9 0.3 0.5 1.5 4.4

43 Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed;

waxes 2.0 2.4 13.9 20.4 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.9

5 Chemicals and related products 702.6 849.0 5,786.3 6,993.0 3,829.7 4,296.9 34,906.4 37,886.2

51 Organic chemicals 123.3 258.0 1,344.1 1,784.7 1,482.9 1,688.0 12,374.2 13,507.9

52 Inorganic chemicals 14.6 22.1 111.5 145.1 6.2 10.5 59.2 101.3

53 Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials 12.9 13.8 107.4 119.9 20.1 8.2 113.9 115.0

54 Medical and pharmaceutical products 322.6 332.2 2,337.2 2,813.7 1,657.2 1,909.3 16,197.3 18,051.4

55 Essential oils; perfume materials;

toilet and cleansing preparations 79.7 78.4 619.4 654.9 409.0 415.8 3,851.9 3,803.0

56 Fertilisers (other than those of

Division 27) 20.2 19.6 252.3 325.9 0.1 0.1 1.2 1.3

57 Plastics in primary forms 55.5 52.8 430.9 503.1 20.7 28.7 175.4 192.9

58 Plastics in non-primary forms 32.6 36.1 254.1 287.0 26.1 27.2 192.5 218.4

59 Chemical materials and products nes 41.4 36.1 329.2 358.7 207.4 209.2 1,940.9 1,894.9

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Table 3 Trade classified by Commodity1 - continued

C million=

SITC

(Rev 4)

Imports Exports

Aug

2010

Aug

2011

Jan-Aug

2010

Jan-Aug

2011

Aug

2010

Aug

2011

Jan-Aug

2010

Jan-Aug

2011

6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by

material 293.6 292.7 2,279.1 2,454.4 121.9 132.6 936.1 1,112.0

61 Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed

furskins 1.6 1.4 9.8 10.1 2.3 2.9 10.4 12.7

62 Rubber manufactures nes 19.1 19.9 158.9 172.8 3.6 3.9 33.5 35.8

63 Cork and wood manufactures (excl furniture) 15.9 12.4 111.7 105.9 15.0 15.2 129.3 134.6

64 Paper, paperboard and articles thereof 60.4 65.9 458.7 518.1 9.0 9.7 74.0 85.3

65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and

related products 26.8 25.0 216.9 222.9 12.4 11.7 101.2 114.5

66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes 34.9 33.0 271.2 259.8 23.5 19.3 168.3 147.6

67 Iron and steel 37.4 37.0 291.6 325.3 6.6 6.8 46.1 55.8

68 Non-ferrous metals 39.6 37.2 265.1 321.0 6.9 7.6 54.2 64.569 Manufactures of metals nes 57.8 61.0 495.3 518.4 42.7 55.5 319.1 461.3

7 Machinery and transport equipment 783.9 825.0 8,521.5 8,609.3 805.4 761.5 7,134.7 7,086.8

71 Power generating machinery and equipment 63.2 44.9 437.8 495.4 44.9 59.7 350.9 470.9

72 Machinery specialised for particular industries 43.8 55.4 387.7 483.4 34.1 45.9 270.7 338.8

73 Metalworking machinery 8.0 4.0 37.8 44.2 1.7 2.7 18.6 16.5

74 General industrial machinery and equipment

nes and parts nes 58.1 83.8 504.4 597.5 80.5 95.5 717.2 826.0

75 Office machines and automatic data processing

machines 267.3 219.3 1,705.2 1,759.1 316.2 242.2 2,833.4 2,506.4

76 Telecommunications and sound equipment 92.0 78.7 707.2 626.5 61.6 43.8 552.8 410.7

77 Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances

nes and parts 166.0 192.4 1,424.1 1,347.3 235.9 230.2 2,104.1 2,074.2

78 Road vehicles (incl air-cushion vehicles) 68.1 66.9 991.4 1,157.4 13.0 15.0 126.8 126.579 Other transport equipment 17.5 79.6 2,325.8 2,098.5 17.4 26.4 160.3 316.8

8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 532.1 498.4 3,869.4 3,807.9 788.6 771.9 6,771.7 6,643.1

81 Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical

fixtures and fittings 14.1 12.1 108.9 97.8 7.2 7.4 62.2 64.7

82 Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions

etc 27.2 23.8 215.7 194.0 7.4 8.1 60.6 64.6

83 Travel goods, handbags and similar containers 9.0 8.5 62.5 63.6 2.6 2.2 14.0 23.3

84 Articles of apparel; clothing accessories 159.4 150.9 1,028.8 1,044.8 28.8 30.1 224.4 218.2

85 Footwear 32.5 29.8 235.1 219.2 5.0 4.5 30.1 32.6

87 Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus

nes 75.6 78.8 623.0 633.0 249.0 242.4 2,115.2 2,193.8

88 Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches

and clocks 18.6 14.0 153.2 153.1 90.1 89.3 734.2 703.2

89 Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes 195.7 180.5 1,442.2 1,402.5 398.6 388.0 3,531.0 3,342.7

9 Commodities and transactions not classified

elsewhere 148.5 86.5 1,530.6 725.7 236.7 13.5 1,813.6 91.3

Unclassified estimates2 83.8 96.2 661.4 750.6 52.3 56.8 439.2 444.1

Total 3,476.5 3,711.3 30,078.9 32,268.4 6,697.2 6,976.8 58,743.2 61,235.2

1 From January 2011 Shannon Free Zone data collected at detailed transaction level (see Background notes)2 Estimates for which a commodity classification is not available

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Table 4 Trade by Country1

C million=

Country

Imports Exports

Aug

2010

Aug

2011

Jan-Aug

2010

Jan-Aug

2011

Aug

2010

Aug

2011

Jan-Aug

2010

Jan-Aug

2011

Great Britain 1,189.1 1,227.4 8,623.8 10,042.9 1,007.9 1,139.4 8,089.3 8,158.6Northern Ireland 81.7 81.5 641.5 684.6 103.4 118.3 863.3 918.1

Austria 9.6 12.5 92.5 126.1 20.6 15.5 214.0 195.4

Belgium 90.7 106.4 672.9 758.9 861.0 895.7 9,327.9 9,477.0

Bulgaria 1.2 1.1 6.5 8.8 3.7 10.8 27.2 38.9

Cyprus 0.4 0.1 2.7 1.5 1.8 1.6 24.5 16.4

Czech Republic 10.0 22.3 111.6 158.1 46.9 27.9 259.5 324.1

Denmark 45.3 37.9 427.9 461.6 29.3 38.5 266.5 299.8

Estonia 0.3 0.1 2.6 4.2 0.8 1.2 13.6 10.7

Finland 18.4 7.6 134.8 87.4 20.8 25.3 183.3 194.9

France 139.1 132.7 1,208.0 1,341.9 320.5 387.7 2,977.9 3,349.6

Germany 264.5 306.3 2,174.6 2,493.0 523.1 443.6 4,062.7 4,270.0

Greece 2.6 2.0 16.0 21.9 16.0 21.6 206.9 217.9

Italy 45.8 50.3 533.8 507.0 157.4 196.7 1,814.4 2,021.0

Latvia 4.9 1.5 16.0 24.5 4.6 5.0 21.0 34.6

Lithuania 2.6 2.2 24.3 46.4 4.8 1.8 21.9 23.2Luxembourg 2.1 4.2 17.5 44.2 3.5 5.3 56.6 39.5

Hungary 14.7 5.4 156.7 72.6 12.6 20.6 105.2 139.5

Malta 0.7 1.1 7.9 7.5 1.2 1.6 12.9 15.4

Netherlands 182.0 204.8 1,473.0 1,646.7 225.6 216.9 2,036.0 2,084.5

Poland 23.3 23.2 207.8 190.9 41.5 62.5 386.6 416.9

Portugal 8.0 10.7 61.6 78.8 32.9 37.9 291.4 301.3

Romania 8.2 9.0 49.1 84.4 19.6 20.1 172.0 221.4

Slovakia 2.9 3.6 28.1 35.3 3.9 5.4 38.8 39.2

Slovenia 1.2 0.8 8.3 8.3 2.2 3.4 27.6 17.3

Spain 51.8 38.6 426.1 433.5 208.3 236.3 2,295.7 2,026.4

Sweden 19.4 33.0 234.5 306.4 45.4 61.5 430.8 594.0

EU Country not specified 27.1 23.8 249.9 186.7 4.8 0.7 39.5 7.2

Total EU 2,247.7 2,350.3 17,610.1 19,864.2 3,724.2 4,002.7 34,266.9 35,452.8

of which Euro-Zone2 846.7 905.8 7,102.6 7,782.4 2,400.7 2,495.7 23,574.4 24,280.7

Australia 14.8 10.6 77.0 69.6 52.4 46.2 550.8 516.0

Brazil 16.3 15.3 98.0 123.1 19.4 20.8 167.6 182.8

Canada 12.9 11.0 172.9 201.8 35.5 42.7 392.3 420.3

China 307.5 234.0 1,725.7 1,716.0 185.9 174.4 1,679.3 1,564.6

India 25.7 32.1 199.2 254.6 12.8 13.7 105.7 146.6

Japan 54.4 47.4 492.7 515.4 165.4 153.3 1,178.4 1,172.0

Malaysia 21.4 20.1 130.0 160.4 60.6 25.9 503.1 306.6

Mexico 20.5 21.9 156.2 152.0 37.3 41.6 302.3 350.1

Norway 80.7 95.7 940.2 876.3 41.5 22.7 276.8 298.9

Philippines 2.2 3.1 20.8 20.8 15.3 6.0 139.4 112.7

Russia 3.3 7.0 101.5 77.2 31.8 35.3 252.0 347.2

Saudi Arabia 0.8 0.6 3.7 4.1 45.8 39.1 355.6 337.3

Singapore 36.5 56.2 392.0 249.6 52.7 38.3 351.4 376.6

South Africa 7.9 9.3 55.1 88.8 19.7 20.9 181.0 199.7South Korea 16.8 50.5 144.8 230.4 26.6 22.7 223.8 224.4

Switzerland 34.6 60.5 620.8 502.8 208.3 267.0 2,250.6 2,308.2

Taiwan 13.6 17.8 106.3 111.8 14.4 22.6 130.5 132.4

Thailand 23.1 16.2 154.8 159.7 9.0 9.5 107.8 88.5

Turkey 21.5 23.3 166.0 191.2 25.8 31.4 292.2 337.2

USA 331.6 313.7 4,945.8 4,446.5 1,666.9 1,693.3 13,251.3 14,342.5

Other countries 97.9 141.5 950.1 924.4 229.1 237.7 1,689.2 1,961.7

Country unknown3 23.1 102.8 280.4 680.8 15.7 4.1 87.8 25.7

Unclassified estimates4 61.8 70.2 534.8 646.8 1.1 4.9 7.5 30.4

Total 3,476.5 3,711.3 30,078.9 32,268.4 6,697.2 6,976.8 58,743.2 61,235.2

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From January 2011 Shannon Free Zone data collected at detailed transaction level (see Background notes)2 Euro-zone members from January 2011: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,

Portugal, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Slovakia and Estonia3 Trade for which the country of origin or country of final destination is unknown4 Estimates not allocated by country

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Table 5 Trade classified by Commodity and Principal Countries1 million

Country by Section level of SITC(data for the latest month is preliminary)

Imports Exports

Sep2010

Sep2011

Sep2010

Sep2011

Great Britain & Northern Ireland0 Food and live animals 206 225 284 3041 Beverages and tobacco 30 29 37 312 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 17 21 41 413 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 273 439 4 63

4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 5 4 1 15 Chemicals and related products 171 174 350 4546 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 142 145 71 757 Machinery and transport equipment 197 194 155 1178 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 205 191 156 1999 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 64 54 55 43

Other EU0 Food and live animals 125 127 230 2471 Beverages and tobacco 33 32 26 292 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 15 15 60 723 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 97 32 52 294 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 8 12 1 35 Chemicals and related products 305 339 2,061 2,3016 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 98 100 53 567 Machinery and transport equipment 302 245 437 3648 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 107 94 344 3699 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 66 34 96 26

USA0 Food and live animals 10 21 7 81 Beverages and tobacco 1 1 37 422 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 3 3 2 23 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 0 22 20 04 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 0 0 0 05 Chemicals and related products 118 114 1,348 1,2996 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 22 21 6 127 Machinery and transport equipment 166 102 90 778 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 66 67 321 2579 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 28 3 244 2

China 2

0 Food and live animals 2 2 17 141 Beverages and tobacco 0 0 0 02 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 1 1 13 123 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 0 0 0 04 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 0 0 0 05 Chemicals and related products 11 14 94 856 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 26 26 1 27 Machinery and transport equipment 104 79 105 88

8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 124 114 15 139 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 5 3 3 0

Japan0 Food and live animals 0 0 4 51 Beverages and tobacco 0 0 0 02 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 0 0 0 13 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 0 0 0 04 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 0 0 5 Chemicals and related products 34 33 65 616 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 1 2 0 17 Machinery and transport equipment 24 24 24 138 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 7 4 60 669 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 2 1 4 0

Switzerland0 Food and live animals 2 1 2 21 Beverages and tobacco 1 2 1 12 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 0 0 0 03 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 0 0 0 04 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 0 0

5 Chemicals and related products 58 61 92 3536 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 1 1 1 17 Machinery and transport equipment 5 5 9 88 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3 4 5 49 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 0 0 1 0

Rest of World0 Food and live animals 36 44 99 1101 Beverages and tobacco 13 12 21 232 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 19 23 11 253 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 174 71 28 04 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 3 4 0 05 Chemicals and related products 48 94 304 3816 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 25 21 7 117 Machinery and transport equipment 138 138 224 2268 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 82 81 74 739 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 82 77 19 9

Total 3,910 3,802 7,894 8,110

1 From January 2011 Shannon Free Zone data collected at detailed transaction level (see Background notes)2 China includes Hong Kong and Macao

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Central Statistics Office External Trade

Background NotesIntroduction The statistics are a combination of Customs-based non-EU trade statistics and estimates from the Intrastat Survey of Irish

traders involved in trade with other EU member states.

Revisions Trade figures are subject to revision on the incorporation of late Intrastat and VAT returns, corrections made by traders toIntrastat returns already submitted and CSO consistency adjustments. In general when the preliminary results for a monthare published, the results for months -1 (August 2011 in this publication), -4 (May 2011) and -8 (January 2011) arerevised.

As part of an ongoing detailed examination of returns from enterprises to the various statistical inquiries, the value ofinternational trade in goods exports and indices are revised on a quarterly basis. These adjustments are incorporated intothe published National Accounts and Balance of Payments statistics.

Newprocessing

arrangements

Prior to 2011, responsibility for the editing of low-value trade transactions (under 20,000) was primarily undertaken byVIMA (the VIMA Office is the branch of Revenue responsible for the collection of trade data). From January 2011, theCSO took over responsibility for examining these transactions and adjusting the quantity data for unusual unit values.The methodology being used by the CSO is broadly consistent with that previously used by VIMA. Hence while thischange may result in small differences at detailed commodity level unit prices, the Trade volume indices should remainconsistent with previous years.

IntrastatSystem

The Intrastat system has two components. Firstly, the Intrastat survey itself (conducted by the Revenue Commissioners),in which the larger traders make detailed monthly returns giving information on the quantity and value of all exports to orimports from EU countries.

The total number of traders required to make a detailed import return is about 6,700 while about 1,900 must make adetailed export return. The response rate in terms of number of traders in August 2011 was 81%, covering an estimated97% of the total value of intra-EU trade. For September 2011 the respective response rates were 73% and 89%.

The second component of the Intrastat system is the regular VAT return, on which all traders are required to record thetotal value of goods imported from and exported to other EU member states. This information provides the basis fordetermining total EU trade for those traders below the Intrastat survey thresholds. It is also used to maintain the registerof EU traders.

ExtrastatSystem

The statistics of trade with non-EU countries are compiled mainly from the documents supplied by importers andexporters to the Customs authorities. The document is the Single Administrative Document (SAD) used for Customsclearance purposes.

Shannon

Free Zone

Prior to 2011, data for traders operating in the Shannon Free Zone were collected by traders submitting summary monthly

returns to the CSO. These CSO Shannon survey data were classified under Section 9 Commodities and Transactions notclassified elsewhere (SITC code 931.01).

Shannon data for 2011 are being collected by VIMA as part of the Intrastat survey and customs documentation forExtrastat data. Therefore, Shannon data are now incorporated into the detailed CN and partner country transaction level.Hence Shannon data are no longer classified under SITC code 931.01 Commodities and Transactions not classifiedelsewhere and are also now attributed to the actual partner country as set out in Tables 3, 4 and 5.

Estimation The figures in this release include estimates for traders above the Intrastat thresholds who did not make detailed returnsfor the period and for traders below the thresholds who did not provide aggregate intra-EU trade figures on their VATreturns.

Estimates for Intrastat non-respondents are apportioned to individual commodities and countries whenever previousIntrastat returns are available. Estimates for traders below the Intrastat thresholds are assigned to partner country where

possible, but not to commodity.

The estimate of imports incorporates an upward adjustment equivalent to about 1.75% of total imports, which is includedin Unclassified estimates. This special adjustment arises from the difficulty of comprehensively covering all EUimports through the Intrastat survey system.

The unclassified category also includes certain miscellaneous adjustments.

Price andVolumeIndices

The monthly price (unit value) index measures monthly price trends relative to the annual levels in the preceding yearusing value weights relating to that years trade (Laspeyres index).

The annual index is compiled using value weights for both the current and previous year (Fisher index) to allow forchange in the structure of external trade.

The monthly index series should be regarded as interim measures suitable for month-to-month comparisons within agiven year. As part of an ongoing detailed examination of returns from enterprises to the various statistical inquiries, thevalue of international trade in goods exports is revised on a quarterly basis, which may result in a revision to the indices.

When the annual price index is compiled, the monthly price indices are rescaled to make their average equal to the annualindex.

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