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Goods Exports and Imports

November 2015

Seasonally adjusted
€ million
 ExportsImportsSurplus
June 20159,3455,5413,805
July 20159,3095,9963,312
August 20159,1695,4163,753
September 20158,7665,3273,438
October 201510,2875,8204,467
November 20159,1385,7593,379

Fall in seasonally adjusted goods trade surplus in November

Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted
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  • Preliminary figures for November 2015 show that seasonally adjusted goods exports decreased by €1,149 million (-11%) to €9,138 million compared with October 2015.
  • Seasonally adjusted goods imports decreased by €61 million (-1%) to €5,759 million leading to a decrease of €1,088 million (-24%) in the seasonally adjusted trade surplus to €3,379 million in November (see Table 2).

 

 

Exports of Organic chemicals increase in November

  • The (unadjusted) value of goods exports for November 2015 was €9,770 million representing an increase of €1,906 million (+24%) when compared with November 2014.
  • Exports of Organic chemicals grew by €1,117 million (+97%) to €2,267 million. 
  • Exports of Medical and pharmaceutical products increased by €499 million (+23%) to €2,652 million.
  • Exports of Food and live animals increased by €86 million (+11%) to €894 million over the same comparative period (see Table 3).

 

Imports of Road vehicles increase

  • The (unadjusted) value of goods imports for November 2015 was €5,842 million representing an increase of €375 million (+7%) when compared with November 2014.
  • Imports of Road vehicles increased by €120 million (+43%) to €401 million in November 2015 compared with November 2014. 
  • Imports of Organic chemicals increased by €198 million (+128%) to €353 million, while imports of Medical and pharmaceutical products increased by €119 million (+32%) to €486 million.
  • Imports of Petroleum fell by €173 million (-46%) to €205 million over the same comparative period (see Table 3). 
  • The value of goods imports for November 2015 excluding SITC 79 (Other transport equipment, including aircraft) was €5,149 million, an increase of €540 million (+12%) when compared with the corresponding November 2014 figure of €4,609 million.

 

Geographic breakdown of goods exports and imports

  • The EU accounted for €5,151 million (53%) of total goods exports in November 2015 of which €1,496 million went to Belgium and €1,153 million to Great Britain.
  • The USA was the main non-EU destination accounting for €2,329 million (24%) of total exports in November 2015.
  • The EU accounted for 62% of the value of goods imports in November 2015, with €1,433 million (25%) of total imports coming from Great Britain.
  • The USA with €756 million (13%) and China with €395 million (7%) were the main non-EU sources of imports.  

 

NOTE on revised data: This release includes significant revisions to International Trade in Goods statistics.  While the most significant revision is due to recording trade in aircraft on a "transfer of economic ownership" basis, other revisions have been incorporated into the Trade data back to 2000. 

The technical note (http://www.cso.ie/en/surveysandmethodology/externaltrade/) gives more detail on the revised trade in aircraft methodology and explains the impact the revisions will have on Trade in Goods, National Accounts and Balance of Payments. 

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Table 1 Goods Exports and Imports summary analysis    
PeriodValue1Volume index2Unit value index2 
ExportsImportsTrade surplusBase year 1990=100
€m€m€mExportsImportsExportsImportsTerms of trade3
1990 18,20415,8322,372100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
1991 19,07016,3172,753105.6100.899.3102.397.0
1992 21,26016,7544,506121.1105.696.6100.296.4
1993 25,17918,9006,279133.4113.0103.9105.498.6
1994 28,89121,9456,946153.2127.9103.8108.196.0
1995 35,33026,1819,149184.0146.3105.7112.793.7
1996 38,60928,47910,130202.2160.9105.1111.494.3
1997 44,86832,86312,004232.4184.8106.3112.094.9
1998 57,32239,71517,607289.2218.3109.1114.695.2
1999 66,95644,32722,629336.5236.5109.5118.092.8
200083,98654,96029,026401.4275.2115.0128.089.9
2001 92,73056,45536,275422.0274.2120.9131.891.7
2002 94,05955,10638,953435.1276.6118.5126.793.5
2003 82,58548,51534,070418.4259.7108.0116.193.0
2004 84,94951,55733,392446.5283.6104.0113.591.7
2005 87,17358,46328,710456.7316.3104.5114.491.3
2006 87,49763,83323,664457.6323.9104.4117.788.7
2007 90,58065,93924,640481.8340.9101.9117.386.9
2008 88,50359,33629,168484.5300.598.0119.781.9
2009 87,58648,20339,382468.4249.298.9113.986.8
2010 90,92448,69542,229485.5241.3101.2119.284.9
2011 93,19153,03540,155507.9240.899.7126.478.8
2012 93,50755,06138,446479.1231.9105.8133.779.2
201389,18254,77234,409460.6238.8103.9131.678.9
201492,62360,84631,778..........
         
2014Quarter 121,76514,9136,852454.3253.2103.1133.577.2
 Quarter 223,55914,4319,128491.0247.7102.3132.976.9
 Quarter 323,27915,0138,266467.4246.6104.7133.078.7
 Quarter 424,02116,4897,531474.3273.9106.3131.680.8
2015Quarter 126,08016,4809,600..........
 Quarter 228,68616,44212,243..........
 Quarter 327,50515,90011,605..........
         
2014January7,0855,0632,022447.6259.4102.7132.377.6
 February6,9594,4932,466427.8228.5104.9134.977.7
 March7,7205,3562,364487.5271.8101.6133.376.2
 April7,3224,7482,573461.9244.5100.9132.876.0
 May8,1584,8543,305504.7254.1103.6133.777.5
 June8,0804,8293,250506.4244.5102.3132.377.3
 July7,2525,1492,102440.2251.9103.1132.178.0
 August7,7734,6783,095467.9233.8104.9132.978.9
 September8,2545,1853,069494.2254.1106.0134.079.1
 October7,9325,4692,464477.2272.0105.4131.880.0
 November7,8645,4672,397465.0284.1106.8130.581.8
 December8,2245,5542,670480.7265.7106.6132.580.5
  
20154January8,2905,2403,050..........
 February8,3485,0083,340..........
 March9,4436,2323,210..........
 April9,6075,4074,200..........
 May9,1675,3923,775..........
 June9,9125,6434,268..........
 July9,6555,6663,989..........
 August8,6444,9283,716..........
 September9,2075,3063,900..........
 October10,2245,9004,324..........
 November9,7705,8423,928..........
1 Trade statistics 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 2015 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.  
 .. Indices are not yet available.
Table 2 Goods Exports and Imports seasonally adjusted1 series  
PeriodValueVolume index
ExportsImportsTrade surplusBase year 1990=100
€m€m€mExportsImports
     
2013Quarter 121,73113,2568,475445.1227.4
 Quarter 222,02313,7338,290455.0235.5
 Quarter 322,93513,8449,090476.8243.1
 Quarter 422,66013,9998,661468.6250.2
2014Quarter 121,80714,1497,658453.5242.3
Quarter 223,18314,5198,665487.3248.6
Quarter 323,37615,9107,466469.0259.3
Quarter 424,62416,4548,171483.5273.7
2015Quarter 126,32115,69410,627....
 Quarter 228,44116,72311,718....
 Quarter 327,24316,74010,504....
      
2013January6,9774,3792,598426.0238.4
 February7,1704,5102,660446.7224.7
March7,5844,3673,217462.6219.2
April7,5314,5193,012460.2232.3
May7,2464,5002,746448.7231.9
June7,2464,7142,532456.1242.2
July7,5684,5742,994472.7236.8
August7,8764,8343,042488.7257.0
September7,4904,4363,054469.0235.5
October7,5014,6502,851467.1244.7
November7,2334,7892,443445.4258.7
December7,9274,5603,367493.2247.2
2014January7,2734,6062,667462.3239.5
 February7,4154,4942,921450.8231.6
 March7,1195,0492,070447.3255.9
 April7,0804,4612,619452.4232.5
 May8,1715,1393,032505.8263.0
 June7,9324,9183,014503.7250.2
 July6,9515,4661,485424.0265.2
 August8,3885,2533,135505.7258.7
 September8,0375,1912,846477.4254.0
 October7,8735,3942,479465.6264.9
 November7,4085,6771,731441.5297.3
 December9,3435,3823,961543.4258.9
 
2015January8,6414,8883,753....
 February8,9665,1833,783....
 March8,7145,6233,091....
 April9,7335,4474,286....
 May9,3635,7353,627....
 June9,3455,5413,805....
 July9,3095,9963,312....
 August9,1695,4163,753....
 September8,7665,3273,438....
 October10,2875,8204,467....
 November9,1385,7593,379....
1 Based on seasonal patterns up to December 2014. Accordingly all values in this table may have been revised.
 .. Indices are not yet available.
Table 3 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity1 
 €million
SITC (Rev 4)ExportsImports
NovNovJan-NovJan-NovNovNovJan-NovJan-Nov
20142015201420152014201520142015
0Food and live animals8088948,5218,9385525745,6125,934
00Live animals other than animals of Division 0362793553483925182175
01Meat and meat preparations2732882,9863,1547383791872
02Dairy products and birds' eggs1491511,6981,6385749704636
03Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof51574815161921214236
04Cereals and cereal preparations32353213667897882914
05Vegetables and fruit202323926781979501,054
06Sugars, sugar preparations and honey917991453131339344
07Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof29333293374957409493
08Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)20232162658564717695
09Miscellaneous edible products and preparations1631901,7961,9024150423516
1Beverages and tobacco1081151,0431,1727077761795
11Beverages 1031109771,1296669679711
12Tobacco and tobacco manufactures646544488285
2Crude materials, inedible, except fuels1351181,6491,6416462666776
21Hides, skins and furskins, raw14121511440000
22Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits 11812342433
23Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed) 0041211814
24Cork and wood12111451431216115140
25Pulp and waste paper465655344555
26Textile fibres and their wastes1113123132221918
27Crude fertilisers and minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)910132125911107122
28Metalliferous ores and metal scrap73589359171914185222
29Crude animal and vegetable materials nes117941121411152172
3Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials68718097745053146,0944,783
32Coal, coke and briquettes51076961813158173
33Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials59567006093782054,6943,458
34Gas, natural and manufactured10195102901,1701,071
35Electric current361564767381
4Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes5657511820201220
41Animal oils and fats454844121314
42Fixed vegetable fats and oils00751516171182
43Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes0022221724
5Chemicals and related products4,2335,94547,29259,4628351,20910,50612,573
51Organic chemicals1,1502,26716,79320,3291553532,8343,255
52Inorganic chemicals20111621471621183239
53Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials10101091241818184207
54Medical and pharmaceutical products2,1532,65220,13727,5163674864,0815,254
55Essential oils; perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations5756386,4297,416981211,0221,211
56Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27)00352032382406
57Plastics in primary forms27293103706967765786
58Plastics in non-primary forms32383934664946475515
59Chemical materials and products nes2652992,9563,0904365580700
6Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material1581791,7411,9393694093,9024,359
61Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins333233211822
62Rubber manufactures nes6664692324274296
63Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)20202252251725186235
64Paper, paperboard and articles thereof12151431377277763841
65Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products12131461613538374409
66Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes32393273873943396463
67Iron and steel12121291845255547591
68Non-ferrous metals6671674658510546
69Manufactures of metals nes55656036778287834957
7Machinery and transport equipment1,0571,08010,66714,1282,1782,22319,86822,274
71Power generating machinery and equipment30404314214152560538
72Machinery specialised for particular industries43666285852162331,9732,224
73Metalworking machinery122424778297
74General industrial machinery and equipment nes and parts nes1271471,4101,5921291341,2851,477
75Office machines and automatic data processing machines (including computers)2933193,2913,6142923362,7423,394
76Telecommunications and sound equipment82866938351531501,2211,415
77Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances nes and parts2142721,7892,5812032191,9722,244
78Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)21222392832814012,2352,973
79Other transport equipment (including aircraft)2461262,1624,1948586937,7987,911
8Miscellaneous manufactured articles1,1611,23111,54112,9936807906,2657,427
81Prefab buildings; plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings1281201362023177214
82Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc10141291563539338401
83Travel goods, handbags and similar containers2215211215107129
84Articles of apparel; clothing accessories26322312771551801,4981,692
85Footwear4432392633296369
87Professional, scientific and controlling apparatus nes4665274,8555,5611541691,3831,660
88Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches and clocks92909701,0112341230345
89Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes5495545,1895,7912562892,2362,617
9Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere65285024752428270258
Unclassified estimates2661015796911721361,1481,165
   
Total7,8649,77084,399102,2655,4675,84255,29260,565
1 Trade statistics revised since 2000. November 2015 is based on current Intrastat response levels. See background notes.
2 Estimates for which a commodity classification is not available.
Table 4 Goods Exports and Imports classified by country1
        €million
CountryExportsImports
NovNovJan-NovJan-NovNovNovJan-NovJan-Nov
20142015201420152014201520142015
Austria34313263902019199220
Belgium1,1021,49610,94013,57291961,0241,155
Bulgaria576290782865
Croatia32263005412
Cyprus1518350023
Czech Republic45374293823755358472
Denmark49485425544036382412
Estonia121723814040
Finland27252862761014130158
France4434314,5064,5094186885,5436,263
Germany5076345,5036,9084026104,1135,185
Great Britain1,0281,15311,05612,5891,4731,43314,94115,114
Greece2228261283233242
Hungary 2032225298138114104
Italy 1651931,9432,414821028651,079
Latvia375153342630
Lithuania333532446278
Luxembourg557159323538
Malta213213612713
Netherlands3693863,7804,4252251782,4142,408
Northern Ireland1481511,4661,59096891,007992
Poland91948821,0974149397481
Portugal25323263921616153190
Romania3823323325101492100
Slovakia575368564263
Slovenia343337222821
Spain3512402,5783,54490126789870
Sweden73527778076129475429
EU Country not specified221238722326273456
Total EU4,5715,15146,57354,8903,1853,62633,57736,492
  of which Euro-Zone33,0653,54030,71337,0551,3791,87415,44217,854
         
Australia59666288815107394
Brazil22202392227815504455
Canada88746748242438353398
China42032001,9512,1033503953,1724,019
India18203724737147417460
Japan1254241,6143,1321631901,6011,689
Malaysia22211942211822213256
Mexico951031,1421,2853131292330
Norway2319295275241038551,131
Russia44406933491011213150
Saudi Arabia4553668902001125
Singapore53455165483231326378
South Africa22212592511077981
South Korea48294224725639406517
Switzerland2187174,7815,821421691,1751,088
Taiwan12131361552147219323
Thailand15131572034741357529
Turkey35386015354551390446
USA1,7242,32918,78424,1799447568,3428,929
Other countries4223733,5784,5232771722,2922,154
Country unknown511122213240424622
 
Total7,8649,77084,399102,2655,4675,84255,29260,565
1 Trade statistics revised since 2000. November 2015 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 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.
4China includes Hong Kong and Macao.   
5 Trade for which the country of origin or country of final destination is unknown.
Table 5 Goods Exports and Imports classified by commodity and principal countries1
    €million
  ExportsImports
 Country by Section level of SITCNovNovJan-NovJan-NovNovNovJan-NovJan-Nov
20142015201420152014201520142015
Great Britain1,0281,15311,05612,5891,4731,43314,94115,114
0Food and live animals3343543,2073,4882332502,2782,463
1Beverages and tobacco23182372222427277274
2Crude materials, inedible, except fuels33263833601012131154
3Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials35473694272862053,8792,924
4Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes111011343741
5Chemicals and related products2473383,1933,6381852041,9532,149
6Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material70797648421431561,5141,646
7Machinery and transport equipment1611521,7272,2812502492,3202,587
8Miscellaneous manufactured articles92988881,0092402431,8882,178
9Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere32402783129884663700
Other EU23,5433,99835,51742,3011,7122,19418,63621,378
0Food and live animals2873123,1713,3012242442,3632,540
1Beverages and tobacco35383263403132342366
2Crude materials, inedible, except fuels75638439012226227256
3Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials1212941056511433310
4Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes4440371213125137
5Chemicals and related products2,0792,48121,11825,8813403704,0904,493
6Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material64696997751391521,4721,605
7Machinery and transport equipment4994764,4615,3796651,1107,6079,582
8Miscellaneous manufactured articles4494764,4025,1321351711,3601,509
9Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere39683634507966617580
USA1,7242,32918,78424,1799447568,3428,929
0Food and live animals1435139246226216177
1Beverages and tobacco3445309435211717
2Crude materials, inedible, except fuels422734233241
3Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials2012300237410141137
4Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes00000011
5Chemicals and related products1,1221,58612,32815,7321793201,9272,901
6Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material6171121292630274347
7Machinery and transport equipment961751,4402,8356342744,8904,203
8Miscellaneous manufactured articles4214524,0944,483701078031,058
9Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere753450554247
China3 2032001,9512,1033503953,1724,019
0Food and live animals5471493587232835
1Beverages and tobacco00350000
2Crude materials, inedible, except fuels1010101103323234
3Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials0-000000
4Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes00220000
5Chemicals and related products48596777001616196224
6Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material4125303040318397
7Machinery and transport equipment63253733261771951,5242,063
8Miscellaneous manufactured articles23332753491151341,0301,223
9Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere0000644343
Rest of World1,3672,09017,09121,0929871,06510,20111,125
0Food and live animals1191221,5101,3177072727720
1Beverages and tobacco16131681711417125138
2Crude materials, inedible, except fuels14182942412619243291
3Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials00475149891,6411,413
4Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes0042233841
5Chemicals and related products7371,4829,97513,5111142992,3402,806
6Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material14131401643231323364
7Machinery and transport equipment2382522,6643,3074533953,5273,839
8Miscellaneous manufactured articles1761721,8822,0201201351,1841,460
9Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere5316405354855354
          
Total7,8649,77084,399102,2655,4675,84255,29260,565
1 Trade statistics revised since 2000. November 2015 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.

Background Notes

 

Introduction

Goods Exports and Imports statistics provide data on the movement of goods between countries. The statistics are a combination of Customs-based non-EU trade statistics and data from the Intrastat Survey of Irish traders involved in trade with other EU member states. The collection of trade data is the responsibility of VIMA (a branch of Revenue). The CSO is responsible for processing and disseminating the data.

Revisions to the Trade in Goods statistics

Since May 2015, significant revisions were incorporated into International Trade in Goods statistics.  While the most significant revision is due to recording trade in aircraft on a "transfer of economic ownership" basis, other revisions were incorporated into the Trade data back to 2000. 

Along with the aircraft revisions Goods Exports revisions also include upward revisions due to revaluing some products that had previously been recorded on a “transfer of economic ownership” basis, which was not in line with goods statistics methodology.  Also Goods Imports revisions include downward revisions due to a change in the estimation methodology for non-response.

The technical note (http://www.cso.ie/en/surveysandmethodology/externaltrade/) gives more detail on the revised trade in aircraft methodology and explains the impact the revisions will have on Trade in Goods, National Accounts and Balance of Payments.

Standard Revisions

Trade figures are subject to revision on the incorporation of late Intrastat and VAT returns and corrections made by traders. When the preliminary results for a month are published, the results for months -1 (October 2015 in this publication), -4 (July 2015) and -8 (March 2015) are revised. Following the move to a "transfer of economic ownership" basis for recording exports and imports of aircraft, SITC 79 figures are subject to revision on the incorporation of transactions from quarterly Balance of Payments (BoP) surveys. Such revisions will generally be incorporated into Goods Exports and Imports releases that coincide with quarterly BoP publications, i.e. when initial results are published for January, April, July and October.

Intrastat System

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

The total number of traders required to make a detailed import return is around 6,700 while around 1,900 must make a detailed export return. The response rate in terms of number of traders in November 2015 was 59%, covering an estimated 90% of the total value of intra-EU trade (these response rates will have increased by the next time data for November is published).

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

Extrastat System

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

Estimation

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

Estimates for Intrastat non-respondents are apportioned to individual commodities and countries whenever previous Intrastat returns are available. Estimates for traders below the Intrastat thresholds are assigned to partner country where possible, but not to commodity.

More information is now being processed on lower value transactions. Prior to January 2012, transactions below €254 were grouped together, this value has now decreased to €127. Therefore, this has resulted in more detail being available at commodity level in Table 3 and at country level in Tables 4 and 5.

Unit Value Indices

The monthly unit value index measures monthly unit value trends relative to the annual levels in the preceding year using value weights relating to that year’s trade (Laspeyres index).

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

The monthly index series should be regarded as interim measures suitable for month-to-month comparisons within a given year. Previous monthly indices are revised when late returns are received.

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

Seasonally Adjusted Series

Monthly exports, imports, trade surplus and the volume series for exports and imports have been seasonally adjusted using the US Bureau of the Census X-11 Variant of the Census Method 11 Seasonal Adjustment Program. In the main, monthly projections are based on series recalculated at the end of the previous year.

Methodology

There are methodological differences between the measurement of exports and imports in this release compared with Industrial Production, National Accounts and Balance of Payments statistics. This release records the movement of all goods over the frontier at the valuation placed on the goods at the time of crossing  the frontier. Industrial Production, National Accounts and Balance of Payments statistics take account of additional aspects of cross-frontier activities such as goods sent abroad for processing where goods cross the frontier without change of ownership. The CSO releases for those statistics provide more information on their methodology.

Services Exports and Imports

The quarterly Balance of Payments (BoP) statistics provide detail on Services exports and imports.

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