EU exports to Britain rise as they fall with rest of the world

The latest Eurostat figures were at odds with data released earlier this week by the UK Office for National Statistics

The most recently available figures from the CSO showed the Irish value of goods exports to Britain in the first five months of 2021 was €5.3bn, an increase of €553m on the first five months of 2020.

EU exports to Britain rose solidly in June from May, data released by the Eurostat website showed, contrasting with a slight drop in the EU's exports to the rest of the world.

Eurostat said that EU's seasonally adjusted exports to Britain, which left the EU's single market at the start of the year, increased by 4.7% in June on the month, whereas imports from the UK were "nearly unchanged".