International trade
The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €16.2 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in May 2025, compared with + €12.7 bn in May 2024.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €9.9 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in April 2025, compared with + €13.6 bn in April 2024.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €36.8 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in March 2025, compared with +€22.8 bn in March 2024.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €24.0 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in February 2025, compared with + €21.7 bn in February 2024.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €1.0 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in January 2025, compared with +€10.6 bn in January 2024.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €15.5 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in December 2024, compared with + €16.4 bn in December 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €16.4 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in November 2024, compared with + €18.2 bn in November 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €6.8 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in October 2024, compared with + €9.4 bn in October 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €12.5 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in September 2024, compared with + €9.8 bn in September 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €4.6 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in August 2024, compared with €4.8 bn in August 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €21.2 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in July 2024, compared with €6.7 bn in July 2023.
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In 2024, EU countries produced 32.7 billion (bn) litres of beer containing more than 0.5% alcohol and 2 bn litres of beer with less than 0.5% alcohol or with no alcohol content at all, totalling 34.7 bn litres.
Compared with 2023, the production of beer with more than 0.5% alcohol in the EU inc...
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In the first quarter of 2025, the EU imported €95.3 billion worth of energy products, amounting to a total of 176.4 million tonnes. Compared with the first quarter of 2024, the value of imports increased slightly by 0.3%, while the volume decreased by 3.9%.
A closer look at year-on-year developm...
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In 2023, 21.7% of EU enterprises engaged in international (both intra-EU and extra-EU) trade in goods were two-way traders, while 70.0% were only importers and the remaining 8.3% were only exporters.
In terms of value, two-way traders accounted for the vast majority (95.3%) of all goods traded, ...
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In 2024, the EU imported €56.0 billion and exported €55.2 billion worth of goods from the four founding Mercosur (Mercado Común del Sur, in English Southern Common Market) countries - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Compared with 2023, imports increased by 4.2%, whereas exports decreased...
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In 2024, the euro was the most used currency for extra-EU exports, with a 51.7% share. It was followed by the US dollar at 31.4%, currencies of EU countries other than the euro at 3.0%, and other currencies at 13.4%.
In 20 of the 27 EU countries, the euro was the most used currency for extra-EU...
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In 2023, EU countries exported €59.4 billion worth of research and development services to countries outside of the EU and imported €102.6 billion, resulting in a €43.2 billion trade deficit. Both exports and imports increased compared with 2022, by 9.0% and 16.6%, respectively.
The United State...
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In 2024, the EU exported €234.1 billion worth of agricultural products and imported €194.9 billion, generating a €39.2 billion surplus. Compared with 2023, both exports and imports registered year-on-year increases of 2.8% and 6.7%, respectively.
Between 2014 and 2024, EU trade in agricultural p...
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In 2024, the EU exported €42.8 billion in goods to Ukraine and imported €24.5 billion, resulting in a €18.3 billion trade surplus.
When compared with 2023, this was an increase in exports and imports of 9.4% and 7.0%, respectively.
Source dataset: ds-045409
The main export products were min...
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In 2023, EU countries exported €245 billion worth of transport services to countries outside of the EU, marking a decline of 21.5% compared with 2022. This fall was mainly due to a decrease in sea transport.
However, sea transport remained the largest services category and accounted for half of ...
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In 2024, the EU exported €29.8 billion worth of alcoholic beverages, indicating a 10.9% increase since 2019 (€26.9 billion).
Exports were dominated by wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines, representing 56.2% (€16.8 billion) of all alcoholic beverages. Spirits and liqueurs up the seco...
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In 2024, EU exports of medicinal and pharmaceutical products increased by 13.5% compared with 2023, reaching €313.4 billion. At the same time, imports only recorded a modest increase of 0.5%, amounting to €119.7 billion.
Consequently, in 2024, the EU's trade surplus in medicinal and pharmaceutic...
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