International trade
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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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €22.3 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in June 2024, compared with €18.0 bn in June 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €13.9 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in May 2024, compared with a deficit of €0.4 bn in May 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €15.0 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in April 2024, compared with a deficit of €11.1 bn in April 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €24.1 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in March 2024, compared with +€19.1 bn in March 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €23.6 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in February 2024, compared with +€3.6 bn in February 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area showed a €11.4 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in January 2024, compared with a deficit of €32.6 bn in January 2023.
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The first estimate for euro area exports of goods to the rest of the world in December 2023 was €218.7 billion, a decrease of 8.8% compared with December 2022 (€239.9 bn). Imports from the rest of the world stood at €201.9 bn, a fall of 18.7% compared with December 2022 (€248.3 bn). As a result, the...
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Euro area: The first estimate for euro area exports of goods to the rest of the world in November 2023 was €252.5 billion, a decrease of 4.7% compared with November 2022 (€265.0 bn). Imports from the rest of the world stood at €232.2 bn, a fall of 16.7% compared with November 2022 (€278.8 bn). As a ...
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A total of 18 300 tonnes of rare earth elements (REE+) valued at €123.6 million were imported to the EU in 2023, marking a decrease of 0.5% in volume and 15.2% in value compared with 2022.
At the same time, 5 600 tonnes of rare earth elements valued at €102.3 million were exported from the EU, a de...
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In 2023, EU exports of chemicals and related products decreased to €523 billion, a decline of 5% compared with the record high value of exports in 2022 (€552 billion). The value of chemical imports from non-EU countries into the EU fell 10% to €326 billion, down from €363 billion in the previous yea...
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Disclaimer: This news item was updated with data extracted on 17 October.
Between 2017 and 2023, EU trade of electric and hybrid cars increased substantially. In 2023, 44% of the total number of cars imported into the EU were electric or hybrid, indicating a significant increase compared with the ...
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In 2023, 6.2 million tonnes of pasta were produced in the EU, worth €8.9 billion. While the volume was comparable with 2022 (6.1 million tonnes), there was an increase of €1.1 billion in terms of value.
Italy was by far the leading EU producer of pasta, with 4.2 million tonnes produced last year, ...
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In 2023, the EU imported €19.7 billion worth of solar panels, €3.9 billion of liquid biofuels and €0.3 billion worth of wind turbines from extra-EU countries.
The value of imported solar panels decreased by 12% compared with 2022 due to a drop in prices, while the quantity increased by 5%. Liquid b...
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In 2023, the EU exported 8.5 million tonnes of recyclable products (paper, plastic and glass) to extra-EU countries, a 34% increase from 2022 (6.4 million tonnes), while imports dropped by 19% to 3.2 million tonnes, down from 4.0 million tonnes in 2022. Compared with 2013, these exports fell by 5%, ...
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In 2023, the EU imported €478 billion worth of high-tech products, a slight decrease compared with 2022 (-1%). At the same time, exports reached €461 billion (+3% compared with 2022).
Over half of the EU’s high-tech imports in 2023 came from China (32%; €155 billion) and the United States (23%; €10...
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In 2023, the EU imported 2.7 million tonnes of coffee from non-EU countries, worth €10.6 billion. The amount remained almost stable compared with 2013 (also 2.7 million tonnes), but the value increased significantly from 7.3 billion in 2013 to 10.6 billion in 2023.
Most of the coffee imported in 20...
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In 2023, the total value of the EU’s imported and exported goods transported by sea to non-EU countries was €2 406.3 billion, up from €810.2 billion two decades earlier.
Sea transportation represented 47.4% of the value of goods traded between the EU and non-EU countries. Specifically, it accounte...
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In the second quarter of 2024, the EU imported €94.9 billion worth of energy products, amounting to a total of 177.9 million tonnes. Compared with the same quarter of 2023, imports decreased both in value (-10.7%) and in net mass (-9.7%).
A slight increase was reported in the value of imported petr...
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The EU balance for trade in goods was €40.4 billion in the second quarter of 2024, down from €55.3 billion in the previous quarter. As such, the trade balance has now shown a surplus for 4 quarters in a row, following a period of deficits from the fourth quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2023...
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The trade balance of energy products is calculated, for each Member State, as the difference between exports and imports from the rest of the world (intra-EU and extra-EU trade) of goods included in the SITC section 3 - Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials.The MIP indicator is expresse...
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The table shows the trade exchanges with the rest of the world of the main players in the world market. Imports are mesured cif (cost, insurance, freight) and expressed in value and %. Exports are measured fob (free on board) and expressed in value and %. The calculation of shares is based on a worl...
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The table shows the breakdown of extra-Euro area 20 trade by product group (SITC1), expressed in value terms and in % of the total flow.
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The table shows the 20 main partners of the Euro area 20 (according to the sum imports+exports), expressed in value terms and in % of the total flow.
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The table shows the trade exchanges of EFTA , enlargement countries and Northern Ireland with the World as partner.
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Monthly raw data are processed at the most detailed level in order to calculate elementary unit-values defined by trade value/quantity. These unit-values are divided by the average unit-value of the previous year to obtain elementary unit-value indices, from which outliers are detected and removed. ...
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The table shows the share of extra-EU27 (from 2020) trade by product group (SITC1), expressed in value terms and in % of the total flow.
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The table shows the Member States' contribution (in value and %) to the extra-EU27 (from 2020) trade of the Union.
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The table shows the Member States' contribution (in value and %) to the intra-EU27 (from 2020) trade of the Union.
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Imports are expressed in value terms and measured cif (cost, insurance, freight). Exports are expressed in value terms and measured fob (free on board). Balance = export - import
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