International trade
The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €18.4 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in October 2025, compared with + €7.1 bn in October 2024.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €19.4 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in September 2025, compared with + €12.9 bn in September 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 August 2025, compared with + €3.0 bn in August 2024.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €12.4 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in July 2025, compared with + €18.5 bn in July 2024.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €7.0 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in June 2025, compared with +€20.7 bn in June 2024.
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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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In the first 9 months of 2025, the average monthly imports of petroleum oil in the EU decreased by 18.3% in value and 6.6% in volume compared with the monthly average for 2024.
In contrast, the value of imported liquefied natural gas increased by 36.1%, and the volume rose by 25.9%.
The value o...
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In 2024, EU countries exported €1 568 billion worth of services to countries outside of the EU (+8% compared with 2023). Imports from countries outside the EU stood at €1 374 billion (+7% compared with 2023). This marks a continuing upward trend following a disruption in 2020 due to the impact of...
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In the third quarter of 2025, the EU registered a €40.8 billion trade in goods surplus with the United States. This was a 13.3% decline from the €47.1 billion surplus recorded in the second quarter, and a substantial decline (49.7%) compared with the €81.2 billion trade surplus in the first quart...
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In 2024, the EU trade with the Indo-Pacific region amounted to €848.0 billion. Imports were valued at €450.3 billion and exports reached €397.7 billion. Compared with 2023, imports declined by 2.4%, while exports increased by 1.1%.
Trade with the Indo-Pacific region made up 18.5% of all EU impor...
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In 2024, the EU imported €513 million worth of candles from countries outside the EU, a 17% increase compared to 2023 (€437 million).
At the same time, the EU exported €450 million worth of candles to countries outside the EU, a 2% decrease compared with 2023 (€460 million).
The Netherlands w...
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In 2024, EU countries produced 6.0 million tonnes of pasta, worth €9.1 billion. Compared with 2023, the value of pasta production increased by 3%, while the volume produced fell by 5%.
More than two-thirds (69%) of all pasta was produced in Italy, amounting to 4.1 million tonnes. Spain followed ...
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In 2024, the EU imported €11.1 billion worth of solar panels, €2.9 billion of liquid biofuels, and €0.5 billion worth of wind turbines from extra-EU countries, totalling almost €14.6 billion in imports of green energy products.
The value of imported solar panels decreased by 43% compared with 20...
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In 2024, 43% of the total number of cars imported into the EU were electric or hybrid, a 1 percentage point (pp) decrease compared with 2023. At the same time, for EU exports, the share was 28% of the total in 2024, up 1 pp compared with the previous year.
Overall, there has been a significant ...
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In 2024, EU exports of chemicals and related products to non-EU countries rose to €560 billion, a new record high. This was an increase of 7% compared with 2023 (€523 billion).
The value of imports fell by 1% to €322 billion, down from €326 billion in the previous year.
Among EU countries, th...
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In 2024, the EU imported 1.1 billion tonnes of goods from non-EU countries by sea, valued at €1 251 billion. Exports transported by sea totalled 0.5 billion tonnes, worth €1 126 billion.
Maritime transport was the main mode of transport for the EU international trade in goods in 2024. It dominat...
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In 2024, the extra-EU imports of sporting goods amounted to €10.8 billion, accounting for 0.4% of total EU imports. The value of total extra-EU exports was €7.3 billion (0.3% of total EU exports).
‘Sports footwear’, ‘gym, swim and athletic equipment’ and ‘boats and water sport equipment’ were th...
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The trade balance is calculated as the difference between exports and imports of goods classified under SITC section 3, “Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials”, with respect to its corresponding “rest of the world”:
- for the EU aggregate, trade with non-EU countries (e...
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