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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €8.6 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in June 2026, compared with + €4.8 bn in June 2025.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €7.8 bn deficit in trade in goods with the rest of the world in May 2026, compared with a surplus of €15.0 bn in May 2025.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €1.0 bn deficit in trade in goods with the rest of the world in April 2026, compared with a surplus of €8.7 bn in April 2025.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €7.8 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in March 2026, compared with +€34.1 bn in March 2025.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €11.5 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in February 2026, compared with + €23.1 bn in February 2025.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €1.9 bn deficit in trade in goods with the rest of the world in January 2026, compared with - €1.4 bn in January 2025.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €12.6 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in December 2025, compared with + €13.9 bn in December 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 November 2025, compared with + €15.4 bn in November 2024.
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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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In 2025, the EU produced 3.44 billion litres of ice cream, representing a 1.9% increase compared with 2024 (3.38 billion litres). Germany remained the top producer of ice cream in the EU, with 608 million litres in 2025. Italy (549 million litres) and France (525 million litres) followed at the t...
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In 2025, the EU exported 3.2 bn litres of beer containing alcohol to countries outside the EU, a decline of 11% compared with 2024, while importing 0.5 bn litres, an increase of 6%. Belgium was the top exporter of beer among EU countries with a total of 1.5 bn litres (intra- and extra-EU). The Ne...
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The 2026 edition of Key figures on European business brings together selected data on business activities and their structure, investment, productivity, globalisation, technology and tourism. Today, we focus on the EU’s sold production of high-tech products.  In 2024, the sold production of high-...
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EU trade in rare earth elements grew in 2025, after a steep decline recorded in 2024. Imports rose by 17.1%, reaching 15 100 tonnes, while exports rose by 21.1%, totalling 6 700 tonnes. At the same time, the value of imported rare earth elements increased by 23.2% to €124.9 million, and the value...
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In the first quarter of 2026, the EU’s imports of petroleum oil remained stable compared with the monthly average in 2025. More specifically the value of imports rose slightly (+0.8%) while the volume recorded a minor decrease (-0.6%). In contrast, the imports of liquefied natural gas decreased b...
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In 2025, the EU exported €345.3 billion worth of goods to the United Kingdom and imported €158.7 billion, resulting in a €186.6 billion trade surplus.  Between 2015 and 2020, the United Kingdom’s share in the EU’s overall trade declined steadily. Trade between the United Kingdom and the EU accoun...
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In 2025, extra-EU exports of final services reached a record level of +61 percentage points (pp) above 2017 levels, up from +55 pp in 2024.  Final services reflect a broad mix of activities, with travel-related services among the leading contributors, alongside ICT, media, computer, business and ...
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In 2024, 21.3% of EU enterprises engaged in international (intra-EU and extra-EU) trade in goods were two-way traders, while 70.6% were solely importers and the remaining 8.1% were exporters. In terms of value, two-way traders accounted for the vast majority (95.4%) of all goods traded, ahead of ...
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In 2025, the EU exported 2.7 thousand tonnes of shark fins to countries outside the EU, worth €44.8 million. Compared with 2024, the export volume decreased by 15.2% (from 3.1 thousand tonnes), and the export value dropped by 31.3% (from €65.3 million).  These decreases followed a steep rise betw...
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In the first quarter of 2026, the EU imported €627.8 billion in goods from non-EU countries and exported €640.5 billion. Compared with the previous quarter, imports increased by 1.7% and exports decreased by 0.1%. Compared with the first quarter of 2025, both imports and exports decreased, by 3.3...
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In the first quarter of 2026, the EU recorded a trade surplus, with goods exported to non-EU countries exceeding imports by €12.7 billion. Although, this surplus was almost halved from €23.6 billion in the last quarter of 2025, the EU maintained a positive trade balance, established in the third ...
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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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Total trade of the main players in the world economy. 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 world trade excluding the intra-EU trade.


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Total extra-euro area trade, broken down by product group (SITC - 1 digit). The data are expressed in value and as a share (in percent) of the total imports/exports.


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The 20 main trading partners of the euro area (EA) group of countries (consisting of 20 EU countries), both in terms of value (imports, exports, trade balance) and as a share of the total extra-EA imports/exports of the euro area countries.


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Total trade of the individual EFTA and EU enlargment countries, in million euro. Imports are expressed in terms of value and measured as cif (cost, insurance, freight). Exports are expressed in terms of value and measured as fob (free on board). Data are calculated on the basis of national cur...
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Reflects the importance of the Intra-EU trade in the total trade (as a percentage) for the individual countries, separately for imports and exports of goods.


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Development of the unit value indices is presented using 2021 as reference year. Unit-values are basically the ratios between the trade value of the goods and the related goods quantity. These unit-values are divided by the average unit-value of the previous year to obtain elementary unit...
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Extra-EU trade by product groups (SITC - 1 digit) , expressed in value terms and in percent of the total trade. The information includes the trade balance by product groups.


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Extra-EU trade in goods (imports and exports) of the individual EU countries, both in terms of value and as share in the extra-EU trade of the EU as a whole. The extra-EU trade balance (extra-EU exports minus extra-EU imports) of the individual EU countries is also shown. 


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Intra-EU trade in goods (imports and exports) of the individual EU countries, both in terms of value and as share in the intra-EU trade of the EU as a whole. The intra-EU trade balance (intra-EU exports minus intra-EU imports) of the individual EU countries is also shown. 


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Total trade of the individual EU countries. Imports are expressed in terms of value and measured as cif (cost, insurance, freight). Exports are expressed in terms of value and measured as fob (free on board). Trade balance = exports - imports


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