International trade
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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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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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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In 2024, the value of EU exports of spacecraft products, including satellites, suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles, reached €1.217 billion, marking an increase from €1.20 billion in 2019.
At the same time, the import value of these products grew from the €117 million to €166 million.
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In 2024, a total of 12 900 tonnes of rare earth elements (REE+) were imported to the EU, marking a decrease of 29.3% compared with 2023.
At the same time, 5 500 tonnes of rare earth elements were exported from the EU, a drop of only 0.8%.
Rare earth elements are a group of 17 specialty metals ...
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Disclaimer: a typo in the headline was corrected after publication.
In 2023, imported services from outside the EU totalled €3 344 billion. This information comes from official statistics on the international trade in services (ITS) by modes of supply (MOS) published for the first time for mode...
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In 2024, the EU exported 5.4 million cars and imported 4.0 million cars. Compared with 2019, the number of exported cars dropped by 13.2% while the number of imported cars decreased by 3.0%.
Measured in value, in 2024, the EU exported €165.2 billion worth of cars and imported €75.9 billion, resu...
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In 2024, the EU trade in goods balance registered a surplus of €147 billion, representing a €113 billion increase compared with 2023 (€34 billion).
Between 2014 and 2024, the EU recorded a trade surplus every year except for 2022, when high energy prices led to a significant deficit. In all oth...
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In 2024, the EU imported €29.5 billion worth of aluminium and related articles and exported €18.4 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of €11.1 billion.
Compared with 2019, imports of aluminium increased by 29.9% (+€6.8 billion) and exports rose 21.3% (+€3.2 billion). These monetary increases o...
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In 2024, the EU imported €375.9 billion worth of energy products, amounting to a total of 720.4 million tonnes. Compared with 2023, imports decreased both in value (-16.2%) and in net mass (-7.1%).
For petroleum, a decline was reported in both the value of imported petroleum oils (-4.7%) and in ...
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As spring starts, trade of flower bulbs blossoms. Warmer temperatures and longer days bring renewed interest from florists, retailers and consumers, fueling the export market.
In 2024, the EU exported €98.9 million worth of orchid, hyacinth, narcissus and tulip bulbs in growth or in flower, whi...
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In 2024, the EU exported iron and steel and related articles worth €77.8 billion and imported €73.1 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of €4.7 billion. Compared with 2019, there was a substantial increase in the trade of these products: exports rose by 15.2% (+€10.3 billion), and imports incre...
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In 2024, the EU exported €531.6 billion in goods to the United States and imported €333.4 billion, resulting in a €198.2 billion trade surplus. Compared with 2023, exports increased by 5.5%, while imports declined by 4.0%.
Source dataset: ds-059331
Key goods: medical and pharmaceutical produc...
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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 expre...
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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 w...
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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 remove...
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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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Unit-values are 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. Elementary unit-value indices are then aggregated over countries and commoditi...
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International trade statistics cover any movements of goods between the EU Member States and non-member countries (extra-EU trade), and from one Member State to another (intra-EU trade). Goods are physical, produced items over which ownership rights can be established and whose economic ownership...
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International trade statistics cover any movements of goods between the EU Member States and non-member countries (extra-EU trade), and from one Member State to another (intra-EU trade). Goods are physical, produced items over which ownership rights can be established and whose economic ownership...
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International trade statistics cover any movements of goods between the EU Member States and non-member countries (extra-EU trade), and from one Member State to another (intra-EU trade). Goods are physical, produced items over which ownership rights can be established and whose economic ownership...
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