International trade

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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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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In 2024, EU countries produced 4.4 million pairs of skis and snowboards, a 19% decrease compared with 2023. Almost 40% of these items (1.7 million) were produced in Austria.  Around 2.0 million pairs of skis and snowboards were exported to non-EU countries, a decrease of 19% compared with 2023 (...
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Fireworks imports fizz up in 2024

Dec 31, 2025
Eurostat
In 2024, the EU imported 120 000 tonnes of fireworks worth €406.7 million from countries outside the EU. This marks a 9.5% increase in volume and a 21.5% increase in value compared with 2023. Most of these imports entered the EU through the Netherlands (37.0%) and Germany (35.6%), followed at a ...
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The holiday season is here, and for many, toy shopping is a crucial activity on the to-do list.   In 2024, the EU was a net importer of toys from the rest of the world, with €7.1 billion worth of toys imported from extra-EU countries (+€0.6 billion compared with 2023), while extra-EU exports amo...
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Drop in petroleum imports in 2025

Dec 19, 2025
Eurostat
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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EU trade in candles in 2024

Oct 30, 2025
Eurostat
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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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”:

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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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