In 2024, the European Union exported goods worth approximately ***** billion euros to China, around ** billion euros less than in the previous year. That year, the EU recorded a trade deficit of more than *** billion euros with China.

European Union Trade Balance: EU 27E: China: Total data was reported at -26.145 EUR bn in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of -31.243 EUR bn for Jan 2025. European Union Trade Balance: EU 27E: China: Total data is updated monthly, averaging -10.950 EUR bn from Jan 2002 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 278 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -2.454 EUR bn in Jun 2002 and a record low of -41.093 EUR bn in Sep 2022. European Union Trade Balance: EU 27E: China: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.JA030: Eurostat: Trade Statistics: By SITC: European Union: China.

In 2024, the European Union exported around *** billion euros worth of machinery and transport equipment to China and imported about *** billion euros worth of similar products from China. The EU also exported **** billion euros worth of clothing products to China and imported about **** billion euros worth of similar products from China.

European Union Exports to China was US$227.17 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. European Union Exports to China - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.

European Union Imports from China was US$560.36 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. European Union Imports from China - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.

Key information about European Union Total Exports to China

• European Union Total Exports to China recorded 17.588 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with 17.500 USD bn in the previous month
• EU Total Exports to China data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2002 to Dec 2024, with an averaged value of 14.225 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 23.443 USD bn in May 2021 and a record low of 1.984 USD bn in Feb 2002

European Union Imports: EU 27 excl UK (EU 27E): China: Total data was reported at 43.182 EUR bn in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 46.019 EUR bn for Jan 2025. European Union Imports: EU 27 excl UK (EU 27E): China: Total data is updated monthly, averaging 21.901 EUR bn from Jan 2002 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 278 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 60.931 EUR bn in Sep 2022 and a record low of 5.287 EUR bn in Jun 2002. European Union Imports: EU 27 excl UK (EU 27E): China: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.JA030: Eurostat: Trade Statistics: By SITC: European Union: China.

European Union Imports: EU 27E: China: Other Manufactured Products data was reported at 15.170 EUR bn in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.617 EUR bn for Jan 2025. European Union Imports: EU 27E: China: Other Manufactured Products data is updated monthly, averaging 9.118 EUR bn from Jan 2002 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 278 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.214 EUR bn in Aug 2022 and a record low of 2.520 EUR bn in Jun 2002. European Union Imports: EU 27E: China: Other Manufactured Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.JA030: Eurostat: Trade Statistics: By SITC: European Union: China.

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European Union Trade Balance: EA 20: China: Manufactured Products data was reported at -20.446 EUR bn in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of -24.159 EUR bn for Jan 2025. European Union Trade Balance: EA 20: China: Manufactured Products data is updated monthly, averaging -9.276 EUR bn from Jan 2002 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 278 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -1.890 EUR bn in Jun 2002 and a record low of -31.785 EUR bn in Sep 2022. European Union Trade Balance: EA 20: China: Manufactured Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.JA081: Eurostat: Trade Statistics: By SITC: Euro Area: China.

The share of total imports coming from outside of the European Union which came from china almost tripled in the two decades from 2002 to 2022. China had been emerging as a key exporter during the *****, when it was labelled the 'workshop of the world' for producing manufacturing and consumer goods at a fraction of the cost that they were produced in other regions. As the ***** progressed, China's share of imports into the EU soared from ***% in 2002 to almost **% in 2010, after which point the reemergence of the United States and other key partners following the grest recession caused China's share to slightly fall. Since 2013, China's share of extra-EU imports has once again risen, now standing at over ********* of all improrts. Whether this trading relationship is maintained in the coming years remains to be seen, as political tensions between China and the EU have risen sharply following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the growing geopolitical conflict between China and the United States.

In 2024, the EU machinery and transport equipment exports to China amounted to about ***** billion euros, making it the most exported commodity from the EU to China. In the same year, the 27 EU countries exported approximately *** billion euro-worth of food and live animals to China.

European Union Imports of fertilizers from China was US$228.03 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. European Union Imports of fertilizers from China - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.

European Union - Extra-EU trade: Share of imports in partnership with China except Hong Kong was 18.70% in December of 2019, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Extra-EU trade: Share of imports in partnership with China except Hong Kong - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, European Union - Extra-EU trade: Share of imports in partnership with China except Hong Kong reached a record high of 18.70% in December of 2019 and a record low of 13.90% in December of 2008.

European Union Imports of sugars and sugar confectionery from China was US$134.94 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. European Union Imports of sugars and sugar confectionery from China - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Net Trade: Value Goods with European Union (15 countries) for China (DISCONTINUED) (XTNTVA02CNM667N) from Jan 1993 to Aug 2009 about China, trade, Net, and goods.

European Union Trade Balance: swda: EU 27E: China: Raw Materials data was reported at 0.618 EUR bn in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.520 EUR bn for Jan 2025. European Union Trade Balance: swda: EU 27E: China: Raw Materials data is updated monthly, averaging 0.425 EUR bn from Jan 2002 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 278 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.788 EUR bn in Jan 2017 and a record low of -0.049 EUR bn in Nov 2008. European Union Trade Balance: swda: EU 27E: China: Raw Materials data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.JA030: Eurostat: Trade Statistics: By SITC: European Union: China.

In 2024, the European Union imported nearly ***** billion euros worth of machinery and transport equipment from China. This commodity category accounted for more than ** percent of all EU imports from China that year.

European Union Imports of aluminum from China was US$4.18 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. European Union Imports of aluminum from China - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.

The European Union has experienced a shift in its biggest trade partners since the early 2000s. Over the past two decades, the share of EU imports flowing from China has more than doubled, from around 8 percent in 2002 to over 20 percent in 2024, making China the EU's largest external import partner. At the same time, the proportion of total imports coming from the United Kingdom, which was historically a large importer to EU countries (the UK was an EU member state until 2020), have more than halved, from 18 percent to less than 7 percent. This secular trend existed before the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016, however, there has been a notable drop in imports from the UK since Brexit was enacted in 2020. By contrast the share of the EU's import trade taken by the U.S., Switzerland, and the Rest of World have remained relatively stable over this period. The share of exports coming from Russia was growing steadily in the period before 2014, after which the EU imposed economic sanctions on Russia due to the illegal annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. Imports from Russia collapsed in 2023, due to the effect of the additional economic sanctions placed on Russia in response to the full scale invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022.The Russian Federation is now only the tenth-largest exporter to the EU, after India, Japan, and South Korea.