Graph and download economic data for International Trade: Net trade: Value (goods): Total for the European Union (EU28XTNTVA01CXMLQ) from Q1 1999 to Q4 2019 about EU, trade, and Europe.

The share of goods imports in the EU coming fom EU member states (i.e. intra-EU imports) was of 38.3 percent in 2024. Over the period since 2002, the share of imports coming from intra-EU and extra-EU source have remained relatively stable, with roughly three-fifths of imports coming from within the EU and two-fifths from outside the EU.

This dataset provides values for BALANCE OF TRADE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

International trade in goods statistics (ITGS) published by Eurostat measure the value and quantity of goods traded between the EU Member States (intra-EU trade) and goods traded by the EU Member States with non-EU countries (extra-EU trade). ‘Goods’ means all movable property including electricity. ‘European’ means that the statistics are compiled on the basis of the concepts and definitions set out in EU legislation. ‘National’ statistics, i.e. statistics published at national level by the Member States, are compiled on the basis of national rules which may differ from EU rules. European ITGS are the official harmonised source of information about exports, imports and the trade balances of the EU, its Member States and the euro area.

Aggregated versus detailed data

International trade in goods statistics are published through different datasets grouped into two categories:

• Aggregated data refer to macroeconomic indicators for the EU and euro area. Monthly (short-term indicators) and annual (long-term indicators) data are aggregated by broad product categories. Broad product categories are defined as one-digit codes of the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) or aggregates of the Broad Economic Categories (BEC).
• Detailed data refer to the most detailed level of the following product nomenclatures: the Combined Nomenclature (CN), the SITC, the BEC, the Classification of Products by Activity (CPA) and the Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics/Revised (NSTR). Detailed data also contain product aggregations at higher levels.

Statistical dimensions

Data periodicity (monthly or yearly) and product nomenclature (CN, SITC, BEC or CPA) differ depending on the dataset, but the following statistical fields are always available:

• reporting country: country or geo-economic area such as EU or euro area;
• partner country: EU Member State, non-EU country or geo-economic area.
• reference period: month and/or year;
• trade flows: import and export; and
• product according to the relevant classification.

Besides the dimensions listed above, specific datasets contain information on the mode of transport (e.g. by sea, by air or by road) or the statistical procedure (normal trade versus trade for processing activities).

France - Share of trade with the EU: Share of exports to EU was 54.00% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for France - Share of trade with the EU: Share of exports to EU - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, France - Share of trade with the EU: Share of exports to EU reached a record high of 56.00% in December of 2022 and a record low of 51.40% in December of 2019.

European Union - Balance of trade was EUR1787.00 Million in June of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Balance of trade - last updated from the EUROSTAT on August of 2025. Historically, European Union - Balance of trade reached a record high of EUR25113.80 Million in March of 2025 and a record low of EUR-56370.50 Million in August of 2022.

The share of total exports from European Union member states which goes to other EU countries underwent a decline from its early 2000s high point during the global financial crisis, great recession and Eurozone crisis (2007-2012), before rebounding back to around 61.77 percent of total exports in 2023. This share is a good indicator of the relative importance of intra-EU trade, that is, trade governed by the "four freedoms" of the European Single Market (freedom of movement for goods, services, capital, and labor), vis-a-vis international trade with partners outside of the European Union. It is worth keeping in mind that the United Kingdom, a key trading partner of many European Union countries, left the EU in 2020, meaning that the country was added to the extra-EU share. The fact that this did not have a notable effect on the share of exports going to extra-EU countries points to the declining relative importance of the UK as a trade partner for the EU.

Graph and download economic data for International Trade: Imports: Value (Goods): Total for the Euro Area (19 Countries) (XTIMVA01EZM664S) from Jan 1990 to Apr 2023 about Euro Area, imports, trade, Europe, and goods.

European Union Imports from United States was US$355.76 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. European Union Imports from United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on October of 2025.

The European Union has had a growing trade balance with the United States since the turn of the millennium. While in 1999, the EU recorded a monthly trade balance with the U.S. as low as *** million euros a month, the monthly trade balance in the most recent period recorded was over ** billion euros. Both exports and imports have increased over this period, with a particularly notable uptick following the coronavirus pandemic.

The European Union's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$2.80 Trillion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. The European Union's main export partners were: the United States, the United Kingdom and China. The top three export commodities were: Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers; Pharmaceutical products and Vehicles other than railway, tramway. Total Imports were valued at US$2.64 Trillion. In 2024, The European Union had a trade surplus of US$159.68 Billion.

Trade Balance: swda: EU 27E: Brazil: Food and Live Animals for Food data was reported at -1.214 EUR bn in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.935 EUR bn for Jan 2025. Trade Balance: swda: EU 27E: Brazil: Food and Live Animals for Food data is updated monthly, averaging -0.625 EUR bn from Jan 2002 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 278 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -0.353 EUR bn in Feb 2003 and a record low of -1.343 EUR bn in Aug 2022. Trade Balance: swda: EU 27E: Brazil: Food and Live Animals for Food data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.JA028: Eurostat: Trade Statistics: By SITC: European Union: Brazil.

This dataset provides values for TERMS OF TRADE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

The total exports of the European Union rose to over 6.7 trillion Euros in 2024, with over four trillion of these exports being between member states of the EU and around 2.5 trillion coming from trade with partners outside of the EU. International Trade of EU countries has almost tripled in absolute value in the twenty years from 2002 to 2024.

Imports: swda: EU 27E: Brazil: Mineral Fuels, Lubricants data was reported at 0.706 EUR bn in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.877 EUR bn for Jan 2025. Imports: swda: EU 27E: Brazil: Mineral Fuels, Lubricants data is updated monthly, averaging 0.131 EUR bn from Jan 2002 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 278 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.685 EUR bn in Jun 2022 and a record low of 0.000 EUR bn in May 2002. Imports: swda: EU 27E: Brazil: Mineral Fuels, Lubricants data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.JA028: Eurostat: Trade Statistics: By SITC: European Union: Brazil.

Graph and download economic data for International Trade: Exports: Value (goods): Total for the European Union (EU28XTEXVA01NCMLM) from Jan 1999 to Jan 2020 about EU, trade, exports, and Europe.

Short-term business statistics (STS) give information on a wide range of economic activities. All STS data are index data. Additionally, annual absolute values are released for building permits indicators. Percentage changes are also available for each indicator: Infra-annual percentage changes - changes between two consecutive months or quarters - are calculated on the basis of non-adjusted data (prices) or calendar and seasonally adjusted data (volume and value indicators) and year-on-year changes - comparing a period to the same period one year ago - are calculated on the basis of non-adjusted data (prices and employment) or calendar adjusted data (volume and value indicators).

The index data are generally presented in the following forms:

• unadjusted
• calendar adjusted
• calendar and seasonally adjusted.

Depending on the EBS Regulation data are accessible as monthly, quarterly and annual data.

The STS indicators are listed below in five different sectors, reflecting the dissemination of these data in Eurostat’s online database “Eurobase”.

Based on the national data, Eurostat compiles short-term indicators for the EU and euro area. Among these, a list of indicators, called Principal European Economic Indicators (PEEIs) has been identified by key users as being of primary importance for the conduct of monetary and economic policy of the euro area. The PEEIs contributed by STS are marked with * in the text below.

The euro indicators are released through Eurostat's website.

INDUSTRY

• production (volume)*
• turnover: Total, Domestic market and Non-domestic market. A further breakdown of the non-domestic turnover into euro area and non-euro area is available for the euro area countries.
• producer prices (output prices)*: Total, Domestic market and Non-domestic market. A further breakdown of the non-domestic producer prices into euro area and non-euro area is available for the euro area countries.
• import prices*: Total, euro area market, Non euro area market (euro area countries only)
• labour input indicators: Number of employees and self-employed persons, Hours worked by employees, Gross wages and salaries

CONSTRUCTION

• production (volume)*
• building permits indicators*: number of dwellings, square meters of useful floor
• producer (output) prices in construction (if not available, they can be approximated by the construction costs variable)
• labour input indicators: number of employees and self-employed persons, hours worked by employees, gross wages and salaries

TRADE

• volume of sales (deflated turnover)*
• turnover (value)
• labour input indicators: number of employees and self-employed persons, hours worked by employees, gross wages and salaries

SERVICES

• production (volume)*
• turnover (in value)
• labour input indicators: number of employees and self-employed persons, hours worked by employees, gross wages and salaries
• producer prices (output prices)*

MARKET ECONOMY

• total market production (volume)
• registrations
• bankruptcies

National reference metadata of the reporting countries are available in the Annexes to this metadata file.

European Union Trade Balance: EU 27E: Africa: Total data was reported at -1.884 EUR bn in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of -3.898 EUR bn for Jan 2025. European Union Trade Balance: EU 27E: Africa: Total data is updated monthly, averaging -0.396 EUR bn from Jan 2002 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 278 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.005 EUR bn in Apr 2016 and a record low of -6.272 EUR bn in Aug 2022. European Union Trade Balance: EU 27E: Africa: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.JA024: Eurostat: Trade Statistics: By SITC: European Union: Africa.

International trade is an increasingly important component of the European economy. Since its early foundations were laid by the European Coal & Steel Community (ECSC) founded in 1951, trade between European member states has been at the core of the European project. International trade, that is, trade which the European Union does externally with countries who are not member states, has become a greater focus of the bloc in recent years, as the EU attempts to increase the global reach of its companies, while reaping the benefits of cheaper imports. The EU has put particular importance on reaching trade agreements with partners outside the union, as this removes trade barriers such as tariffs, quotas, as well as non-tariff barriers (such as regulations, licenses, and sanctions) which hamper trade activity. EU Trade Deals Recent trade agreements include the Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement with Canada (while not ratified by the member states' parliaments, it had been effectively in force since 2017) and the Japan-EU Economic partnership agreement, in force since 2019. The most significant regions which the EU has not concluded free trade agreements with are the United States, Russia, and China. The Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the U.S. and EU broke down at the negotiation stage, with powerful economic & political actors on the European side, such as trade unions, opposing the deal from the beginning, while the election of Donald Trump as President of the U.S. effectively ended any hopes of the deal being completed due to his "America First" trade policies. With the increasing geopolitical and economic competition between the U.S. and China, the EU now finds itself caught between the two superpowers, and is unlikely to be able to conclude a trade agreement with either without antagonizing the other country. EU trade with Russia, on the other hand, has broken down in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the subsequent sanctions imposed by the European member states.

European Union Trade Balance: EU 27E: Intra EU: Total data was reported at 6.037 EUR bn in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 19.346 EUR bn for Jan 2025. European Union Trade Balance: EU 27E: Intra EU: Total data is updated monthly, averaging 5.869 EUR bn from Jan 2002 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 278 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22.005 EUR bn in Jan 2023 and a record low of -13.179 EUR bn in Dec 2021. European Union Trade Balance: EU 27E: Intra EU: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.JA019: Eurostat: Trade Statistics: By SITC: European Union: Intra European Union.