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EU trade report · 2025-01

EU trade report: January 2025

In January 2025, the EU imported goods worth €217.2B from outside the EU (+11.7% on January 2024) and exported goods worth €210B (+4.7%). Compared with December 2024, imports changed by +10.6% and exports by +0%.

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Imports that grew the most

  1. Aircraft, helicopters, satellites and spacecraft (HS 8802): €2.4B in January 2025, +€1.5B on January 2024 (+155.6%).
  2. Petroleum gases, natural gas, LPG, LNG (HS 2711): €8.8B in January 2025, +€1.4B on January 2024 (+19.6%).
  3. Vaccines, blood plasma, antisera, immunological products (HS 3002): €5.2B in January 2025, +€1.2B on January 2024 (+29.7%).
  4. Gold, unwrought or semi manufactured (HS 7108): €1.7B in January 2025, +€854.2M on January 2024 (+102%).
  5. Computers, laptops and computer units (HS 8471): €5.9B in January 2025, +€694.6M on January 2024 (+13.3%).

Imports that fell the most

  1. Refined petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, fuel oil) (HS 2710): €4.6B in January 2025, −€1.3B on January 2024 (−22.3%).
  2. Crude oil (HS 2709): €21.6B in January 2025, −€975.1M on January 2024 (−4.3%).
  3. Mobile phones, smartphones and network equipment (HS 8517): €7B in January 2025, −€497.9M on January 2024 (−6.7%).
  4. Integrated circuits, chips and microprocessors (HS 8542): €3.1B in January 2025, −€444.7M on January 2024 (−12.6%).
  5. Coal, anthracite and coal briquettes (HS 2701): €893.3M in January 2025, −€443.1M on January 2024 (−33.2%).

Suppliers with the largest growth

  1. China: €46.9B in January 2025, +€8.5B on January 2024 (+22.2%).
  2. United States: €29.8B in January 2025, +€1.8B on January 2024 (+6.5%).
  3. Vietnam: €5.8B in January 2025, +€1.5B on January 2024 (+33.7%).
  4. South Korea: €6B in January 2025, +€1.1B on January 2024 (+22.5%).
  5. Türkiye: €9.2B in January 2025, +€1B on January 2024 (+12.8%).

Suppliers with the largest decline

  1. Japan: €5.1B in January 2025, −€420.4M on January 2024 (−7.6%).
  2. Angola: €452.4M in January 2025, −€385.9M on January 2024 (−46%).
  3. Nigeria: €1.8B in January 2025, −€267.2M on January 2024 (−12.7%).
  4. Ukraine: €2B in January 2025, −€220.6M on January 2024 (−9.7%).
  5. Saudi Arabia: €2.4B in January 2025, −€205.8M on January 2024 (−8%).

Türkiye and the EU

EU imports from Türkiye were €9.2B in January 2025 (+12.8% on January 2024); EU exports to Türkiye were €9B (+7.1%).

Products from Türkiye with the largest growth

  1. Passenger cars and automobiles (HS 8703): €827.2M in January 2025, +€273.4M on January 2024 (+49.4%).
  2. Refined petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, fuel oil) (HS 2710): €403.4M in January 2025, +€115.2M on January 2024 (+40%).
  3. Air guns, gas pistols and truncheons (HS 9304): €61.1M in January 2025, +€60.2M on January 2024.
  4. Coal tar oils, benzol, naphthalene, creosote (HS 2707): €59.4M in January 2025, +€51.8M on January 2024 (+682.5%).
  5. Tanks and armoured fighting vehicles (HS 8710): €45.8M in January 2025, +€45.8M on January 2024.

Values are the extra EU trade of the member states in euros, from Eurostat Comext (DS-045409). Changes compare the same month a year earlier. Products and suppliers are ranked when the month or the month a year earlier reaches EUR 20 million. See every change by member state, product and partner in the EU trade movers of January 2025.

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  • Eurostat Comext DS-045409: monthly trade of the EU member states with countries outside the EU, by product and partner, in euros, months 2024-12, 2025-01, 2024-01. Licence: Eurostat reuse policy, free reuse with attribution. DS-045409:EU27:EXTRA:TOTAL:2025-01
  • Method: sums of the values the member states report; changes against the same month a year earlier; products and suppliers ranked by the change in euros.

Trade database built 2026-10-25. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. Data sources and methodology

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