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EU trade report · 2025-03

EU trade report: March 2025

In March 2025, the EU imported goods worth €223.1B from outside the EU (+11.1% on March 2024) and exported goods worth €257.4B (+16.1%). Compared with February 2025, imports changed by +9.6% and exports by +13.9%.

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Imports that grew the most

  1. Petroleum gases, natural gas, LPG, LNG (HS 2711): €9.7B in March 2025, +€3.4B on March 2024 (+54%).
  2. Vaccines, blood plasma, antisera, immunological products (HS 3002): €5.5B in March 2025, +€1.7B on March 2024 (+43.2%).
  3. Medicines in doses or retail packs (HS 3004): €5.3B in March 2025, +€1.6B on March 2024 (+44.5%).
  4. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds (melamine, caprolactam) (HS 2933): €3.7B in March 2025, +€930.5M on March 2024 (+33.2%).
  5. Turbojets, turboprops and gas turbines (HS 8411): €4.5B in March 2025, +€873.9M on March 2024 (+24.3%).

Imports that fell the most

  1. Crude oil (HS 2709): €18.1B in March 2025, −€4.8B on March 2024 (−20.8%).
  2. Refined petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, fuel oil) (HS 2710): €4.6B in March 2025, −€1.5B on March 2024 (−24.3%).
  3. Dredgers, floating cranes, floating docks and drilling platforms (HS 8905): €248.2K in March 2025, −€745M on March 2024 (−100%).
  4. Passenger cars and automobiles (HS 8703): €6.6B in March 2025, −€664.6M on March 2024 (−9.2%).
  5. Semiconductors, diodes, transistors, solar panels and LEDs (HS 8541): €1.3B in March 2025, −€250.5M on March 2024 (−15.8%).

Suppliers with the largest growth

  1. China: €49.8B in March 2025, +€7.2B on March 2024 (+16.8%).
  2. United States: €30.6B in March 2025, +€2.5B on March 2024 (+9%).
  3. Switzerland: €12.4B in March 2025, +€2B on March 2024 (+19%).
  4. Vietnam: €5.4B in March 2025, +€1.3B on March 2024 (+30.8%).
  5. Türkiye: €9B in March 2025, +€961.9M on March 2024 (+12%).

Suppliers with the largest decline

  1. Saudi Arabia: €2.4B in March 2025, −€883.3M on March 2024 (−27.1%).
  2. Guyana: €553.5M in March 2025, −€557.7M on March 2024 (−50.2%).
  3. Iraq: €951.1M in March 2025, −€556.1M on March 2024 (−36.9%).
  4. United Arab Emirates: €718.6M in March 2025, −€456.6M on March 2024 (−38.9%).
  5. Russia: €2.6B in March 2025, −€340M on March 2024 (−11.5%).

Türkiye and the EU

EU imports from Türkiye were €9B in March 2025 (+12% on March 2024); EU exports to Türkiye were €10.3B (+1.8%).

Products from Türkiye with the largest growth

  1. Passenger cars and automobiles (HS 8703): €941.6M in March 2025, +€242.4M on March 2024 (+34.7%).
  2. Hot rolled flat steel, width 600mm or more (HS 7208): €136.7M in March 2025, +€80.9M on March 2024 (+144.9%).
  3. Buses, coaches and minibuses (HS 8702): €215.3M in March 2025, +€62.6M on March 2024 (+41%).
  4. Motor vehicle parts and accessories (HS 8708): €434.7M in March 2025, +€54.6M on March 2024 (+14.4%).
  5. Jewellery of precious metal (HS 7113): €90M in March 2025, +€50M on March 2024 (+125.2%).

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 March 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 2025-02, 2025-03, 2024-03. Licence: Eurostat reuse policy, free reuse with attribution. DS-045409:EU27:EXTRA:TOTAL:2025-03
  • 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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