EU trade report · 2025-10
EU trade report: October 2025
In October 2025, the EU imported goods worth €216.6B from outside the EU (−4.5% on October 2024) and exported goods worth €228B (−0.5%). Compared with September 2025, imports changed by −0.3% and exports by −0.5%.
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Imports that grew the most
- Computers, laptops and computer units (HS 8471): €8.3B in October 2025, +€2.5B on October 2024 (+41.7%).
- Hormones, steroids and insulin (HS 2937): €2.8B in October 2025, +€1.8B on October 2024 (+182.4%).
- Aircraft, helicopters, satellites and spacecraft (HS 8802): €2.5B in October 2025, +€1.3B on October 2024 (+111.4%).
- Accumulators, rechargeable batteries (HS 8507): €3.1B in October 2025, +€606.3M on October 2024 (+24.7%).
- Integrated circuits, chips and microprocessors (HS 8542): €3.5B in October 2025, +€529.4M on October 2024 (+17.9%).
Imports that fell the most
- Crude oil (HS 2709): €14.9B in October 2025, −€5.9B on October 2024 (−28.4%).
- Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds (melamine, caprolactam) (HS 2933): €3.7B in October 2025, −€2.7B on October 2024 (−42.1%).
- Passenger cars and automobiles (HS 8703): €6.2B in October 2025, −€1.2B on October 2024 (−16.5%).
- Petroleum gases, natural gas, LPG, LNG (HS 2711): €6B in October 2025, −€924.8M on October 2024 (−13.4%).
- Refined petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, fuel oil) (HS 2710): €5.2B in October 2025, −€808.7M on October 2024 (−13.4%).
Suppliers with the largest growth
- United States: €29.7B in October 2025, +€1.9B on October 2024 (+6.9%).
- Taiwan: €4.5B in October 2025, +€687.8M on October 2024 (+18.1%).
- Mexico: €3B in October 2025, +€452.1M on October 2024 (+17.9%).
- South Africa: €2.1B in October 2025, +€339.8M on October 2024 (+19.5%).
- Libya: €1.3B in October 2025, +€242.8M on October 2024 (+23.8%).
Suppliers with the largest decline
- China: €50B in October 2025, −€2.1B on October 2024 (−4.1%).
- United Kingdom: €13.3B in October 2025, −€1.4B on October 2024 (−9.5%).
- Switzerland: €13.7B in October 2025, −€1.2B on October 2024 (−7.8%).
- Brazil: €3.2B in October 2025, −€1.1B on October 2024 (−26.1%).
- Norway: €5.5B in October 2025, −€1B on October 2024 (−15.9%).
Türkiye and the EU
EU imports from Türkiye were €9.3B in October 2025 (+0.9% on October 2024); EU exports to Türkiye were €9.7B (−3.2%).
Products from Türkiye with the largest growth
- Dredgers, floating cranes, floating docks and drilling platforms (HS 8905): €165.6M in October 2025, +€165.6M on October 2024.
- Trucks, lorries and pickups (HS 8704): €443.9M in October 2025, +€137.6M on October 2024 (+44.9%).
- Hot rolled flat steel, width 600mm or more (HS 7208): €221.3M in October 2025, +€84.3M on October 2024 (+61.5%).
- Tanks and armoured fighting vehicles (HS 8710): €61.9M in October 2025, +€61.9M on October 2024.
- Buses, coaches and minibuses (HS 8702): €214.3M in October 2025, +€46.3M on October 2024 (+27.6%).
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 October 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 2025-09, 2025-10, 2024-10. Licence: Eurostat reuse policy, free reuse with attribution. DS-045409:EU27:EXTRA:TOTAL:2025-10
- 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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