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EU trade report · 2025-12

EU trade report: December 2025

In December 2025, the EU imported goods worth €204.1B from outside the EU (+4% on December 2024) and exported goods worth €214.5B (+2.1%). Compared with November 2025, imports changed by −2.7% and exports by +0.4%.

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Imports that grew the most

  1. Computers, laptops and computer units (HS 8471): €8.7B in December 2025, +€3.2B on December 2024 (+57.9%).
  2. Unwrought aluminium, ingots and billets (HS 7601): €2.1B in December 2025, +€1.1B on December 2024 (+106.8%).
  3. Mobile phones, smartphones and network equipment (HS 8517): €7.4B in December 2025, +€805.5M on December 2024 (+12.2%).
  4. Medicines in doses or retail packs (HS 3004): €3.8B in December 2025, +€784.1M on December 2024 (+25.6%).
  5. Turbojets, turboprops and gas turbines (HS 8411): €4.2B in December 2025, +€780.8M on December 2024 (+22.8%).

Imports that fell the most

  1. Crude oil (HS 2709): €16.6B in December 2025, −€4.6B on December 2024 (−21.7%).
  2. Petroleum gases, natural gas, LPG, LNG (HS 2711): €5.9B in December 2025, −€2.3B on December 2024 (−27.9%).
  3. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds (melamine, caprolactam) (HS 2933): €2.4B in December 2025, −€836.1M on December 2024 (−25.6%).
  4. Dredgers, floating cranes, floating docks and drilling platforms (HS 8905): €130.5K in December 2025, −€712.9M on December 2024 (−100%).
  5. Passenger ships, cargo ships, ferries and barges (HS 8901): €705M in December 2025, −€279.1M on December 2024 (−28.4%).

Suppliers with the largest growth

  1. China: €46.2B in December 2025, +€4.7B on December 2024 (+11.2%).
  2. Taiwan: €5.1B in December 2025, +€2.1B on December 2024 (+71.8%).
  3. United States: €27.6B in December 2025, +€1.4B on December 2024 (+5.3%).
  4. Canada: €3.4B in December 2025, +€1B on December 2024 (+42%).
  5. Vietnam: €5.5B in December 2025, +€945.9M on December 2024 (+20.8%).

Suppliers with the largest decline

  1. Russia: €2.2B in December 2025, −€1.1B on December 2024 (−32.7%).
  2. Algeria: €2B in December 2025, −€754.7M on December 2024 (−27.9%).
  3. Azerbaijan: €968.9M in December 2025, −€673.4M on December 2024 (−41%).
  4. Libya: €1.5B in December 2025, −€657.3M on December 2024 (−29.8%).
  5. Norway: €6B in December 2025, −€559.9M on December 2024 (−8.5%).

Türkiye and the EU

EU imports from Türkiye were €8.2B in December 2025 (+2.3% on December 2024); EU exports to Türkiye were €9.5B (+5.8%).

Products from Türkiye with the largest growth

  1. Trucks, lorries and pickups (HS 8704): €495.2M in December 2025, +€152.7M on December 2024 (+44.6%).
  2. Buses, coaches and minibuses (HS 8702): €292.9M in December 2025, +€81.8M on December 2024 (+38.7%).
  3. Tractors and road tractors (HS 8701): €111.8M in December 2025, +€58.4M on December 2024 (+109.5%).
  4. Transformers, power supplies, inverters and inductors (HS 8504): €125.4M in December 2025, +€46.2M on December 2024 (+58.4%).
  5. Aircraft, helicopters, satellites and spacecraft (HS 8802): €45M in December 2025, +€45M on December 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 December 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 2025-11, 2025-12, 2024-12. Licence: Eurostat reuse policy, free reuse with attribution. DS-045409:EU27:EXTRA:TOTAL:2025-12
  • 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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