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EU trade report · 2026-01

EU trade report: January 2026

In January 2026, the EU imported goods worth €198.4B from outside the EU (−8.6% on January 2025) and exported goods worth €190.6B (−9.3%). Compared with December 2025, imports changed by −2.8% and exports by −11.2%.

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Imports that grew the most

  1. Computers, laptops and computer units (HS 8471): €7.5B in January 2026, +€1.6B on January 2025 (+27.2%).
  2. Accumulators, rechargeable batteries (HS 8507): €3B in January 2026, +€826.8M on January 2025 (+37.5%).
  3. Integrated circuits, chips and microprocessors (HS 8542): €3.8B in January 2026, +€684.6M on January 2025 (+22.2%).
  4. Computer and office machine parts and accessories (HS 8473): €1.9B in January 2026, +€521M on January 2025 (+36.7%).
  5. Platinum, palladium and rhodium, unwrought or semi manufactured (HS 7110): €742.8M in January 2026, +€376.6M on January 2025 (+102.8%).

Imports that fell the most

  1. Crude oil (HS 2709): €16.2B in January 2026, −€5.5B on January 2025 (−25.3%).
  2. Petroleum gases, natural gas, LPG, LNG (HS 2711): €6B in January 2026, −€2.8B on January 2025 (−32.1%).
  3. Vaccines, blood plasma, antisera, immunological products (HS 3002): €4.4B in January 2026, −€836.9M on January 2025 (−16.1%).
  4. Cocoa beans (HS 1801): €786.9M in January 2026, −€572.7M on January 2025 (−42.1%).
  5. Medicines in doses or retail packs (HS 3004): €3.9B in January 2026, −€542.7M on January 2025 (−12.3%).

Suppliers with the largest growth

  1. Taiwan: €5.3B in January 2026, +€1.6B on January 2025 (+41.9%).
  2. China: €48.2B in January 2026, +€1.3B on January 2025 (+2.7%).
  3. Iraq: €1.4B in January 2026, +€355.3M on January 2025 (+32.5%).
  4. Chile: €942.6M in January 2026, +€266.6M on January 2025 (+39.4%).
  5. Vietnam: €6.1B in January 2026, +€248.4M on January 2025 (+4.3%).

Suppliers with the largest decline

  1. United States: €25.4B in January 2026, −€4.4B on January 2025 (−14.8%).
  2. Russia: €1.7B in January 2026, −€1.7B on January 2025 (−50.1%).
  3. Kazakhstan: €1.6B in January 2026, −€1.4B on January 2025 (−46.8%).
  4. United Kingdom: €11.8B in January 2026, −€1.3B on January 2025 (−10.1%).
  5. Türkiye: €7.9B in January 2026, −€1.3B on January 2025 (−14.1%).

Türkiye and the EU

EU imports from Türkiye were €7.9B in January 2026 (−14.1% on January 2025); EU exports to Türkiye were €8.3B (−7.9%).

Products from Türkiye with the largest growth

  1. Hot rolled flat steel, width 600mm or more (HS 7208): €185M in January 2026, +€99.2M on January 2025 (+115.7%).
  2. Ammunition, cartridges, bombs and munitions (HS 9306): €48.3M in January 2026, +€35.6M on January 2025 (+280.8%).
  3. Coated flat steel, galvanized and tinplate (HS 7210): €115.6M in January 2026, +€32.6M on January 2025 (+39.3%).
  4. Gold, unwrought or semi manufactured (HS 7108): €26.3M in January 2026, +€25.9M on January 2025.
  5. Buses, coaches and minibuses (HS 8702): €171.5M in January 2026, +€25.2M on January 2025 (+17.2%).

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 January 2026.

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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 2025-12, 2026-01, 2025-01. Licence: Eurostat reuse policy, free reuse with attribution. DS-045409:EU27:EXTRA:TOTAL:2026-01
  • 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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