Área Euro Balança Comercial

The Eurozone’s trade surplus widened sharply to €18.4 billion in October 2025 from €7.1 billion a year earlier, as exports increased while imports fell. Across the broader European Union, the trade surplus also climbed to €14.7 billion from €3.1 billion in October 2024. EU exports rose 1.0% to €258.0 billion, supported by stronger shipments of machinery and vehicles (+1.5%), food and drink (+0.9%) and raw materials (+1.8%). Exports surged to Switzerland (+16.5%), Norway (+6.1%) and Mexico (+8.7%), but fell to the US (-14.7%), the UK (-3.0%) and China (-3.3%). Meanwhile, imports fell 3.6% to €239.6 billion, weighed down by lower purchases of chemicals (-4.9%), energy (-24.0%) and food and drink (-1.1%), although machinery and vehicle imports rose 4.2%. By country, imports declined sharply from China (-34.1%) and India (-3.0%), while rising from the US (+19.5%), the UK (+16.7%) and Switzerland (+2.3%).