Trade in goods with the United States in 2025

In 2025, the EU exported €554.0 billion worth of goods to the United States and imported €354.4 billion, resulting in a €199.6 billion trade surplus. Compared with 2024, both exports and imports increased by 3.4% and 4.8%, respectively.

Source dataset: ds-059331

In the first quarter of 2025, both imports from and especially exports to the United States increased significantly, followed by a marked decline in the second quarter. In the third quarter, imports grew slightly while exports registered a modest decrease. Finally, in the fourth quarter, both exports and imports decreased.

Medical and pharmaceutical products top trading product

When looking into the breakdown according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) categories, the top 5 most exported product groups in 2025 made up more than half (53.0%) of all exports to the United States. These were medicinal and pharmaceutical products (29.0%), road vehicles (7.5%), general industrial machinery and equipment (5.9%), electrical machinery, appliances and electrical parts (5.8%) and power-generating machinery and equipment (4.8%).

Source dataset: ds-059331

Similarly, for imports, the top 5 categories accounted for 52.1% of all imported goods. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (17.0%) also accounted for the highest share of imported products, followed by petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (11.2%), power-generating machinery and equipment (9.4%), gas, natural and manufactured (7.9%) and other transport equipment (6.6%).