EU chemicals recorded a €257 billion trade surplus in 2025
EU chemical exports reached €605 billion and imports €348 billion.
Event / data period: 2025
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Eurostat reported that the EU exported €605 billion of chemicals and related products to non-EU countries in 2025 and imported €348 billion, producing a €257 billion trade surplus. From 2024, exports rose 7% from €563 billion and imports rose 7% from €324 billion. These figures cover extra-EU trade.
Germany was the largest EU exporter of chemicals and related products to non-EU countries at €130 billion, followed by Ireland (€115 billion), Belgium (€60 billion), Italy (€56 billion) and France (€54 billion). The main destinations were the United States (€206 billion), Switzerland (€76 billion), the United Kingdom (€48 billion), China (€32 billion) and Türkiye (€17 billion). Eurostat’s chemicals definition covers SITC Rev. 4 groups 51–59. The €836 billion value of sold production is separate from the trade balance.
Data
EU chemicals trade
2025 extra-EU trade values and value of sold production in the EU; EUR billions.
| EU exports to non-EU countries | 605 |
| EU imports from non-EU countries | 348 |
| Trade surplus | 257 |
| Sold production | 836 |
Methodology
All values are € billions. Exports and imports refer to extra-EU trade; production is sold production.
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