EU trade surplus narrows to €128 billion in 2025

The European Union recorded a €128 billion trade surplus in goods in 2025, marking a decrease of €8 billion compared with 2024, according to Eurostat.

The surplus fell from €136 billion in 2024, reflecting shifting trade dynamics across key sectors and partners.

Between 2015 and 2025, the EU posted a trade surplus every year except in 2022, when a deficit emerged due to a sharp imbalance in the energy sector.

In all other years, trade surpluses in machinery, vehicles...