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.
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%). (....)