The euro area recorded a trade surplus of €19.4 billion in September 2025, significantly higher than in August (€1.9 billion). The European Statistical Office presents aggregate euro area data on the excess of exports over imports in foreign trade in goods and services.
The surplus was driven by a 7.7% year-on-year increase in exports of goods, to 256.6 billion euros, with imports up 5.3% to 237.1 billion euros. In fact, this indicates the overcoming of shocks caused by trade wars, follows from the statistics.
At the same time, intra-EU trade in September 2025 was characterized by a deficit of 16.3 billion euros. This dissonance was mainly due to the strong growth in the chemical products sector, where the surplus increased from €15.4 billion in August 2025 to €26.9 billion in September 2025, Eurostat said.
Compared to September 2024, the European internal trade balance improved by €6.8 billion. This is due to an increase in turnover in the European chemicals and related goods industry, where the surplus increased from €20.1 billion in September 2024 to €26.9 billion in September 2025. However, the surplus in the machinery sector declined from €16.4 billion in September 2024 to €13.8 billion in September 2025.
