Euro Zone Records Trade Surplus

In December of last year, the Euro Zone recorded a trade surplus of 15.5 billion euros. The European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat, published the international trade data for the EU and the Euro Zone in December 2024. According to the report, EU exports increased by 3.7% compared to the same month the previous year, reaching 209 billion euros, while imports rose by 3.9% to 192.7 billion euros in December. The EU registered a trade surplus of 16.3 billion euros in that month. In the Euro Zone, exports in December 2024 grew by 3.1% to 226.5 billion euros compared to the same month in 2023, while imports increased by 3.8% to 211 billion euros. Consequently, the trade surplus for the Euro Zone in December amounted to 15.5 billion euros. Furthermore, the trade surplus for 2024 was determined to be 176.9 billion euros in the Euro Zone and 150.1 billion euros in the EU. In December, the countries that imported the most from the EU were the United States with 41.6 billion euros, the United Kingdom with 23.4 billion euros, China with 16.6 billion euros, Switzerland with 14.7 billion euros, and Turkey with 8.9 billion euros. The countries that exported the most to the EU were China with 40.2 billion euros, the United States with 26.1 billion euros, the United Kingdom with 12.7 billion euros, Switzerland with 10.3 billion euros, Norway with 8.6 billion euros, and Turkey with 8 billion euros.