Euro area records €10.3 billion goods-trade deficit in September
Eurostat’s first estimates show import values rising faster than exports. The EU recorded a €16.8 billion deficit in trade in goods.
The euro area recorded a €10.3 billion deficit in trade in goods with countries outside the area in September 2026, according to first estimates published by Eurostat on 13 November. The corresponding balance in September 2025 was a surplus of €13.5 billion.
Euro-area exports were valued at €272.7 billion, up 6% year-on-year. Imports reached €283 billion, increasing more rapidly, by 16.1%. For the EU as a whole, the goods-trade deficit was €16.8 billion, compared with a surplus of €11.4 billion a year earlier.
Key changes in the euro-area balance included a wider energy deficit of €33 billion, compared with €20.7 billion in September 2025, and a smaller surplus in machinery and vehicles of €3 billion, down from €10 billion.
The figures are provisional and not seasonally adjusted. They cover goods traded with countries outside the respective economic area and exclude services. Changes in values expressed in euros do not, by themselves, measure changes in trade volumes.
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