EU-US trade: facts and figures
The European Union and the United States have the largest bilateral trade and investment relationship and the most integrated economic relationship in the world.
Together, they represent almost 30% of global trade in goods and services and 43% of global GDP.
In 2025, transatlantic trade in goods and services reached over €1.77 trillion (provisional data). Both the EU and US are top trading partners in goods for each other.
Trade in goods (2025)
In 2025, EU-US trade in goods was worth over €910 billion. This has nearly doubled in the last 10 years.
€356.2 billion worth of EU imports from the US
€554.6 billion worth of EU exports to the US
The US is the main EU trade partner
The US is EU's top trading partner for EU exports and the second (after China) partner for EU imports.
21% of EU exports in goods go to the US, followed by the United Kingdom (13.1%), Switzerland (8.3%), China (7.5%) and Türkiye (4.3%).
22% of the goods imported in the EU come from China, followed by the US (14.2%), the United Kingdom (6.3%), Switzerland (5.7%) and Türkiye (4.1%).
For both imports and exports, the top five most-traded categories of products made up almost half of all trade to the US.
Top goods the EU exports to the US
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
Road vehicles
General industrial machinery and equipment
Top goods the EU imports from the US
Petroleum products and related materials
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
Power-generating machinery and equipment
Trade in services (2025)
In 2025, according to provisional data, total EU-US trade in services was worth around €865 billion.
€521.8 billion worth of EU imports from the US
€343.4 billion worth of EU exports to the US
Top services the EU exports to the US
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Telecommunications, computer and information services
Transport
Top services the EU imports from the US
Charges for the use of intellectual property
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Telecommunications, computer and information services
Trade surplus
The EU had a trade surplus with the US of around €20 billion in 2025, taking into account both goods and services. This represented only around 1% of total EU-US trade.
With regard to trade in goods, the EU had a surplus of €198 billion, and with regard to trade in services, the EU had a deficit of over €178 billion.
In that respect, the EU and US economies complement each other very well.
EU-US joint statement
The EU-US joint statement, agreed on 21 August 2025, set out a framework for reducing tariffs and strengthening the transatlantic trade relationship.
In June 2026, the Council formally adopted two regulations implementing the tariff commitments set out in the Joint Statement:
- a main regulation removing the remaining customs duties on US industrial goods and granting preferential market access for certain US seafood and non-sensitive agricultural products
- a second regulation extending the suspension of duties on lobster imports, including processed lobster, from all countries on a most favoured nation basis
The regulations include reinforced safeguard and suspension mechanisms to protect EU economic interests. The main regulation will cease to apply at the end of 2029, while the lobster regulation will expire on 31 July 2030 unless further action is taken.
- EU-US trade: Council and Parliament strike a deal to implement the tariff elements of the joint statement (press release, 20 May 2026)
- Joint statement on a United States-European Union framework on an agreement on reciprocal, fair and balanced trade (European Commission)
- EU-US trade: Council gives final approval for the tariff commitments under joint statement (press release, 25 June 2026)
Data sources
The data used on this page was extracted in May 2026 and comes from the following Eurostat datasets:
See also
EU relations with the United States
EU tariffs explained
EU trade legislation
Last review: 29 June 2026