Foreign trade and import prices - December 2025

In December 2025, seasonally adjusted data, compared to November 2025, increased slightly for both exports (+0.3%) and imports (+0.1%). Exports decreased by -1.1% for EU countries but rose by +1.9% for non-EU countries. Imports fell for EU countries (-3.0%), while they increased by +4.4% for non-EU countries.

In the last quarter, compared with the previous one, seasonally-adjusted data showed a moderate contraction for exports (-1.4%) and a slight decrease for imports (-0.2%).

In December 2025, compared to the same month of the previous year, exports increased by +4.9% and imports by +3.4%. Outgoing flows grew by +4.7% for EU countries and by +5.1% for non-EU countries. Incoming flows increased for EU area (+7.1%) while they declined for non-EU area (-1.1%).

In December 2025, trade balance recorded a surplus of +6,037 million Euros (-2,447 million Euros deficit for EU countries and +8,484 million Euros surplus for non-EU countries). Excluding energy, the trade balance showed a surplus of +9,792 million Euros.

In the year 2025, compared to 2024, outgoing flows rose by -3.3% (+4.2% for EU countries, +2.4% for non-EU countries) and incoming flows by +3.1% (+2.9% for EU countries, +3.4% for non-EU countries). The trade balance registered a surplus of +50,746 million Euros compared to the surplus of +48,287 million Euros the year earlier.

In December 2025, import prices decreased by 0.1% on monthly basis (+0.2 for the euro zone, -0.4% for the non-euro zone). Over the last three months, compared to the previous three months, import prices decreased by 0.6% (unchanged for the euro zone, -1.1% for the non-euro zone).

Import prices, compared to the same month a year ago, declined by 3.1% (-0.7% for the euro zone, -5.3% for the non-euro zone). In 2025, compared with 2024, import prices decreased by 1.7% (-1.2% for the euro zone, -2.0% for the non-euro zone).