Foreign trade and import prices - March 2025

March 2025, seasonally adjusted data, compared to February 2025, decreased for exports (-1.0%) and rose slightly for imports (+0.2%). Exports declined by -5.0% for EU countries and increased by +3.3% for non-EU countries. Imports grew by +1.2% for EU countries and fell by -1.1% for non-EU countries.

In the first quarter 2025, seasonally-adjusted data, compared to the previous one, increased for both exports       (+4.6%) and imports (+4.7%).

In March 2025, compared to the same month of the previous year, exports increased by +5.8% and imports by +7.6%. Outgoing flows rose for EU countries (+3.7%) and for non-EU countries (+8.2%). Incoming flows increased by +6.8% for the EU area and by +8.8% for the extra-EU area.

In March 2025, trade balance registered a surplus of +3,657 million Euros (-2,453 million euros deficit for EU countries and +6,110 million euros surplus for non-EU countries). Excluding energy, trade balance surplus amounted to +7,551 million Euros.

In March 2025, import prices decreased by 1.0% on monthly basis (-0.5% for the euro zone, -1.3% for the non-euro zone). Over the last three months, compared to the previous three months, import prices increased by 0.7% (-0.4% for the euro zone, +1.6% for the non-euro zone).

Import prices, compared to the same month a year ago, increased by 0.6% (-0.6% for the euro zone, +1.6% for the non-euro zone).