List of the largest trading partners of the European Union

The European Commission Directorate-General for Trade lists the 10 largest trading partners of the European Union (EU) with their total trade (sum of imports and exports) in billions of euros for 2020 and 2021.

With the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU, the United Kingdom entered the top 10 partners of the EU-27.

EU-27 trade in goods and services (2020, in billions of euros)(A positive trade balance means that the EU exports more to the given country than it imports from that country.)
Rank	Country/district	Exports	Imports	Total trade	Trade balance
1	United States	536.4	464.3	1000	72.1
2	United Kingdom	462.3	330.7	793.0	131.6
3	China	249.7	416.2	665.9	-166.4
4	Switzerland	247.4	166.4	413.9	81.0
-	ASEAN	111.1	161.0	272.2	-49.8
5	Russia	99.5	103.6	203.1	-4.1
6	Turkey	81.4	71.0	152.3	10.3
7	Japan	82.9	67.7	150.5	15.2
8	Norway	68.4	54.2	122.5	14.2
9	South Korea	57.6	50.4	108.0	7.2
10	India	45.3	50.3	95.6	-5.0

EU-27 trade in goods (2021, in billions of euros)
Rank	Country/district	Exports	Imports	Total trade	Trade balance
1	China	223.4	472.7	696.1	−249.3
2	United States	399.3	232.4	631.8	166.9
3	United Kingdom	283.6	146.9	430.5	136.6
4	Switzerland	156.4	123.6	280.1	32.8
5	Russia	89.2	162.3	251.6	−73.0
-	ASEAN	75.7	136.2	215.9	−56.5
6	Turkey	79.2	77.9	157.2	1.2
7	Norway	56.5	74.6	131.1	−18.1
8	Japan	62.3	62.2	124.6	0.1
9	South Korea	51.8	55.4	107.2	−3.5
10	India	41.8	46.1	87.9	−4.3

References

"EU27 Trade in Goods & Services by partner (2020, excluding intra-EU trade)" (PDF). European Commission. European Commission Directorate General for Trade. 20 April 2022.
Top Trading Partners: Client and Supplier Countries of the EU28 in Merchandise Trade (value %) (2020, excluding intra-EU trade). Accessed 16 February 2021

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Americas	Andean Community of Nations Caribbean Community Central American Integration System Mercosur
Asia-Pacific	Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
Europe, Central Asia, and North Asia	Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia Eurasian Economic Union European Union Customs Union
Middle East and North Africa	Arab Customs Union Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
Subsaharan Africa	East African Community Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa Southern African Customs Union West African Economic and Monetary Union

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See also: Economic relationships with third countries
Africa	Algeria Cape Verde Egypt Libya Morocco South Africa Sudan Tunisia
Americas	Argentina trade Brazil Canada Colombia Cuba Greenland Mexico Peru United States Uruguay
Asia	Bahrain Bangladesh China India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Lebanon Malaysia Nepal North Korea Pakistan Palestine† Philippines South Korea Syria Taiwan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Faroe Islands Georgia Accession negotiations Iceland Kosovo† Liechtenstein Moldova Accession negotiations Monaco Montenegro North Macedonia Northern Cyprus† Norway Russia San Marino Serbia Sovereign Military Order of Malta Switzerland Turkey Accession negotiations Ukraine Accession negotiations United Kingdom Vatican City
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