The EU exported goods worth EUR 213.3 billion to China and imported some EUR 517.8 billion worth in 2024, according to figures from Eurostat, with a resulting trade deficit of EUR 304.5 bn.
The data released by the EU’s statistics agency show that China was the EU’s largest trade partner for imports (21.3% of all extra-EU imports) and the third-largest partner for exports (8.3% of all extra-EU exports).
Compared with 2023, both imports and exports decreased, by 0.5% and 4.5%, respectively.
Between 2014 and 2024, imports from China increased by 101.9%, while exports grew by 47.0%.
The most imported products from China in 2024 were electrical machinery, appliances and electrical parts (valued at €96.8 billion); telecommunications and audio equipment (€60.9 billion) and office machines and data-processing machines, such as personal computers, servers and others (€45.9 billion), as classified under the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) divisions. Together, these 3 divisions accounted for 39.3% of all imports from China.
Statistics Explained article on China-EU international trade in goods statistics, Eurostat
