EU–China › Machinery & mechanical appliances
EU–China trade in machinery & mechanical appliances
In May 2026, the EU exported €2.7B of machinery & mechanical appliances to China and imported €9.1B — a €6.4B deficit in this category.
The EU's machinery & mechanical appliances deficit with China has widened by about 19% over the past year, from €5.4B to €6.4B.
China supplied about 31% of the EU's extra-EU imports of machinery & mechanical appliances in May 2026 — its single largest source.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€2.7B
EU imports
€9.1B
Balance
−€6.4B
Top sub-categories traded with China
EU exports →
- 8411Turbojets, turbopropellers and other gas turbines€498M
- 8481Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, incl. pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves; parts thereof€233M
- 8486Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays; machines and apparatus specified in note 9 C to chapter 84; parts and accessories, n.e.s.€159M
- 8483Transmission shafts, incl. camshafts and crankshafts, and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings for machines; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws, gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters; flywheels and pulleys, incl. pulley blocks, clutches and shaft couplings, incl. universal joints; parts thereof€143M
- 8413Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device (excl. ceramic pumps and secretion aspirating pumps for medical use and medical pumps carried on or implanted in the body); liquid elevators (excl. pumps); parts thereof€141M
← EU imports
- 8471Automatic data-processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s.€3.0B
- 8415Air conditioning machines comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, incl. those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated; parts thereof€561M
- 8473Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines of heading 8469 to 8472, n.e.s.€554M
- 8418Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps; parts thereof (excl. air conditioning machines of heading 8415)€426M
- 8414Air or vacuum pumps (excl. gas compound elevators and pneumatic elevators and conveyors); air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters; parts thereof€394M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €2.7B | €9.1B | −€6.4B |
| April 2026 | €3.0B | €10.2B | −€7.2B |
| March 2026 | €3.6B | €10.9B | −€7.3B |
| February 2026 | €3.0B | €8.6B | −€5.7B |
| January 2026 | €2.7B | €9.4B | −€6.7B |
| December 2025 | €4.8B | €8.8B | −€4.1B |
| November 2025 | €3.8B | €9.1B | −€5.3B |
| October 2025 | €3.7B | €9.2B | −€5.5B |
| September 2025 | €4.0B | €8.7B | −€4.7B |
| August 2025 | €3.1B | €8.2B | −€5.1B |
| July 2025 | €4.1B | €9.2B | −€5.1B |
| June 2025 | €3.9B | €9.2B | −€5.4B |
| May 2025 | €3.5B | €8.9B | −€5.4B |
| April 2025 | €3.6B | €8.9B | −€5.3B |
| March 2025 | €3.6B | €9.5B | −€5.9B |
| February 2025 | €4.0B | €8.2B | −€4.1B |
| January 2025 | €2.9B | €8.5B | −€5.6B |
| December 2024 | €4.2B | €7.6B | −€3.4B |
| November 2024 | €3.8B | €9.1B | −€5.4B |
| October 2024 | €3.7B | €9.0B | −€5.3B |
| September 2024 | €4.1B | €8.0B | −€3.9B |
| August 2024 | €3.4B | €8.4B | −€5.0B |
| July 2024 | €4.4B | €8.7B | −€4.4B |
| June 2024 | €4.1B | €7.5B | −€3.3B |
EU exports, imports and balance by month — extra-EU, EU27 reporter, latest 24 months.
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Source: Eurostat — Comext DS-059341 · EU27 reporter · extra-EU trade · value in EUR. Figures are indicative and may be revised; verify against Eurostat before relying on them.