EU–China › Organic chemicals
EU–China trade in organic chemicals
In May 2026, the EU exported €291M of organic chemicals to China and imported €2.3B — a €2.0B deficit in this category.
The EU's organic chemicals deficit with China has narrowed by about 21% over the past year, from €2.6B to €2.0B.
China supplied about 26% of the EU's extra-EU imports of organic chemicals in May 2026 — its single largest source.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€291M
EU imports
€2.3B
Balance
−€2.0B
Top sub-categories traded with China
EU exports →
- 2933Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only€74M
- 2934Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; heterocyclic compounds (excl. with oxygen only or with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only)€26M
- 2901Acyclic hydrocarbons€18M
- 2937Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof "incl. chain modified polypeptides", used primarily as hormones€17M
- 2935Sulphonamides€16M
← EU imports
- 2933Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only€945M
- 2934Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; heterocyclic compounds (excl. with oxygen only or with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only)€217M
- 2937Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof "incl. chain modified polypeptides", used primarily as hormones€107M
- 2909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxide, ketone peroxides, whether or not chemically defined, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives€88M
- 2922Oxygen-function amino-compounds€85M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €291M | €2.3B | −€2.0B |
| April 2026 | €207M | €2.1B | −€1.9B |
| March 2026 | €337M | €2.5B | −€2.1B |
| February 2026 | €230M | €3.3B | −€3.1B |
| January 2026 | €277M | €2.7B | −€2.5B |
| December 2025 | €212M | €1.9B | −€1.7B |
| November 2025 | €252M | €2.3B | −€2.0B |
| October 2025 | €257M | €2.7B | −€2.4B |
| September 2025 | €251M | €3.1B | −€2.9B |
| August 2025 | €184M | €1.6B | −€1.5B |
| July 2025 | €314M | €2.9B | −€2.6B |
| June 2025 | €223M | €3.2B | −€2.9B |
| May 2025 | €277M | €2.8B | −€2.6B |
| April 2025 | €257M | €3.8B | −€3.6B |
| March 2025 | €318M | €4.2B | −€3.9B |
| February 2025 | €272M | €3.0B | −€2.8B |
| January 2025 | €242M | €2.5B | −€2.3B |
| December 2024 | €276M | €2.3B | −€2.0B |
| November 2024 | €254M | €2.3B | −€2.1B |
| October 2024 | €242M | €2.1B | −€1.8B |
| September 2024 | €182M | €2.3B | −€2.1B |
| August 2024 | €231M | €1.7B | −€1.5B |
| July 2024 | €272M | €2.3B | −€2.0B |
| June 2024 | €271M | €2.5B | −€2.2B |
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.