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EU–Japan trade in goods

In May 2026, the EU exported €4.9B of goods to Japan and imported €5.0B — a €121M deficit in this category.

Over the past year the EU's all goods balance with Japan swung from a €820M surplus to a €121M deficit.

Japan supplied about 2% of the EU's extra-EU imports of all goods in May 2026.

Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€4.9B
EU imports
€5.0B
Balance
−€121M

Top product categories traded with Japan

EU exports →

  1. 30Pharmaceutical products€717M
  2. 84Machinery & mechanical appliances€543M
  3. 87Vehicles€520M
  4. 90Optical, medical & precision instruments€379M
  5. 85Electrical machinery & electronics€315M

← EU imports

  1. 87Vehicles€1.4B
  2. 84Machinery & mechanical appliances€1.1B
  3. 85Electrical machinery & electronics€759M
  4. 90Optical, medical & precision instruments€428M
  5. 39Plastics€152M

Monthly figures

MonthEU exportsEU importsBalance
May 2026€4.9B€5.0B−€121M
April 2026€5.0B€5.7B−€672M
March 2026€5.8B€6.0B−€133M
February 2026€5.0B€5.4B−€403M
January 2026€5.1B€4.9B€172M
December 2025€5.3B€5.2B€96M
November 2025€5.3B€5.1B€256M
October 2025€5.7B€5.6B€103M
September 2025€5.2B€5.2B€32M
August 2025€4.3B€4.8B−€462M
July 2025€6.1B€5.4B€740M
June 2025€5.0B€5.3B−€256M
May 2025€6.3B€5.5B€820M
April 2025€5.4B€5.5B−€94M
March 2025€5.6B€5.6B€22M
February 2025€6.0B€5.3B€755M
January 2025€5.6B€5.1B€440M
December 2024€5.4B€5.0B€338M
November 2024€6.6B€5.3B€1.3B
October 2024€6.1B€5.3B€821M
September 2024€5.0B€5.2B−€174M
August 2024€5.5B€4.7B€783M
July 2024€6.7B€5.2B€1.5B
June 2024€5.3B€5.3B€56M

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.