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EU–Russia trade in miscellaneous chemical products
In May 2026, the EU exported €53M of miscellaneous chemical products to Russia and imported €0.8M — a €53M surplus in this category.
The EU's miscellaneous chemical products surplus with Russia has widened by about 30% over the past year, from €40M to €53M.
Russia supplied about 0% of the EU's extra-EU imports of miscellaneous chemical products in May 2026.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€53M
EU imports
€0.8M
Balance
€53M
Top sub-categories traded with Russia
EU exports →
- 3808Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers€30M
- 3822Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading 3002 or 3006; certified reference materials€18M
- 3821Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms "incl. viruses and the like" or of plant, human or animal cells€3.9M
- 3824Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations for the chemical or allied industries, incl. mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.€0.6M
- 3816Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions (excl. preparations based on graphite or other carbonaceous substances)€0.0M
← EU imports
- 3804Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, incl. lignin sulphonates (excl. tall oil, sodium hydroxide "caustic soda" and sulphate pitch)€0.3M
- 3822Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading 3002 or 3006; certified reference materials€0.2M
- 3803Tall oil, whether or not refined€0.2M
- 3813Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades (excl. full or empty fire-extinguishing devices, whether or not portable, unmixed chemically undefined products with fire-extinguishing properties in other forms)€0.1M
- 3807Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewer's pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or vegetable pitch (excl. Burgundy pitch, yellow pitch, stearin pitch, fatty acid pitch, fatty tar and glycerin pitch)€0.0M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €53M | €0.8M | €53M |
| April 2026 | €50M | €1.7M | €49M |
| March 2026 | €57M | €1.3M | €56M |
| February 2026 | €55M | €1.1M | €54M |
| January 2026 | €47M | €0.7M | €46M |
| December 2025 | €41M | €1.4M | €40M |
| November 2025 | €59M | €1.2M | €58M |
| October 2025 | €56M | €1.9M | €54M |
| September 2025 | €56M | €0.8M | €55M |
| August 2025 | €51M | €0.8M | €51M |
| July 2025 | €41M | €1.1M | €40M |
| June 2025 | €45M | €1.0M | €44M |
| May 2025 | €42M | €1.2M | €40M |
| April 2025 | €59M | €1.8M | €58M |
| March 2025 | €57M | €1.7M | €56M |
| February 2025 | €59M | €1.4M | €58M |
| January 2025 | €54M | €0.8M | €53M |
| December 2024 | €46M | €1.4M | €45M |
| November 2024 | €81M | €1.4M | €80M |
| October 2024 | €83M | €1.6M | €82M |
| September 2024 | €59M | €1.7M | €57M |
| August 2024 | €49M | €1.3M | €48M |
| July 2024 | €41M | €1.6M | €39M |
| June 2024 | €37M | €1.3M | €36M |
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.