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EU–Russia trade in organic chemicals
In May 2026, the EU exported €149M of organic chemicals to Russia and imported €4.7M — a €144M surplus in this category.
The EU's organic chemicals surplus with Russia has widened by about 33% over the past year, from €108M to €144M.
Russia supplied about 0% of the EU's extra-EU imports of organic chemicals in May 2026.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€149M
EU imports
€4.7M
Balance
€144M
Top sub-categories traded with Russia
EU exports →
- 2933Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only€53M
- 2932Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom{s} only€40M
- 2937Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof "incl. chain modified polypeptides", used primarily as hormones€15M
- 2935Sulphonamides€14M
- 2938Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives€6.7M
← EU imports
- 2901Acyclic hydrocarbons€3.5M
- 2916Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives€0.8M
- 2925Carboxyimide-function compounds, incl. saccharin and its salts, and imine-function compounds€0.1M
- 2920Esters of inorganic acids of non-metals and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. esters of hydrogen halides and of phosphoric esters, their salts and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives)€0.1M
- 2904Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated€0.0M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €149M | €4.7M | €144M |
| April 2026 | €131M | €4.6M | €127M |
| March 2026 | €139M | €4.0M | €135M |
| February 2026 | €94M | €2.4M | €92M |
| January 2026 | €123M | €16M | €107M |
| December 2025 | €61M | €15M | €46M |
| November 2025 | €148M | €13M | €135M |
| October 2025 | €124M | €18M | €106M |
| September 2025 | €113M | €7.8M | €105M |
| August 2025 | €152M | €13M | €139M |
| July 2025 | €96M | €18M | €78M |
| June 2025 | €90M | €12M | €78M |
| May 2025 | €122M | €14M | €108M |
| April 2025 | €102M | €22M | €80M |
| March 2025 | €135M | €31M | €104M |
| February 2025 | €120M | €24M | €96M |
| January 2025 | €104M | €22M | €82M |
| December 2024 | €62M | €17M | €44M |
| November 2024 | €124M | €11M | €112M |
| October 2024 | €86M | €10M | €76M |
| September 2024 | €107M | €11M | €96M |
| August 2024 | €143M | €11M | €131M |
| July 2024 | €140M | €12M | €129M |
| June 2024 | €93M | €12M | €81M |
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.