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EU–United KingdomOrganic chemicals

EU–United Kingdom trade in organic chemicals

In May 2026, the EU exported €240M of organic chemicals to the United Kingdom and imported €147M — a €93M surplus in this category.

The EU's organic chemicals surplus with the United Kingdom has widened by about 8% over the past year, from €87M to €93M.

The United Kingdom supplied about 2% of the EU's extra-EU imports of organic chemicals in May 2026.

Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports76 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€240M
EU imports
€147M
Balance
€93M

Top sub-categories traded with United Kingdom

EU exports →

  1. 2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives€25M
  2. 2933Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only€21M
  3. 2902Cyclic hydrocarbons€18M
  4. 2915Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives€16M
  5. 2916Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives€13M

← EU imports

  1. 2915Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives€21M
  2. 2921Amine-function compounds€20M
  3. 2935Sulphonamides€16M
  4. 2933Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only€16M
  5. 2903Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons€13M

Monthly figures

MonthEU exportsEU importsBalance
May 2026€240M€147M€93M
April 2026€235M€181M€54M
March 2026€207M€185M€22M
February 2026€236M€203M€33M
January 2026€187M€181M€5.3M
December 2025€168M€202M−€33M
November 2025€228M€165M€63M
October 2025€243M€201M€41M
September 2025€205M€190M€15M
August 2025€226M€208M€18M
July 2025€240M€172M€68M
June 2025€219M€200M€19M
May 2025€278M€191M€87M
April 2025€202M€170M€32M
March 2025€282M€292M−€10M
February 2025€225M€249M−€24M
January 2025€274M€366M−€92M
December 2024€181M€197M−€16M
November 2024€214M€283M−€69M
October 2024€258M€227M€31M
September 2024€226M€320M−€94M
August 2024€225M€202M€23M
July 2024€277M€225M€51M
June 2024€269M€456M−€187M

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.