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EU–United States trade in organic chemicals
In May 2026, the EU exported €765M of organic chemicals to the United States and imported €1.7B — a €916M deficit in this category.
Over the past year the EU's organic chemicals balance with the United States swung from a €4.1B surplus to a €916M deficit.
The United States supplied about 19% 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
€765M
EU imports
€1.7B
Balance
−€916M
Top sub-categories traded with United States
EU exports →
- 2933Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only€167M
- 2937Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof "incl. chain modified polypeptides", used primarily as hormones€69M
- 2935Sulphonamides€64M
- 2934Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; heterocyclic compounds (excl. with oxygen only or with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only)€58M
- 2902Cyclic hydrocarbons€43M
← EU imports
- 2937Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof "incl. chain modified polypeptides", used primarily as hormones€803M
- 2901Acyclic hydrocarbons€312M
- 2902Cyclic hydrocarbons€88M
- 2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives€80M
- 2933Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom{s} only€55M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €765M | €1.7B | −€916M |
| April 2026 | €704M | €2.1B | −€1.4B |
| March 2026 | €1.3B | €2.1B | −€766M |
| February 2026 | €1.2B | €2.1B | −€885M |
| January 2026 | €612M | €969M | −€357M |
| December 2025 | €489M | €1.5B | −€986M |
| November 2025 | €718M | €1.8B | −€1.1B |
| October 2025 | €653M | €3.1B | −€2.4B |
| September 2025 | €11.7B | €3.4B | €8.3B |
| August 2025 | €867M | €1.8B | −€905M |
| July 2025 | €1.1B | €3.2B | −€2.1B |
| June 2025 | €1.6B | €2.2B | −€684M |
| May 2025 | €6.0B | €1.9B | €4.1B |
| April 2025 | €4.7B | €2.0B | €2.7B |
| March 2025 | €20.6B | €1.2B | €19.4B |
| February 2025 | €10.0B | €1.7B | €8.2B |
| January 2025 | €9.4B | €1.5B | €7.9B |
| December 2024 | €1.9B | €1.0B | €894M |
| November 2024 | €3.8B | €2.3B | €1.6B |
| October 2024 | €3.6B | €1.7B | €2.0B |
| September 2024 | €4.0B | €2.4B | €1.6B |
| August 2024 | €3.0B | €1.1B | €1.9B |
| July 2024 | €2.2B | €1.2B | €981M |
| June 2024 | €2.7B | €1.6B | €1.1B |
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.