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EU–United States trade in wood & wood articles
In May 2026, the EU exported €173M of wood & wood articles to the United States and imported €86M — a €87M surplus in this category.
The EU's wood & wood articles surplus with the United States has narrowed by about 59% over the past year, from €210M to €87M.
The United States supplied about 9% of the EU's extra-EU imports of wood & wood articles in May 2026.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€173M
EU imports
€86M
Balance
€87M
Top sub-categories traded with United States
EU exports →
- 4407Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm€56M
- 4416Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products parts thereof, of wood, incl. staves€26M
- 4418Builders' joinery and carpentry, of wood, incl. cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes, of wood (excl. plywood panelling, blocks, strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled, and pre-fabricated buildings)€20M
- 4411Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic bonding agents (excl. particle board, whether or not bonded with one or more sheets of fibreboard; laminated wood with a layer of plywood; composite panels with outer layers of fibreboard; paperboard; furniture components identifiable as such)€18M
- 4412Plywood, veneered panel and similar laminated wood (excl. sheets of compressed wood, cellular wood panels, parquet panels or sheets, inlaid wood and sheets identifiable as furniture components)€15M
← EU imports
- 4401Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms€46M
- 4407Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm€16M
- 4408Sheets for veneering, incl. those obtained by slicing laminated wood, for plywood or for other similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness of <= 6 mm€9.8M
- 4403Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared (excl. rough-cut wood for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool shafts and the like; wood in the form of railway sleepers; wood cut into boards or beams, etc.)€8.1M
- 4416Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products parts thereof, of wood, incl. staves€3.1M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €173M | €86M | €87M |
| April 2026 | €175M | €60M | €116M |
| March 2026 | €174M | €66M | €108M |
| February 2026 | €132M | €63M | €69M |
| January 2026 | €101M | €46M | €54M |
| December 2025 | €178M | €66M | €112M |
| November 2025 | €147M | €65M | €82M |
| October 2025 | €200M | €70M | €130M |
| September 2025 | €187M | €64M | €123M |
| August 2025 | €152M | €62M | €90M |
| July 2025 | €240M | €59M | €181M |
| June 2025 | €243M | €53M | €190M |
| May 2025 | €272M | €62M | €210M |
| April 2025 | €238M | €77M | €161M |
| March 2025 | €274M | €83M | €191M |
| February 2025 | €197M | €51M | €145M |
| January 2025 | €218M | €82M | €137M |
| December 2024 | €211M | €90M | €121M |
| November 2024 | €194M | €55M | €140M |
| October 2024 | €209M | €63M | €145M |
| September 2024 | €168M | €72M | €96M |
| August 2024 | €144M | €58M | €86M |
| July 2024 | €244M | €77M | €167M |
| June 2024 | €246M | €58M | €188M |
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.