The EU exported €238.2 billion worth of agricultural products and imported €213.5 billion in 2025, generating a €24.7 billion surplus, new data from Eurostat has shown.

Both exports and imports also registered year-on-year increases of 1.6% and 9.3%, respectively.

The report also found: “Between 2015 and 2025, trade in agricultural products expanded significantly, with exports growing at an average annual rate of 4.4% and imports at a slightly higher rate of 5.0%.”

The data showed that the EU's main export partners of agricultural goods in 2025 were the UK, with a 23.3% share (€55.6 billion), followed by the US (12.0%; €28.5 billion), Switzerland (5.7%; €13.5 billion) and China (4.9%; €11.6 billion).

Most export partners’ shares showed only minor fluctuations from 2024 levels, though the US recorded a 0.9% drop due to the introduction of tariffs on several agricultural products.

Imports

Looking at import sources, Eurostat found that most EU imports originated from Brazil (8.5%, €18.2 billion), the UK (8.0%; €17.1 billion), the US (6.2%; €13.3 billion) and China (5.1%; €10.9 billion).

Since 2024, the main EU partners for agricultural goods have remained largely stable; however, Ukraine's share of imports dropped from 6.7% to 5.0% due to the expiration of trade facilitation measures previously granted for agricultural products.

Animal products and vegetables

Between 2015 and 2025, the value of exports of animal products was consistently higher than that of imports, resulting in a continuous trade surplus, with its size fluctuating between €6.7 billion (2018) and €15.2 billion (2020).

In 2025, exports grew by 3.1% from 2024 levels while imports increased by 10.3%. Consequently, the trade balance decreased from €11.8 billion in 2024 to €9.7 billion in 2025.

In 2025, the UK was the EU's largest export destinations for animal products (€11.5 billion, 24%), while Norway (€8.1 billion, 21%) was the largest origin of EU imports, mainly due to imports of fish products.

Looking at vegetables, between 2015 and 2025, the data showed that the value of imports of vegetable products was consistently higher than that of exports.

This resulted in a persistent trade deficit for this sector that broadly increased from €14.7 billion in 2015 to €38.8 billion in 2025.