Brussels: In the first quarter of 2026, the EU imported pound 627.8 billion in goods from non-EU countries and exported pound 640.5 billion.
According to Emirates News Agency, the statistical office of the European Union, compared with the previous quarter, imports increased by 1.7% and exports decreased by 0.1%. Compared with the first quarter of 2025, both imports and exports decreased, by 3.3% and 8.8%, respectively.
China was the EU's largest supplier, accounting for pound 145.3 billion, representing 23.1% of all imports. The United States was the second-largest supplier with imports valued at pound 85.9 billion (13.7%), followed by the United Kingdom at pound 39.5 billion (6.3%), Switzerland at pound 36.7 billion (5.8%), and Trkiye at pound 24.6 billion (3.9%).
Compared with the first quarter of 2025, there was a decline in imports from Trkiye (-7.5%), the United States (-5.7%), and the United Kingdom (-3.4%).
The EU exported goods worth pound 119.4 billion to the United States, making it the EU's primary export destination, accounting for 18.6% of all exports. The United Kingdom was the second-largest export destination with pound 88.7 billion (13.8%), followed by Switzerland with pound 57.2 billion (8.9%), China with pound 47.6 billion (7.4%), and Trkiye with pound 27.1 billion (4.2%).
Compared with the first quarter of 2025, the most significant decreases in exports were to the United States (-30.4%), Trkiye (-8.2%), and China (-7.9%).