List of the largest trading partners of the European Union

Top 10(2010)

Top 20(2010)

According to the European Commission Directorate-General for Trade. The 10 largest trading partners of the European Union with their total trade (sum of imports and exports) in millions of euro for calendar year 2015 are as follows.^[1]

These figures do not include foreign direct investment or trade in services, but only trade in goods.

Rank	Country	Exports	Imports	Total Trade	Trade Balance
-	World	1,791,534	1,727,125	3,518,659	+64,410
1	United States	371,223	248,437	619,660	+122,786
2	China	170,484	350,424	520,909	-179,940
3	Switzerland	150,875	102,323	253,199	+48,552
4	Russia	73,911	135,711	209,622	-61,800
5	Turkey	79,107	61,607	140,714	+17,499
6	Norway	48,869	74,260	123,128	-25,391
7	Japan	56,550	59,768	116,318	-3,218
8	South Korea	47,901	42,347	90,248	+5,554
9	India	38,141	39,448	77,589	-1,307
10	Brazil	34,600	31,067	65,666	+3,533
-	Remaining Countries	719,873	581,733	1,301,606	+138,140

References

↑ Top Trading Partners Client and Supplier Countries of the EU28 in Merchandise Trade (value %) (2015, excluding intra-EU trade). Accessed 29 October 2016

International trade

Terminology	Absolute advantage Balance of payments Balance of trade Capital account Comparative advantage Current account Export-oriented industrialization Fair trade Foreign exchange reserves Globalization Import substitution industrialization Net capital outflow Outsourcing Tariff Trade justice Trade war Trading nation

Organizations and policies	International Monetary Fund (IMF) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development World Bank Group World Trade Organization (WTO) International Trade Centre Bilateral investment treaty Economic integration Free-trade zone Special economic zone Trade agreement Trade barrier Trade bloc

Political economy	Free trade (Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Repeal of the Corn Laws) Mercantilism Protectionism (Economic nationalism, Autarky)

Regional organizations	ACU ASEAN CACM CAN CARICOM CEMAC CUBKR EAC EAU EU GCC Mercosur RCEP SAARC SACU WAEMU

Exports by product	Aircraft & Spacecraft Aircraft parts Aluminium Cars Car parts Coal Coffee Computers Copper Corn Cotton Diamonds Electricity Engines Gas turbines Gold Integrated circuits Iron ore Natural gas Oil Petrol Pharmaceuticals Ships Steel Telecommunications equipment Telephones Trucks Wheat Wine

Category Commons

Bilateral relations

See also: Economic relationships with third countries

Africa & the Middle East	Bahrain Cape Verde Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Lebanon Morocco Palestine† South Africa Syria Yemen

Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Cuba Greenland Mexico United States

Asia-Pacific	Australia Bangladesh China (People's Republic of) India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Malaysia Nepal North Korea Pakistan Philippines South Korea

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Faroe Islands Georgia Iceland Kosovo† Liechtenstein Macedonia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of)† Norway Russia San Marino Serbia Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Vatican City

General	Members’ overseas territories Largest trading partners Association Agreements Free trade agreements

†= Disputed state, may not be recognised as an independent state by some or all European Union members.

Multilateral relations and initiatives

Organisations	Arab League ASEAN Commonwealth of Nations ECHR G8 ICC United Nations

Initiatives	African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Asia–Europe Meeting CARIFORUM Customs Union Eastern Partnership Energy Community Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly European Common Aviation Area European Economic Area Euro-Mediterranean free trade area Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Euronest Economic Partnership Agreements EU CBRN Risk Mitigation CoE Initiative Neighbourhood Policy Northern Dimension Mediterranean Union Stabilisation and Association Process

Andministration and policies

Foreign and Security Policy	Security Strategy Everything but Arms Security and Defence Policy Enlargement

Administration	Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development External Action Service Foreign Affairs Council High Representative (Federica Mogherini) Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Foreign Policy Instruments Service Diplomatic missions of the EU (ambassadors) / to the EU Special Representatives

Initiatives	Defence Initiative Synchronised Armed Forces Defence Procurement Petersberg tasks Helsinki Headline Goal

Structures	Political and Security Committee Military Committee Military Staff Operations Centre Security & Defence College Defence Agency Institute for Security Studies Satellite Centre Joint Situation Centre

Forces	Eurofor Eurocorps EU Battlegroup EU Gendarmerie Force EU Maritime Force Deployments

Market

Institutions
& Offices

Policies

Finance

State economies

of Denmark	Faroe Islands Greenland

of France	French Polynesia Mayotte New Caledonia Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Wallis and Futuna

of the Netherlands	Aruba Curaçao Sint Maarten

of the United Kingdom	Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena Turks and Caicos Islands

International

Associations

International reach and expansion of the European Union

Theory	Integration Eurosphere Pax Europaea Superpower status Federalisation

Reach	ACP (Economic Partnership Agreements) Association Agreement Free trade agreements Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) (missions) European Economic Area Stabilisation and Association Process Europeanisation High Representative (Bosnia) International Civilian Representative (Kosovo)

Partnerships	European Neighbourhood Policy (statistics) Eastern Partnership Northern Dimension Union for the Mediterranean

Representation	High Representative President of the European Council President of the European Commission Delegations of the European Parliament

Assets	Economy Euro (International status and usage) ECHO Galileo Military

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