List of the largest trading partners of the European Union

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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 billions of euros for calendar years 2020 and 2021 listed below. In the table, a positive (green) trade balance means that the EU exports more to the given country than it imports from that country.

With United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union, the United Kingdom entered the top ten partners of the EU-27.

EU-27 trade in goods and services (2020 in billion euros)

Rank	Country/district	Exports	Imports	Total trade	Trade balance
1	United States	536.4	464.3	1000	72.1
2	United Kingdom	462.3	330.7	793.0	131.6
3	China	249.7	416.2	665.9	-166.4
4	Switzerland	247.4	166.4	413.9	81.0
-	ASEAN	111.1	161.0	272.2	-49.8
5	Russia	99.5	103.6	203.1	-4.1
6	Turkey	81.4	71.0	152.3	10.3
7	Japan	82.9	67.7	150.5	15.2
8	Norway	68.4	54.2	122.5	14.2
9	South Korea	57.6	50.4	108.0	7.2
10	India	45.3	50.3	95.6	-5.0

EU-27 trade in goods (2021 in billion euros)

Rank	Country/district	Exports	Imports	Total trade	Trade balance
1	China	223.4	472.7	696.1	−249.3
2	United States	399.3	232.4	631.8	166.9
3	United Kingdom	283.6	146.9	430.5	136.6
4	Switzerland	156.4	123.6	280.1	32.8
5	Russia	89.2	162.3	251.6	−73.0
-	ASEAN	75.7	136.2	215.9	−56.5
6	Turkey	79.2	77.9	157.2	1.2
7	Norway	56.5	74.6	131.1	−18.1
8	Japan	62.3	62.2	124.6	0.1
9	South Korea	51.8	55.4	107.2	−3.5
10	India	41.8	46.1	87.9	−4.3

See also

• European Union free trade agreements
• List of the largest trading partners of the ASEAN
• List of the largest trading partners of India
• List of the largest trading partners of the United States
• List of the largest trading partners of the People's Republic of China
• List of the largest trading partners of South Korea