Greece Balance of Trade

Last Release

Dec 31, 2025

Actual

-3,552.5

Units In

EUR Million

-2,801

Frequency

Monthly

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Time to Release

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Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
-619.8 Jul 2015	-4,328.6 Mar 2007	-2,262.43 EUR Million	2001-2025	National Statistical Service of Greece

Greece reports regular trade deficits due to high volume of imports. Main imports are mineral fuels, machinery and transport equipment and chemicals. In recent years, the biggest trade deficits were recorded with Russia, Germany, China, Italy and France. Greece records trade surpluses with Turkey, Cyprus, United States, Algeria and United Arab Emirates.

Latest Updates

The trade deficit in Greece widened slightly to EUR 3.6 billion in December 2025 from a revised EUR 3.5 billion in the same month a year ago. This was the largest trade gap since November 2022, as imports rose more than exports. Imports grew by 1.5% year-on-year to EUR 7.7 billion, driven mainly by increased purchases from the EU (9.1%), which more than offset a drop in imports from third countries (-7.9%). Meanwhile, exports increased by 0.7% to EUR 4.1 billion due to higher sales to the EU (11.8%), while shipments to the third countries declined (-11.5%). For the whole year of 2025, the country's trade gap narrowed to EUR 33.5 billion from EUR 35.6 billion in 2024, with exports (-2.8%) falling less than imports (-4.1%).