Slovakia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

-0.3

Units In

EUR Million

406.4

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 09, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 7 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
830 Oct 2020	-1,250.3 Dec 2022	25.37 EUR Million	1993-2025	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Exports has been the main factor behind Slovakian robust growth and in the last ten years exports more than doubled. The biggest share of Slovakian exports are vehicles, machinery and electrical equipment, base metals and chemicals and minerals. Main export partners are Euro Area members with German, Czech Republic and Poland being the most important. The biggest share of Slovakian imports are machinery and transport equipment, intermediate manufactured goods, fuels and chemicals. Main import partners are Germany, Czech Republic, China and Russia. In 2015, Slovakia had the highest balance surplus with Germany, the UK, Poland and Austria. The largest balance deficit was recorded in trade with China, South Korea, Russia and Japan.

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Slovakia recorded a trade deficit of EUR 0.3 million in April 2025, a significant shift from a surplus of EUR 384.1 million in the same month last year, as exports fell while imports increased. Exports dropped by 0.3% year-on-year to EUR 8,966.2 million, primarily due to a 2% drop in sales of machinery and transport equipment. Exports to the EU decreased by more than 1%, while those to non-EU countries rose by over 4%. Meanwhile, imports grew by 4.2% to EUR 8,966.4 million, with 9 out of 10 product categories posting growth. This was led by a 15.5% jump in imports of miscellaneous industrial products. Imports from the EU increased by more than 1%, while those from non-EU countries went up by 10%. For the first four months of the year, the country’s trade surplus narrowed significantly to EUR 299.9 million from EUR 2,065.2 million in the corresponding period a year ago.