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Slovakia Balance of Trade
Last Release
Apr 30, 2025
Actual
-0.3
Units In
EUR Million
Previous
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.
Slovakia Balance of Trade History
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