Slovakia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

246.5

Units In

EUR Million

334.4

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 09, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 7 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
830 Oct 2020	-1,250.3 Dec 2022	28.1 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’s trade surplus widened to EUR 246.5 million in July 2025 from EUR 92.7 million in the same month a year ago, surpassing market expectations of EUR 100 million, as export growth outpaced imports. Exports increased by 3.0% year-on-year to EUR 8,418.6 million, driven mainly by higher sales in the machinery and transport equipment sector, which includes automobiles. Exports to the EU climbed by 6.6%, while those to non-EU countries dropped by 8.6%. Meanwhile, imports rose by 1.1% to EUR 8,172.0 million, amid increased purchases for miscellaneous industrial products. Imports from the EU grew by 4.0%, while those from non-EU countries fell by 3.8%. For the first seven months of the year, however, the country’s trade surplus narrowed to EUR 1,361.7 million from EUR 2,504.0 million in the corresponding period of the previous year.