Slovakia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Oct 31, 2025

Actual

560.2

Units In

EUR Million

428.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jan 09, 2026

Time to Release

29 Days 8 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
830 Oct 2020	-1,250.3 Dec 2022	30.97 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 sharply to EUR 560.2 million in October 2025 from EUR 319.7 million in the same month a year earlier and was well above market expectations of EUR 370 million. This was the largest surplus since June 2024. Exports fell 0.4% year-on-year to EUR 10,486.1 million, driven by lower shipments of machinery and transport equipment, including motor vehicles, which dropped by 4%. Sales to EU countries rose 2%, while exports to non-EU markets fell 8%. Meanwhile, imports declined at a faster pace of 2.7% to EUR 9,925.9 million, mainly due to a 14% drop in miscellaneous manufactured articles. Inbound shipments from EU countries fell 2%, and those from non-EU partners were lower by 4%. For the January–October period, the trade surplus narrowed to EUR 2,297 million from EUR 3,089.2 million a year earlier.