Slovakia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Jun 30, 2025

Actual

334.4

Units In

EUR Million

560.8

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Sep 05, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
830 Oct 2020	-1,250.3 Dec 2022	27.54 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 narrowed to EUR 334.4 million in June 2025 from EUR 580.7 million in the corresponding month of the previous year, below market expectations of EUR 354 million surplus. Exports grew by 0.9% year-on-year to EUR 9,157.2 million, mainly driven by a 13% increase in miscellaneous manufactured articles. Exports rose to both the EU (0.6%) and non-EU countries (2%). Meanwhile, imports increased by 3.9% year-on-year to EUR 8,822.8 million, mainly contributed by an almost 20% increase in the Miscellaneous industrial products. Imports from EU countries increased by 4%, while imports from non-EU countries declined by 4%. For the first half of the year, the country’s trade surplus shrank to EUR 1 billion from EUR 2.8 billion in the same period last year.