05.02.202609:12:55UTC+00Austria Trade Deficit Narrows Slightly in November

In November 2025, Austria experienced a slight reduction in its trade deficit, which decreased to EUR 0.35 billion from EUR 0.37 billion during the same month of the previous year. This improvement was due to a more significant increase in exports compared to imports. Specifically, exports grew by 1.3% year-on-year, reaching EUR 16.45 billion. This growth was fueled by rising sales to both EU countries, up by 1.4%, and to non-EU countries, which saw an increase of 1.3%. Conversely, imports increased by 1.2%, totaling EUR 16.80 billion. While purchases from non-EU countries surged by 4.4%, there was a slight decline of 0.5% in imports from EU countries.

Over the first eleven months of the year, Austria registered an overall trade deficit of EUR 5.10 billion, a reversal from a surplus of EUR 2.51 billion recorded in the same period last year. During this period, imports saw a 3.1% rise, amounting to EUR 180.56 billion, with increases noted in acquisitions from both EU markets (1.6%) and non-EU markets (6.2%). However, exports declined by 1.2% to EUR 175.47 billion, attributed to a decrease in sales to non-EU countries, which dropped by 3.7%, while sales to EU countries remained stable.