EU countries by US goods trade balance by partner
The Netherlands had the highest US goods trade balance by partner of 27 EU countries in May 2026, at $9.11 billion. Germany had the lowest, at -$5.8 billion. The median was -$197.26 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
All EU countries, May 2026
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | May 2026 | Change on May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands Provisional | 9,109.5 | +94.7% |
| 2 | Belgium Provisional | 808.5 | +74.2% |
| 3 | Spain Provisional | 407.3 | +518.9% |
| 4 | Poland Provisional | 214.1 | +378.5% |
| 5 | Greece Provisional | 182.1 | +265.9% |
| 6 | Croatia Provisional | 145.5 | +574.6% |
| 7 | Lithuania Provisional | 132.6 | +924.5% |
| 8 | Luxembourg Provisional | 108.5 | +296.2% |
| 9 | Cyprus Provisional | 4.7 | +10.6% |
| 10 | Bulgaria Provisional | 1.6 | +102.8% |
| 11 | Latvia Provisional | -28.9 | -7.6% |
| 12 | Estonia Provisional | -125.2 | -147.7% |
| 13 | Romania Provisional | -188.3 | -61.7% |
| 14 | Portugal Provisional | -197.3 | +48.2% |
| 15 | Slovenia Provisional | -226.3 | -50.5% |
| 16 | Malta Provisional | -389.2 | -4,361.1% |
| 17 | Czechia Provisional | -416.7 | -7.6% |
| 18 | Hungary Provisional | -433.7 | +49.9% |
| 19 | Finland Provisional | -485.1 | -11.7% |
| 20 | Slovakia Provisional | -552.7 | +27.5% |
| 21 | Denmark Provisional | -583.7 | +31% |
| 22 | Sweden Provisional | -676 | -42.6% |
| 23 | France Provisional | -1,164.1 | -222.5% |
| 24 | Austria Provisional | -1,176.7 | -30.5% |
| 25 | Italy Provisional | -2,861.5 | +11.5% |
| 26 | Ireland Provisional | -3,982.6 | +66.3% |
| 27 | Germany Provisional | -5,798.7 | +13.6% |
Other periods
About this ranking
US goods exports to the place minus US goods imports from it, in millions of US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau (total exports at free alongside ship value less general imports at customs value, Census basis, not seasonally adjusted). A negative value is a US trade deficit with the partner. Each month and each calendar year.
The place is the trading partner and the figures are US records; both inputs are stored with each value. Goods only. The balance of payments basis that BEA publishes adjusts these figures and differs from them.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. U.S. trade in goods by country (full dataset for all countries, country.xlsx): balance (total exports minus general imports), with both inputs stored, Census basis, not seasonally adjusted, monthly. https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/country.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). U.S. trade in goods by country (full dataset for all countries, country.xlsx): balance (total exports minus general imports), with both inputs stored, Census basis, not seasonally adjusted, monthly (EU countries by US goods trade balance by partner, 2026-05) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/country.xlsx
MLA 9
U.S. trade in goods by country (full dataset for all countries, country.xlsx): balance (total exports minus general imports), with both inputs stored, Census basis, not seasonally adjusted, monthly, EU countries by US goods trade balance by partner, 2026-05. U.S. Census Bureau, 6 Oct. 2026, https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/country.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/us-goods-trade-balance-by-partner/eu-countries?period=2026-05. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. U.S. trade in goods by country (full dataset for all countries, country.xlsx): balance (total exports minus general imports), with both inputs stored, Census basis, not seasonally adjusted, monthly. EU countries by US goods trade balance by partner, 2026-05. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/country.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/us-goods-trade-balance-by-partner/eu-countries?period=2026-05.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2026) U.S. trade in goods by country (full dataset for all countries, country.xlsx): balance (total exports minus general imports), with both inputs stored, Census basis, not seasonally adjusted, monthly, EU countries by US goods trade balance by partner, 2026-05 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/country.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/us-goods-trade-balance-by-partner/eu-countries?period=2026-05 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which EU country has the highest US goods trade balance by partner?
The Netherlands, with $9.11 billion in May 2026, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which EU country has the lowest US goods trade balance by partner?
Germany, with -$5.8 billion in May 2026.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. trade in goods by country (full dataset for all countries, country.xlsx): balance (total exports minus general imports), with both inputs stored, Census basis, not seasonally adjusted, monthly. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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