The total value of exports of goods from the country in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026 amounted to EUR 1,998.3 million, an increase of 3.6 percent compared to the first quarter of the previous year. The value of imported goods, meanwhile, in the period January – March this year amounted to EUR 2,788.3 million, 0.5 percent more compared to the same period last year, the State Statistics Office (SSO) said Tuesday.
In the period January – March 2026, according to the total volume of foreign trade, we traded the most with Germany, Great Britain, China, Greece and Serbia, which participate with 49.8 percent in the total volume of exchange. The member states of the European Union participate with 58.6 percent in the total exchange.
Trade by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification shows the largest share in exports: catalysts on supports of precious metals or their compounds, ignition conductor sets and the like, for vehicles, aircraft or ships, parts of seats of subgroup 821.1 and other catalysts on supports.
The largest share in imports is: platinum and platinum alloys, unwrought or in powder form, other platinum group metals and their alloys, unwrought or in powder form, petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (except crude) and other motor vehicles for the transport of persons.
