The Eurozone's positive balance of trade in goods fell to 11.5 billion euros in February, about half of what was recorded in the same month of 2025, when the surplus reached 23.1 billion, Eurostat revealed this Friday, the 17th. The main pressure on the result came from exports, which recorded an annual drop of 6.7% to 232.4 billion euros, compared to 249.1 billion in February 2025. Imports of goods from third countries also fell, but to a lesser extent, by 2.2% to 221 billion euros. In the European Union as a whole, the trend was similar, as the surplus in the balance of trade in goods with the rest of the world slowed to 9.1 billion euros, compared to 22.9 billion a year earlier. The bloc's external sales fell by 9.3% to 204.7 billion, while purchases from third parties fell by 3.5%, settling at 195.7 billion. The breakdown by trading partners highlights significant changes in imbalances. The EU's positive balance with the United States decreased substantially, from 23.4 billion to 10.6 billion year-on-year. At the same time, the deficit with China slowed, going from 30.3 billion to 26.2 billion. Eurostat's figures thus point to a weakening of exports as a determining factor in the compression of trade balances, in a context where imports are also falling, but with less intensity. Eurozone trade deficit rises to 1.9 billion in January 2026.