International trade in goods (change of ownership) - January 2025
Balance was affected by higher exports of motor vehicles
Publication Date: 10. 03. 2025
Product Code: 241018-25
In January 2025, the total balance of international trade1) in goods2) was favourably influenced in particular by y−o−y higher trade surplus in 'motor vehicles' by CZK 6.0 bn. The trade deficit in 'computers and electronic and optical equipment' decreased by CZK 4.5 bn and the trade surplus in 'machinery and equipment' grew by CZK 3.5 bn.
The total trade balance was affected negatively mainly due to a decrease of the trade surplus in 'fabricated metal products' by CZK 3.6 bn. The trade deficit in 'basic metals' deepened by CZK 1.2 bn and the trade surplus in 'electrical equipment' fell by CZK 1.1 bn.
In January 2025, the positive trade balance with EU Member States fell by CZK 0.8 bn, y−o−y. The trade deficit with non-EU countries decreased by CZK 14.9 bn.
Y-o-y exports increased by 12.2% to CZK 396.7 bn and y-o-y imports rose by 8.7% to CZK 376.7 bn. January 2025 had the same number of working days as January 2024.
“In the first month of this year, exports of most commodity groups grew year-on-year. An increase of more than CZK 8 bn was recorded in exports of computers and electronic and optical equipment, which were exported mainly to Germany, the Netherlands and Slovakia in January,” says Jana Mazánková, Head of the Trade Balance Unit of the Czech Statistical Office.
Month-on-month, the seasonally adjusted exports and imports increased by 1.6% and 3.3%, respectively.
1) The international trade balance is the difference between exports from the Czech Republic and imports to the Czech Republic.
2) The international trade in goods (change of ownership) reflects export and import performance of the Czech economy, i.e. the international trade balance of the Czech Republic as well. It measures real trade in goods carried out between Czech entities and foreign ones, i.e. the change of ownership between residents and non-residents.
Notes
Methodological note:
From 2020 onwards, data for International trade in goods (change of ownership) are subject to recalculation using an updated method, based on a higher level of detail. See Update of the compilation method – International trade in goods (change of ownership).
Since March 2022, in accordance with the methodology of Eurostat, selected data for exports and imports of military equipment and weapons are for safety reasons included in other goods codes and another territorial structure so that the macroeconomic aggregate of international trade in goods is not influenced.
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Data for companies, which are subject to the reporting duty and which failed to report data (non-response), has been imputed according to exports and imports these companies reported in the previous period. Data for companies exempted from the reporting duty were estimated on the basis of the data given in the VAT return forms. The data, which were not available from the VAT return forms, are estimated on the basis of the values for previous periods.
Data for respective months of 2024 and 2025 is preliminary; data up to and including year 2023 is final. When data for the reference month is published, six previous months are updated. All months with preliminary data are updated when data for January, March and July is published. Final data is published always in September of the following year.
Responsible head at the CZSO: Miluše Kavěnová, Director of International Trade Statistics Department, phone number (+420) 274 054 176, e-mail: miluse.kavenova@csu.gov.cz
Contact person: Jana Mazánková, Head of Trade Balance Unit, phone number (+420) 274 054 144, e-mail: jana.mazankova@csu.gov.cz
Method of data collection: Intrastat forms and single administrative documents and value added tax return forms
End of data collection: 20th working day after the end of the reference month
Following data sets: https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/vzonu_ts
241014-24 External Trade of the Czech Republic by CZ-CPA (quarterly)
https://csu.gov.cz/current-product/41321
Next News Release will be published on: April 7, 2025
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