International trade in goods (change of ownership) - November 2025
Balance was affected by lower exports of motor vehicles
Publication Date: 06. 01. 2026
Product Code: 241018-25
In November 2025, the total balance of international trade1) in goods2) was affected negatively mainly by a lower trade surplus in 'motor vehicles' by CZK 6.2 bn. Further, the trade surplus fell in 'electrical equipment' and 'other transport equipment' by CZK 3.9 bn and CZK 2.2 bn, respectively.
The total trade balance was influenced positively mainly by the trade in 'chemicals and chemical products' where the trade deficit decreased by CZK 2.4 bn. The trade surplus in 'fabricated metal products' grew by CZK 1.5 bn and the trade deficit in 'crude petroleum and natural gas' decreased by CZK 1.4 bn.
In November 2025, the positive trade balance with EU Member States fell by CZK 5.9 bn, y−o−y. The trade deficit with non-EU countries decreased by CZK 2.0 bn.
Y-o-y exports fell by 4.6% to CZK 403.1 bn and y-o-y imports decreased by 3.6% to CZK 386.9 bn. November 2025 had two fewer working days than November 2024.
“The year-on-year decline in the value of exports and imports continued in November for most commodity groups. On the export side, the largest declines were in motor vehicles, down by CZK 4.8 bn, and electrical equipment, down by CZK 4.4 bn. Imports fell mainly in metal products, down by CZK 3.7 bn, and chemicals and chemical products, down by CZK 3.1 bn,” says Miluše Kavěnová, Director of the International Trade Statistics Department of the Czech Statistical Office.
Month-on-month, the seasonally adjusted exports and imports increased by 1.8% and 5.0%, respectively.
From January to November 2025, the trade balance reached a surplus of CZK 207.7 bn representing a y−o−y decrease of CZK 5.0 bn. Since the beginning of the year, exports have risen by 2.3% and imports by 2.5%.
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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Notes:
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 was estimated on the basis of the data given in the VAT return forms. The data, which was not available from the VAT return forms, is estimated on the basis of the values for previous periods.
Data for respective months of 2025 is preliminary; data up to and including year 2024 is final. When data for the reference month is published, six previous months are updated. All months with preliminary data is 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
Next News Release will be published on: February 6, 2026
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