International trade in goods (change of ownership) - October 2025
Exports and imports decreased year-on-year
Publication Date: 08. 12. 2025
Product Code: 241018-25
In October 2025, the total balance of international trade1) in goods2) was positively influenced mainly by a lower trade deficit in 'crude petroleum and natural gas' by CZK 4.9 bn. The trade surplus in 'machinery and equipment' grew by CZK 4.0 bn and the negative balance of trade in 'computer, electronic and optical products' decreased by CZK 1.9 bn. The positive balance of trade in 'motor vehicles' increased by CZK 1.7 bn.
The total trade balance was affected negatively mainly by the trade in 'fabricated metal products' where the surplus decreased by CZK 4.2 bn. The trade deficit in 'chemicals and chemical products' deepened by CZK 1.0 bn.
In October 2025, the positive trade balance with EU Member States grew by CZK 11.6 bn, y−o−y. The trade deficit with non-EU countries decreased by CZK 4.8 bn.
Y-o-y exports increased by 1.7% to CZK 422.4 bn and y-o-y imports rose by 5.3% to CZK 396.4 bn. October 2025 had the same number of working days as October 2024.
“In October, there was a year-on-year decline in the value of exports and imports for most commodity groups, with the largest declines in both directions of trade occurring in electrical equipment and motor vehicles and their parts. As the total value of imports fell more than exports year-on-year, the trade balance surplus increased,” says Miluše Kavěnová, Director of the International Trade Statistics Department of the Czech Statistical Office.
Month-on-month, the seasonally adjusted exports and imports decreased by 1.2% and 2.6%, respectively.
From January to October 2025, the trade balance reached a surplus of CZK 195.6 bn representing a y−o−y increase of CZK 4.1 bn. Since the beginning of the year, exports have risen by 2.9% and imports by 3.0%.
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
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.
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
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