Exports from EU to candidate countries 2022

Since 2002, Turkey has emerged as by far the most important export market for EU-based companies, when compared with other potential future EU members (known as accession countries). While in 2008 exports to Turkey were only twice as large as the next largest export market, Ukraine, since then the amount of exports to the country have soared, being worth more than all the other candidate countries combined in 2022.

Ukraine has declined as a prominent export market since 2014, as Russia's intervention in the east of the country and their illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula have caused signficant economic and political disruption. At the same time, Serbia has emerged as a significant export market, increasing from around 6 billion Euros worth of exports in 2006, to almost 25 billion in 2022.

Annual goods exports from European Union member states to EU candidate countries from 2002 to 2022 (in millions of Euros)

Characteristic	Turkey	Ukraine	Serbia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	North Macedonia	Moldova	Albania	Georgia	Montenegro	Kosovo*
2002	24,446.2	7,578.7	-	3,017.3	1,428.6	648.6	1,155.8	366	-	-
2003	28,384.2	8,606.8	-	2,985.7	1,333	778	1,166.2	409	-	-
2004	37,283.2	10,276.8	-	3,294.9	1,549.8	913.6	1,281	543.7	-	-
2005	41,492.4	12,917.3	-	3,851.2	1,606.9	1,068.1	1,375.5	645.6	-	-
2006	46,454.9	17,804.3	5,791.5	3,895.1	1,875.5	1,158.9	1,540.9	876.1	518.1	274.7
2007	49,440.2	21,810.8	8,510.5	4,393.6	2,145.1	1,477.8	1,828.5	1,063.2	819.8	422.2
2008	51,388.2	24,448.6	9,562.9	5,183.7	2,610.1	1,689.4	2,184.7	1,213.3	1,122.8	529.3
2009	41,993.5	13,346.8	6,972.8	3,916.8	2,136.1	1,212.9	2,102.3	910.9	687.6	618.6
2010	58,262	16,942.8	7,781.1	4,176.6	2,262.1	1,512.9	2,163.8	1,183.1	708.9	677.4
2011	68,886.6	20,797.8	8,998.5	4,722	2,719.7	1,809.7	2,308.6	1,554.5	777.8	729.9
2012	71,323.7	23,331.2	9,526.2	4,803.3	2,963.3	1,988.3	2,417.8	2,004.1	880	706.5
2013	72,631.8	23,344.1	9,786.1	4,752.2	2,901.5	2,227.6	2,303.6	1,977.1	894.2	719.6
2014	70,246.2	16,654.7	10,213.2	4,996.7	3,151.3	2,303.4	2,443	1,840.1	959	723.4
2015	74,148.8	13,719.1	10,972.9	5,044	3,386	2,011	2,498.3	1,763.1	863.1	759.4
2016	72,445.2	16,176.5	11,514.5	5,227.9	3,645.6	2,001.3	2,684.7	1,842.8	974.3	848.5
2017	76,656.7	19,837.9	13,225.3	5,890.5	4,059.9	2,395	2,960.9	1,905.9	1,051.6	900.5
2018	69,187.9	21,548.5	14,528.7	6,060.4	4,610.6	2,707.2	3,177.8	2,045.3	1,188.7	1,036.5
2019	68,260.1	24,152.7	15,154.3	6,313.3	4,756.7	2,924.8	3,173.7	2,011.5	1,217.7	1,284.2
2020	70,131.8	23,117.1	14,599.6	5,536.6	4,048	2,608.9	2,934	1,587.2	946.5	1,163.1
2021	79,145.5	28,298	18,299.2	6,840.7	5,108.2	3,187.4	3,722	2,045.3	1,158.1	1,584.1
2022	99,652.9	30,132.7	24,473.9	8,721.1	6,864.2	4,707.8	4,415.4	3,230.3	1,799	1,733.9

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July 2023

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Europe, EU, CEE

Survey time period

2002 to 2022

Supplementary notes

*Kosovo is administered under UN Security Council Resolution 1244/99. The state is recognized by 24 EU member states, but not by Spain, Greece, and Slovakia. Its status as an independent country is contested by Serbia.

**Negotiations between the EU and Turkey have been suspended since 2019, after a decision by the European Parliament due to issues with human rights protections and the rule of law in Turkey.

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