The United States buys $ 235.6 billion more in goods that it sells to the 27 countries that make up the European Union (EU).
That gap of $ 236 billion, known as commercial deficit, is something that US President Donald Trump wants to reduce.
In an effort to close the gap, on April 2 the United States imposed a 20 percent tariff on EU imports, aimed at reducing European exports to the United States and encouraging national production.
In addition, the EU faces a 25 percent tariff of the United States on steel, aluminum and cars.
In response, the EU decided to impose retaliation rates on goods of $ 23.8 billion in the United States, with EU officials describing US tariffs as “unjustified and harmful.”
What sells the United States to the EU?
In 2024, the trade between the United States and the EU reached almost $ 1 billion, which made the EU the largest commercial partners block for the United States.
The United States exports mainly fuels, pharmaceutical products, machinery and aircraft to the EU, according to the United States International Trade Commission.
In 2024, the United States sold $ 370.2 billion in goods to the EU. The main exports include:
- Mineral fuels ($ 78.9 billion) represent 21.3 percent of total exports.
- Pharmaceutical products ($ 39.4 billion) represent 10.6 percent of exports.
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances ($ 36.6 billion) represent 9.9 percent of exports.
- Aircraft, spacecraft and pieces ($ 35.1 billion) represent 9.5 percent of exports.
- Optical, photographic and cinematographic equipment ($ 30.8 billion) represents 8.3 percent of total exports.
What do the EU United States buy?
The United States mainly buys EU pharmaceutical products, as well as mechanical appliances, cars and other vehicles that are not rail.
In 2024, the United States bought $ 605.8 billion from the EU. The main imports include:
- Pharmaceutical products ($ 127.8 billion) represent 21 percent of total imports.
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances ($ 89.8 billion) represent 14.8 percent of imports.
- Cars and other vehicles that are not rail ($ 60.3 billion) represent 10 percent of imports.
- The electrical equipment ($ 39.3 billion) represents 6.5 percent of imports.
- Optical, photographic and cinematographic equipment ($ 36.9 billion) represents 6.1 percent of total imports.
What US states do you matter and export more to the EU?
According to the United States International Trade Administration, the State of the Western Middle Indiana buys most of any other EU state. Bought $ 49.3 billion in goods in 2024.
New Jersey imported the second largest number of EU goods, valued at $ 40.9 billion, followed by North Carolina, which bought $ 39.6 billion.
Texas leads the US in exports to the EU, selling goods worth $ 81.5 billion in 2024. California Rens in second place, with $ 28 billion in sales, followed by Louisiana at $ 20.8 billion.
Explore the table below to see which states matter and export to and from the EU.
What sells each state of the United States most to the EU?
Aerospace products and parts are the main exports of the US to the EU, with 15 states that report this category as its main export. These states include Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Okahoma and Washington.
Aerospace products consist of full pieces of airplanes and airplanes, with the USs specifically exporting the commercial aircraft of Boeing and Lockheed Martin F-16 combat aircraft to the EU.
What do you buy the most state of the US of the EU?
Pharmaceutical products and medicines are the important import for 11 US states, including Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Taseee and Wisconsin.
Motor vehicles and vehicle parts occupy second place, being the main importance for eight states: Alabama, California, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Texas.
According to the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA), the United States is the second largest market for new exports of EU vehicles after the United Kingdom, where the United States represented 22 percent of the EU vehicle export market in 2024.
The Automotive Research Center found that the three Detroit car manufacturers, General Motors, Ford and Stellantis (previously Chrysler), will see an average cost of the rate per vehicle for vehicle parties imported from $ 4.23 per vehicle in general.