EU: exports to candidate countries 2023| Statista

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. While in 2008 exports to Turkey were only twice as large as the next largest export market, Ukraine, since then, the value of exports to the country have soared, being worth more than all the other candidate countries combined in 2023. Ukraine has declined as a prominent export market since 2014, as the civil war in the east of the country has caused significant economic and political disruption. At the same time, Serbia has emerged as a significant export market, increasing from 5.8 billion euros worth of exports in 2006, to more than 23 billion euros in 2023.

Value of total exports from the European Union to candidate countries from 2002 to 2023, by country (in million euros)

Characteristic	Turkey	Ukraine	Serbia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	North Macedonia	Moldova	Albania	Georgia	Kosovo*	Montenegro
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	274.7	518.1
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	422.2	819.8
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	529.3	1,122.8
2009	41,993.5	13,346.8	6,972.8	3,916.8	2,136.1	1,212.9	2,102.3	910.9	618.6	687.6
2010	58,262	16,942.8	7,781.1	4,176.6	2,262.1	1,512.9	2,163.8	1,183.1	677.4	708.9
2011	68,886.6	20,797.8	8,998.5	4,722	2,719.7	1,809.7	2,308.6	1,554.5	729.9	777.8
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	706.5	880
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	719.6	894.2
2014	70,246.2	16,654.7	10,213.2	4,996.7	3,151.3	2,303.4	2,443	1,840.1	723.4	959

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February 2025

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Region

Europe, EU

Survey time period

2002 to 2023

Supplementary notes

* Kosovo is administered under UN Security Council Resolution 1244/99. It is recognized by 22 EU member states, but not by Spain, Greece, Romania, Cyprus, and Slovakia. Its status as an independent country is contested by Serbia.

Kosovo is a potential future candidate but has not begun the process of negotiations with the EU.

Negotiations between the EU and Turkey have been suspended since 2021, after a decision by the European Parliament, due to issues with human rights protections and the rule of law.

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