List of the largest trading partners of the European Union
According to the European Commission Directorate-General for Trade. The 10 largest trading partners of the European Union with their total trade in millions of euro for calendar year 2017 are as follows.
With United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union, United-Kingdom enters in the top ten partners of the EU-27.
These figures do not include foreign direct investment or trade in services, but only trade in goods.
In those tables, a positive trade balance means that the EU exports more than it imports from the given country.
| Rank | Country/district | Exports | Imports | Total trade | Trade balance |
| 1 | United States | 384 | 231 | 615 | 152 |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 198 | 361 | 559 | -163 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 318 | 193 | 511 | 124 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 146 | 110 | 256 | 36 |
| 5 | Russia | 87 | 143 | 230 | -55 |
| 6 | Turkey | 68 | 69 | 137 | -1 |
| 7 | Japan | 61 | 62 | 123 | -1 |
| 8 | Norway | 51 | 54 | 105 | -2 |
| 9 | South Korea | 43 | 47 | 90 | -4 |
| 10 | India | 38 | 39 | 77 | -1 |