Euro dominates extra-EU trade in primary goods in World Economy News 13/05/2026 In 2025, the euro was the most used currency for extra-EU imports of primary goods, excluding petroleum, representing a 47.4% share. It was closely followed by the US dollar at 45.0%. Currencies of EU countries other than the euro stood at 1.7%, and other currencies at 5.3%. However, the US dollar stood out as the main currency used for imports of petroleum products with a share of 86.7% in 2025, far ahead of the euro (12.9%), while other EU currencies and non-EU currencies only accounted for 0.2% and 0.1%, respectively. In manufactured goods, the US dollar was also the main currency (46.2%), just ahead of the euro (43.3%) with other EU currencies at 1.7% and non-EU currencies at 8.5%. With 62.2%, the euro was also the most used currency for extra-EU exports in primary goods, ahead of the US dollar with 22.9%, other EU currencies (2.5%) and non-EU currencies (12.1%). Regarding petroleum products, the US dollar (70.1%) was also the most used currency for exports, although somewhat less dominant than in imports, while the euro had a share of a little more than a quarter (27.5%). In manufactured goods, the share of the euro was 50.4%, while the US dollar had 32.4%, other EU currencies 1.8% and non-EU currencies 15.2%. Source: Eurostat 2026-05-13 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share