Eurozone goods exports rises 3.1% yoy in Dec, imports rises 3.8% yoy

Eurozone goods exports rose 3.1% yoy to EUR 226.5B in December. Goods imports rose 3.8% yoy to EUR 211.0B. Trade balance recorded EUR 15.5B surplus. Intra-Eurozone trade rose 1.7% yoy to EUR 191.5B.

In seasonally adjusted term, goods exports fell -0.2% mom to EUR 240.8B. Goods imports fell -0.8% mom to EUR 226.2B. Trade balance reported EUR 14.6B surplus, smaller than expectation of EUR 15.0B. Intra-Eurozone trade rose 0.6% mom to EUR 213.1B.

Full Eurozone trade balance release here.