Luxembourg Trade Deficit Widens Slightly

Luxembourg’s trade deficit narrowed sharply to EUR 0.75 billion in March 2026 from EUR 1.01 billion in the same month last year. Exports rose 7.3% year-on-year to EUR 1.40 billion, mainly due to higher sales of chemicals and chemical products (5.2%), manufactured goods of primary materials (8.8%), machinery and equipment (6.5%), and miscellaneous manufactured articles (23.9%). Among trading partners, export destinations saw gains in France (19.6%), Belgium (16.2%), Germany (8.5%), Japan (10.8%), and the US (5.5%). Meanwhile, imports dropped 6.9% to EUR 2.15 billion, weighed down by lower purchases of beverages and tobacco (-12.3%), crude materials, inedible oils, fats, and waxes(-30.3%), mineral fuels and lubricants (-1.8%), and transport equipment (-16.8%). Imports declined primarily from the US (-62.6%), Germany (-14.4%), France (-13.1%), and Belgium (-3.4%).

Luxembourg’s trade deficit widened to EUR 0.83 billion in February 2026 from EUR 0.66 billion in the same month a year earlier. Exports fell 5.4% year-on-year to EUR 1.2 billion, weighed down by declining sales of manufactured goods of primary materials (-12.8%), crude materials, inedible, oils, fats and waxes (-13.5%), machinery and equipment (-13.4%), transport equipment (-9.5%), and other manufactured goods (-5.4%). Among trading partners, export destinations saw notable drops in Germany (-6.4%) and the United States (-25.3%). Meanwhile, imports increased 5.4% to EUR 2 billion, supported by higher purchases of machinery and equipment (74.6%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (4.1%), food and live animals (6.5%), and chemicals and related products (2.7%). Imports expanded primarily from Japan (916.9%) and the United States (47.4%).

Luxembourg recorded a trade deficit of EUR 0.59 billion in January 2026, widening slightly from EUR 0.55 billion in the same month of the previous year. Imports increased 2.6% year-on-year to EUR 1.83 billion, boosted by higher purchases of machinery and equipment (26.7%), transportation equipment (7.0%), chemicals and chemical products (4.7%), and food and live animals (3.7%). Imports mostly came from Japan and other Asian countries. On the other hand, exports rose moderately by 0.6% year-on-year to EUR 1.24 billion, supported by higher sales of machinery and equipment (0.8%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (53.4%), food and live animals (1.2%), and beverages and tobacco (8.1%). Exports grew the most to Germany, France, and other Asian countries.