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Foreign Trade in Figures

Hungary's economy is very open, with trade accounting for about 141% of GDP in 2025 (World Bank). Cars and the spare parts industry account for the highest share of exports and imports. In 2025, the main exported products were motor cars (7.8%), computers (6.3%), parts and accessories for motor vehicles (5.9%), electric accumulators (3.7%), medicaments (3.1%), and insulated cables (2.4%); while imports were led by parts and accessories for motor vehicles (4.3%), motor cars (3.6%), telephones (3.0%), petroleum gas (2.8%), and electricity (2.5% - data Comtrade).

In 2025, Germany was by far the main export destination (24.8% of the total), followed by Romania (5.5%), Poland (5.0%), Italy (4.9%), and Slovakia (4.8%); whereas imports came chiefly from Germany (22.0%), China (8.0%), Poland (6.3%), Austria (6.0%), Slovakia (5.9%), and Czechia (5.1% - data Comtrade).

Hungary's trade balance, which was traditionally in deficit, started posting surpluses in the last decade owing in particular to the good performance of the German economy. In 2025, the country’s trade balance was estimated to be positive by 4.5% of GDP by the World Bank (unchanged from 4.5% one year earlier). In the same year, exports of goods stood at USD 168.8 billion against USD 159.2 billion in imports (+6.0% and +6.3% year-on-year, respectively). As per services, exports reached USD 43.1 billion (+7.7%) vis-à-vis USD 29.8 billion in imports (+3.2%). The latest data published by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) shows that in 2025, Hungary's trade surplus amounted to EUR 8.2 billion. Exports during the year rose by 1.6% to EUR 147 billion, while imports grew by 2.0% to EUR 139 billion. Hungary’s terms of trade improved by 2.9%, with the forint weakening by 0.7% against the euro and strengthening by 3.3% against the U.S. dollar.