Eurostat data showed on Wednesday that European Union exports to the United States increased by 22.4% in February compared to the previous year, marking the highest exports growth rate in 13 months and totaling 51.8 billion euros.
Meanwhile, imports from the US rose by 2.4% year-on-year to 28.2 billion euros.
US President Donald Trump on February 13, tasked his economic team with developing plans for reciprocal tariffs on every country that taxes US imports.
President Trump, despite threatening to impose a variety of trade penalties since his return to the White House in January, has postponed many of these actions.
The EU as a whole in February posted a surplus of 23 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 5.6 billion euros in January.
According to Eurostat data, in 2024, exports to the US had increased by 5.5% compared to a year earlier, while imports declined by 4.0%.
