A landlocked Central European nation surrounded by Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the Republic of Austria shipped US$222.5 billion worth of exported products around the globe in 2025.

That dollar amount results from a 14.3% increase from $194.7 billion five years earlier in 2021.

Year over year, the total value of Austrian exports grew by 7.8% compared to $206.4 billion for 2024.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, Austria uses the euro which strengthened via a 4.4% gain against the US dollar from 2024 to 2025. The stronger European Union currency made Austria’s exports paid for in weaker US dollars more expensive for international buyers starting with American currency.

Austria’s Main Partners for Buying Austrian Exports

The latest available country-specific data shows that 73.3% of products exported from Austria was bought by importers in: Germany (29% of the Austrian total), United States of America (6.5%), Italy (6.5%), Switzerland (5.3%), Slovakia (4.2%), Poland (3.9%), Czech Republic (3.7%), Hungary (3.6%), France (3.5%), United Kingdom (2.7%), mainland China (2.6%) and Slovenia (2.1%).

From a continental perspective, 79.4% of Austria’s exports by value was delivered to fellow European countries while 9.5% was sold to importers in Asia.

Austria shipped another 8.3% worth of goods to buyers in North America.

Smaller percentages went to customers in Africa (1.2%), Latin America (1.1%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania led by Australia and New Zealand (0.5%).

Austria is a member of the European Union in good standing; 68.8% of Austrian exports was sold to fellow EU members up modestly from 68% for the prior year.

Given Austria’s population of 9.2 million people, its total US$222.5 billion in 2025 exports translates to roughly $24,200 for every resident in the Central European nation. That dollar metric exceeds the average $23,400 per capita one year earlier during 2024.

Austria’s Top 10 Exports

The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Austrian global shipments during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Austria.

1. Machinery including computers: US$37.3 billion (16.8% of total exports)
2. Electrical machinery, equipment: $24.8 billion (11.1%)
3. Vehicles: $20.2 billion (9.1%)
4. Pharmaceuticals: $19.1 billion (8.6%)
5. Plastics, plastic articles: $9.4 billion (4.2%)
6. Iron, steel: $8.8 billion (4%)
7. Articles of iron or steel: $7.3 billion (3.3%)
8. Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $6.6 billion (3%)
9. Wood: $6.4 billion (2.9%)
10. Gems, precious metals: $5.9 billion (2.6%)

Austria’s top 10 export product categories generated almost two-thirds (65.5%) of the overall value of Austrian shipments.

Gems and precious metals represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 93.7% from 2024 to 2025.

In second place for improving export sales was electrical machinery and equipment via a 31.3% advance.

Austria’s shipments of wood posted the third-fastest gain in value, up by 16.7%.

The lone decliner among Austria’s top 10 export categories were pharmaceuticals, thanks to a -9.1% drop year over year.

Note that the results listed above are at the categorized two-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code level.

From the more granular four-digit HTS code perspective, Austria’s most valuable exported product is blood fractions including antisera (4.9% of Austrian exports by value). In second place were cars (3.9%), medication mixes in dosage (3.3%), phone devices including smartphones (2.4%), automobile parts or accessories (2.3%), unwrought gold (1.8%), piston engines (1.6%), non-alcoholic drinks excluding water, juice and milk (1.3%), electrical converters and power units (1.2%), then machinery for making semi-conductors (1.1%).

Products Creating Austria’s Largest Trade Surpluses

The following types of Austrian product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports.

In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country’s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country’s spending on foreign goods or services.

1. Machinery including computers: US$9.9 billion (Up by 4.5% since 2024)
2. Pharmaceuticals: $5.3 billion (Down by -43.2%)
3. Iron, steel: $4.3 billion (Down by -1.2%)
4. Wood: $3.24 billion (Up by 26%)
5. Paper, paper items: $2.53 billion (Down by -2.4%)
6. Beverages, spirits, vinegar: $2 billion (Down by -3.8%)
7. Other base metal goods: $1.65 billion (Up by 0.1%)
8. Manmade staple fibers: $1 billion (Down by -2.6%)
9. Articles of iron or steel: $860.2 million (Down by -22.2%)
10. Aircraft, spacecraft: $749.1 million (Up by 57.9%)

Austria has highly positive net exports in the international trade of machines including computers. In turn, these cashflows indicate Austria’s strong competitive advantages under the machinery including computers category.

Products Causing Austria’s Worst Trade Deficits

Austria incurred an overall -US$7.5 billion trade deficit for 2025, reversing a $2 billion surplus one year earlier in 2024.

Below are exports from Austria that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Austria’s goods trail Austrian importer spending on foreign products.

1. Mineral fuels including oil: -US$8.6 billion (Down by -9.7% since 2024)
2. Vehicles: -$4.9 billion (Up by 101.7%)
3. Knit or crochet clothing, accessories: -$2.77 billion (Up by 10.8%)
4. Organic chemicals: -$2.76 billion (Up by 157.2%)
5. Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): -$2.72 billion (Up by 11.2%)
6. Electrical machinery, equipment: -$1.64 billion (Down by -11.9%)
7. Fruits, nuts: -$1.57 billion (Up by 14.6%)
8. Footwear: -$1.53 billion (Up by 12.8%)
9. Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: -$1.3 billion (Down by -6.4%)
10. Perfumes, cosmetics: -$1.2 billion (Up by 11.8%)

Austria has highly negative net exports and therefore deep international trade deficits, historically for both crude and refined petroleum oils under the energy-related product category.

These cashflow deficiencies clearly indicate Austria’s competitive disadvantages in international mineral fuels-related markets, but also represent key opportunities for Austria to improve its position in the global economy through focused innovations particularly in alternative energy sources.

Austrian Export Companies

Ten Austrian corporations rank among Forbes Global 2000. Below is a sample of the major Austrian companies that Forbes included.

• Andritz (other industrial equipment)
• OMV Group (oil, gas)
• STRABAG (construction services)
• Uniqa (diversified insurance)
• Voestalpine (iron, steel)

Wikipedia also lists exporters from Austria. Selected examples are shown below.

• Ams AG (semiconductors)
• Austria Metall (metals)
• Borealis (polyethylene, plastics)
• Bösendorfer (pianos)
• Julius Meinl (coffee)
• KTM (motorcycles)
• OMV (petroleum)
• Red Bull GmbH (beverages)
• Rosenbauer (fire-fighting vehicles)
• Runtastic (smartphone apps)

 

In macroeconomic terms, Austria’s total exported goods represent 32.6% of its overall Gross Domestic Product for 2025 ($682.9 billion valued in Purchasing Power Parity US dollars). That 32.6% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2025 compares to 32.1% for 2024. This suggests a relatively increasing reliance on products sold on international markets for Austria’s total economic performance, albeit based on a short timeframe.

Please note that these metrics include a significant amount of re-exporting activity.

Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its unemployment rate. Austria’s unemployment rate averaged 5.586% for 2025, up from 5.423% one year earlier in 2024 according to International Monetary Fund statistics.

Austria’s capital city is Vienna.

See also Austria’s Top Trading Partners, Austria’s Top 10 Imports, Switzerland’s Top Trading Partners, Poland’s Top Trading Partners and Slovakia’s Top Trading Partners

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on April 20, 2026

Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on April 20, 2026

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on April 20, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on April 20, 2026

Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on April 20, 2026

Wikipedia, Austria. Accessed on April 20, 2026

Wikipedia, Gross domestic product. Accessed on April 20, 2026

Wikipedia, List of Companies of Austria. Accessed on April 20, 2026

Wikipedia, Purchasing power parity. Accessed on April 20, 2026

X-rates.com, Exchange Rates: Euro to US Dollar (monthly average 2025). Accessed on April 20, 2026