That dollar amount results from a 34.8% increase compared to $192.3 billion five years earlier during 2020.
Year over year, the overall value of Czechia’s exports grew by 2.4% from $253.3 billion in 2023.
Strategically located in central Europe, the Czech Republic is also called Czechia–its officially approved short name since May 2016.
Based on the average exchange rate for 2024, the Czech koruna (also called Czech crown) appreciated by 0.05% against the US dollar since 2020 but diluted by -4.5% from 2023 to 2024. Czech Republic’s weaker local currency since 2023 makes its exports paid for in stronger US dollars relatively less expensive for international buyers starting from American currency during 2024.
Although becoming a member of the European Union on May 1, 2004, Czechia has not adopted the euro as its shared legal currency.
Best Customers for Czechia’s Exports
The latest available country-specific data shows that 78% of products exported from the Czech Republic was bought by importers in: Germany (32.2% of the Czech total), Slovakia (7.5%), Poland (7.4%), France (4.7%), United Kingdom (4.2%), Austria (4%), Italy (3.9%), Hungary (3.5%), Netherlands (3.2%), United States of America (2.61%), Spain (2.56%) and Belgium (2.2%).
From a continental perspective, 87.9% of Czech Republic exports by value was delivered to fellow European countries while 7.3% was sold to Asian importers. Czech Republic shipped another 3.3% worth of goods to customers in North America.
Czechia’s shipments to fellow European Union members generated 79.7% of overall Czech export sales for 2024, down from 81.2% one year prior.
Smaller percentages went to buyers in Africa (0.9%), Latin America (0.4%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania (0.3%) led by Australia and New Zealand.
The Czech Republic’s population was 10.9 million people in 2024. Therefore, its total $259.3 billion in 2024 exports translates to roughly $23,700 for every resident in the central European country. That per-capita metric exceeds the average $23,250 for 2023.
Czech Republic’s Top 10 Exports
The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Czech global shipments during 2024. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from the Czech Republic.
- Vehicles: US$54.1 billion (20.8% of total exports)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: $53.5 billion (20.6%)
- Machinery including computers: $44.4 billion (17.1%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: $8.4 billion (3.2%)
- Articles of iron or steel: $7.6 billion (2.9%)
- Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $6.7 billion (2.6%)
- Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: $6.2 billion (2.4%)
- Rubber, rubber articles: $4.7 billion (1.8%)
- Toys, games: $4.7 billion (1.8%)
- Pharmaceuticals: $4.4 billion (1.7%)
Czech Republic’s top 10 exports accounted for three-quarters (75%) of the overall value of Czech shipments.
Optical, technical and medical apparatus represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 10.6% from 2023 to 2024.
In second place for improving export sales were pharmaceuticals via a 6.4% advance.
Czech Republic’s shipments of rubber, both a material and items made from rubber, posted the third-fastest gain in value up by 5.7%.
The leading decliner among Czech Republic’s top 10 export categories was articles made from iron or steel, recording a -6.8% setback.
The above listed product categories are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level.
At the more granular four-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, the Czech Republic’s most valuable exported products were cars (13.3% of Czechia’s global total), phone devices including smartphones (7%), automobile parts or accessories (6.4%), computers including optical readers (5.8%), insulated wire or cable (1.7%), electric storage batteries (1.6%), lower-voltage switches or fuses (1.5%), models, puzzles and miscellaneous toys (1.4%), seats excluding barber and dentist chairs (1.3%), and medication mixes in dosage (1.2%).
Products Generating Trading Surpluses for Czechia
Czechia posted an overall US$30 billion trade surplus in 2024, expanding by 22.5% from $24.4 billion in black ink one year earlier for 2023.
The following types of Czech 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.
- Vehicles: US$30.7 billion (Up by 6.8% since 2023)
- Machinery including computers: $9.4 billion (Up by 1.5%)
- Toys, games: $2.7 billion (Up by 7.6%)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: $2.6 billion (Down by -1,041%)
- Articles of iron or steel: $2.4 billion (Down by -5.7%)
- Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: $1.6 billion (Down by -9.3%)
- Rubber, rubber articles: $1.4 billion (Down by -7.9%)
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles: $1.3 billion (Down by -1.4%)
- Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $1.2 billion (Up by 112.4%)
- Glass: $1.1 billion (Down by -16.3%)
Czech Republic has highly positive net exports in the international trade of automobiles historically cars, automotive parts and accessories. In turn, these cashflows indicate Czech Republic’s strong competitive advantages under the vehicles product category.
Products Causing Trading Deficits for Czechia
Below are exports from Czechia that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Czechia’s goods trail Czech importer spending on foreign products.
- Mineral fuels including oil: -US$8.2 billion (Down by -9.6% since 2023)
- Pharmaceuticals: -$3.5 billion (Up by 5.6%)
- Iron, steel: -$3.3 billion (Up by 17.5%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: -$2.5 billion (Down by -12.5%)
- Meat: -$1.6 billion (Up by 3.3%)
- Other chemical goods: -$1.4 billion (Down by -4.6%)
- Copper: -$1.2 billion (Down by -2.6%)
- Fruits, nuts: -$942.1 million (Up by 13.3%)
- Aluminum: -$855.4 million (Down by -5.6%)
- Vegetables: -$666.9 million (Up by 8.2%)
Czechia has highly negative net exports for petroleum oils and gases.
These cashflow deficiencies clearly indicate Czechia’s competitive disadvantages in the international energy market, but also represent key opportunities for the Czech Republic to improve its position in the global economy through focused innovations.
Czech Republic’s Export Companies
Only one Czech company made the Forbes Global 2000 rankings: CEZ Group (electric utilities).
Wikipedia lists other relatively large Czech companies. A selected sample of these companies appears below.
- Agrofert, A.S. (conglomerate)
- Barum Continental Spol. S R.O. (tires)
- ČEPRO, A.S. (oil, gas)
- Continental Automotive Czech Republic S.R.O. (auto parts)
- Finitrading, A.S. (metallurgy)
- RWE Supply & Trading CZ, A.S. (oil, gas)
- Škoda Auto A.S. (automobiles)
- Unipetrol, A.S. (chemicals)
In macroeconomic terms, Czechia’s total exported goods represent 41.8% of its overall Gross Domestic Product for 2024 ($620.5 billion valued in Purchasing Power Parity US dollars). That 41.8% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2024 compares to 47.4% one year earlier. Those percentages suggest a relatively decreasing reliance on products sold on international markets for the Czech Republic’s total economic performance, albeit based on a short timeframe.
Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its unemployment rate. Czechia’s unemployment rate averaged 2.8% in 2024, up from an average 2.579% for 2023 according to International Monetary Fund statistics.
Czech Republic’s capital city is Prague.
See also Czech Republic’s Top Trading Partners and Czech Republic’s Top 10 Imports
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles. Accessed on August 2, 2025
EXCHANGE-RATES.org, Czech Koruna (CZK) To US Dollar (USD) Exchange rate history. Accessed on August 2, 2025
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on August 2, 2025
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on August 2, 2025
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on August 2, 2025
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on August 2, 2025
Wikipedia, Gross domestic product. Accessed on August 2, 2025
Wikipedia, List of Companies of the Czech Republic. Accessed on August 2, 2025
Wikipedia, Purchasing power parity. Accessed on August 2, 2025