VIENNA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Austria continued to see foreign trade deficit in July after a significant decline in the exports of machinery and vehicles, the most important product group in the Austrian export industry, official data showed on Wednesday.
In July, the country's value of exports went down by 11.9 percent year on year to 15.06 billion euros (18.07 billion U.S. dollars), while imports rose by 3.4 percent to 16.95 billion euros, according to Statistics Austria.
"Since November 2024, import values have exceeded exports month after month," said Manuela Lenk, Director General Statistics at Statistics Austria, adding that international demand for machinery and vehicles is currently particularly weak.
According to Statistics Austria, the country's exports of machinery and vehicles in July fell by 11.4 percent from a year ago.
Trade with European Union (EU) member states took up a majority of Austria's imports and exports. In July, intra-EU imports amounted to 11.47 billion euros, while exports to these countries reached 11.05 billion euros.
In the first seven months of 2025, Austria's imports rose by 3.1 percent and exports decreased by 4.4 percent compared to the same period of last year, data showed. (1 euro = 1.2 dollars) ■