Spacecraft & space transport exports: €1 340 million
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In 2022, EU exports of spacecraft and space transport services totalled €1 340 million after experiencing a 36% drop compared with 2021 (€2 108 million). In 2022, 84% of all exports, or €1 129 million, went to countries outside the EU.
The EU exports peaked in 2012, at €3 273 million, and declined until they fell to €1 913 million in 2016. A sharp recovery occurred in 2017, with exports rising to €2 961 million, before significant drops occurred, notably in 2020, when exports fell to €1 562 million due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source dataset: data on the European space economy
(based on FIGARO balanced view of international trade)
EU imports of spacecraft and space transport services amounted to €1 274 million in 2022, a 33% decline compared with 2021 (€1 902 million). Most of the imports, 83%, or €1 063 million, came from countries outside the EU.
Imports peaked in 2015, at €2 978 million, and again in 2017, at €2 708 million. However, a significant decline followed in the subsequent years, bringing imports down to € 1 479 million in 2019. Subsequent developments included a short period of recovery, with imports rising to €1 902 million in 2021.
Source dataset: data on the European space economy
(based on FIGARO balanced view of international trade)
This article coincides with the 17th European Space Conference, taking place in Brussels on 28-29 January 2025.
For more information
- Experimental statistics on the European space economy thematic account
- Thematic section on European system of accounts supply, use and input-output tables
Methodological notes
- This article is based on data on the EU space economy released by Eurostat in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DEFIS), and the European Space Agency (ESA), as part of experimental statistics.
- Import and export figures are based on the balanced view of trade of Full international and global accounts for research in input-output analysis (FIGARO). Differences may exist with national import and/or export data given that the FIGARO balanced view of trade aims to solve asymmetries between bilateral trade flows.
- Results refer to the spacecraft (including satellites) and their launch vehicles, and to the space transport services of passengers and freight, corresponding to the statistical codes 30.30.40, 51.22.11 and 51.22.12 from the classification of products by activity (CPA), equivalent to the statistical codes 880260, 996427 and 996532 from the Harmonised System (HS) classification.