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EU-Singapore Trade and Investment Booklet 2026

Singapore is the EU’s main trade and investment partner in Southeast Asia, with annual trade in goods and services amounting to €131 billion in 2024. Singapore ranks as the EU’s 5th largest partner for both inward and outward Foreign Direct Investment stocks.

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The 2026 edition of the EU-Singapore Trade and Investment Booklet offers an overview of the strong economic relations between the EU and Singapore with latest annual statistics on trade in goods, trade in services and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). It also provides information on the EU-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement, which entered into force in February 2026, and other EU-Singapore agreements, as well as useful trade tools.

In 2025, EU-Singapore trade in goods reached nearly €48 billion, with EU exports to Singapore amounting to €30.1 billion and EU imports from Singapore totalling €17.7 billion. Singapore ranked globally as the EU’s 21st largest merchandise trade partner in 2025.

For the year 2024, EU-Singapore trade in services amounted to €82.9 billion, ranking Singapore as the EU’s fifth largest partner for trade in services. With trade in goods and services combined, total EU-Singapore trade reached €131 billion in 2024, ranking Singapore as the EU’s largest trade partner in ASEAN and 11th largest trade partner in the world.

In relation to FDI, Singapore remains the most important destination for EU investment in Southeast Asia. At the end of 2024, EU FDI stocks held in Singapore reached €250 billion. Conversely, FDI stocks held by Singapore in the EU amounted to €274 billion in 2024. Singapore ranks as the EU’s 5th largest partner for both inward and outward FDI stocks.

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