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Trade between Greece and North Macedonia

In 2024, Greece exported $1 billion to North Macedonia and imported $437 million. Greece ran a surplus of $607 million with North Macedonia, compared with a surplus of $483 million in 2019. North Macedonia was Greece’s 26th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Greece was North Macedonia’s 3rd (7%).

Summary

Greece → North Macedonia
$1billion
North Macedonia → Greece
$437million
Greece’s balance
$607million

Balance

Greece’s trade balance with North Macedonia

Trade between Greece and North Macedonia grew 22.3-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Greece’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1
  • Imports 0.4
  • Balance +0.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$43 million$24 million$19 million
1996$112 million$105 million$7 million
1997$209 million$109 million$100 million
1998$225 million$89 million$136 million
1999$161 million$82 million$79 million
2000$198 million$89 million$110 million
2001$181 million$96 million$85 million
2002$206 million$90 million$116 million
2003$250 million$156 million$94 million
2004$242 million$210 million$32 million
2005$325 million$328 million-$3 million
2006$354 million$359 million-$5 million
2007$443 million$458 million-$15 million
2008$540 million$578 million-$39 million
2009$475 million$324 million$151 million
2010$474 million$279 million$194 million
2011$609 million$251 million$358 million
2012$794 million$236 million$559 million
2013$704 million$217 million$488 million
2014$682 million$265 million$417 million
2015$506 million$253 million$254 million
2016$513 million$246 million$267 million
2017$619 million$281 million$338 million
2018$772 million$302 million$470 million
2019$763 million$280 million$483 million
2020$517 million$247 million$270 million
2021$856 million$335 million$522 million
2022$1.5 billion$715 million$812 million
2023$1.1 billion$532 million$587 million
2024$1 billion$437 million$607 million

What they sell each other

What Greece sells to North Macedonia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$639 million · 61.3%
    861 thousand tonnes · Greece’s destinations
  2. Semi-finished steel$42 million · 4%
    82 thousand tonnes
  3. Lignite$42 million · 4%
    870 thousand tonnes
  4. Electricity$34 million · 3.2%
  5. 46 thousand tonnes
  6. Steel wire rod$14 million · 1.4%
    23 thousand tonnes
  7. Steel bars$14 million · 1.3%
    21 thousand tonnes
  8. Microchips$12 million · 1.2%
    47 tonnes
  9. Steel structures$10 million · 0.97%
    5 thousand tonnes
  10. Other knitted fabric$9 million · 0.85%
    2 thousand tonnes

What North Macedonia sells to Greece

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Electricity$164 million · 37.5%
  2. Raw tobacco$52 million · 11.9%
    5 thousand tonnes
  3. Ferrous scrap$21 million · 4.9%
    38 thousand tonnes
  4. Hot-rolled flat steel$19 million · 4.3%
    21 thousand tonnes
  5. Plastic pipes and hoses$18 million · 4.2%
    10 thousand tonnes
  6. Marble and travertine$14 million · 3.2%
    32 thousand tonnes
  7. Steel bars$11 million · 2.6%
    17 thousand tonnes
  8. Welded steel pipes$10 million · 2.3%
    13 thousand tonnes
  9. Wheat$8 million · 1.8%
    31 thousand tonnes
  10. Coated flat steel$8 million · 1.8%
    8 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Greece and North Macedonia traded $1.5 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 100% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.

Split by transport mode

  1. Land$1.5 billion · 100%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

North Macedonia was Greece’s 26th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Greece was North Macedonia’s 3rd (7%).

North Macedonia in Greece’s trade
1%
North Macedonia’s rank among Greece’s partners
26th
Greece in North Macedonia’s trade
6.8%
Greece’s rank among North Macedonia’s partners
3rd

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.