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Trade between Hungary and Serbia

In 2024, Hungary exported $2 billion to Serbia and imported $2.2 billion. Hungary ran a deficit of $243 million with Serbia, compared with a surplus of $104 million in 2019. Serbia was Hungary’s 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Hungary was Serbia’s 4th (6%).

Summary

Hungary → Serbia
$2billion
Serbia → Hungary
$2.2billion
Hungary’s balance
-$243million

Balance

Hungary’s trade balance with Serbia

Trade between Hungary and Serbia grew 147.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 2
  • Imports 2.2
  • Balance -0.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$27 million$914 thousand$26 million
1996$160 million$38 million$122 million
1997$158 million$72 million$86 million
1998$151 million$66 million$85 million
1999$130 million$34 million$96 million
2000$165 million$66 million$98 million
2001$213 million$67 million$146 million
2002$301 million$80 million$221 million
2003$311 million$67 million$244 million
2004$411 million$138 million$273 million
2005$622 million$133 million$489 million
2006$478 million$229 million$250 million
2007$840 million$281 million$559 million
2008$977 million$359 million$617 million
2009$514 million$314 million$200 million
2010$650 million$367 million$284 million
2011$1 billion$476 million$551 million
2012$1.1 billion$436 million$631 million
2013$1.1 billion$587 million$556 million
2014$1.1 billion$551 million$551 million
2015$975 million$564 million$412 million
2016$953 million$683 million$270 million
2017$1.1 billion$950 million$157 million
2018$1.3 billion$1.1 billion$176 million
2019$1.2 billion$1.1 billion$104 million
2020$1.4 billion$1.2 billion$224 million
2021$1.6 billion$1.8 billion-$194 million
2022$2.4 billion$2.4 billion$76 million
2023$1.7 billion$2.3 billion-$595 million
2024$2 billion$2.2 billion-$243 million

What they sell each other

What Hungary sells to Serbia

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$214 million · 10.9%
    74 thousand tonnes
  2. Refined petroleum$189 million · 9.7%
    235 thousand tonnes
  3. 452 tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  4. Electricity$108 million · 5.5%
    Hungary’s destinations
  5. Vaccines, blood and antisera$75 million · 3.9%
    16 tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  6. Cars$65 million · 3.3%
    7 thousand tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  7. Cables and wire$43 million · 2.2%
    4 thousand tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  8. Petroleum coke and bitumen$31 million · 1.6%
    87 thousand tonnes
  9. Corn$29 million · 1.5%
    4 thousand tonnes
  10. 73 tonnes

What Serbia sells to Hungary

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

  1. Cables and wire$477 million · 21.7%
    12 thousand tonnes · Serbia’s destinations
  2. Natural gas and LPG$312 million · 14.2%
    553 thousand tonnes
  3. Electricity$310 million · 14.1%
    Hungary’s sources
  4. 4 thousand tonnes
  5. 431 tonnes
  6. Microchips$63 million · 2.9%
    204 tonnes · Hungary’s sources
  7. Liquid pumps$53 million · 2.4%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Refined petroleum$46 million · 2.1%
    81 thousand tonnes · Hungary’s sources
  9. 2 thousand tonnes
  10. Hot-rolled flat steel$31 million · 1.4%
    39 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Hungary and Serbia traded $4.2 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$4.2 billion · 100%

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

How much each matters to the other

Serbia was Hungary’s 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Hungary was Serbia’s 4th (6%).

Serbia in Hungary’s trade
1.4%
Serbia’s rank among Hungary’s partners
18th
Hungary in Serbia’s trade
5.6%
Hungary’s rank among Serbia’s partners
4th

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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.