Chamwe Kaira
The European Union (EU) and its 27 member states remained one of Namibia’s largest export markets in 2025, with exports to the bloc reaching more than N$90 billion.
The figures are contained in an independent analysis of trade data from the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) commissioned by the EU.
The study analysed Namibia’s trade performance for 2024 and 2025 by treating the EU as a single trading bloc instead of a separate country.
EU ambassador to Namibia Ana Beatriz Martins said the partnership between Namibia and the EU has supported economic growth, diversification and job creation over the past two decades.
“The growing partnership has been important in developing markets for major new products including high-value fruit and charcoal,” Martins said.
Namibia exported goods worth N$90.4 billion in 2025.
Exports remained heavily concentrated in uranium, gold, fish and diamonds, which together accounted for 80% of total exports.
South Africa remained Namibia’s largest export destination at N$26.6 billion, followed by China at N$22 billion.
The EU and Botswana each accounted for exports valued at about N$9.3 billion.
Together, these four markets represented more than 80% of Namibia’s exports during the year.
Within the EU, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium and Germany accounted for 95% of Namibia’s exports to the bloc in 2025.
Uranium remained Namibia’s largest export product, contributing 31.1% of total exports.
Gold accounted for 22%, fish for 17.1% and diamonds for 11.4%.
Other exports included meat, fruit, charcoal, live animals, base metals and beer.
The EU said the findings show the importance of the trade relationship between Namibia and Europe as Namibia seeks to expand value-added exports and increase access to international markets.
Ten years ago, the EU signed the economic partnership agreement with the SADC EPA group, which includes Namibia and five other countries.
Since the agreement came into force, trade between the EU27 and the six SADC EPA countries has increased by 26% to €52 billion, about N$1 trillion, in 2025.
