According to ec.europa.eu (Eurostat), EU trade in wind turbines expanded significantly in 2025: exports from the European Union reached €3.1 billion, while imports came in at €0.7 billion. The supplier landscape also shifted notably — China displaced India at the top, capturing a 59.6% share of all wind turbines imported into the EU.
Key figures:
- EU wind turbine exports — €3.1 billion, up 10.8% in value and 9.5% in volume.
- EU wind turbine imports — €0.7 billion, up 40.6% in value and 69.0% in volume.
- China’s share of EU wind turbine imports — 59.6%, versus 41.3% in 2024.
- India fell to second place with a 22.2% share.
Exports hold their price; imports are falling fast per unit
Among the three “green” product categories tracked — solar panels, liquid biofuels, and wind turbines — turbines generated the highest export value for the EU at €3.1 billion. Compared with 2024, exports grew both in value (+10.8%) and in volume (+9.5%).
Imports tell a different story. The value of foreign deliveries rose 40.6% to €0.7 billion, while physical volume jumped by 69.0%. When volume grows considerably faster than value, it signals a decline in the unit price of the equipment. Eurostat applies the same logic to solar panels in the same publication: import volume there fell 4.0% while value dropped 27.7%, pointing to an even steeper fall in average panel prices.
China overtakes India: a new supplier map
The defining structural shift of 2025 is the change at the top. Last year India led wind turbine deliveries into the EU; this year China took first place with a 59.6% share, up from 41.3% a year earlier. India, now at 22.2%, ranks second. Eurostat does not break down the remaining suppliers in the publication.
China simultaneously holds its position as the dominant supplier of solar panels — accounting for 98.6% of all EU imports in that category. In liquid biofuels, however, its share collapsed from 24.2% in 2024 to just 1.3% in 2025; Malaysia now leads at 21.9%, followed by the United States (16.1%), Argentina (12.4%), and the United Kingdom (12.3%).
A reference point for Ukrainian wind farm projects
For Ukrainian wind energy developers, EU trade statistics carry a practical message. First, the European market retains strong export capacity: €3.1 billion in outbound turbine shipments speaks for itself, so EU-based manufacturers remain a real option for projects that require specific equipment origin or European development bank financing. Second, Chinese turbines have increased their share of EU imports — which means they deserve full consideration when preparing tenders in Ukraine, not just as a fallback option. We covered the broader industry context in Wind energy is no longer an alternative energy source, and the scale of Ukrainian ambitions in the largest wind power plant in Eastern Europe.
The final equipment choice always depends on project-specific conditions: site type, lender requirements, and after-sales support. But the fact that China raised its share of turbine deliveries into the EU from 41.3% to 59.6% in a single year means a wider set of options for everyone currently preparing procurement tenders for new wind farms.
Sources: Eurostat
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