EU organic sales decreased slightly in 2022 but rebounded in 2023 due to recovering economic conditions. Despite the slowdown, good prospects for U.S. organic product exports to the EU remain. Trade shows like BioFach, the world’s largest organic trade fair, provide an excellent gateway for U.S. companies to establish contact with business partners. This report provides an overview of the EU market, policy, and trade-related to U.S. organic exports.
The United States - EU organic equivalency arrangement went into effect on June 1, 2012. This streamlined trade between the world’s two largest organic markets as it enabled organic food and agricultural products certified in the United States or EU to be labeled and sold as organic in either market. Due to a lack of organic-specific HS codes, it is difficult to track trade in these products exactly. As a result, FAS offices in the EU estimate that the EU market totaled $55.1 billion (€46.6 million) in 2022. After a period of long-term growth, this is a slight 0.5 percent decrease from 2021 and is due to the difficult economic situation that member states faced that year and continue to experience.
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Source: apps.fas.usda.gov