billion euros of goods purchased by the European Union
2025, full calendar yearEU external trade by product — EurostatHome / Jurisdictions / Liechtenstein
Country file
Liechtenstein
The Union's purchases here are mainly machinery, equipment and transport materials. The population is largely connected and local hosting is dense here. Regional markers: Europe and Central Asia.
Relationship with the European Union
Agreement on the European Economic Area — in force since 1995
Data flows here as within the internal market: this is not a transfer to a third country. Everything else — contractual commitments, audit rights, evidence — is handled as elsewhere.
Sources reviewed on 17 September 2026
of these purchases: machinery and transport equipment
2025EU external trade by product — Eurostatof these purchases: manufactured products
2025EU external trade by product — Eurostat01
Economy and sectors
In force
Agreement on the European Economic Area
in force since 1995Data flows here as within the internal market: this is not a transfer to a third country. Everything else — contractual commitments, audit rights, evidence — is handled as elsewhere.
Map of trade agreements — European CommissionEEE
regime applicable to European data and access
European framework trackedData flows take place within the European Economic Area. The security commitments made to the client remain a separate matter.
International transfers — European Commission98.3%
of the population uses the Internet
2024, latest available figure
Internet use — World Bank / ITUNo country regime
European Union restrictive measures targeting the country
EU Sanctions Map, as at 26 September 2026No EU restrictive measures regime targets this country. Thematic regimes — terrorism, human rights, cyberattacks, chemical weapons — nonetheless target individuals of any nationality: screening against the consolidated list applies here as elsewhere.
EU Sanctions Map — European Commission02
Incidents, fraud and impersonation
60 321
secure servers per million inhabitants
2024, latest available figureLocal hosting and certifications are common there. That says nothing about the security of any given provider — only about the terrain in which it operates.
Secure Internet servers — World BankDiverted order
verification of instruction changes
Cross-cutting controlOn industrial orders, impersonation targets a change of bank details or delivery location. Confirm any change through a channel already known to you, never the one that requested it.
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Points to check within your organisation
The workshops behind the assembly
An assembly chain involves subcontractors in cascade. Ask which ones work on your order, from which sites, and which ones have access to the drawings or specifications you provide.
What membership of the European Economic Area changes
The Regulation applies directly there, which simplifies the transfer without settling everything else: audit rights, further subcontracting and backup location still need to be spelled out in the contract.
Where your data actually resides
Local hosting is common here, which does not tell you where your data actually lands: ask for the country of each environment, including backups, and who holds the keys.
Developments to be aware of
The topics that may change your answers
EU restrictive measures
No EU restrictive measures regime targets this country. Thematic regimes — terrorism, human rights, cyberattacks, chemical weapons — nonetheless target individuals of any nationality: screening against the consolidated list applies here as elsewhere.
EU–Liechtenstein relationship
Data flows here as within the internal market: this is not a transfer to a third country. Everything else — contractual commitments, audit rights, evidence — is handled as elsewhere.
Data transfers
Data flows take place within the European Economic Area. The security commitments made to the client remain a separate matter.
Export fabric
Export shares retain their year and definition. A missing series remains visible rather than being filled in.
Machinery and transport equipment: 28.5% of what the Union buys here. Behind these flows lie assembly chains and cascading subcontractors, where audit rights and evidence are at stake.
Official sources
- Trade relations by country — European Commission
- Map of trade agreements — European Commission
- EU external trade by product — Eurostat
- International transfers — European Commission
- Internet use — World Bank / ITU
- Secure Internet servers — World Bank
- Composition of merchandise exports — World Bank
- EU Sanctions Map — European Commission
- EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List — European Commission
Confidential exchange
Describe your European relationship and the request received.
The Liechtenstein file sets out a country and its relationship with the Union. What remains to be established is who assembles, from which sites, and what becomes of your plans once submitted.