billion euros of goods purchased by the European Union
2025, full calendar yearEU external trade by product — EurostatHome / Jurisdictions / Venezuela
Country file
Venezuela
Here, the Union mainly buys manufactured consumer goods. Roughly half the population is connected and hosting is split between local and foreign providers. Regional markers: Latin America and the Caribbean.
Relationship with the European Union
No preferential trade agreement with the European Union
No preferential arrangement applies. Trade falls under the common tariff, sometimes eased by preferences that the Union grants unilaterally and can withdraw. Security, however, is demonstrated case by case.
Sources reviewed on 17 September 2026
of these purchases: manufactured products
2025EU external trade by product — Eurostatof these purchases: agricultural and food products
2025EU external trade by product — Eurostat01
Economy and sectors
No agreement
No preferential trade agreement with the European Union
trade is governed by standard rules and, where applicable, unilateral preferences that should be verifiedNo preferential arrangement applies. Trade falls under the common tariff, sometimes eased by preferences that the Union grants unilaterally and can withdraw. Security, however, is demonstrated case by case.
Map of trade agreements — European CommissionThird country
regime applicable to European data and access
European framework trackedNo general adequacy decision. The transfer mechanism and its accompanying measures must be chosen according to the actual data flows.
Adequacy decisions — European Commission76.7%
of the population uses the Internet
2024, latest available figure
Internet use — World Bank / ITUProhibited sensitive goods
European Union restrictive measures targeting the country
EU Sanctions Map, as at 26 September 2026Ordinary trade remains permitted, but the EU prohibits the supply of certain sensitive goods. Check that nothing you deliver or purchase falls into these categories. Screen the supplier, its directors and its shareholders against the consolidated list of designated persons and entities. Measures in force: asset freezes on designated persons and entities; arms embargo; prohibitions on internal repression and communications surveillance equipment.
Council Regulation (EU) 2017/206302
Incidents, fraud and impersonation
247
secure servers per million inhabitants
2024, latest available figureHosting there may be local or foreign. Ask where your data actually resides, and who holds the keys to it.
Secure Internet servers — World BankDiverted order
verification of instruction changes
Cross-cutting controlOn recurring flows, impersonation works through a change of bank details announced partway through the relationship. Confirm it through a channel already known to you.
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Points to check within your organisation
The goods, the service and the payment, before any contract
EU restrictive measures apply to this country or part of its territory. Assess each delivery and each payment against the applicable regulation, and keep a record of party screening: this is what your client or your bank will ask for.
The sites and headcount involved
This type of production involves several sites and a large workforce, rarely named in the contract. Establish which ones work for you and who supervises them.
What accompanies orders
Without an adequacy decision, order files, your teams' contact details and your own customers' data may only circulate under proper safeguards. Ask which transfer tool has been adopted and who has access to it on site.
The country behind each environment
Hosting may be local or overseas, and often both depending on the environment. Ask for the real picture: production, staging, backups, logs.
Developments to be aware of
The topics that may change your answers
EU restrictive measures
Ordinary trade remains permitted, but the EU prohibits the supply of certain sensitive goods. Check that nothing you deliver or purchase falls into these categories. Screen the supplier, its directors and its shareholders against the consolidated list of designated persons and entities. Measures in force: asset freezes on designated persons and entities; arms embargo; prohibitions on internal repression and communications surveillance equipment.
EU–Venezuela relationship
No preferential arrangement applies. Trade falls under the common tariff, sometimes eased by preferences that the Union grants unilaterally and can withdraw. Security, however, is demonstrated case by case.
Data transfers
No general adequacy decision. The transfer mechanism and its accompanying measures must be chosen according to the actual data flows.
Export fabric
Export shares retain their year and definition. A missing series remains visible rather than being filled in.
Manufactured products: 24.4% of what the Union buys here. Sites, headcount and subcontracting form the first scope to establish with the European client.
Official sources
- Trade relations by country — European Commission
- Map of trade agreements — European Commission
- EU external trade by product — Eurostat
- Adequacy decisions — 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
- Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063
Confidential exchange
Describe your European relationship and the request received.
The Venezuela file sets out a country and its relationship with the Union. What remains to be established is which sites work for you, with what headcount and what subcontracting.