Trading Partner Portal: Austria
Trade Overview
Austria is in central Europe and is a member of the European Union. It is geographically similar to the size of South Carolina, and Vienna is its capital. Austria has a population of 9.21 million people with a gross domestic product (GDP) of $579.47 billion. Austria is categorized as a high-income country with a well-developed market economy. Austria has developed a large service sector, while sustaining their manufacturing and agriculture fields. World Bank, U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. – Austria Trade
Two-way goods trade between Austria and the U.S. totaled $23.16 billion in 2025, with a total of approximately $5.39 billion worth of goods exported from the U.S. to Austria. Top export categories were chemicals ($2.90 billion), transportation equipment ($453 million), non-electrical machinery ($350 million), computer and electronic products ($316 million), and primary metals manufactures ($313 million). U.S. Department of Commerce
In 2025, the U.S. imported $17.77 billion of goods from Austria. Some of the key imported goods were chemicals ($4.57 billion), transportation equipment ($3.20 billion), non-electrical machinery ($3.14 billion), electrical equipment, appliances & components ($1.21billion), and computer and electronic products ($967 million).
Services trade between the U.S. and Armenia totaled 5.22 billion in 2025, with services exports from the U.S. totaling $2.70 billion. Top exports were travel, other business services, financial services, telecommunications, computer, and information services, and charges for intellectual property use.
Service imports from Armenia to the U.S. totaled $2.52 billion in the same year. Top imports to the U.S. were travel, other business services, transport services, financial services, and personal, cultural, & recreation services.
Austria – California Trade
The United States, California, in particular, has a strong trade relationship with Austria. California is one of the top exporting states to Austria. In 2025, California exported $549 million of goods to Austria, a 68% increase compared to 2024. The major category of exported goods was chemicals, with a total of $318 million. The other major exports included non-electrical machinery ($96 million), computer and electronic products ($51 million), transportation equipment ($29 million), and fabricated metals products ($13 million).
California is also one of the largest importers of goods from Austria compared to the other states in the U.S. California imported almost $1.34 billion of goods in 2025 from Austria. Transportation equipment made up the largest import with a value of $664 million. Other major imported good categories were non-electrical machinery ($230 million), computers and electronic products ($112 million), chemicals ($102 million), and miscellaneous manufactures ($58 million). U.S. Department of Commerce
FDI – Austria
The strong economic relationship between the U.S. and Austria is not just prominent in trade, but also in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. In 2025, the U.S. had roughly $6.89 billion invested in Austria, and Austria had $28.03 billion invested in the U.S. Austria is the tenth fastest growing source of FDI into the U.S. Select USA
Austrian FDI supported 48,000 jobs, $469 million was invested into innovative research and development in the U.S., and $2. billion was put toward expanding U.S. exports. The top industry sectors for Austrian FDI in the U.S. were: industrial equipment, software and IT services, transportation, plastics, electronic components, and metals. SelectUSA
CalChamber Resources
Business
- Austria Business Agency
- U.S. Austrian Chamber of Commerce
- Austrian Economic Chambers
- American Chamber of Commerce in Austria
- Doing Business in Austria
- U.S. Commercial Service Austria