International trade
The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €15.5 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in December 2024, compared with + €16.4 bn in December 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €16.4 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in November 2024, compared with + €18.2 bn in November 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €6.8 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in October 2024, compared with + €9.4 bn in October 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €12.5 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in September 2024, compared with + €9.8 bn in September 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €4.6 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in August 2024, compared with €4.8 bn in August 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €21.2 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in July 2024, compared with €6.7 bn in July 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €22.3 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in June 2024, compared with €18.0 bn in June 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €13.9 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in May 2024, compared with a deficit of €0.4 bn in May 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €15.0 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in April 2024, compared with a deficit of €11.1 bn in April 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €24.1 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in March 2024, compared with +€19.1 bn in March 2023.
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €23.6 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in February 2024, compared with +€3.6 bn in February 2023.
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In the final quarter of 2024, the EU exported more goods to non-EU countries than it imported, resulting in a trade surplus of €27.2 billion. This marked the sixth consecutive quarter of a positive trade balance, following a period of deficits driven by soaring energy costs from late 2021 to mid-...
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In 2023, EU countries exported €1 427 billion worth of services to countries outside of the EU (+2% compared with 2022). Imports from countries outside the EU stood at €1 274 billion (+4% compared with 2022). This marks a continuing upward trend following a disruption in 2020 due to the impact of...
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In 2022, EU exports of spacecraft and space transport services totalled €1 340 million after experiencing a 36% drop compared with 2021 (€2 108 million). In 2022, 84% of all exports, or €1 129 million, went to countries outside the EU.
The EU exports peaked in 2012, at €3 273 million, and declin...
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In 2023, the EU produced 1 496 billion litres of sparkling wine of fresh grapes. Compared with 2022, this represented an 8% decrease from around 1 624 billion.
The top producing countries in 2023 were Italy, France and Germany, with 638, 312 (224 million litres of champagne and 88 million litres...
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In 2022, the production of spacecraft and their launch vehicles in the EU totalled €5 600 million. This represented a 24% increase from €4 500 million in 2010.
The EU production peaked in 2016, with €6 240 million, and remained high until 2019 (€6 000 million each year between 2017 and 2019), dr...
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The holiday season is here, and toy shopping might be a crucial item on that to-do list.
In 2023, the EU was a net importer of toys from the rest of the world, with €6.5 billion worth of toys imported from extra-EU countries (-€2.0 billion compared with 2022), while Extra-EU exports totaled €2...
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In 2023, the EU imported 339 800 tonnes of spices from extra-EU countries. China was the largest supplier of spices, accounting for 39% of all spice imports into the EU.
The most imported spice in 2023 was ginger with 114 000 tonnes, followed by paprika (110 600 tonnes) and pepper (50 300 tonnes...
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A total of 18 300 tonnes of rare earth elements (REE+) valued at €123.6 million were imported to the EU in 2023, marking a decrease of 0.5% in volume and 15.2% in value compared with 2022.
At the same time, 5 600 tonnes of rare earth elements valued at €102.3 million were exported from the EU, a...
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In 2023, EU exports of chemicals and related products decreased to €523 billion, a decline of 5% compared with the record high value of exports in 2022 (€552 billion). The value of chemical imports from non-EU countries into the EU fell 10% to €326 billion, down from €363 billion in the previous ...
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Disclaimer: This news item was updated with data extracted on 17 October.
Between 2017 and 2023, EU trade of electric and hybrid cars increased substantially. In 2023, 44% of the total number of cars imported into the EU were electric or hybrid, indicating a significant increase compared with t...
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In 2023, 6.2 million tonnes of pasta were produced in the EU, worth €8.9 billion. While the volume was comparable with 2022 (6.1 million tonnes), there was an increase of €1.1 billion in terms of value.
Italy was by far the leading EU producer of pasta, with 4.2 million tonnes produced last yea...
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The trade balance of energy products is calculated, for each Member State, as the difference between exports and imports from the rest of the world (intra-EU and extra-EU trade) of goods included in the SITC section 3 - Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials.The MIP indicator is expre...
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Unit-values are defined by: trade value / quantity. These unit-values are divided by the average unit-value of the previous year to obtain elementary unit-value indices, from which outliers are detected and removed. Elementary unit-value indices are then aggregated over countries and commoditi...
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Unit-values are defined by: trade value / quantity. These unit-values are divided by the average unit-value of the previous year to obtain elementary unit-value indices, from which outliers are detected and removed. Elementary unit-value indices are then aggregated over countries and commoditi...
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The International trade balance indicator is the difference between exports and imports of goods. Exports of goods record flows from an EA/EU Member State to a non-EA/EU country while imports record inwards flows. Exports are expressed in value terms and measured free on board (FOB), while import...
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The International trade balance indicator is the difference between exports and imports of goods. Exports of goods record flows from an EA/EU Member State to a non-EA/EU country while imports record inwards flows. Exports are expressed in value terms and measured free on board (FOB), while import...
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International trade statistics cover any movements of goods between the EU Member States and non-member countries (extra-EU trade), and from one Member State to another (intra-EU trade). Goods are physical, produced items over which ownership rights can be established and whose economic ownership...
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International trade statistics cover any movements of goods between the EU Member States and non-member countries (extra-EU trade), and from one Member State to another (intra-EU trade). Goods are physical, produced items over which ownership rights can be established and whose economic ownership...
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International trade statistics cover any movements of goods between the EU Member States and non-member countries (extra-EU trade), and from one Member State to another (intra-EU trade). Goods are physical, produced items over which ownership rights can be established and whose economic ownership...
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International trade statistics cover any movements of goods between the EU Member States and non-member countries (extra-EU trade), and from one Member State to another (intra-EU trade). Goods are physical, produced items over which ownership rights can be established and whose economic ownership...
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International trade statistics cover any movements of goods between the EU Member States and non-member countries (extra-EU trade), and from one Member State to another (intra-EU trade). Goods are physical, produced items over which ownership rights can be established and whose economic ownership...
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International trade statistics cover any movements of goods between the EU Member States and non-member countries (extra-EU trade), and from one Member State to another (intra-EU trade). Goods are physical, produced items over which ownership rights can be established and whose economic ownership...
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