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June 2009Euro area external trade surplus 4.6 bn euro4.3 bn euro deficit for EU27

Reference: STAT/09/119 Event Date: 17/08/2009 Export pdf PDF word DOC
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STAT/09/119

17 August 2009

June 2009
Euro area external trade surplus 4.6 bn euro
4.3 bn euro deficit for EU27

The first estimate for the euro area 1 (EA16) trade balance with the rest of the world in June 2009 gave a 4.6 bn euro surplus, compared with 0.0 bn in June 2008. The May 2009 2 balance was +2.1 bn, compared with -3.8 bn in May 2008. In June 2009 compared with May 2009, seasonally adjusted exports fell by 0.1%, while imports remained stable.

The first estimate for the June 2009 extra- EU27 1 trade balance was -4.3 bn euro, compared with -19.3 bn in June 2008. In May 2009 2 the balance was -7.2 bn, compared with -20.7 bn in May 2008. In June 2009 compared with May 2009, seasonally adjusted exports fell by 0.3% and imports by 1.4%.

These data 3 are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities .

EU27 January-May 2009 detailed results

The EU27 energy deficit decreased (-92.9 bn euro in January-May 2009 compared with -147.9 bn in January-May 2008), while the surplus fell for machinery and vehicles (+36.3 bn compared with +59.8 bn) and chemicals (+31.1 bn compared with +32.7 bn).

EU27 trade flows with all of its major partners fell. The largest decreases were recorded for exports to Russia
(-39% in January-May 2009 compared with January-May 2008), Turkey (-33%), South Korea (-23%) and Norway (-22%), and for imports from Russia (-43%), Japan and Brazil (both -29%), Norway and Turkey (both -28%).

The EU27 trade surplus fell with the USA (+11.5 bn euro in January-May 2009 compared with +27.3 bn in January-May 2008) and Switzerland (+4.8 bn compared with +8.0 bn). The EU27 trade deficit decreased with China (-55.8 bn compared with -60.9 bn), Russia (-16.4 bn compared with -31.1 bn), Norway (-13.3 bn compared with -19.9 bn ) and Japan (-9.1 bn compared with -15.0 bn ).

Concerning the total trade of Member States, the largest surplus was observed in Germany (+46.3 bn euro in January-May 2009), followed by Ireland (+15.6 bn) and the Netherlands (+13.8 bn). The United Kingdom (-38.0 bn) registered the largest deficit, followed by France (-24.4 bn), Spain (-20.7 bn), Greece (-11.6 bn) and Portugal (-6.8 bn).

EA16 trade - non seasonally adjusted data bn euro

Flows

Jun 08

Jun 09

Growth

May 08

May 09

Growth

Jan- Jun 08

Jan-Jun 09

Growth

Extra-EA16 exports

136.4

106.1

-22%

128.3

98.6

r

-23%

r

789.1

610.4

-23%

Extra-EA16 imports

136.4

101.5

-26%

132.1

96.5

r

-27%

802.3

612.0

-24%

Extra-EA16 trade balance

0.0

4.6

-3.8

2.1

r

-13.3

-1.6

Intra-EA16 dispatches 4

138.8

111.3

-20%

132.2

101.2

r

-23%

819.0

638.4

-22%

EU27 trade - non seasonally adjusted data bn euro

Flows

Jun 08

Jun 09

Growth

May 08

May 09

Growth

Jan- Jun 08

Jan-Jun 09

Growth

Extra-EU27 exports

114.1

91.6

-20%

107.2

84.9

r

-21%

653.3

519.0

-21%

Extra-EU27 imports

133.3

95.9

-28%

127.9

92.1

r

-28%

771.3

586.4

-24%

Extra-EU27 trade balance

-19.3

-4.3

-20.7

-7.2

r

-118.0

-67.4

Intra-EU27 dispatches 4

239.8

186.4

-22%

229.1

r

170.3

r

-26%

1 410.6

1 071.4

-24%

r: revised

  • The euro area (EA16) includes Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

The EU27 includes Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), the Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Ireland (IE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK).

  • The first estimate s for May 2009 were +1.9 bn euro for the euro area and -6.8 bn euro for the EU27. See News Release 106/2009 issued on 17 July 2009.

  • This News Release is based on data available on 12 August 2009. These are provisional figures based on information provided by Member States. They are subject to frequent revision for up to two years after the month in question. Furthermore, national concepts may differ from the harmonised methodology used by Eurostat, leading to differences between figures in this release and those published nationally, both for raw data and for seasonally adjusted series.

The next News Release including revised data for June 2009 and first estimates for July 2009 will be issued on
17 September 2009.

  • Since the introduction of Intrastat for intra-EU trade on 1 January 1993, the value of dispatches has been consistently higher than that of arrivals. In theory, as dispatches are declared FOB and arrivals CIF, the value of arrivals should be slightly higher than that of dispatches. Eurostat uses dispatches as the more reliable measure of total intra-EU trade as, at aggregated levels, total dispatches has better coverage than total arrivals. Due to this divergence in intra-EU trade, and to the difficulties of interpreting figures in absolute terms at the level of individual Member States, trade balances for individual Member States must be interpreted with caution. The same caution applies to the trade balance of the euro area, which includes some intra-EU trade.

Issued by:

Eurostat Press Office

Tim ALLEN

Tel: +352-4301-33 444

eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu

Eurostat news releases on the internet:

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat

For further information on data:

Gilberto GAMBINI

Tel: +352-4301-35 806

Karo NUORTILA

Tel: +352-4301-34 802

estat-etfree@ec.europa.eu

Selected Principal European Economic Indicators :

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/euroindicators

EA16 trade - previous 6 months - non seasonally adjusted data bn euro

Flows

Nov 08

Dec 08

Jan 09

Feb 09

Mar 09

Apr 09

Extra-EA16 exports

120.3

112.2

93.5

r

99.8

r

109.7

r

102.6

r

Extra-EA16 imports

127.1

114.2

105.0

r

100.9

r

108.0

r

100.0

r

Extra-EA16 trade balance

-6.8

-2.0

-11.5

r

-1.1

r

1.7

2.6

r

Intra- EA16 dispatches

119.3

102.8

104.0

104.5

113.5

103.8

r

EU27 trade - previous 6 months - non seasonally adjusted data bn euro

Flows

Nov 08

Dec 08

Jan 09

Feb 09

Mar 09

Apr 09

Extra-EU27 exports

100.3

99.3

75.8

85.4

r

93.2

88.1

Extra-EU27 imports

124.3

110.5

103.3

96.2

102.6

96.4

r

Extra-EU27 trade balance

-24.0

-11.2

-27.5

-10.8

r

-9.4

-8.3

r

Intra-EU27 dispatches

205.9

r

171.8

174.4

r

174.3

r

190.8

r

175.2

r

r: revised

Main products - EA16 - non seasonally adjusted data bn euro

EA16 exports

EA16 imports

Trade balance

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Growth

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Growth

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Primary products:

88.9

67.3

-24%

226.0

153.1

-32%

-137.1

-85.7

Food & drink

40.5

36.6

-10%

36.7

34.5

-6%

3.8

2.2

Crude materials

15.6

11.4

-27%

30.9

19.7

-36%

-15.3

-8.4

Energy

32.8

19.4

-41%

158.5

98.9

-38%

-125.6

-79.5

Manufactured goods:

547.9

418.8

-24%

429.7

341.5

-21%

118.2

77.4

Chemicals

101.7

89.6

-12%

63.9

54.4

-15%

37.7

35.2

Machinery & vehicles

282.8

204.4

-28%

204.5

161.3

-21%

78.3

43.0

Other manuf’d articles

163.5

124.9

-24%

161.3

125.7

-22%

2.2

-0.8

Other

15.8

18.1

14%

10.1

15.9

57%

5.7

2.2

Total

652.6

504.3

-23%

665.9

510.4

-23%

-13.3

-6.2

Main products – EU27 - non seasonally adjusted data

EU27 exports

EU27 imports

Trade balance

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Growth

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Growth

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Primary products:

74.2

54.8

-26%

245.1

162.1

-34%

-170.9

-107.3

Food & drink

27.0

24.2

-10%

33.7

30.5

-9%

-6.6

-6.3

Crude materials

14.6

10.6

-27%

30.9

18.7

-39%

-16.3

-8.1

Energy

32.6

20.0

-39%

180.5

112.8

-38%

-147.9

-92.9

Manufactured goods:

449.4

354.8

-21%

378.5

307.2

-19%

70.8

47.6

Chemicals

84.9

76.4

-10%

52.2

45.2

-13%

32.7

31.1

Machinery & vehicles

233.0

176.8

-24%

173.2

140.5

-19%

59.8

36.3

Other manuf’d articles

131.5

101.7

-23%

153.2

121.5

-21%

-21.7

-19.8

Other

15.7

17.8

13%

14.4

21.2

47%

1.3

-3.4

Total

539.3

427.4

-21%

638.0

490.5

-23%

-98.7

-63.1

Main trading partners - EA16 - non seasonally adjusted data bn euro

EA16 exports to

EA16 imports from

Trade balance

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Growth

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Growth

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

United Kingdom

96.1

69.9

-27%

70.9

50.1

-29%

25.1

19.8

United States

79.2

62.4

-21%

57.6

52.7

-9%

21.6

9.7

China

27.1

25.4

-6%

70.1

64.1

-9%

-43.0

-38.7

Switzerland

36.1

32.4

-10%

28.6

27.8

-3%

7.4

4.7

Russia

31.3

19.3

-38%

50.2

28.9

-42%

-19.0

-9.6

Poland

35.2

27.0

-23%

24.3

20.5

-15%

10.9

6.5

Czech Republic

24.8

18.4

-26%

25.4

21.1

-17%

-0.6

-2.7

Sweden

24.1

16.5

-31%

23.3

15.3

-34%

0.8

1.1

Japan

14.4

11.4

-21%

25.1

18.2

-27%

-10.8

-6.9

Hungary

17.0

11.5

-32%

16.4

12.4

-24%

0.6

-0.9

Main trading partners – EU27 - non seasonally adjusted data bn euro

EU27 exports to

EU27 imports from

Trade balance

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Growth

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Growth

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

United States

105.0

83.0

-21%

77.7

71.5

-8%

27.3

11.5

China

32.5

30.3

-7%

93.4

86.1

-8%

-60.9

-55.8

Switzerland

40.9

36.1

-12%

32.8

31.3

-5%

8.0

4.8

Russia

41.8

25.5

-39%

72.9

41.9

-43%

-31.1

-16.4

Norway

19.0

14.9

-22%

38.9

28.2

-28%

-19.9

-13.3

Japan

18.1

14.3

-21%

33.0

23.4

-29%

-15.0

-9.1

Turkey

24.5

16.3

-33%

20.1

14.4

-28%

4.3

1.8

South Korea

10.9

8.4

-23%

16.6

13.7

-17%

-5.7

-5.3

India

12.9

10.4

-20%

12.4

10.9

-12%

0.5

-0.6

Brazil

9.7

7.6

-21%

14.4

10.3

-29%

-4.7

-2.6

Member States’ total trade (intra-EU + extra-EU) - non seasonally adjusted data bn euro

Total exports

Total imports

Trade balance

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Growth

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Growth

Jan-May 08

Jan-May 09

Belgium

137.5

106.9

-22%

133.1

102.4

-23%

4.5

4.5

Bulgaria

6.3

4.4

-31%

10.2

6.8

-34%

-3.9

-2.4

Czech Republic

42.7

31.9

-25%

40.5

29.6

-27%

2.2

2.3

Denmark

33.3

27.2

-18%

31.6

25.9

-18%

1.7

1.3

Germany

422.5

323.1

-24%

339.2

276.8

-18%

83.3

46.3

Estonia

3.5

2.5

-29%

4.6

2.9

-37%

-1.1

-0.4

Ireland

35.8

35.5

-1%

25.1

19.9

-21%

10.7

15.6

Greece

6.9

5.8

-16%

22.7

17.4

-24%

-15.8

-11.6

Spain

79.9

62.4

-22%

121.5

83.1

-32%

-41.6

-20.7

France

177.4

137.8

-22%

203.0

162.2

-20%

-25.6

-24.4

Italy

156.0

117.1

-25%

162.2

120.6

-26%

-6.2

-3.5

Cyprus

0.5

0.4

-19%

2.9

2.3

-22%

-2.4

-1.9

Latvia

2.8

2.0

-28%

4.6

2.8

-39%

-1.8

-0.8

Lithuania

6.5

4.5

-30%

9.0

5.1

-44%

-2.5

-0.6

Luxembourg

7.1

6.5

-9%

9.0

7.8

-13%

-1.8

-1.3

Hungary

31.7

23.4

-26%

31.4

21.8

-31%

0.3

1.5

Malta

0.8

0.6

-26%

1.3

1.1

-19%

-0.5

-0.5

Netherlands

180.5

141.6

-22%

161.9

127.8

-21%

18.6

13.8

Austria

52.5

39.8

-24%

52.3

41.7

-20%

0.3

-1.9

Poland

49.1

37.1

-24%

58.4

40.5

-31%

-9.3

-3.4

Portugal

16.7

12.3

-27%

26.3

19.1

-27%

-9.5

-6.8

Romania

13.9

11.0

-21%

23.0

14.7

-36%

-9.1

-3.7

Slovenia

10.0

7.6

-23%

10.6

7.6

-29%

-0.7

0.0

Slovakia

20.1

15.7

-22%

20.6

15.5

-25%

-0.5

0.2

Finland

28.7

18.2

-37%

27.0

17.6

-35%

1.7

0.6

Sweden

55.6

37.8

-32%

49.7

33.7

-32%

5.8

4.0

United Kingdom

131.6

99.1

-25%

182.4

137.1

-25%

-50.8

-38.0

Annex - Seasonally adjusted data

Seasonally adjusted series have been calculated using one harmonised methodology. The seasonally adjusted series give a complementary view of the monthly evolution of trade. Seasonally adjusted figures may not match those published by Member States due to differences in the raw data 3 in the choice of seasonal adjustment model and to the use of series in national currency or in euro.

EA16 trade - seasonally adjusted data bn euro

Flows

Jan 09

Feb 09

Mar 09

Apr 09

May 09

Jun 09

Growth:

Feb/Jan

Mar/Feb

Apr/Mar

May/Apr

Jun/May

Extra- EA16 exports

103.4

103.1

104.3

103.4

101.6

101.5

-0.4%

1.2%

-0.8%

-1.8%

-0.1%

Extra-EA16 imports

108.4

105.5

106.2

103.1

100.5

100.5

-2.7%

0.6%

-2.9%

-2.5%

0.0%

Extra-EA16 trade balance

-5.0

-2.5

-1.9

0.3

1.1

1.0

Intra-EA16 dispatches

107.9

104.7

105.6

104.5

103.7

105.4

-2.9%

0.8%

-1.0%

-0.8%

1.6%

EU27 trade - seasonally adjusted data bn euro

Flows

Jan 09

Feb 09

Mar 09

Apr 09

May 09

Jun 09

Growth:

Feb/Jan

Mar/Feb

Apr/Mar

May/Apr

Jun/May

Extra- EU27 exports

84.8

89.3

90.0

88.6

87.9

87.7

5.4%

0.8%

-1.5%

-0.8%

-0.3%

Extra- EU27 imports

105.9

102.1

102.9

99.7

96.7

95.3

-3.6%

0.8%

-3.1%

-3.0%

-1.4%

Extra- EU27 trade balance

-21.1

-12.8

-12.9

-11.1

-8.8

-7.7

 

Intra- EU27 dispatches

182.8

176.2

178.2

176.8

174.3

177.0

-3.6%

1.1%

-0.8%

-1.4%

1.5%

Contribution of EU27 Member States to extra-EU27 trade - seasonally adjusted data bn euro

Total exports

Total imports

Trade balance

May 09

Jun 09

Growth

May 09

Jun 09

Growth

May 09

Jun 09

EU27

87.9

87.7

-0.3%

96.7

95.3

-1.4%

-8.8

-7.7

Belgium

4.9

3.8

-22.1%

5.8

4.5

-21.5%

-0.8

-0.7

Bulgaria

0.3

0.4

5.5%

0.6

0.5

-7.2%

-0.2

-0.2

Czech Republic

1.0

1.1

3.2%

1.3

1.3

1.9%

-0.3

-0.3

Denmark

1.7

1.7

4.9%

1.5

1.4

-2.8%

0.2

0.3

Germany

23.4

23.9

1.9%

19.2

19.3

0.8%

4.2

4.5

Estonia

0.2

0.2

28.2%

0.1

0.1

24.8%

0.0

0.1

Ireland

2.6

2.6

-1.1%

1.5

1.5

-3.3%

1.1

1.1

Greece

0.6

0.4

-21.0%

1.4

1.5

3.0%

-0.9

-1.0

Spain

4.0

4.0

1.8%

6.1

6.0

-1.7%

-2.1

-1.9

France

10.8

10.7

-1.1%

10.4

10.0

-4.0%

0.3

0.6

Italy

9.9

10.4

4.3%

10.2

10.3

1.3%

-0.3

0.0

Cyprus

0.0

0.0

-21.2%

0.1

0.1

0.7%

-0.1

-0.1

Latvia

0.1

0.2

8.9%

0.1

0.1

-1.6%

0.0

0.0

Lithuania

0.3

0.3

1.2%

0.5

0.4

-13.1%

-0.2

-0.1

Luxembourg

0.1

0.1

4.7%

0.6

0.5

-14.3%

-0.4

-0.4

Hungary

1.1

1.0

-3.9%

1.3

1.3

-1.8%

-0.3

-0.3

Malta

0.1

0.1

3.2%

0.1

0.0

-40.8%

0.0

0.0

Netherlands

6.6

6.5

-1.5%

12.6

12.7

0.8%

-6.0

-6.2

Austria

2.3

2.1

-5.2%

1.9

1.8

-4.6%

0.4

0.4

Poland

1.6

1.7

7.3%

2.2

2.3

4.8%

-0.6

-0.6

Portugal

0.6

0.6

2.0%

0.9

1.1

16.3%

-0.3

-0.4

Romania

0.6

0.6

7.3%

0.8

0.8

-3.8%

-0.3

-0.2

Slovenia

0.5

0.5

0.5%

0.4

0.4

-0.9%

0.1

0.1

Slovakia

0.5

0.5

1.1%

0.7

0.9

16.7%

-0.2

-0.4

Finland

1.5

1.5

-1.7%

1.1

1.2

9.2%

0.5

0.3

Sweden

3.1

3.3

5.4%

2.2

2.1

-3.3%

1.0

1.2

United Kingdom

9.5

9.4

-1.1%

13.0

13.0

-0.3%

-3.6

-3.6

Seasonally adjusted data

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