18/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - Statistical portrait of agriculture in EU. In the European Union (EU), the member state contributing the most to the value of agricultural production was France (accounting for 18% of the EU total), followed at a distance by Germany (14%), Italy (13%), Spain (10%), the United Kingdom (8%), the Netherlands (7%) and Poland (5%). Together, these seven member states represent around three-quarters of total EU agricultural output. This information was published on Thursday 18 February by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, on the occasion of the publication of its statistical book on agriculture, forestry and fishery (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/7158652/5-18022016-BP-FR.pdf/c968f9f0-7411-4c96-b3a9-194f6215ade2 ). (LC)