According to the latest figures published by the European Commission on Wednesday 18 January, the monthly value of the EU's agri-food exports reached a new record level of €11.7 billion in November 2016 – in other words, €813 million more than in November 2015.
Given the slight fall in agri-food imports from third countries, the EU recorded a surplus of €19 billion in its agri-food trade over 12 months.
Agri-food exports to the USA (+€1.5 billion, +8%) and China (+€1.1 billion,...