The monthly value of EU agri-food exports in April 2019 reached €12.6 billion, an increase of 12.5% compared to April 2018, and only slightly below March 2018’s record-breaking levels, according to data on EU agri-food trade published on Friday 28 June by the European Commission.
Imports of agri-food products were valued at €10.3 billion, an increase of 4% compared to April 2018. According to these data, this led to a monthly agri-food trade surplus of €2.3 billion.
The largest increases in monthly exports values (April 2019 compared to April 2018) were recorded by China (up by €318 million), the United States (an increase of €255 million) and Japan (rising by €91 million). There was however a decrease in exports to Hong Kong (dropping by €34 million), Saudi Arabia (down by €18 million) and Bangladesh (a fall of €15 million).
Imports from Ukraine (an increase of €194 million), China (rising by €93 million), New Zealand (growing by €50 million) and Morocco (up by €43 million) all rose.
The value of wheat exports increased by 186 million euros, with pork meat (growing by €134 million), spirits and liqueurs (rising €127 million) and wine and vermouth (up by €73 million) also performing strongly.
To read the report: https://bit.ly/2ZWMGQl (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)