Brussels, 07/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - Eurostat made a mitigated assessment of the evolving trend of European trade: retail trade has increased, but exports are seeing a slight fall, indicates the Community statistical office in its first estimates for May 2000.
EU external trade saw a surplus of 0.1 billion Euro for the Euro area (B, D, S, F, Ire, NL, A, P, Fin), against 1.5 billion one year earlier, and a deficit of 6 billion for the EU 15, compared to 4.5 billion in April 1999 and 2.99...