Luxembourg, 21/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - According to data communicated by Eurostat on Monday, external trade in the euro zone registered a surplus of 12.6 billion euro last year, whereas the total trade balance in the Europe of Fifteen (EU15) saw a deficit of 82 billion euro, mainly due to the rise in the price of oil. In 1999, the external trade surplus in the euro zone was 51.2 billion euro and the deficit in the balance of the EU15 amounted to 19 billion. Despite the fall in the trade...