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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7952

26 April 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 43 / 57
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
External trade deficit of 1 billion euro for euro zone and 6.8 bn for European Union in February

Luxembourg, 25/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - According to Eurostat, in February, the euro zone recorded a deficit of 1 billion (bn) euro in its external trade with the rest of the world (against 0.3 bn in February 2000). The deficit recorded in January was 6.2 bn. For the first two months of the year, trade in the euro zone thus recorded a deficit of 7.2 bn (- 5.5 in January/February 2000).

The first estimates for extra-European trade (EU15) for February reveal a deficit of 6.8 bn euro (-6.7 bn...

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