22/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - According to Eurostat estimates for December 2001, the euro zone recorded a surplus in external trade of 9.7 billion euro with the rest of the world (up on the 7 billion euro surplus in November 2001), compared to a deficit of 0.7 billion in December 2000. The EU15 saw a surplus of 1.7 billion euro in December (0.2 billion in November, whereas it had a 7.9 billion deficit in November 2000). In 2001, trade in the euro zone recorded a surplus of 49.6 billion euro...