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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8196

20 April 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy
EU less and less dependent on OPEC crude oil

Brussels, 19/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - According to information that Eurostat supplied on Friday, in 2001, the EU imported crude oil from third countries for a value of 90 billion euro, a little over 40 billion from countries members of OPEC. OPEC's share in extra-Community imports has fallen regularly over the past years, going from 55% in 1999 to 45% in 2001, says Eurostat, adding that, taking account of intra-Community trade, "OPEC was responsible for 38% of EU Member States' total...

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