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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8673

25 March 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 47
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Euro-zone external trade surplus 1.2 bn euro in January extra-EU15 trade 9.5 bn euro in deficit

Luxembourg, 24/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - According to estimates published by Eurostat on 22 March euro-zone1 trade with the rest of the world in January 2004 was a 1.2 billion euro surplus, against a deficit of 1.5 bn in January 2003. The December 20032 balance was +6.1 bn, compared with +6.9 bn in December 2002. In January 2004, exports, seasonally adjusted, increased by 0.3% compared to December 2003, while imports fell by 1.1%. The first estimate for January 2004 extra-EU15 trade was a...

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