Brussels, 01/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In the fourth quarter of 2004, growth rates were +0.2% for the euro-zone and +0.3% for the EU25. Compared to the first quarter of 2004, GDP rose by 1.3% in the euro-zone and by 1.6% in the EU25, after +1.5% and +1.9% respectively in the previous quarter. Private consumption growing more slowly, investments and imports decreasing. During the first quarter of 2005, household final consumption expenditure grew by 0.3% in both the euro-zone and the EU25 (after +0.6% in both zones in the fourth quarter 2004). Investments fell by 0.7% in the euro-zone and by 0.6% in the EU25 (after +0.8% in both zones). Exports rose by 0.2% in the euro-zone and were stable in the EU25 (after +0.3% and +0.6%). Imports fell by 1.1% in the euro-zone and by 1.3% in the EU25 (after +0.9% and +1.1%). In the United States, GDP increased by 0.9% during the first quarter of 2005, after +0.9% in the fourth quarter 2004. In Japan GDP grew by 1.3% in the first quarter of 2005, after remaining unchanged in the previous quarter. Compared to the first quarter of 2004, GDP rose by 3.7% in the US (after +3.9% in the previous quarter) and by 0.8% in Japan.