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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9215
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EU surplus in trade in goods of over € 88 billion with the USA in 2005 - USA, EU25's main trading partner

Brussels, 20/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - Taking goods and services together, the EU25 and the USA account for the largest bilateral trade relationship in the world. With 251 billion euros worth of goods exported to the USA. The EU's trans-Atlantic surplus continued to grow from just over 20 bn in 1999 to more than 88 bn in 2005. In relative terms, EU25 imports from the USA fell from 22% of total EU25 imports in 1999 to 14% in 2005, while exports declined from 27% in 1999 to 24% in 2005. Almost...

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