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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9688

24 June 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
More than half of Europeans' spending went on food and housing in 2005

Brussels, 23/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - According to figures published on 19 June by Eurostat A third of household expenditure in the EU27 in 2005 went on housing, including utilities & furniture (33.1%), and almost a fifth on food, beverages & tobacco (19.4%). The other half of the expenditure was mainly dedicated to transport (11.9%), recreation & culture (8.4%), clothing & footwear (5.7%), restaurants & hotels (5.3%), health communications (3.3%) and education (1.0%).

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