Euro area international trade in goods surplus €26.3 bn

15 January 2018

The euro area recorded a €26.3 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in November 2017, compared with +€23.8 bn in November 2016.

In January to November 2017, euro area exports of goods to the rest of the world rose to €2 009.7 bn (an increase of 7.5% compared with January-November 2016), and imports rose to €1 796.5 bn (an increase of 10.1% compared with January-November 2016). As a result the euro area recorded a surplus of €213.1 bn, compared with +€237.7 bn in January-November 2016. Intra-euro area trade rose to €1 696.1 bn in January-November 2017, up by 7.6% compared with January-November 2016. 

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