In January to February, EU exports of goods to the rest of the world rose to 406.3 billion euro (USD 445 billion) an increase of 9.2 percent compared with January-February in 2022.
EU imports from the rest of the world rose to 437.3 billion euro (USD 480 billion) an increase of 2.4 percent compared with January-February 2022.
As a result, the EU recorded a deficit of 31.0 billion euro (USD 34 billion), compared with 55.1 billion euro (USD 60 billion) in January-February 2022.
Intra-EU trade rose to 694.6 billion euro (USD 762 billion) in January-February, an increase of 10.5% compared with the same period last year.
These figures were released Thursday by Eurostat, the EU?’s statistical agency.
Source: Kuwait News Agency