These data are released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
EU27 detailed results for January to September 2010
The EU27 deficit increased for energy (-214.5 bn euro in January-September 2010 compared with -172.8 bn in January-September 2009), while the surplus for manufactured goods rose (+124.9 bn compared with +112.2 bn).
EU27 trade with all its major partners grew in January-September 2010 compared with January-September 2009. The most notable increases were recorded for exports to Brazil (+53%), China (+39%) and Turkey (+36%), and for imports from Russia (+37%), China (+30%) and India (+28%).
The EU27 trade surplus increased with the USA (+52.8 bn euro in January-September 2010 compared with +31.8 bn in January-September 2009), Switzerland (+13.8 bn compared with +10.2 bn) and Turkey (+13.1 bn compared with +5.8 bn). The EU27 trade deficit increased with China (-122.2 bn compared with -97.8 bn), Russia (-52.1 bn compared with -35.0 bn), Norway (-26.8 bn compared with -24.5 bn) and South Korea (-8.9 bn compared with -8.6 bn). The deficit remained stable with Japan (-15.9 bn).
Concerning the total trade of Member States, the largest surplus was observed in Germany (+113.5 bn euro in January-September 2010), followed by Ireland (+31.8 bn), the Netherlands (+30.6 bn) and Belgium (+14.1 bn). The United Kingdom (-84.8 bn) registered the largest deficit, followed by France (-46.3 bn), Spain (-39.0 bn), Italy (-19.2 bn), Greece (-17.7 bn) and Portugal (-14.6 bn).
