EU chemicals Jan–Sep trade balance falls slightly – Eurostat

16 December 2011 11:55  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS)--The EU’s chemical products trade surplus for January to September 2011 fell slightly from the same period last year, while imports and exports showed a year-on-year rise, EU statistics body Eurostat said on Friday.

The Eurostat figures showed that the trade surplus for chemicals in the 27-member EU fell by 0.4% to €73.0bn ($94.8bn) in the first nine months of 2011, down from €73.3bn in the same period last year.

EU chemical exports rose by 7% year on year to €188.2bn, and imports increased by 13% to €115.2bn.

The chemicals trade surplus in the 17-member eurozone for January–September was €81.4bn, up by 4% from €78.1bn in the same period in 2010, as exports grew by 9% year on year to €215.9bn and imports by 12% to €134.5bn.

EU main products (non-seasonally adjusted; billion euros)

	EU27 exports			EU27 imports			Trade balance
	Jan-Sep 10	Jan-Sep 11	Growth	Jan-Sep 10	Jan-Sep 11	Growth	Jan-Sep 10	Jan-Sep 11
Chemicals	175.7	188.2	7%	102.3	115.2	13%	73.3	73.0

Eurozone main products (non-seasonally adjusted; billion euros)

	EA17 exports			EA17 imports			Trade balance
	Jan-Sep 10	Jan-Sep 11	Growth	Jan-Sep 10	Jan-Sep 11	Growth	Jan-Sep 10	Jan-Sep 11
Chemicals	198.7	215.9	9%	120.6	134.5	12%	78.1	81.4

($1 = €0.77)

By: Franco Capaldo
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