Africa-EU: Economic indicators, trade and investment

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Series Details No.59, 2010 (26.11.10)
Publication Date November 2010
ISSN 1977-0316
EC KS-SF-10-059-EN-N
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This is the second publication prepared jointly by Eurostat and the African Union (AU) Commission’s Statistics Unit in the framework of the promotion of economic governance as foreseen by the Joint Africa-EU Strategy. In recent years, GDP in African countries has progressed at a faster pace than in the European Union, but it has been offset by a comparatively high increase in consumer prices. Furthermore, the global economic crisis had a considerable impact on GDP and trade in goods in 2009. Since 2004, the value of extra-EU trade in goods with Africa has risen substantially, with imports (mainly energy products) consistently higher than exports (especially machinery and transport equipment). The EU-27’s small trade surplus observed in the trade of services in 2007 increased to €3.7 billion in 2008.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-statistics-in-focus/-/KS-SF-10-059
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Eurostat: News Release No.178, 2010: Revival of EU27 trade in goods with Africa in the first nine months of 2010 http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-press-releases/-/6-26112010-AP

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