The data also show that the EU-27 trade surplus of 1.7 billion euros in December last year, while the trade deficit of 12.1 billion euros in December 2010. The EU's 2011 annual trade deficit of 152.8 billion euros, roughly flat with the 159.5 billion euros in 2010.
The data published by Eurostat on the 15th euro-zone trade surplus of 9.7 billion euros, while in December 2011 over the same period in 2010 trade deficit of 1.7 billion euros.
Last December, the euro zone exports increased and imports falling is the cause of the trade surplus. The data show that in December last year, the euro-zone exports ring rose by 0.1% while imports decreased by 0.9%.
Eurostat also announced the EU's trade data for January to November last year. The first 11 months of last year, Germany is the largest country in the EU member states in trade surplus, to 145.2 billion euros, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark followed. Britain is the trade deficit over the same period in the largest country in the EU countries, and followed by 109 World pipe network reported that the world's steel pipe network to provide the world's steel pipe network editor .7 billion euros World steel pipe network editing , Spain, Italy.
Eurostat also released last year's trade status. Preliminary statistics show that last year, euro area trade deficit of 7.7 billion euros, compared with 14.7 billion euros in 2010, dropped significantly.