The EU27 trade deficit with China (-39.5 bn compared with -29.8 bn) and Japan (-8.6 bn compared with -7.8 bn) grew, but decreased with Russia (-14.1 bn compared with -20.6 bn), Norway (-8.1 bn compared with -11.9 bn) and South Korea (-3.4 bn compared to -3.8 bn).
Concerning the total trade of Member States, the largest surplus was observed in Germany (+48.5 bn euro in January-March 2007), followed by the Netherlands (+10.6 bn), Ireland (+7.1 bn), Belgium (+4.7 bn) and Sweden (+4.4 bn).
The United Kingdom (-33.7 bn) registered the largest deficit, followed by Spain (-22.1 bn), Greece (-9.6 bn), France (-8.5 bn) and Italy (-5.7 bn).