EU25 trade was characterised by an increase in the EU25 surplus with the USA (+63.0 billion euro in January-September 2005 compared with +55.0 billion in January-September 2004) and Switzerland (+12.3 billion compared with +9.8 billion).
The EU25 trade deficit grew with China (-75.3 billion compared with -55.3 billion), Russia (-36.5 billion compared with -25.4 billion) and Norway (-22.4 billion compared with -17.6 billion), but fell with Japan (-21.6 billion compared with -23.3 billion).
Concerning the total trade of Member States, the largest surplus was observed in Germany (+123.9 billion euro in January-September 2005), followed by the Netherlands (+26.2 billion), Ireland (+26.0 billion) and Sweden (+12.7 billion).
The United Kingdom (-73.7 billion) registered the largest deficit, followed by Spain (-53.9 billion), Greece (-22.1 billion) and France (-21.5 billion).
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