EU trade surplus

According to estimates for October 2013, published on 16 December by Eurostat, the eurozone registered a ?17.2 billion surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world, compared with +?9.6 billion in October 2012. The estimate for the October 2013 extra-EU28 trade balance was ?4.3 bn, compared with -?10.2 bn in October 2012. In October 2013, compared with September 2013, seasonally adjusted exports rose by 0.5% while imports fell by 0.8%. The EU28 trade surplus increased significantly with…