Rusland derde handelspartner van EU (en)
STAT/09/74
19 May 2009
EU - Russia Summit
EU27 deficit in trade in goods with Russia of 70 bn euro in 2008
Russia third trading partner of EU27
Between 2000 and 2008, EU27 trade in goods with Russia more than tripled in value, with EU27 exports to Russia rising to 105 bn euro in 2008 from 23 bn in 2000, and imports rising to 173 bn from 64 bn. As a result, the EU27 trade deficit with Russia increased significantly, reaching 68 bn in 2008, compared with 41 bn in 2000.
The share of Russia in the EU27's total external trade in goods doubled between 2000 and 2008. In 2008, Russia was the EU27's third most important trading partner after the USA and China, accounting for 8% of EU27 exports and 11% of EU27 imports.
On the occasion of the 23 rd European Union - Russia summit, which will take place on 22 May in Khabarovsk in Russia , Eurostat i, the Statistical Office of the European Communities , issues data on trade and investments between Russia and the EU.
Germany , the Netherlands and Italy: largest trading partners of Russia
Among the EU27 Member States, Germany (32 bn euro or 31% of EU exports) was by far the largest exporter to Russia in 2008, followed by Italy (10 bn or 10%) and Finland (8 bn or 7%). Germany (35 bn or 20%) was also the largest importer, followed by the Netherlands 1 (20 bn or 11%) and Italy (16 bn or 9%).
Most Member States recorded deficits in trade with Russia in 2008, the largest being observed in the Netherlands 1
(-13 bn euro), Poland (-8 bn), France and Italy (both -6 bn). The highest surpluses were recorded in Austria and Slovenia (both 1 bn).
Half of EU27 exports to Russia in 2008 were machinery and vehicles 2 and another quarter were other manufactured articles 2, while energy accounted for two thirds of imports. At the detailed level, the main EU27 exports to Russia included motor cars, medicine, mobile phones and aircraft, while the main imports included oil, gas and coal.
EU27 trade in goods with Russia
million euro
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
Russia |
|||||||||
Exports |
22 738 |
31 602 |
34 420 |
37 206 |
45 985 |
56 696 |
72 307 |
89 107 |
105 174 |
Imports |
63 777 |
65 875 |
64 493 |
70 663 |
83 711 |
112 591 |
140 887 |
144 526 |
173 445 |
Balance |
-41 039 |
-34 272 |
-30 073 |
-33 457 |
-37 726 |
-55 895 |
-68 580 |
-55 419 |
-68 271 |
Total Extra-EU27 |
|||||||||
Exports |
849 739 |
884 707 |
891 899 |
869 236 |
952 723 |
1 052 720 |
1 159 295 |
1 240 913 |
1 308 707 |
Imports |
992 698 |
979 145 |
936 972 |
935 270 |
1 026 709 |
1 179 569 |
1 351 730 |
1 433 513 |
1 551 632 |
Balance |
-142 959 |
-94 438 |
-45 073 |
-66 034 |
-73 986 |
-126 849 |
-192 435 |
-192 601 |
-242 925 |
Russia / Total |
|||||||||
Exports |
2.7% |
3.6% |
3.9% |
4.3% |
4.8% |
5.4% |
6.2% |
7.2% |
8.0% |
Imports |
6.4% |
6.7% |
6.9% |
7.6% |
8.2% |
9.5% |
10.4% |
10.1% |
11.2% |
EU27 Member States' trade in goods with Russia
million euro
Exports |
Imports |
Balance |
||||
2000 |
2008 |
2000 |
2008 |
2000 |
2008 |
|
EU27 |
22 738 |
105 174 |
63 777 |
173 445 |
-41 039 |
-68 271 |
Belgium 1 |
944 |
3 717 |
1 614 |
5 489 |
-670 |
-1 771 |
Bulgaria |
129 |
451 |
1 641 |
3 684 |
-1 512 |
-3 233 |
Czech Republic |
420 |
2 895 |
2 260 |
5 922 |
-1 840 |
-3 026 |
Denmark |
542 |
1 386 |
419 |
1 113 |
123 |
273 |
Germany |
6 660 |
32 298 |
14 263 |
34 787 |
-7 603 |
-2 488 |
Estonia |
82 |
881 |
391 |
815 |
-310 |
66 |
Ireland |
179 |
308 |
11 |
115 |
168 |
192 |
Greece |
269 |
416 |
1 185 |
2 509 |
-916 |
-2 093 |
Spain |
578 |
2 800 |
2 412 |
7 389 |
-1 834 |
-4 589 |
France |
1 838 |
7 009 |
4 501 |
13 007 |
-2 662 |
-5 998 |
Italy |
2 521 |
10 470 |
8 336 |
16 085 |
-5 815 |
-5 616 |
Cyprus |
7 |
19 |
160 |
29 |
-153 |
-11 |
Latvia |
85 |
1 011 |
402 |
1 184 |
-317 |
-173 |
Lithuania |
238 |
2 582 |
1 544 |
6 330 |
-1 306 |
-3 747 |
Luxembourg |
21 |
139 |
18 |
17 |
3 |
122 |
Hungary |
496 |
2 670 |
2 809 |
6 651 |
-2 313 |
-3 981 |
Malta |
0 |
2 |
12 |
1 |
-12 |
1 |
Netherlands 1 |
1 796 |
7 166 |
3 901 |
19 787 |
-2 105 |
-12 621 |
Austria |
711 |
3 420 |
1 132 |
2 251 |
-421 |
1 169 |
Poland |
943 |
6 052 |
5 019 |
13 708 |
-4 077 |
-7 656 |
Portugal |
17 |
191 |
248 |
404 |
-231 |
-212 |
Romania |
97 |
610 |
1 218 |
3 329 |
-1 121 |
-2 719 |
Slovenia |
210 |
1 118 |
251 |
396 |
-41 |
722 |
Slovakia |
115 |
1 813 |
2 346 |
5 267 |
-2 231 |
-3 454 |
Finland |
2 174 |
7 610 |
3 471 |
10 099 |
-1 296 |
-2 490 |
Sweden |
601 |
3 023 |
958 |
4 998 |
-357 |
-1 975 |
United Kingdom |
1 066 |
5 117 |
3 256 |
8 081 |
-2 190 |
-2 964 |
Total Extra-EU27 |
849 739 |
1 308 707 |
992 698 |
1 551 632 |
-142 959 |
-242 925 |
Russia / Total |
2.7% |
8.0% |
6.4% |
11.2% |
EU27 trade in goods with Russia by product
million euro
Exports |
Imports |
Balance |
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2000 |
2008 |
2000 |
2008 |
2000 |
2008 |
|
Total |
22 738 |
105 174 |
63 777 |
173 445 |
-41 039 |
-68 271 |
Primary products: |
3 652 |
9 732 |
40 172 |
124 117 |
-36 519 |
-114 385 |
Food & drink |
2 823 |
7 561 |
727 |
853 |
2 096 |
6 708 |
Crude materials |
708 |
1 566 |
3 652 |
5 028 |
-2 944 |
-3 463 |
Energy |
121 |
605 |
35 793 |
118 235 |
-35 671 |
-117 630 |
Manufactured goods: |
18 483 |
93 211 |
13 487 |
21 472 |
4 996 |
71 738 |
Chemicals |
3 280 |
14 058 |
2 519 |
5 314 |
761 |
8 744 |
Machinery & vehicles 2 |
8 381 |
53 362 |
1 074 |
1 402 |
7 308 |
51 960 |
Other manuf’d articles 2 |
6 822 |
25 790 |
9 895 |
14 757 |
-3 072 |
11 034 |
Other |
602 |
2 231 |
10 118 |
27 856 |
-9 516 |
-25 625 |
EU27 surplus of 8 bn in trade in services with Russia
In 2008, the EU27 exported 22 bn euro of services to Russia, while imports amounted to 14 bn, meaning that the EU27 had a surplus of 8 bn in trade in services with Russia, compared with +4 bn in 2006 and +7 bn in 2007. The surplus in 2008 was mainly due to travel (+3.0 bn), other business services 3 (+2.2 bn), financial services and computer services (+1.4 bn each), partially offset by a deficit in transportation (-1.5 bn). Russia accounted for around 3.5% of total extra- EU27 trade in services.
EU27 trade in services with Russia
million euro
Credit |
Debit |
Net |
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2006 |
2007 |
2008 * |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 * |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 * |
|
Total |
14 699 |
19 238 |
21 581 |
10 986 |
12 030 |
13 984 |
3 713 |
7 208 |
7 597 |
of which: |
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Transportation |
3 459 |
3 998 |
4 829 |
5 395 |
5 624 |
6 326 |
-1 936 |
-1 626 |
-1 498 |
Travel |
3 392 |
3 975 |
4 950 |
1 967 |
1 762 |
1 974 |
1 425 |
2 213 |
2 976 |
Other services |
7 848 |
11 260 |
11 762 |
3 621 |
4 636 |
5 342 |
4 227 |
6 624 |
6 420 |
of which: |
|||||||||
Communications services |
252 |
296 |
353 |
233 |
245 |
275 |
19 |
51 |
78 |
Construction services |
748 |
899 |
1 514 |
414 |
503 |
824 |
334 |
396 |
691 |
Insurance services |
142 |
136 |
155 |
179 |
179 |
179 |
-36 |
-43 |
-24 |
Financial services |
1 115 |
1 616 |
1 815 |
275 |
266 |
388 |
840 |
1 350 |
1 428 |
Computer and information services |
716 |
1 274 |
1 467 |
75 |
114 |
96 |
641 |
1 160 |
1 371 |
Royalties and license fees |
252 |
502 |
539 |
27 |
84 |
61 |
225 |
418 |
478 |
Other business services 3 |
4 335 |
6 221 |
5 592 |
2 264 |
3 058 |
3 360 |
2 072 |
3 163 |
2 232 |
Personal cultural and recreational services |
82 |
101 |
100 |
50 |
64 |
41 |
32 |
37 |
59 |
Government services other |
206 |
217 |
226 |
105 |
123 |
119 |
101 |
94 |
107 |
Total extra-EU27 |
447 080 |
498 523 |
520 479 |
378 555 |
414 399 |
445 044 |
68 525 |
84 124 |
75 435 |
Russia / total extra-EU27 |
3.3% |
3.9% |
4.1% |
2.9% |
2.9% |
3.1% |
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*Provisional data
Steady increase in EU27 FDI in Russia
EU27 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Russia has grown in recent years, rising from 10.8 bn euro in 2006 to 16.7 bn in 2007 and 21.6 bn in 2008, while Russian direct investment into the EU27 increased from 1.4 bn in 2006 to 9.2 bn in 2007, then turned to disinvestment of 0.4 bn in 2008.
EU27 FDI flows with Russia
(million euro)
2006 |
2007 |
2008 * |
|
EU27 FDI in Russia (outward) |
10 779 |
16 682 |
21 586 |
Russian FDI in the EU27 (inward) |
1 412 |
9 175 |
-444 |
Net EU27 FDI flows (outward minus inward) |
9 367 |
7 507 |
22 030 |
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*Provisional data
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1.Dutch imports, and therefore the trade deficit, are over-estimated because of the “Rotterdam effect”, where goods destined for the rest of the EU arrive and are recorded in harmonised EU external trade statistics in Dutch ports. This then has a positive effect on the external trade balances with Russia of those Member States to which the goods are re-exported, as these shipments would be recorded as intra-EU trade with the Netherlands, rather than extra-EU trade with Russia. To a lesser extent, Belgian trade figures are similarly over-estimated.
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2.Machinery and vehicles includes power generating and industrial machinery, computers, electric and electronic parts and equipment, road vehicles and parts, ships, airplanes and railway equipment.
Other manufactured articles include leather, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, metals, building fixtures and fittings, furniture, clothes, shoes and accessories, scientific instruments, clocks, watches and cameras.
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3.Other business services comprise merchanting and other trade-related services, operational leasing services and miscellaneous business, professional and technical services.
Published by: Eurostat Press Office Tim ALLEN Tel: +352-4301-33 444 eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu Eurostat News Releases on the Internet: |
For further information on trade in goods data: Gilberto GAMBINI Tel: +352-4301-35 806 For further information on trade in services data: Mushtaq HUSSAIN Tel: +352-4301-35 811 For further information on FDI data: Merja HULT Tel: +352-4301-35 362 |
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