Exports From Gap Region To E.U. Countries

In the same period last year, the region exported 78 million 697 thousand U.S. dollars of agricultural and animal goods to the EU countries.

The region exported 86 million 696 thousand U.S. dollars in textiles, 13 million 110 thousand U.S. dollars in dried fruits, 1 million 235 thousand U.S. dollars in grain-cereals, and 635 thousand U.S. dollars in livestock.

Amounts of exports from GAP region to the EU countries and differences in the January-June period of 2002 and in January-June period of 2003 are as follows:

DIFFERENCE

Country JAN-JUNE 2002 JAN-JUNE 2003 (percent)

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Italy 27.191 33.284 22

Germany 18.638 22.845 23

Britain 9.401 9.701 3

Greece 5.159 8.969 74

France 6.178 8.403 36

Spain 4.897 6.792 39

Portugal 1.679 3.798 126

Belgium 2.118 3.168 50

Netherlands 2.070 2.806 36

Austria 303 496 64

Sweden 182 457 151

Finland 366 342 -7

Denmark 228 315 38

Ireland 287 300 5

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Total 78.697 101.676 29