William Cash (Stone, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the balance of trade between the (a) eurozone and (b) each of the member states is with the UK.
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks, Conservative)
The balance of trade between the eurozone and each EU member state with the UK can be found on the Office for National Statistics website.
The latest data for goods only for the eurozone and selected member states can be found in the “UK Trade—November 2012” release on 9 January 2013 at
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/uktrade/uk-trade/november-2012/stb-uk-trade–november-2012.html.
The latest trade balance for the eurozone and all member states (goods and services) can be found in the “Pink Book 2012”, Table 9.3 at
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bop/united-kingdom-balance-of-payments/2012/index.html
and is shown in the following table:
Country Series code Balance of trade (UK, £ million)
Austria LGMD -1,323
Belgium A8HC -2,474
Cyprus A8HD 392
Estonia ZWSQ 79
Finland LGMG 34
France LGMH -1,135
Germany LGMI -15,662
Greece LGMJ -242
Ireland LGMK 10,112
Italy LGML -2,858
Luxembourg A8HF 239
Malta A8HG 191
Netherlands LGMM 1,301
Portugal LGMN -972
Slovakia ZWTD -579
Slovenia ZWTC -82
Spain LGMO -6,152
eurozone -19,131
