Search Results for: European Union (EU)
EU-US trade in goods: €153 billion surplus in 2019
March 11th, 2020
In 2019, the United States was the largest partner for EU exports of goods (18% of total extra-EU exports) and second largest for EU imports of goods (12% of total extra-EU imports), after China (19%). Looking at the period ...
Household expenditure by consumption purpose in the EU
December 5th, 2019
In 2018, households in the European Union (EU) spent almost €2 100 bn (equivalent to 13.0% of EU GDP) on ‘Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’. This represents 24.0% of their total consumption expenditure and is by far ...
How bread and cereals prices vary across the EU
September 19th, 2019
In 2018, the price of bread and cereals across the European Union (EU) was more than three times as high in the most expensive Member State than in the cheapest one. When price levels in countries are compared with ...
How dependent is your country on oil imports?
September 3rd, 2019
In 2017 the European Union (EU) relied on net imports for 87% of its oil consumption. This ratio, known as the oil import dependency rate, is unchanged from 2016 and two percentage points below the peak of 89% recorded ...
ESMA ceases renewal of product intervention measures relating to CFDs
August 5th, 2019
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities markets’ regulator, has issued an announcement to inform that will not renew the temporary restriction on the marketing, distribution or sale of contracts for differences to retail clients in ...
ESMA ceases renewal of product intervention measure relating to Binary Options
July 4th, 2019
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities markets’ regulator, has issued an announcement to inform that will not renew the temporary prohibition of the marketing, distribution or sale of binary options to retail clients in the European ...
The EU countries that granted the most residence permits for non-EU citizens
May 29th, 2019
At the end of 2017, there were 20.3 million valid residence permits granted to non-EU citizens permitting them to reside in one of the European Union (EU) Member States. Germany (23%), Italy (18%), France (14%), Spain (13%) and the ...
International trade in services: EU surplus up to over €190 bn
January 18th, 2019
The European Union (EU) surplus in trade in services, which had fallen between 2013 and 2016, increased to €191.8 bn in 2017. This is the result of EU exports of services to the rest of the world rising by ...
How much are households in Europe spending on food?
December 7th, 2018
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, published stats showing how much people of the European countries are spending on food. In 2017, households in the European Union (EU) spent 12.2 % of their total consumption expenditure on ...
Households in Europe spent over €1.1 trillion on transport
December 4th, 2018
In 2017, households in the European Union (EU) spent 13.0% of their total consumption expenditure on transport. This represents a total expenditure of over €1.1 trillion, equivalent to 7.1% of EU GDP or €2 100 per EU inhabitant. Transport ...
