The EU25 trade deficit grew with China (-103.3 bn compared with -86.5 bn), Russia (-58.4 bn compared with -44.0 bn), Norway (-35.4 bn compared with -26.0 bn), Japan (-26.2 bn compared with -24.3 bn) and South Korea (-13.0 bn compared to -10.3 bn).
Concerning the total trade of Member States, the largest surplus was observed in Germany (+132.6 bn euro in January-October 2006), followed by the Netherlands (+29.1 bn), Ireland (+28.0 bn) and Sweden (+13.9 bn).
The United Kingdom (-105.7 bn) registered the largest deficit, followed by Spain (-72.5 bn), France (-28.6 bn), Greece (-28.4 bn) and Italy (-19.6 bn).