The largest EU27 surpluses in trade with Africa were recorded with Morocco (+3 bn), South Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Senegal and Tunisia (all between +1 bn and +1.5 bn) and the highest deficits with Libya (-22 bn), Algeria (-14 bn) and Nigeria (-4 bn).
Machinery and vehicles account for nearly half of EU27 exports to Africa, energy for half of imports: Nearly half of EU27 exports to Africa in 2006 were machinery and vehicles2, and a further quarter were other manufactured articles2. Energy accounted for just over half of imports. At the detailed level, the main EU27 exports to Africa were mobile phones, medicine and motor cars, while the main imports were oil and gas, diamonds and cocoa beans.