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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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76 China theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation EU represented approximately 2.7 per cent oftotal European exports. Individually theUnitedStates 24.5percent ), Switzerland 7.5percent ), Russia 7.2percent andChina 6.7percent arethemaindestinationofEU exports. 犜犪犫犾犲5 犈犝犈狓狆狅狉狋狊犫狔犚犲犵犻狅狀犪狀犱犛犲犾犲犮狋犲犱犈犮狅狀狅犿犻犲狊 20062007 犝犛犇犿犻犾犾犻狅狀 2006 2007 World 270 100 465 100 North America 373 29.4 395 27.0 UnitedStates 340 26.8 359 24.5 LatinAmerica 76 6.0 95 6.5 MERCOSUR 30 2.4 39 2.7 CIS 132 10.4 175 12.9 Africa 115 9.1 141 9.6 MiddleEast 177 13.9 205 14.0 Asia 311 24.5 363 24.8 China 80 6.3 98 6.7 Notes:WeexcludedintraEU27and OtherEurope fromtheoriginalstatistics. Source:PreparedbytheauthorsbasedonCOMTRADEstatistics. AmongindividualEU members Germany 18percent ), theNetherlands 15.7percent andItaly 13.1percent werethemostimportantdestinations forMERCOSURsexports.Notably asanEUentrypoint theNetherlands theportofRotterdam accountsforanimportantshareofimportsonentry suchasironorefromBrazil .Germany 30percent ), France 15percent and Italy 15percent arethemainexporterstoMERCOSUR. 4.1 ExportandImportTrends Intheperiod19901998 MERCOSURregisteredatradedeficitwiththe EU.From1998on thisstartedtogointoreverse.Inthe2000s asshown below acontinuoustradesurplusinfavourofMERCOSURcanbeidentified. Indeed thefigureindicatesarelativelystabledevelopment:anaverageofUSD 10.4billion yearintheperiod20032008.