Provides tables and graphs
describing the European Union's agricultural trade position in the world
as well as detailed trade information - per chapter and/or at aggregated
product level and by region - in values and quantities for the years
1996-2005 for the EU-15 and from 1999 onwards for the enlarged EU25 based
on Eurostat data.
A new way of classifying agricultural trade is proposed in this year's edition
of "Agricultural trade statistics". The newly proposed definition distinguishes
three big aggregates: commodities, intermediate processed and final products
(similar to the Bulk, Intermediate and Consumer Oriented – BICO - definition
often used by the US and Canada). Compared to the old classification (raw/processed
the new one better reflects the recent steady increase in the EU trade of high
value added products.
Combined these categories contain 58 sub-groups which allow a much more detailed
analysis than before.
