world news - 04.06.2003

Danish Furniture Trade: The Danish trade balance in furniture in 2002 was positive with exports exceeding imports

Exports were worth about Euro 1,924 million, increasing by 4.2% on the previous year. The main trade partners were the European Union countries, mainly Germany (30% of total exports),( down 5.5% compared to 2001) and the United Kingdom (17%), (up13.4%).

Imports were stationary in 2002, at Euro 730 million (up 0.6% compared to the previous year). The main trade partners were Sweden (18.4% of total imports) and Italy (12.4%) down by 15.3% and 0.3% respectively. The growth of imports from China was very interesting (up 95%) to a value of Euro 41 millions or 5.6% of total imports.

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