products:
wheat, barley, oilseeds, sugar beets, wine, grapes, dairy products,
cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, fish

Industries:
among the world's largest and most technologically advanced, the
European Union industrial base includes: ferrous and non-ferrous
metal production and processing, metal products, petroleum, coal,
cement, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, rail transportation
equipment, passenger and commercial vehicles, construction
equipment, industrial equipment, shipbuilding, electrical power
equipment, machine tools and automated manufacturing systems,
electronics and telecommunications equipment, fishing, food and
beverage processing, furniture, paper, textiles, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
2.4% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
2.888 trillion kWh (2002 est.)

Electricity - consumption:
2.661 trillion kWh (2002 est.)

Electricity - exports:
270.8 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
268.5 billion kWh (2002 est.)

Oil - production:
2.648 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - consumption:
14.54 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - exports:
5.322 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
15.69 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
28.21 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - production:
242.6 billion cu m (2001)

Natural gas - consumption:
467.7 billion cu m (2001)

Natural gas - exports:
78.1 billion cu m (2001)

Natural gas - imports:
297.8 billion cu m (2001)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
3.256 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:
$NA

Exports:
$1.109 trillion
note: external exports, excluding intra EU trade (2003)

Exports - commodities:
machinery, motor vehicles, aircraft, plastics, pharmaceuticals and
other chemicals, fuels, iron and steel, nonferrous metals, wood pulp
and paper products, textiles, meat, dairy products, fish, alcoholic
beverages.

Exports - partners:
US 22.9%, Switzerland 6.9%, China 4.1%, Japan 4%

Imports:
$1.123 trillion
note: external imports, excluding intra-EU trade (2003)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, vehicles, aircraft, plastics, crude oil, chemicals,
textiles, metals, foodstuffs, clothing

Imports - partners:
US 15.1%, China 9.7%, Japan 6.7%, Switzerland 5.6%

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$NA

Currency (code):
euro, British pound, Danish kroner, Swedish kroner, Cypriot pound,
koru