The European Union in the world trade in fishery products

Although external trade in fishery products did not grow at the same pace in the EU as world-wide, it remains more sustained than for agricultural products. The European Union, which accounts for a relatively modest share of exports, emerges as a major importer and represents the second largest world outlet. It is primarily the five largest countries of the Union, together with Denmark, which account for this. In intra-Community trade, it is the countries of northern Europe which record the highest surpluses.