European Union international trade in services. Analytical aspects 2003-2007, 2009 edition

This publication is about annual international transactions in services between 2003 and 2007 and provides you with the most recent and comparable statistics of the EU, Norway, Croatia, the USA and Japan.Emphasis is put on trade in services and on the diversity of trading partners.Therefore, these statistics can be used to monitor the external commercial performance of different economies and thus assist trade negotiations in the context of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).The publication is divided into two parts.The first part is analytical and gives the most recent portrait of European Union international transactions.It highlights the main trends of EU trade in services in European Union international trade in services Analytical aspectsLooking at the different categories of services for which total world figures are available (transport 2 , travel 3 and other services 4 ) between 2002 and 2007, travel as a share of total services decreased by 4 percentage points, down to 24% in 2007.Although tourism continues to be a flourishing sector, the share of travel in world exports of services has declined steadily in recent years owing to the boom in trade in other services.The share of other services, which include business services, increased by 2 percentage points (up to 51%).This category has recorded impressive growth in recent years, doubling in value since 2000.The share of transportation services also increased from 23% to 25% (see Chart 2).Rising fuel prices and the inability of some major shipping routes to meet demand continued to have a significant effect on transportation costs.Chart 2: Breakdown of total world trade in services, in % Source: IMF Balance of Payments Statistics, 2007The EU remained the world's largest trader in servicesIn 2007, the European Union remained the world's largest exporter and importer of services.The EU accounted for 27.8% of global exports and 24.0% of imports 5 .It was followed by the USA (18.1%) and, at some considerable distance, by Japan (5.8%),China (5.2%) and South Korea (3.0%).Whereas the EU's share in total world trade in services (exports + imports) increased slightly, from 25.7% in 2006 to 26.0% in 2007, the USA and Japan saw their share decrease -the USA down from 19.3% to 18.1% in 2007, and Japan from 6.3% to 5.8%.China, on the other hand continued to increase its share from 4.8% to 5.2%.Table 1 summarises international trade in services transactions (exports and imports) for the 16 main trading economies.In 2007, these 16 economies together accounted for about 80% of total world transactions in services.As the EU is treated as a single entity, intra-EU transactions are not included in this analysis.Collectively these countries recorded a surplus of 114.3bn(92.6bn in 2006).However, this total amount conceals differences in individual countries.In 2007, the EU recorded a surplus of 84.1bn, compared to 68.5bn in 2006.Other countries persistently running surpluses were the USA, Switzerland and Turkey.The highest deficit was recorded by Japan (-15.5bn),closely followed by South Korea (-15.0bn)and Russia (-14.5bn).Other countries with significant deficits were Canada, Brazil, Thailand, China, and Mexico. 2 Transportation covers all transportation services that are performed by residents of one economy for those of another and that involve the carriage of passengers, the movement of goods, rental of carriers with crew, and related supporting and auxiliary services.3Travel covers primarily the goods and services acquired from an economy by travellers during visits of less than one year to that economy. 4Other services comprise: communication services, construction services, insurance services, financial services, computer and information services, royalties and license fees, other business services, personal, cultural and recreational services and government services.5 Intra-EU transactions are excluded from this analysis since the EU is treated as a single entity.Other services 49 % Transport 23 % Travel 28 %

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