Methodology

Note to readers: In order to facilitate year over year comparisons, this paper uses the EU as of December 2004. The countries as of that date are included in the composition of the EU trade data for each year from 1995 to 2004, regardless of actual year of inclusion.

The EU includes: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.