Ireland had the second largest trade surplus in the European Union for the period January to April 2009 when the value of Irish exports exceeded the value of imports by €12.7bn, according to new data released today by European statistics body Eurostat.
The largest surplus was observed in Germany (+€36.8bn), with the Netherlands coming in at third place at +€11.6bn.
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