In 2024, the EU trade in goods balance registered a surplus of €147 billion, representing a €113 billion increase compared with 2023 (€34 billion). Between 2014 and 2024, the EU recorded a trade surplus every year except for 2022, when ...
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In 2024, the EU imported €29.5 billion worth of aluminium and related articles and exported €18.4 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of €11.1 billion. Compared with 2019, imports of aluminium increased by 29.9% (+€6.8 billion) and ...
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Between 2013 and 2022, 37 022 cases of occupational cancers were officially recognised in the EU. Occupational cancer is the term given to cancers caused by exposure to carcinogenic factors in the working environment, generally due to ...
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In 2024, the EU imported €375.9 billion worth of energy products, amounting to a total of 720.4 million tonnes. Compared with 2023, imports decreased both in value (-16.2%) and in net mass (-7.1%). For petroleum, a decline was reported ...
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With temperatures rising every year, droughts becoming more frequent, and an increasing pressure on water resources, issues related to water exploitation and scarcity are becoming increasingly important. The water exploitation index ...
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In 2022, there were 5.16 million deaths among EU residents; the main causes of death across the EU were circulatory diseases, cancer and respiratory diseases. Over 1.68 million deaths were caused by circulatory diseases (32.7% of all ...
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