From: "StephenGoldenGun" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Anybody know what is the GDP of the EU as a percentage of total  global trade?
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 19:07:50 +0100


Paul  wrote in message
news:3f1ada5b$0$11378$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> > The next 10 member states to be added account for 5% of GDP, but 20% for
> > population.
> >
> > Eurostat: anything you wanted know about EU and too much more:
> >
> >
>
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogu
e=Eurostat&product=1-05122002-EN-BP-EN&mode=download
> >
> > If I remember right, in 1980's the EU's GDP exceeded the combined GDP of
> > Japan and USA
> > because of currency exchange rates. German mark had a rally.
>
> Interestingly, and apropos of nothing, of total UK GDP ($1,442bn), the
> much-maligned manufacturing sector represented 19.9% - $287bn.  This,
> though, is more than the entire GDP of, amongst others Switzerland,
Belgium,
> Sweden, Austria and Poland.  If UK manufacturing were a country, it would
be
> the 18th largest in GDP terms.  Who says UK manufacturing is dead?

I love my country and I love the fact that we have a big economy.
>
>


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