Annalisa Corrado· S&D

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Almost a quarter of food product trade in the Union has cross-border dimensions

Omissions

• The MEP did not cite a source for this statistic
• No time period was specified for the data
• The geographic scope (EU-27 vs EU-28 or specific member state grouping) was not clarified

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat - Intra-EU trade in goods - main featuresIn 2024, most EU countries had a share of intra-EU exports between 50% and 75%. Hungary 77%, Slovakia 78%, Czechia 79%.
• TertiaryResearchGate - Percentage of intra-EU and extra-EU food tradeThe percentage of food in total intra-EU export and import increased from 15% to 18% (in quantity) and from 9% to 11% (in euros).