The euro area trade surplus declined to the lowest level in four years in July, figures from Eurostat showed Friday.
The trade surplus fell to a seasonally adjusted EUR 12.76 billion from EUR 16.47 billion in June. This was the lowest since June 2014, when the surplus totaled EUR 12.22 billion.
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