🇪🇺 A record increase in the EU trade deficit was recorded in May

▪️ €35.0 billion — a new record of the EU trade deficit in May in the entire history of the EU

55.7% — another jump in imports in May, associated with a sharp increase in prices for imported energy due to anti-Russian sanctions, is the main reason for a new record of the EU trade deficit

▪️ €163.3 billion is the EU's trade deficit since the beginning of the year. To a large extent, this deficit is the payment of the European Union for sanctions against Russia