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Table 2:
Share of EU-15 in BBSCs’ Total Imports, 1996-2012 (%)
Year
Albania Bulgaria Croatia Georgia Romania Russia Slovenia Turkey Ukraine
1996
76
35
59
24
52
26
67
53
16
1997
83
38
60
22
53
30
67
51
20
1998
82
45
59
31
58
36
69
52
22
1999
77
49
56
22
60
37
69
53
21
2000
74
44
55
23
57
33
66
49
22
2001
74
49
57
28
57
37
66
44
22
2002
71
50
56
26
59
40
66
45
24
2003
68
50
57
33
58
39
65
46
25
2004
65
48
54
20
55
37
63
43
23
2005
60
44
51
22
52
37
61
39
23
2006
57
41
50
23
52
36
62
36
24
2007
54
41
49
21
55
36
68
34
23
2008
54
38
49
20
52
35
59
31
22
2009
57
40
47
20
54
34
57
34
22
2010
56
42
45
19
52
32
55
32
19
2011
57
43
46
19
52
32
55
32
20
2012
55
35
47
20
52
34
55
31
20
Source:
Own calculations based on UN COMTRADE data
Over the 1996-2012 period, the BBSCs have experienced a serious increase in the value of both exports and
imports with EU-15; the BBSCs’ export to EU-15 increased from nearly 53 bn $ in 1996 to 308.5 bn $ in 2012, it
is nearly 6 times more than the beginning of the period. On the other hand, 5 fold increases has been seen in the
BBSCs’ import from EU-15 (Table 3). As it is seen from Table 5 and Fig. 3, during 1996-2004 the value of export
was lower than the value of imports which showed trade deficit between two regions but after 2004 there was a
Figure 2:
Share of Selected BBSCs in EU-15 Imports, %