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Broad Economic Categories (BEC)

The international trade statistics are classified in different subcategories according to the Broad Economic Categories (BEC). BEC are derived from SITC data, but provide more homogeneous aggregation of the data according to the main end use of the goods.

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Capital goods

Intermediate goods

Consumer goods

Consumption goods

Dataset	Browsing and Excel export	XML export	Calendar
TRD - External Trade	Data		Release calendar

Publication	Tables
Economic Bulletin	3. Economic activity (Section 3.9)
Statistics Bulletin	Euro Area Overview (Table 3) 7. External transactions and positions (Section 7.5)

External trade in goods

Broad Economic Categories (BEC)

 Capital goods

 Intermediate goods

 Consumer goods

 Consumption goods

Capital goods

Intermediate goods

Consumer goods

Consumption goods