5. History of the EU Date History of Country's Membership 25 March 1957 Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, founding members 1 January 1973 Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom 1 January 1981 Greece 1 January 1986 Portugal, Spain 3 October 1990 (The territory of the former German Democratic Republic as part of unified Germany also becomes part of the European Community) 1 January 1995 Austria, Finland, Sweden 1 May 2004 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia 1 January 2007 Bulgaria and Romania
11. The currency- euro The European Central Bank governs the Euro zone monetary policy 1 January 1999 on this date the euro was duly launched by member states of EU
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18. EU’s Export & Import US $ Million Source:- CMIE Years 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Export 10615.82 12805.64 15002.02 19107.81 22838.09 Import 10166.56 11871.24 14453.43 18110.84 22945.02
19. EU’S EXPORT SECTORS Total from April to June 2006 (in Euro) Percentage increase over last yr in the same period Agro & Food 4,12,24,940 21% Chemicals/ Pharma /Plastic 73,13,75,097 24% Leather / Wood & Paper 18,46,44,796 5% Textiles/ Garments etc 7,85,64,577 -3% Stones/ Ceramics / Glass 3,28,29,48,269 4% Automotive 1,05,88,63,514 20% Optical/photograph/ Musical /Ammunition 26,83,98,723 33% Other Products 3,98,57,955 20% Total 5,76,89,41,543 11%
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21. EU’S IMPORT SECTORS Total from April to June 2007 (in Euro) Percentage increase over last yr in the same period Agro & Food 45,49,92,823 7 Chemicals/ Pharma /Plastic 93,08,97,208 5 Leather / Wood & Paper 23,66,52,057 6 Textiles/ Garments etc 1,67,57,98,382 7 Stones/ Ceramics / Glass 1,24,74,83,691 13 Automotive 47,14,47,494 10 Optical/photograph/ Musical /Ammunition 4,85,79,119 19 Other Products 14,30,64,707 8 Total 5,20,89,15,481 9