| Yearbook Statistical Energy Review 2010

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Glossary

The trade balance is the difference between exports and imports. The balance of a net exporter appears as a negative value (-). The balance of geographic and geopolitical zones is simply the sum of the trade balance of all the countries.

Electricity corresponds to the electricity produced and transported for commercial purposes, used by ad-hoc devices.

Sources
International sources
  • APEC
  • Asian Development Bank
  • Cedigaz
  • EURELECTRIC (Unipede)
  • Euracoal
  • Eurogas
  • Eurostat - Europa
  • IEA
  • OAPEC
  • OLADE
  • OPEC
  • UCTE
  • UN-ECE gas center
  • World Coal Institute
National sources
Periodicals
  • BIP, Bulletin de l'industrie pétrolière
  • DOE EIA, International
  • CEDIGAZ, News report
  • DOE/EIA, Monthly Energy Review
  • EDMC, Energy Trend
  • ENERPRESSE
  • IEA, Energy balances of OECD countries
  • IEA, Monthly Oil Market Report
  • IEA, Oil, Gas, Coal & Electricity Quarterly Statistics
  • KEI, Korea Energy Review Monthly
  • Missions Economiques, Fiches de synthèse
  • Petroleum Economist
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Electricity balance of trade

In

Europe, exports of electricity decreased faster than imports

, resulting in a substantial deterioration of its net importer position (+50% in the EU-27). A similar trend was noticed in the United States although the position of net importer deteriorated to a lesser measure. With an 8% decrease in 2009, USA remained the world's largest importer of electricity while Germany was the largest exporter with 10% of the export total.

China improved its net exporter position by 36%

, since it posted a 24% decrease in imported volumes while achieving an expansion of its exports of electricity.
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