| Yearbook Statistical Energy Review 2010

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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.

Total energy includes coal, gas, oil, electricty, heat and biomass.

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

How to use

Browse in the selection tree in the left column
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Click on a world region to view country detail
Pass the cursor over a country / zone to view 2009 data
Export data to Excel by clicking on the appropriate button
A country ranking is displayed for each data serie selected (left column)
A glossary and data sources are also available

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Total balance of trade

In 2009, exports of energy at the world level were lowered by 5%

. Middle East remained the world's largest net exporter of energy despite its surplus reduced by 10%. All the net exporting regions experienced a cut in their trade surplus: Africa (-6%), Latin America (-4%) and to a lesser extend CIS (-2%). Russia achieved a slight fall in its exports of energy while its imports severely decreased by 18%.

Imports of energy decreased by 3.5%

at the world level. Net importing countries in OECD achieved a reduction of their net importing position by 11%. In Europe, USA and Japan, the trade deficit was reduced by 8%, 12% and 13% respectively due to substantial cuts in energy imports. Conversely, Asia deepened its position of net importer of energy by 6%. In China, imports of energy surged by 30% while exports shrank by 43%: the trade deficit deteriorated by 55% in 2009.

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