Kolev, Galina V.; Obst, Thomas - 2022
In 2020, EU companies imported intermediate products worth 2.4 trillion euros, which made up more than half of total … merchandise imports of the EU. Compared to the pre-crisis year 2019, imports of intermediates decreased by 13 percent, partly … driven by the lower fuel prices. A detailed analysis of trade in value added shows that in most EU countries more than half …