En outre, 39% des importa
tions au sein de la région Pacifique en 2002 ve
naient de l’Australie, 15% de Singapour, 11% de Nouvelle-Zélande , 6% du Japon et 4% de l’UE. En 2
003, les principaux pays partenaires commerciaux de l’UE au sein de la région Pacifique ont été la Papouasie N
ouvelle-Guinée, les Iles Fidji et les Iles Marshal
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Therefore, in 2003, the Pacific countries recorded their highest trade surplus with the EU since 1999, € 300 million. In 2002, the Pacific region’s main trading partner was Australia, which attracted 23% of the Pacific region’s exports compared to 10% towards Japan, 9% to the EU and 7% towards the US. In addition, 39% of the region’s imports in 2002 came from Australia, 15% from Singapore, 11% from New Zealand, 6% from Japan and 4% from the EU.