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Trade and Jobs: Austria

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EU exporter
  • Austria

Austrian companies’ exports outside the EU are worth €79 billion in 2022. And this keeps 734,000 workers busy in the EU.

  • Austrian extra-EU exports support 459,000 jobs in Austria.
  • Another 159,000 workers in Austria are in jobs linked to exports from other EU countries to the world.
  • This means 13% of jobs in Austria depend on extra-EU exports.
  • Austrian extra-EU exports also support over 274,000 jobs in EU countries.
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The EU is the biggest exporter and importer of goods and services worldwide.

A branch of the Coffeeshop Company

The Austrian Coffeeshop Company has over 300 franchises worldwide. The company’s international expansion was also possible thanks to the EU’s trade agreements with countries such as Mexico, Morocco, and Egypt, which reduced much of the administrative work needed to enter those markets.

Latest news

  • Press release

This is one of the many figures in a new report released today by the European Commission, showing just how important an open trade policy is for European employment.

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