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Trade and Jobs: Latvia

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Latvian companies’ exports outside the EU are worth €8.3 billion in 2023. And this keeps 155,000 workers busy in the EU.

  • Latvian extra-EU exports support 136,000 jobs in Latvia.
  • Another 35,000 workers in Latvia are in jobs linked to exports from other EU countries to the world.
  • This means 19% of jobs in Latvia depend on extra-EU exports.
  • Latvian extra-EU exports also support over 19,000 jobs in EU countries.
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EU exports support 38 million jobs in the EU

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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