Europe is dependent on imported raw materials

SOER 2010 Key fact (Deprecated) Published 20 Jul 2012

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Europe's economy is heavily dependent on imported raw materials — in 2011 approximately 1 600 million tonnes of raw materials were imported into Europe – that’s about 3.2 tonnes per person. Fuels accounted for most of this amount.

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