Saturday, October 29, 2011

Environmental goods and services sector - Statistics Explained

This article presents the main results from annual statistics on environmental goods and services in ten European Union (EU) Member States as well as the EFTA country Norway. They provide a first picture of the environmental goods and services sector (EGSS), also called "environment industry" or "eco-industries", in Europe. The environmental goods and services sector consists of a heterogeneous set of producers of goods and services aiming at the protection of the environment and the management of natural resources.

Environmental goods and services are those products that are produced for the main purpose of:

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