The summary table below shows how the composition of the trading partner groups changes on 1 January 2015 as a result of the enlargement.

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1 1 Update of trade weights underlying effective exchange rates and harmonised competitiveness indicators as Lithuania joins the euro area on 1 January 2015 The trade weights underlying the calculation of the effective exchange rates (EERs) of the euro and the harmonised competitiveness indicators (HCIs) of the euro area countries have been updated to reflect the enlargement of the euro area to include Lithuania on 1 January The summary table below shows how the composition of the trading partner groups changes on 1 January 2015 as a result of the enlargement. Trading partner group until 31 December 2014 Composition Trading partner group from 1 January 2015 Composition EER-12 (E4) GB and US EER-12 (E8) EER-19 (E2) GB, US, BG, CZ, LT, HU, PL, RO and CN EER-18 (E6) SE, CH, GB, US, BG, CZ, HU, PL, RO and CN EER-20 and HCI-20 (E1) GB, US, BG, CZ, LT, HU, PL, RO, CN and HR EER-19 and HCI-19 (E5) SE, CH, GB, US, BG, CZ, HU, PL, RO, CN and HR EER-39 and HCI-39 (E3) GB, US, BG, CZ, LT, HU, PL, RO, CN, DZ, AR, BR, CL, HR, IS, IN, ID, IL, MY, MX, MA, NZ, PH, RU, ZA, TW, TH, TR and VE EER-38 and HCI-38 (E7) SE, CH, GB, US, BG, CZ, HU, PL, RO, CN, DZ, AR, BR, CL, HR, IS, IN, ID, IL, MY, MX, MA, NZ, PH, RU, ZA, TW, TH, TR and VE HCI-12 (H2) GB, US, BE, DE, EE, IE, GR, ES, FR, IT, CY, LU, MT, NL, LV, AT, PT, SI, SK and FI HCI-12 (H8) SE, CH, GB, US, BE, DE, EE, IE, GR, ES, FR, IT, CY, LU, MT, NL, LV, LT, AT, PT, SI, SK and FI HCI-19 (H3) FR, BE, LU, LV, NL, DE, IT, IE, PT, ES, FI, AT, GR, SI, AU, CA, CN, DK, HK, JP, NO, SG, KR, SE, CH, GB, US, CY, CZ, EE, HU, LT, MT, PL, SK, BG and RO HCI-18 (H9) HCI-20 (H5) FR, BE, LU, LV, NL, DE, IT, IE, PT, ES, FI, AT, GR, SI, AU, CA, CN, DK, HK, JP, NO, SG, KR, SE, CH, GB, US, CY, CZ, EE, HU, LT, MT, PL, SK, BG, RO and HR HCI-19 (H11)

2 2 HCI-39 (H4) FR, BE, LU, LV, NL, DE, IT, IE, PT, ES, FI, AT, GR, SI, AU, CA, CN, DK, HK, JP, NO, SG, KR, SE, CH, GB, US, CY, CZ, EE, HU, LT, MT, PL, SK, BG, RO, NZ, DZ, AR, BR, HR, IN, ID, IL, MY, MX, MA, PH, RU, ZA, TW, TH, TR, IS, CL and VE HCI-38 (H10) EER-12 (E0) changing composition of the euro area GB, US EER-12 (E0) changing composition of the euro area Trade weights for these trading partner groups have been recalculated from The tables in the annex allow a comparison of the previous EER-39 and the new EER-38 trade weights, so that the effect of the inclusion of Lithuania in the euro area can be analysed: Table 1 shows the trade weights used to calculate the EER-39 and EER-38 by reference period. Table 2 shows the trade weights of all reporting countries and the euro area (in the rows) vis-à-vis their trading partners (in the columns) for the group of 19 trading partners underlying the EER-19. The updated trade weight data are available in the Statistical Data Warehouse (SDW):

3 3 Annex Table 1 Trade weights used for the EER-38 and previous EER-39 effective exchange rates of the euro by reference period (percentages; trading partners in rows) EER-38 previous EER AU CA DK HK JP NO SG KR SE CH GB US BG CZ HU LT PL RO CN HR DZ AR BR CL IS IN ID IL MY MX MA NZ PH RU ZA TW TH TR VE SUM

4 Table 2 Trade weights used in the calculation of the EER-19 for each trading partner s currency and the euro for the period (percentages; reporting countries in columns; trading partners in rows) 4 AU CA DK HK JP NO SG KR SE CH GB US BG CZ HU PL RO CN HR euro area AU CA DK HK JP NO SG KR SE CH GB US BG CZ HU PL RO CN HR euro area SUM

5 5 Legend Code Name AR Argentina AT Austria AU Australia BE Belgium BG Bulgaria BR Brazil CA Canada CH Switzerland CL Chile CN China CY Cyprus CZ Czech Republic DE Germany DK Denmark DZ Algeria EE Estonia ES Spain FI Finland FR France GB United Kingdom GR Greece HK Hong Kong HR Croatia HU Hungary ID Indonesia IE Ireland IL Israel IN India IS Iceland IT Italy JP Japan KR South Korea LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg LV Latvia MA Morocco MT Malta MX Mexico MY Malaysia NL Netherlands NO Norway NZ New Zealand PH Philippines PL Poland PT Portugal RO Romania RU Russian Federation SE Sweden SG Singapore SI Slovenia SK Slovakia TH Thailand

6 6 TR TW US VE ZA Turkey Taiwan United States Venezuela South Africa Example of a trade weight series key in the Statistical Data Warehouse (SDW) Position Prefix Frequency Geographic area Counterpart area Currency of transaction Area definition Weight in trade flows Product breakdown Series denomination Series key WTS A DE AU E8 I8 O MAN F Description Frequency: annual; geographic area: Germany; counterpart area: Australia; currency of transaction: Euro 18 vis-à-vis the EER-12 group of trading partners (AU, CA, DK, HK, JP, NO, SG, KR, SE, CH, GB and US); area definition: euro area including Lithuania (Euro 19) (fixed composition); weight in trade flows: overall weight; trade product breakdown: manufactured products (SITC 5 to 8); series denomination: percentage