13 setembro 2003

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Portugal tops list of food and drink spending in European Union: The Portuguese are the European Union's keenest purchasers of food and soft drinks, considering annual household spending, according to European Union statistical agency Eurostat.
Portugal's consumers devoted 18.5% of their spending on food and non-alcoholic drinks in 2001 and 2000 - the latest available comparative statistics.
Second were the Greeks - 16.9%, and Spain third - 15.2%, reflecting common patterns about poorer countries spending comparatively more on food.
Among richer EU countries the highest spenders were the French and Italians at 14.4%. Across the EU, the lowest spending country was Britain - 9.7%, with Ireland second lowest at 10.7%.