The eurozone trade surplus reached 14.9 billion euros (19.9 billion U.S. dollars) in April, the European Union's (EU) statistics bureau Eurostat said on Monday.

The surplus figure declined nearly 30 percent compared to 22.9 billion euros in March, said the Eurostat, adding that seasonally-adjusted exports felled by 0.8 percent and imports rose by 0.5 percent respectively on a monthly basis in March.

For the 27-member EU, there was a trade surplus of 9.2 billion euros, down from 15.9 billion euros in March.

Concerning the total trade of member states, the largest surplus was observed in Germany with 49.3 billion euro in January-March 2013 period, followed by the Netherlands with 15.1 billion euros and Ireland with 8.9 billion euros.

Meanwhile, Britain registered the largest deficit of 24.1 billion euros, followed by France of 20.1 billion euros, Greece of 5.3 billion euros and Spain of 4.7 billion euros.

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