OREANDA-NEWS. The EU28 seasonally adjusted external current account recorded a surplus of €15.0 billion (0.4% of GDP) in the third quarter of 2014, unchanged from a surplus of €15.0 bn (0.4% of GDP) in the second quarter of 2014 and down from a surplus of €16.7 bn (0.5% of GDP) in the third quarter of 2013, according to a second estimate released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.