%0 Journal Article %T Value added trade in the European Union %A Nacewska-Twardowska, Aleksandra %J International Business and Global Economy %V 2018 %R 10.4467/23539496IB.18.021.9394 %N Volume 37 %P 299-311 %K value added trade, global value chains, GVC, European Union %@ 2300-6102 %D 2018 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/ibage/article/handel-wartoscia-dodana-w-unii-europejskiej %X Changes in the global economy, including the extension of production chains, influenced the size and commercial structure of EU countries. The aim of the paper is to analyse the changes in trade measured in traditional and value added way in EU countries by selected industrial sectors in the years 1995–2014. The study used data from the TiVA database to show changes in value added trade. The analysis showed increasing differences in trade data measured in traditional and value added way and the growing role of global value chains.