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Taken together, the 12 candidates are relatively small compared to the EU in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In 2000, the GDP of the 12 candidates accounted for 4.8 percent of the EU's GDP, roughly the size of the Netherlands' economy. This portion has been rising gradually over the past 5 years, from 4.1 percent of EU GDP in 1996. Again, Poland is the largest accession candidate, accounting for 42 percent of the candidates' GDP in 2000, followed by the Czech Republic (13 percent) and Hungary (12 percent).

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The economies of the 12 candidate nations, put together, are quite small, accounting for 4.8% of the EU’s GDP, roughly the size of the Netherlands’ economy. It implies that those countries are relatively poor.

十二个申请国的经济加在一起还是很小，仅占欧盟国内生产总值的4.8%，和荷兰的经济差不多大小，这暗示着那些国家仍比较贫穷。

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