BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The European Union's statistics office Eurostat released the following data on the euro zone's external trade balance in October: Euro zone trade - non seasonally adjusted data bn € Flows Oct 16 Oct 17 Growth Jan-Oct 16 Jan-Oct 17 Growth Extra-EA19 exports 172.6 187.9 8.8% 1 685.6 1 812.6 7.5% Extra-EA19 imports 153.4 168.9 10.1% 1 471.8 1 624.7 10.4% Extra-EA19 trade balance 19.2 18.9 213.8 187.9 Intra-EA19 trade 145.9 160.0 9.7% 1 420.9 1 529.3 7.6% EU28 trade - non seasonally adjusted data bn € Flows Oct 16 Oct 17 Growth Jan-Oct 16 Jan-Oct 17 Growth Extra-EU28 exports 146.8 159.4 8.6% 1 422.6 1 549.7 8.9% Extra-EU28 imports 144.4 159.6 10.6% 1 417.3 1 544.5 9.0% Extra-EU28 trade balance 2.4 -0.3 5.3 5.2 Intra-EU28 trade 264.6 292.8 10.7% 2 585.3 2 778.2 7.5% (Reporting By Jan Strupczewski) nB5N1IL01Q