Exports and imports grew 31.2% and 37.7% in the second quarter, compared to the same period in 2021, the INE announced on Tuesday, which also revised the preliminary results for 2021, for a growth of 18, 3% in exports and 22% in imports.
According to international trade data, published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), in the second quarter of this year, exports and imports grew 31.2% and 37.7%respectively, compared to the same period in 2021.
The statistical authority also presented the final results for the year 2021, which, based on additional information obtained in the meantime, present revisions compared to the preliminary results published in June, for increases of 18.3% in exports and 22.0% in imports (revisions of 0 and 0.6 percentage points, respectively).
In June 2022, exports and imports of goods registered year-on-year nominal increases of 37.1% and 41.6%, respectively (+40.7% and +45.0%, in the same order, in May 2022) .
The INE highlighted that the The unit value indices (prices) registered a growth of 18.6% in exports and 26.0% in imports.
The entity also highlighted the increases in both the flows of industrial supplies (+29.0% in exports and +21.2% in imports), fuels and lubricants (+159.8% and +220.3%, respectively) and of transport material (+60.6% and +46.1% %, in the same order), also in nominal terms.
Excluding fuels and lubricants, exports and imports increased by 29.8% and 23.4%, respectively (+35.0% and +33.2%, in the same order, in May 2022).
Prices, without petroleum products, recorded year-on-year increases of 13% in exports and 14.6% in imports.
The deficit in the balance of trade in goods worsened by 903 million euros compared to June 2021reaching 2,522 million euros.
Excluding fuels and lubricants, the deficit amounts to 1,275 million euros, which represents a decrease of nine million euros compared to June 2021.
Source: Observadora
