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Saturday, 27.04.2024, 00:39
Baltic States register EU's almost fastest increases in exports in January-May
Malta registered the steepest increase in exports of 35%, followed by Estonia – 26%, and Romania – 25%.
Only Ireland and Luxembourg exported less in the first five months than in January-May 2009, by 4% and 5% respectively.
Latvia also registered the EU's second smallest increase in imports – 5%, with the imports volume increasing the least in Bulgaria – 3%.
Sweden's imports grew 26%, Lithuania registered 23% growth, whereas Czech Republic, Estonia, Netherlands and Poland – 20% each.
Only three member states reported decreases in imports – Ireland and Greece (6% each) and Luxembourg (3%). In Denmark, the volume of imports remained unchanged.
Latvia's trade deficit in the first five months decreased to EUR 0.5 billion from EUR 0.8 billion a year ago.
Of all EU member states, Germany had the largest trade surplus of EUR 60.2 billion, whereas Great Britain had the largest trade deficit of EUR 42.8 billion.