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Latvian forest industry's export increased by 11.3% in 9 months
BC, Riga, 21.11.2014.
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Print versionDuring the first nine months of 2014, Latvian forest industry's export increased by 11.3%, reaching EUR 1.53 billion, compared to EUR 1.38 billion in the same period in 2013, reports LETA, referring to data provided by the Forest Department of the Ministry of Agriculture.
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The value of wood and wood articles exported in the first eight months of 2014 was EUR 1.32 billion, which is 11.2% more than in 2013.
The largest export markets were Great Britain, Sweden and Germany. A total of 16.1% (EU 247.009 million) of forest industry's exports went to Great Britain, 10.9% (EUR 167.293 million) to Sweden, and 10.6% (EUR 162.374 million) to Germany.
Meanwhile, forest industry imports in the first nine months of 2014 reached EUR 513.18 million, which is 18.7% more than in the respective period of 2013, when the figure was EUR 432.32 million.
The largest part of imports came from Lithuania – 19.9% (EUR 101.99 million), Estonia – 11.8% (EUR 60.52 million), and Poland – 11.4% (EUR 58.68 million).
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