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19-06-2013 11:00]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:00 WEST Demographic balance for 2012 is characterized by a decrease of 55,109 individuals, as a result of both a negative natural balance (-17,757) and a negative net migration (-37,352). Consequentially, the resident population is estimated at 10,487,289 individuals by 31st December 2012.

17-06-2013 11:00]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:00:00 WEST Revenue had slight decreases in April (-1.4% in total revenue and -1.0% in revenue from accommodation).
These figures were influenced by calendar effect of the Easter (celebrated in March 2013 while in April during 2012) yet contradicted by the accumulated results of January to April, with overall positive year-on-year change rates (+2.4% in overnight stays, +1.9% in total revenue and +2.8% in revenue from accommodation).

17-06-2013 11:00]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:00:00 WEST This trend in LLL participation contributed to the remarkable improvement of the country position in the European context: Portugal moved from a proportion of participation that was 8.5 p.p. below the European average (27 countries), in 2007, to a position 3.6 p.p. above the average, in 2011.
The participation in informal learning activities – activities developed in a self-learning basis – recorded also a remarkable increase: it went from 40.8% in 2007 to 68.5% in 2011.
14-06-2013 11:00]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:00:00 WEST Vis-à-vis the previous quarter, the number of building permits declined by 9.4% while completed buildings decreased by 20.7%.
In the year ended in March 2013 the number of building permits recorded an annual average reduction of 19.7% while the number of completed buildings decreased by 13.1%.

14-06-2013 11:00]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:00:00 WEST The HICP 12-month average rate decreased from 1.8% in April to 1.7% in May. In April 2013 the Portuguese HICP 12-month average rate was 0.4 percentage points (p.p.) lower than the rate observed for the Euro-area. In May, the gap between the Portuguese HICP 12-month average rate and Eurostat's flash estimate for the whole area should remain the same.

12-06-2013 11:00]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:00:00 WEST The year-on-year change rates of the indices of employment, wages and salaries and of the number of hours worked, adjusted for calendar effects, were -5.0%, -1.6% and -7.0%, respectively (-5.6%, -4.8% and -7.1% in March, by the same order).

11-06-2013 11:00]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:00:00 WEST 11-06-2013 11:00]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:00:00 WEST In year-on-year terms, in April 2013, exports increased by 17.3% and imports by 9.2% (in March 2013 those figures were -3.5% and -9.9%, respectively). The acceleration of exports and imports was partly due to a calendar effect since, in 2013, the Easter celebration took place in March whereas in 2012 it was celebrated in April. As far as exports are concerned, it should be stressed the contribution of the significant growth of the group of Mineral fuels.
The amount of transactions with Croatia, a future member of the EU, has little significance in terms of the Portuguese international trade of goods. In the first quarter 2013, exports to Croatia represented a mere 0.03% of the total value of Portuguese exports, while imports from this country stood at 0.01%. Portuguese trade balance with Croatia has been positive.

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