Summary
Exports of goods increased by 5.8% and imports by 3.6% in the third quarter 2013, when compared with the third quarter 2012, which led to a EUR 137.3 million decrease in the deficit of the trade balance and a 1.6 percentage points (p.p.) increase in the coverage rate reaching 81.3%.
In year-on-year terms, in September 2013, exports and imports of goods increased by 9.8% and 3.7%, respectively (in August 2013 those figures were -0.5% and -3.8%, respectively).