APRIL 2022 9 MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN In 2021, the balance of trade in sporting goods more than doubled, amounting to €205.6 million In 2021: • The trade balance of sporting goods recorded a positive balance of €205.6 million (€91.7 million in 2020); Exports of bicycles (€308.1 million) represented more than half (57.4%) of the exports of this type of goods; • Jobs in sports were estimated at 37.0 thousand people (0.8% of the employed population), down 3.7% from 2020. Total exports and imports of sporting goods, 2006-2021 104.3 79.9 78.6 95.7 91.7 205.6 397.3 399.9 403.8 434.3 428.4 536.7 293.0 320.0 325.2 338.6 336.7 331.1 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 (Pe) €million Balance Exports Imports In 2020: • The financing from the Municipalities for Sports activities and equipment amounted to €301.0 million (6.0% less than the previous year); • The funding from the Portuguese Institute of Sports and Youth to Sports federations was €40.8 million (11.1% less than in 2019); • There were 13,754 enterprises in the sports sector (up 1% from 2019), which generated: » A turnover of €1.7 billion (-17.1% compared to the previous year); » A gross value added of €593.9 million (-31.1% when compared to the previous year); • There were 587,800 registered players in Portuguese sports federations (14.7% less than the previous year), of which 72.1% were men; Football was the sport with the highest number of players (32.5% of the total), followed by volleyball (9.1%), handball (7.7%), and basketball (4.7%).
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