SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 2 jun 2021

June . 02 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 7/7 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Press releases Reference period Release date Press releases between 31-05-2021 and 04-06-2021: The series “INE@COVID-19 Synthesis” began in April 2020, with the purpose of making available an aggregation of some of the most relevant official statistical findings released each week, taking into account the pandemic situation that was then declared in Portugal. This series of Press Releases has now completed one year of publication, with separate versions in Portuguese and English. Statistics Portugal intends to continue to contribute this way to the monitoring of the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by decision makers in public and private bodies and also by the general public. The same intention also led to the creation of the “Special INE COVID-19” area in Statistics Portugal’s portal, which also includes other aggregated contents under the same theme. CPI/HICP Flash Estimate May 2021 31 May 2021 Monthly Employment and Unemployment Estimates April 2021 31 May 2021 Tourism activity - Flash Estimate: April 2021 31 May 2021 Fishing statistics 2020 31 May 2021 Quarterly national accounts 1 st Quarter 2021 31 May 2021 Industrial production index April 2021 01 June 2021 • Imports of goods decreased more sharply than exports (-17.4% and -11.2%, respectively), allowing for a reduction in the trade deficit; • Tourism and related activities suffered a very negative impact, especially the contraction in demand for the respective services by non-residents, leading to a negative balance of goods and services, despite the reduction in the trade deficit; • Construction activity showed some resilience, with an increase, in average terms, in new housing transactions (+7.3% in value), in cement sales in quantity (+8.0%), and in house prices (+7.8%); • In the environmental area, there was a 13.7% reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases (a rate of change of -9.9% in the pre-pandemic period). These and other indicators are part of the publication “One year of the pandemic: a brief overview”, published by Statistics Portugal. More information available at: One year after the start of the pandemic: a brief overview (28 May 2021)