SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 15 JUN 2021

June . 15 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 2/10 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Year-on-year growth rate (%) of landed aircrafts, passengers and cargo/mail in national airports -66.4% -84.4% -21.7% -120% -100% -80% -60% -40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 4Q 18 1Q 19 2Q 19 3Q 19 4Q 19 1Q 20 2Q 20 3Q 20 4Q 20 1Q 21 Landed aircra� Passengers Cargo and mail The light railway transport recorded a 65.6% reduction in the 1 st quarter of 2021, to 20.3million passengers carried (-54.7% in the previous quarter). The Sul do Tejo light railway system, with 2.0 million passengers, registered the smallest reduction: -47.0%. It should be noted that in this quarter the pandemic situation worsened and measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic were intensified, with the interruption of classroom teaching activities and the obligation to home confinement. The inland waterway transport of passengers continued to decline, registering a reduction of 58.8% (-48.4% in the 4 th quarter of 2020), reaching 1.8 million passengers, mirroring the influence of the measures taken to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Maritime, rail and road transport of goods evolved as follows in comparison with the same quarter of the previous year: • -3.6% in national maritime ports (-2.4% in the previous quarter); • -2.4% by rail (-3.3% in the previous quarter); • +8.3% in road freight (-11.8% in the previous quarter). More information available at: Transport activities – 1 st quarter of 2021 (7 June 2021) Housing construction costs increased by 5.9% year-on-year It is estimated that, in April 2021, the following year-on-year rates of change have been recorded: • Construction costs index for newhousing: +5.9% (+4.6% in the previous month); • Prices of construction materials: +3.7% (+2.6% in the previous month); • Labour costs: +9.0% (+7.4% in the previous month).