SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 15 JUN 2021

June . 15 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 8/10 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Exports and imports of goods increased by 82.4% and 60.4% respectively In April 2021, in year-on-year terms: • Exports and imports of goods registered rates of change of +82.4% and +60.4%, respectively (+28.7% and +13.0% in the previous month, in the same order); • The increases in exports and imports of Transport equipment (+377.5% and +256.5%) and Industrial supplies (+55.2% and +58.7%, in the same order) are noteworthy; • Excluding Fuels and lubricants , exports and imports increased by 82.1% and 60.1% respectively (+28.1% and +15.8% in the previous month, in the same order); Exports - Total (year-on-year rate of change) Imports - Total (year-on-year rate of change) • The deficit of trade balance in goods reached EUR 1,255 million, i.e. an increase compared with the deficit of EUR 1,185 million recorded in the same month of 2020; • Excluding Fuels and lubricants , the trade balance was EUR -890 million, corresponding to a decrease in the deficit of EUR 47 million. It should be noted that these year-on-year rates of change, in April, are compared with the month of 2020 in which the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was felt most intensely, corresponding to the month with the lowest absolute values and with the greatest year-on-year decreases of the entire pandemic period. In the quarter ended April 2021, exports of goods increased by 31.0% and imports grew by 15.8% compared to the quarter ended April 2020 (+6.1% and -5.0%, in the same order, in the 1 st quarter of 2021). More information available at: International trade statistics – April 2021 (9 June 2021) 82.4% -45.0% -25.0% -5.0% 15.0% 35.0% 55.0% 75.0% Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19 Jul-19 Aug-19 Sep-19 Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Apr-21 60.4% -45.0% -25.0% -5.0% 15.0% 35.0% 55.0% 75.0% Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19 Jul-19 Aug-19 Sep-19 Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Apr-21