Summary
Exports of goods increased by 5.4% and imports of goods by 7.0% in the quarter ended in February 2014, when compared with the period December 2012 to February 2013 (+5.9% and +6.1%, respectively, in the period November 2013 to January 2014). Trade balance deficit had an increase of EUR 333.3 million and the coverage rate decreased by 1.2 percentage points (p.p.) to 80.7%.
In February 2014, in terms of year-on-year change rate, exports of goods increased by 4.7% and imports of goods by 5.0% (in January 2014 those figures were +2.4% and +10.1%, respectively).