Exports of goods increased by 1.7% and imports of goods by 6.0% in the first quarter 2014, when compared with the first quarter 2013 (+5.2% and +7.5%, respectively, in the period December 2013 to February 2014). Trade balance deficit increased by EUR 621.7 million and the coverage rate decreased by 3.5 percentage points (p.p.) to 81.9%.
In March 2014, in terms of year-on-year change rates, exports of goods decreased by 1.3% and imports of goods increased by 2.1% (in February 2014 those figures were +4.4% and +5.9%, respectively).