Quarterly national accounts

In the third quarter of 2013 the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume measure of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was unchanged with respect to the second quarter of 2013 and decreased by 1.8 per cent in comparison with the third quarter of 2012.

Compared to the second quarter of 2013, final consumption expenditure decreased by 0.2 per cent and gross fixed capital formation by 0.6 per cent; imports and exports increased by 2.0 per cent and 0.7 per cent respectively.

With respect to the third quarter of 2012, final consumption expenditure decreased by 1.5 per cent, gross fixed capital formation by 5.1 per cent and imports by 1.2 per cent, while exports remained unchanged.