Foreign trade and import prices - April 2024

In April 2024 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to March 2024, increased for exports (+2.3%) and decreased for imports (-1.1%). Exports increased by +0.8% for EU countries and by +3.8% for non-EU countries. Imports decreased by -1.4% for EU countries and by -0.6% for non-EU countries.
Over the last quarter, seasonally-adjusted data, compared to the previous one, increased both for exports (+1.9%) and for imports (+0.7%).

In April 2024, compared with the same month of the previous year, exports rose by +10.7% and imports increased by +1.4%. Outgoing flows rose for both EU countries (+8.2%) and non-EU countries (+13.6%).
Incoming flows increased by +5.4% for EU area while declined by -3.5% for non-EU area.

In April 2024, import prices increase by 0.8% on monthly basis (+0.3% for the euro zone, +1.3% for the non-euro zone). Over the last three months, compared to the previous three months, import prices decrease by 0.5% (-0.1% for the euro zone, -0.9% for the non-euro zone).

Import prices, compared to the same month a year ago, decreased by 1.8% (-1.9% for the euro zone, -1.6% for the non-euro zone).