International trade statistics, May 2015, INE

In the quarter ended in May 2015, exports and imports of goods increased by 8.0% and 11.0%, respectively, when compared with the quarter ended in May 2014 (+8.2% and +7.7% respectively in the quarter ended in April 2015). Trade balance deficit increased by EUR 611.4 million to EUR – 2 965.8 million and the coverage rate decreased by 2.2 percentage points to 81.3%.
In May 2015, in terms of year-on-year change rates, exports of goods increased by 3.5% and imports of goods grew by 6.2% (+9.5% and +15.9% respectively in April 2015).