In EUR terms, the value of exports was 0.8% and that of imports 3.9% higher in February 2021 than in the same period of the previous year. The balance of external trade in goods deteriorated by EUR 255 million year-on-year.

The value of exports amounted to EUR 9.593 billion and that of imports to EUR 8.738 bln.

The share of EU-27 Member States was 77% in exports and 72% in imports.

Compared to January 2021, the level of external trade rose by 9.3% on the export and by 10% on the import side.