No improvement is likely in the near future
May data released
Largest deficit since 2006
Expensive energy hurts a lot
Hefty energy bill wrecks external balance
It was in the red a year earlier
Import skyrockets
Lously closure in 2021
Trade surplus hits 12-year low
Import grows fast while export stagnates
Imports soar while exports lag behind
Stats office revises figures for August
As export slows and energy prices rise
Will not return to earlier levels, ÉVOSZ chairman says
In July - several factors at play at once
Preliminary data for May published
Foreign trade booms
Due to huge drop in imports
2020 foreign trade surplus up 32% yr/yr