Press release: 12.276-116/20
Vienna, 2020-07-08
– The lockdown in Austria and numerous other countries due to COVID-19
was reflected in the Austrian International Trade in Goods Statistics
(ITGS) with sharp falls in both trade flows in April. In the period
January to April 2020, total imports amounted to €47.97 bn and total
exports added up to €47.37 bn, according to preliminary
results by Statistics Austria. Compared to the corresponding period of
the previous year, Austrian imports decreased by 11.3% and Austrian
exports declined by 9.3%. The global ITGS balance showed a deficit of
€0.61 bn. Working-day adjusted, the rates of decrease were 11.4% for
imports and 9.6% for exports.
For more detailed information please refer to the German
version. Visualisations of the foreign trade data for 2019
are available in the ITGS.Atlas,
the interactive tree maps on imports
as well as exports
and a bar diagram.
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