LISBON: Portuguese exports increased 9 percent while imports grew by 8.9 percent in February 2017, when compared with the same month in 2016.
However, the trade balance worsened to €746 million, Portugal’s National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Monday.
In January, exports and imports registered year-on-year increases of 19.1 percent and 22.4 percent, respectively.
The INE also said that, excluding fuel and lubricants, exports increased by 5.5 percent and imports by 4 percent.
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