Last year’s December exports rose 4.9% compared to the year before but this was not sufficient to mitigate the effect of those months in which Portugal’s companies exported less than expected.
In a year that was marked by a delayed recovery in the eurozone, the crisis in Ukraine, sanctions for Russia and a sharp decline in oil prices, the Portuguese exports of goods increased to pre-Troika growth levels of just 1.9%. …read more
Source: Algarve Daily News