Q1 sees export volume down but prices up

According to the report, the overall export and import unit value indices were down by 11 percent and 8.8 percent, respectively, in March over the same month of the previous year. During this period agriculture and forestry witnessed the highest increase in both export and import prices, up by 27.8 and 21.3 percent, respectively. The same month saw both export and import volume indices increase from a year earlier, rising by 10.3 and 31.1 percent, respectively. The export volume of the fishing sector rose by 65.5 percent during this period, while the import volume of agriculture and forestry increased by 42 percent.