Foreign trade turnover via the Baltic Customs made some $28.6 mn during January-October of 2018.
The number of cargo declarations issued made 288.9 thousand, up 9.9% year-on-year. This number includes 263.1 thousand of import declarations (+7.9%) and 25.8 thousand of export declarations (+36.6%).
In terms of tonnage, 12.8 mn tons of cargo was declared via the Baltic Customs, up 12.6% year-on-year. Import traffic increased by 3.2% up to some 8.7 mn tons, while export surged 41% up to 4.1 mn tons.
A significant share in the import volume is fruit accounting for 23.97%. Other top import commodities are polymer materials, organic chemicals, ferrous metals and equipment.
The top export commodities are ferrous metals (41.122), timber and woodwork, inorganic chemical products, fertilizers, and paper and board.
Major importing countries in the Baltic Customs region in January-September were China, Ecuador, Germany, South Korea and India.
The top countries of destination for export via the Baltic Customs were Turkey (29.38%), China and Egypt.