Foreign trade turnover via the Baltic Customs made some $34.9 mn during the full year of 2018. This exceeds the result of 2017 by 9.4%.
The number of cargo declarations issued made 343.9 thousand, up 7.9% year-on-year. This number includes come 313 thousand of import declarations (+5%) and 30.9 thousand of export declarations (+32.4%).
In terms of tonnage, 15.4 mn tons of cargo was declared via the Baltic Customs, up 11% year-on-year. Import traffic increased by 3% up to some 10.4 mn tons, while export surged 32% up to almost 5 mn tons.
A significant share in the import volume is fruit accounting for 24.21%. Other top import commodities are polymer materials, ferrous metals, organic chemicals and equipment.
The top export commodities are ferrous metals (40.91%), timber and woodwork, inorganic chemical products, paper and board, and fertilizers.
Major importing countries in the Baltic Customs region in 2018 were China, Ecuador, Germany, South Korea and India.
The top countries of destination for export via the Baltic Customs were Turkey (29.12%), China and Egypt.