Foreign trade turnover via the Baltic Customs made $21.8 mn during January-August of 2019.
The number of cargo declarations issued made 222.7 thousand reducing 3.2% year-on-year. This number includes 201.3 thousand of import declarations (-4%) and 21.4 thousand of export declarations (+5%).
In terms of tonnage, over 10.5 mn tons of cargo was declared via the Baltic Customs, up 2.6% year-on-year. Import traffic increased by 1.3% up to some 7.1 mn tons, and export by 5.6% up to 3.4 mn tons.
A significant share in the import volume is fruit accounting for 25.3%. Other top import commodities are polymer materials, organic chemicals, ferrous metals and vehicles.
The top export commodities are ferrous metals (41.7%), timber and woodwork, paper and board, inorganic chemical products, and pulp.
The major countries of origin for import cargo in the Baltic Customs region in January-August 2019 were China, Ecuador, Germany, South Korea and India.
The top countries of destination for export via the Baltic Customs were Turkey (its share made 28.2%), China and Egypt.