- The surplus on the current account of the balance of payments was 108 million euros in the second quarter of 2017, or around 2% of GDP. The surplus was driven by the positive balance of the services account as exports of services exceeded imports, and by the net inflow of secondary income1... more
- The surplus on the current account was smaller than it was a year previously
- The inflow of direct investment continued thanks to individual sectors
- Pension funds are setting the tone for foreign investment from... more
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 67 million euros in surplus in June 2017. The surplus on the goods and services account was 104 million euros, which was 11 million euros more than a year earlier. Volumes of both goods and services increased. Goods exports were up by 8%... more
There were close to 1.8 m visitors from abroad, an increase of 7% when compared with Q2 of 2016. While the number of visitors from Finland remained stable, accounting for one-third of the total, the trips made by residents of other EU Member States increased by one-tenth.
Residents of... more
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 42 million euros in surplus in May 2017. The surplus on the goods and services account was 76 million euros, which was 7 million euros more than a year earlier. Goods exports were up by 12% over the year and imports by 10%, meaning the... more
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 9 million euros in deficit in April 2017. The surplus on the goods and services account was 21 million euros, which was 16 million euros less than a year earlier. Goods exports were down by 3% over the year and imports by 1%, meaning the... more
- The current account was unusually in surplus in the first quarter
- More was paid back in debt liabilities to investors than was received as new investment in the country
- The threat of external imbalance in the economy... more
- The current account surplus was 99 million euros in the first quarter of 2017, or around 2% of GDP. The surplus was supported by an increase in the positive balance of exports and imports of services and a reduction in the negative balance of income received and paid.
- The net... more
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 37 million euros in deficit in March 2017. All the components of the current account were up on the previous March, especially exports and imports of goods and services. The surplus on the goods and services account was 5 million euros,... more
There were more than one million visits to Estonia by foreign residents in the first quarter of 2017, which was 6% more than in the same quarter of 2016. The biggest increase was in the number of tourists from Russia, who made 22,000 more visits to Estonia than a year before. The number of... more
