Portugal 2016

ACTIVIDADE ECONÓMICA COMÉRCIO INTERNACIONAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY INTERNATIONAL TRADE 81 The trade structure by groups of products underwent a number of changes, associated with the external and domestic context. On the export side, intermediate goods, and food and agricultural products were relatively stable (around 33.0% and 10.5% respectively in the past four years on average), and fuels and lubricants declined slightly (from 7.3% in 2015 to 6.0% in 2016), while transport equipment and accessories recovered (15.9% and 15.5% in 2016 and 2015 respectively, against 14.7% in both 2014 and 2013). The most evident increase in imports was recorded in transport equipment (15.9% in 2016, against 10.7% in 2013), while fuels and lubricants saw their relative importance decline successively (10.0% in 2016, compared to 19.2% in 2013). The importance of the other economic categories of goods in total imports increased slightly overall.