SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 4-Jan-2021

January . 04 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 3/20 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt In 2020: • The DMC was 167.9 million tonnes (1.6% less compared with 2019 and 17.3% less vis-à-vis 2010); • Given that the real decrease in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was more intense (-8.4%) than the decrease in DMC, there was a 7.0% reduction in productivity associated with the use of materials (GDP/DMC); • The slight reduction in the GVA was associated with the increase in the Gross Value Added (GVA) of construction (3.0% in volume), an activity that heavily consumes materials, while most economic activities were strongly affected by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; • The domestic extraction of materials increased by 1.0%, accounting for 88.9% of the DMC; • Non-metallic minerals were the most relevant materials, representing 65.8% of the DMC; • Biomass, fossil energy materials, and metallic ores accounted for 19.8%, 7.0%, and 5.8%, respectively. Between 2019 and 2020, except for non-metallic minerals (+3.7%), the remaining material categories recorded decreases: • Fossil fuels (-25.7%); • Metal ores (-12.3%); • Biomass (-3.8%). More information is available at: Material flows account – 1995-2020 (20 December 2021) October registered the closest number of passengers handled compared to that of the pre-pandemic period In October 2021, at national airports: • About 15,800 commercial aircraft have landed; • The number of passengers handled amounted to 4 million (disembarked, embarked, and direct transits); • The movement of cargo and mail amounted to 18.1 thousand tonnes. Traffic at national airports, October 2021 (Y-O-Y rates of change, %) Landed aircra� 200.0 150.0 100.0 50.0 0.0 -50.0 63.2 180.6 -21.4 -27.2 27.5 -8.4 Rate of change compared to Oct.-2020 Rate of change compared to Oct.-2019 Passenger traffic Cargo and mail handled