Summary
In the last three months, exports decreased by 19.4% and imports by 15.6%, comparing to the same period in the previous year (November 2007 to January 2008), leading to a decrease in the deficit of the trade balance.
In January 2009, Intra-Community and Extra-Community trade decreased in both flows, maintaining the trend of the previous months. In the case of exports to the Third Countries, in January a year-on-year downturn was registered, contrasting to the trend observed in 2008.