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Exports of services at a record high in the second quarter

Date 12.09.2023

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According to Statistics Estonia and Eesti Pank, in the second quarter of 2023, Estonia’s exports of services grew by 8% and imports by 2% at current prices compared with the same quarter of 2022. Sales of services to non-residents totalled 2.9 billion euros and purchases of services from non-residents amounted to 2.2 billion euros.

Briefing session on the updated Intrastat questionnaire

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Foreign trade statistics are on the brink of changes. Our goal is to start reducing the administrative burden. In order to do that, we need to first introduce some changes in our existing foreign trade questionnaire INTRASTAT (dispatches and arrivals). These changes will allow the transition to SIMSTAT, i.e. single flow collection, starting from 2025. The briefing session gives information about filling in the updated questionnaire as well as creating related IT solutions. The briefing session took place on 3 November, from 14:00 to 16:00, as a Zoom video conference. The briefing was recorded

Experts to assess the compliance of Statistics Estonia with the European Statistics Code of Practice

Date 16.08.2021

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Statistics Estonia and all other European Union statistical authorities, forming the European Statistical System partnership, are responsible for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics. Compliance with the European Statistics Code of Practice is monitored though peer reviews. The next peer review in Estonia takes place on 6–10 September 2021.

Exports and imports of services were at the same level in the first quarter

Date 10.06.2021

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According to Statistics Estonia and Eesti Pank, in the first quarter of 2021, the exports of services grew by 2% and imports of services by 51% year on year. Estonian economic entities exported and imported services for 1.6 billion euros. The imports of services increased mainly on account of growth in telecommunications, computer and information services.

The higher cost of materials raises construction prices

Date 21.04.2022

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According to Statistics Estonia, in the first quarter of 2022, the construction price index increased by 4.6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2021 and by 19.3% compared to the first quarter of 2021.

Gender pay gap was the smallest on record

Date 21.04.2022

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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2021, the gross hourly earnings of female employees were 14.9% smaller than the earnings of male employees. The gender pay gap decreased by 0.7 percentage points year on year.

Peer review committee praised the work of Statistics Estonia and gave first recommendations for the future

Date 21.10.2021

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Following the peer review of Statistics Estonia last month, the peer review team has given first recommendations to Statistics Estonia. The feedback highlighted strong statistical legislation in Estonia, the agency’s role in data governance and consistent work to improve the quality of databases and questionnaires.

In September the trade deficit was the smallest of this year

Date 09.11.2011

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According to Statistics Estonia, in September 2011, exports from Estonia amounted to 1.1 billion euros and imports to Estonia also to 1.1 billion euros at current prices. The trade deficit was 4 million euros, which is the smallest deficit of this year.

In January, motor fuel had the biggest impact on the consumer price index

Date 05.02.2021

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In January 2021, the consumer price index, which expresses the change in the prices of consumer goods and services, rose by 0.7% compared to December 2020 and by 0.2% compared to January 2020. Goods were 0.8% cheaper than in January 2020 and services were 2% more expensive.