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Albert Pullerits prize

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There will be no competition this year. Statistics Estonia has awarded the young statistician’s prize named after Albert Pullerits since 2011. Albert Pullerits (1892–1967) was the first director of the Estonian State Central Bureau of Statistics and the founder and developer of official statistics in Estonia. The prize is given to a student whose Bachelor's or Master's thesis in the area of population, social life, economy or the environment applies or develops a statistical method. The aim of Albert Pullerits prize is to recognise young people who help to promote statistics as an important

In January, exports of goods were up by 4% and imports down by 2%

Date 12.03.2026
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Evelin Puura, the Foreign Trade Statistics Service Manager at Statistics Estonia, said that intra-EU trade increased in January, with exports up by 11% and imports by 2% year on year. “On the other hand, in trade with non-EU countries, exports of goods fell by 16% and imports by 20%. The main reason was that there were larger exports of fuels to Singapore in January last year and also a large one-off transaction with Turkey in import trade,” added Puura. Exports of precious metals grew the most in January The main commodities exported in January were electrical equipment (14% of Estonia’s

Increased turnover shows that retail trade enterprises have adjusted to restrictions

Date 28.05.2021
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According to Statistics Estonia, in April 2021, the turnover of retail trade enterprises was 656 million euros. Compared to April 2020, turnover increased by 23% at constant prices – the increase was mainly the result of both trade enterprises and consumers adjusting to the restrictions related to the coronavirus crisis.