External balance upset by nice export numbers being offset by energy import
EUR 1.15 bn gap in July
No improvement is likely in the near future
May data released
Largest deficit since 2006
Expensive energy hurts a lot
Signs decree on retaliatory sanctions
Hefty energy bill wrecks external balance
It was in the red a year earlier
It will be painful, the only question is how badly it will hurt
Import skyrockets
Decision affects some 10,000 cars per year
Lously closure in 2021
Trade surplus hits 12-year low
Import grows fast while export stagnates
Stats office revises figures for August
As export slows and energy prices rise
Until the end of 2021
To comply with EU rules on free movement of goods
In July - several factors at play at once