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Latvia: Consumer prices up 3.3% over year in September 2023

Via BalticaOctober 9, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

The average level of consumer prices in Latvia rose by 3.3% in September 2023, compared to the same period of 2022, according to the Central Statistical Bureau’s data, LSM reports. The rise in food prices accounted for 1.5 percentage points, alcohol and tobacco for 0.6 percentage points, and health care for 0.6 percentage points of…

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Latvia: Housing prices up 5.6% on year in Q2/2023: statistics

Via BalticaSeptember 18, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

Average housing prices in Latvia rose by 5.6% in the second quarter of 2023, compared to the same period of 2022, according to the Central Statistical Bureau’s provisional data, LSM reports. Prices of newly-built housing increased by 15.0% and old housing by 3.2% over a year. Compared to the first quarter of 2023, housing prices…

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Latvia: Electricity production down 14.5% in 2022: statistics

Via BalticaSeptember 11, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

The volume of electricity generated in Latvia totalled 4,997 GWh in 2022, which was 14.5% less than in 2021, according to the Central Statistical Bureau, LSM reports. Renewable energy sources accounted for 3,783 GWh of the total volume, which was up 1.7% from a year earlier. Hydro power plants generated 2,750 GWh (up 1.6%) and…

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Latvia: Exports of goods to Central Asia have increased rapidly

Via BalticaSeptember 4, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

Exports of goods from Latvia to countries that continue to trade with Russia have increased rapidly, LSM reports. At the same time as exports to Russia have come to a halt due to sanctions, exports to countries of the Eurasian Economic Union have risen sharply. Exports of mechanical and electrical equipment to Russia have fallen…

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Latvia: Total passenger traffic increased in H1/2023: statistics

Via BalticaSeptember 3, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

Latvia’s total volume of passenger traffic by all modes of transport increased in the first half of 2023, according to data from the Central Statistical Bureau, LSM reports. The number of passengers carried by land transport totalled 93.1mn, which was 22.9% more than a year earlier. Regular bus traffic carried altogether 52mn passengers, which was…

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Latvia: Volume of freight transport declined in H1/2023: statistics

Via BalticaSeptember 2, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

The total volume of freight transported in Latvia by all means of transport decreased in the first half of 2023, according to data from the Central Statistical Bureau, LSM reports. Cargo carried by land and pipeline transport totalled 41.8mn tonnes, which was 16.5% less than a year earlier. The volume of road freight alone amounted…

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Latvia: GDP down 0.5% in Q2/2023, up 0.1% in H1/2023: statistics

Via BalticaSeptember 2, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

Latvia’s GDP totalled EUR 19.3bn at current prices in the first half of 2023, according to data from the Central Statistical Bureau, LSM reports. Compared to the corresponding period of 2022, the GDP rose by 0.1%. In the second quarter of 2023, the GDP totalled EUR 10.2bn at current prices. The quarterly GDP fell by…

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Latvia: Average gross wage up 12% on year in Q2/2023: statistics

Via BalticaAugust 31, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

Latvia’s average gross monthly wage amounted to EUR 1,525 in the second quarter of 2023, which was up 12.0% from the same period of 2022, according to the Central Statistical Bureau’s working-day and seasonally non-adjusted data, LSM reports. Average wages rose by 12.2% in the public sector and by 11.9% in the private sector over…

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Latvia: 263 companies continue to export to Russia, Belarus

Via BalticaAugust 28, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

Altogether 263 companies in Latvia continue to export goods to Russia or Belarus, according to the Central Statistical Bureau, LSM reports. The data show that 169 businesses export goods to Russia and 94 to Belarus. The list includes 38 companies that began doing business with Russia or Belarus after the start of the full-scale Russian…

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