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Transport: maritime traffic down in EU, up in Croatia

Strong decrease in Latvia and Slovenia

11 January, 13:18
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, JAN 11 - The gross weight of goods handled in the European Union's principal ports decreased by 17.0% in the 2nd quarter of 2020 compared to the same quarter of 2019, reaching 755 million tonnes, Eurostat said today. Only two EU countries reported an increase in tonnes of goods handled in their ports, with Croatia reporting a substantial increase in main port activity in the period (+10.2%). Estonia slightly increased by 0.6%. In contrast, the largest decrease was observed in Malta (-50.8%), followed by Italy (-40.5%), Latvia (-32.8%), Portugal (-22.6%) and Slovenia (-20.1%).

"This substantial fall can most probably be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent restrictions put in place in the EU and worldwide," the EU statistical office noted.

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