External trade

Exports of goods from Portugal slumped by 11.3% while imports edged up to 2.8% in July in like-for-like terms, accumulating an 0.7% increase and 6.3% since the start of the year, according to [...]

Portugal’s overseas trading and investment bureau AICEP says that faced with a growing scenario of economic stagnation in the Euro Zone, Portugal’s exports would have to grow 3.4% per year to [...]

Portugal’s Minister of the Economy and Territorial Cohesion, Manuel Castro Almeida, has admitted that the government’s target for growth of over 2% in 2025 might be difficult because of the 15% [...]

Portugal’s overseas surplus fell by €258 million to €2.2Bn to June according to data from the Bank of Portugal which blames a growth in imports in the first half period. It was down by €1.9Bn in [...]

Portuguese exports of goods fell 1.3% while imports grew 6.4% in 2Q, 2025. This is according to a back-of-the-envelope calculation published on Tuesday by the National Statistics Institute. (INE) [...]

In 2024, exports from Portugal to Germany increased by 17.9% to €9.76Bn despite the slowdown in the German economy. And with uncertainties in Europe and a continued trend to nearshore, that can [...]

In a rush to beat the introduction of “reciprocal” tariffs imposed by the White House, US orders from Portugal offset an overall drop in exports in the first quarter of this year. [...]

Text: Chris Graeme Photos: Joaquim Morgado The stunning River Tagus location of SUD Lisboa Hall provided the backdrop to the 15th edition of the UK-Portugal Business Awards organised by the [...]

US wine importers have stopped taking orders of Portuguese wines because of the uncertainty of reciprocal tariffs threatened by the US government. Paulo Amorim, president of ANCEVE, the national [...]

The impact of economic diplomacy on the internationalisation of companies and the power of entrepreneurialism in attracting capital were among the topics discussed at the conference ‘Economic [...]