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June 2024, Provisional DataTotal imports of goods in June 2024 were €896,9 mn as compared to €1.059,5 mn in June 2023, recording a decrease of 15,3%. Imports from other EU Member States were €538,9 mn and from third countries €358,0 mn, compared to €615,5 mn and €444,0 mn respectively in June 2023. Imports in June 2024 include the transfer of economic ownership of vessels, with total value of €70,4 mn as compared to €78,8 mn in June 2023.Total exports of goods in June 2024 were €449,0 mn as...

Total Registrations +16,6%The Statistical Service announces the publication of the report entitled “Registration of Motor Vehicles” for the period January-July 2024.In July 2024, the total registrations of motor vehicles numbered 4.614, recording an increase of 3,9% compared to 4.441 in July 2023. Passenger saloon cars registered a fall of 2,1% to 3.503, from 3.578 in July 2023.The main developments during the period January-July 2024 compared to the corresponding period of 2023 are summar...

The Statistical Service announces that the number of building permits authorized by the municipal authorities and the district administration offices during May 2024 stood at 709. The total value of these permits reached €271,6 million and the total area 213,8 thousand square metres. These building permits provide for the construction of 990 dwelling units.uring the period January – May 2024, 3.254 building permits were issued compared to 2.998 in the corresponding period of the previous year...

Annual Change -3,3%In May 2024, the Industrial Turnover Index reached 133,8 units (base 2021=100), recording a decrease of 3,3% compared to May 2023. For the period January-May 2024, the index recorded an increase of 1,8% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.In manufacturing, the Industrial Turnover Index for May 2024 reached 132,9 units, recording a decrease of 2,4% compared to May 2023. Decreases were also recorded in the sectors of electricity supply (-9,9%) and min...

The unemployed persons registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of July 2024 reached 11.877 persons. Based on the seasonally adjusted data that show the trend of unemployment, the number of registered unemployed for July 2024 reached 11.109 persons remaining at the same level in comparison to the previous month. (Table 1)In comparison with July 2023, a decrease of 1.310 persons or 9,9% was recorded, attributed mainly to the sectors of financial and insurance activities, trad...

The Department of Antiquities of the Deputy Ministry of Culture announces that on 26th July 2024, thirty-seven (37) Cypriot antiquities were repatriated from Stuttgart, Germany. The antiquities had been removed from Cyprus between 1964 and 1968 by a German citizen, who, at the time, was working at the German Embassy in Cyprus. Following his death in 2023, his heir, Ms Eva-Maria Waas, contacted the Embassy of Cyprus in Berlin expressing her desire for the objects to be handed over to the Cypr...

Annual Change +5,5% in Value and +3,2% in VolumeThe Turnover Value Index of Retail Trade for June 2024 increased by 5,5% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (Table 1). For the same month, the Turnover Volume Index of Retail Trade increased by 3,2% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (Table 2).For the period January-June 2024, the Value Index is estimated to have recorded an increase of 5,3% and the Volume Index an increase of 4,0% compared to the sa...

 Inflation 2,1% In July 2024, the Consumer Price Index increased by 0,01 units and reached 117,73 units compared to 117,72 units in June 2024. In July 2024, the inflation increased by 2,1%. (Table 1)For the period January-July 2024, the CPI increased by 2,1% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. (Table 1) As regards the economic origin, the largest positive changes when compared to the index of July 2023 were recorded in Agricultural goods(6,7%) and Petroleum products...